Wickham Green too Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Buffer issues have been discussed ad-nauseam up-thread ............ they're moulded integral to the headstock so if you wish to add packing I think it's up to you ! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium RapidoCorbs Posted March 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 19 4 hours ago, Penrhos1920 said: Didn’t they have the buffers packed out a couple of inches because the screw couplings are longer? Other wagons that were fitted with screw couplings during the first world war for working in France definitely did. Unsure, the article in GWJ did not mention buffer packing (nor is it mentioned in ABT's book) and the drawing N°55537 (V17 van) does not show buffer packing. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 All Rapido... A V16 sandwiched between Rapido's 15xx and a Rapido Iron Mink. At the back of the train (very fuzzy) is a 6 wheel (ex SECR) Rapido Brake Van 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted March 20 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20 On 18/03/2024 at 08:29, RapidoCorbs said: Yes we are doing that as well, but bear in mind that what is coming out now was designed over a year ago, sometimes more. We also have to make sure our spare parts in the warranty department will work with both the new and old stock. If you make the coupler part the same dimensions as the Bachmann short straight, I can't see why they wouldn't be compatible. The tails slot into the NEM pockets on the wagon just fine and give a much better distance between stock. Source: I tried it on my Iron Mink. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium RapidoCorbs Posted March 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21 12 hours ago, 57xx said: If you make the coupler part the same dimensions as the Bachmann short straight, I can't see why they wouldn't be compatible. The tails slot into the NEM pockets on the wagon just fine and give a much better distance between stock. Source: I tried it on my Iron Mink. Compatible in that if we end up with a stock of spares of the shorter ones, they will still work on wagons that use the longer coupling without causing issues e.g. if we have to do a replacement coupling as part of a repair. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 22 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22 On 19/03/2024 at 16:13, RapidoCorbs said: V17s being V16s fitted with screw couplings for working in France/Belgium. Although the couplings are not modelled, the van is painted as a V17 - converted back to V16 or X6 (later Y4) post-war. Going Continental now, are we?! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, Captain Kernow said: Going Continental now, are we?! Well, the track gauge is correct ! ☢️ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted March 22 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22 13 hours ago, RapidoCorbs said: Compatible in that if we end up with a stock of spares of the shorter ones, they will still work on wagons that use the longer coupling without causing issues e.g. if we have to do a replacement coupling as part of a repair. They will still work. I can run the short couplings round the (roughly) R2 curves on my test track without any issues. Order a pack of Bachmann 36-061 and try them out. 🙂 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 (edited) I finally said "stuff it" and ordered the WD Open wagon as well. (And while I was there, I saw an open Cammell Laird too. They were a ship builder of RN warships, so made sense to include it). Here it is on the dock side with the WD van behind it (and a LBSC wagon to the left waiting for completion on the last pic). Edited March 24 by JSpencer 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium RapidoCorbs Posted March 26 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26 On 22/03/2024 at 18:12, 57xx said: They will still work. I can run the short couplings round the (roughly) R2 curves on my test track without any issues. Order a pack of Bachmann 36-061 and try them out. 🙂 To explain - Not all of the couplings on our products are mounted in the same place. Some vehicles (not these GWR ones) have the 'long' coupling but mounted further back, so we want to make sure that replacing our standard coupling with a shorter one won't cause problems if we have to do a repair such as replacing a coupling. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted April 12 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 12 Look out for Andy York's @AY Mod review of these in the May issue of BRM. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted April 12 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 12 1 minute ago, gwrrob said: Look out for Andy York's @AY Mod review of these in the May issue of BRM. Too late - I've bought 4 already... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted April 12 Moderators Share Posted April 12 Just now, Gilbert said: Too late - I've bought 4 already... Spoiler alert - happy to confirm you have excellent taste. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted April 12 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 12 (edited) 1 minute ago, AY Mod said: Spoiler alert - happy to confirm you have excellent taste. The Frys Somerdale van started the rot....mind you...fitting Sprat & Winkles is challenging..but doable... ChrisH Edited April 12 by Gilbert 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted April 12 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 12 That's one of the best recreations of the Dean-Churchward brake handle I've seen on a model. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Without reading back through all sixteen pages of this thread, has anyone noticed / commented on the 'ghosts' of ironwork on the replacement door and timberwork on 943009* ................ a nice try, guys - I've just added the freshly replaced unpainted planks on mine. * O11 No.86140 appears, thus, in the original ( 1971 ) GW Wagons book. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted April 13 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 13 18 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: Without reading back through all sixteen pages of this thread, has anyone noticed / commented on the 'ghosts' of ironwork on the replacement door and timberwork on 943009* ................ a nice try, guys - I've just added the freshly replaced unpainted planks on mine. * O11 No.86140 appears, thus, in the original ( 1971 ) GW Wagons book. @BenL commented on these a few pages back that he thought Rapido had done a good job of representing them. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 'A few pages back' ? ...... that's half a thread back and fourteen months ago - no wonder I'd forgotten ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted April 13 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 13 13 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: 'A few pages back' ? ...... that's half a thread back and fourteen months ago - no wonder I'd forgotten ! My mistake, it’s on page 1936 of the A Nod To Brent thread @Wickham Green too 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted April 16 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16 On 12/04/2024 at 19:43, gwrrob said: That's one of the best recreations of the Dean-Churchward brake handle I've seen on a model. I was thinking that the other day when looking at some pictures, that along with the representation of the hangers and linkages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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