Covkid Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Bought one of these today in BR grey with three hole disc wheels. The ghastly D couplings clipped out and I need to think of fitting Kadees. Anyone attempted this and how accurate is the wagon ? Mine is R6983A and is numbered W107224 Welcome any thoughts TIA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticbasher Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 (edited) I believe it is the 1970's Airfix / GMR (then later Dapol) model, so at a guess is it probably a fundamentally pretty accurate model of a specific prototype. I bought two recently (one Hornby and the other Airfix). Other than paint finish and the Hornby one coming with modern metal wheelsets, they were identical. I hadn't realised how much shorter they are than the Mainline / Bachman Macaw H - which is, comparatively speaking, a giant. Replacing the big couplings with the Dapol style push fit ones works, but they protrude way beyond the bufferbeams (therefore I postulate Kadees must offer scope for a massive improvement). Edited July 27, 2023 by plasticbasher 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRUNFOS Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 Here's a photo of some of my rake,Kade fitted, dirtied up, renumbered with Railtec transfers, will take some individual pic's this weekend. Paul 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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