Peco TT:120 7 Plank Open Wagons

[Keith Addenbrooke]

An idle thought: is it a coincidence that Peco launched exactly 8 variants of the wagon - the precise number needed for a classic Inglenook shunting puzzle (per Alan Wright’s original)?  Just a thought - given CJ Freezer’s promotion of the Inglenook concept.  Have a good weekend, Keith.

 

(PS: to any charge of unfounded speculation - Guilty!)

[J-Lewis]

22 hours ago, Keith Addenbrooke said:

An idle thought: is it a coincidence that Peco launched exactly 8 variants of the wagon - the precise number needed for a classic Inglenook shunting puzzle (per Alan Wright’s original)?  Just a thought - given CJ Freezer’s promotion of the Inglenook concept.  Have a good weekend, Keith.

 

(PS: to any charge of unfounded speculation - Guilty!)

Now that sounds like a viable theory :)   Perfect scale for a mini inglenook too. A TTinglenook?  120nook?  InglenTTk?

[Nile]

Oops!

Turns out there's not a lot to it.

[Compound2632]

38 minutes ago, Nile said:

Turns out there's not a lot to it.

 

The vee-hangers and brake levers moulded integrally with the body is a rather cunning idea. 

[Ravenser]

Bang goes any chance of using the chassis for something else

Edited November 19, 2023 by Ravenser

[Compound2632]

1 hour ago, Ravenser said:

Bang goes any chance of using the chassis for something else

 

I don't see that that's the case. It's just that the solebars and (bits of the) headstocks have to be built as part of the body, which for many wagons will be closer to prototype construction anyway.

[smr248]

On 19/11/2023 at 16:30, Compound2632 said:

 

The vee-hangers and brake levers moulded integrally with the body is a rather cunning idea. 

I agree.  This seems to be intelligent design by Peco.  Without cheap labour you need to make assembly simpler.

[Moxy]

Hattons are having a sale on these Peco wagons today.  https://www.hattons.co.uk/newsdetail?id=1490