Changing the bogies on a Replica Railways Mk1

[TravisM]

I have a Britannia Pacific, Overhead Line Equipment 975091 'Mentor' which I'm very happy about, but unfortunately they used a Replica Railways Mk1 coach as the chassis and though bogies (BR B4's) are correct, they have those awful large 'Triang' style couplers.  The bogies themselves are easy to remove, but I was wondering if anyone can recommend suitable replacements without a lot of surgery as I'd like to fit those with NEM pockets, so I can fit either Hunt or Kadee couplings.

[LMSfan72]

I’m not sure there’s too many out there that have NEM pockets. Some earlier Bachmann B4s will but you will have to re-bush the chassis to do it and the Bachmann bosses are a bit more complicated. Personally I use Keen Systems close couplings mounted to the chassis and fitted with Hunt magnetics. Then you can cut the couplings off the replica ones but you probably need to cut a notch on them for the coupling.