I have a couple of Hornby Hawkworths, and have also been experimenting, as the NEM pocktes are not quite right. Using the long-shanked Roco couplers supplied by Hornby there is still a gap, but standard Roco couplers don't couple properly. My latest attempt was to replace the corridor connections with some off some old Airfix centenary coaches, but I didn't get around to finishing the job.
By the way, rather than filing bits off the Hornby-supplied long-shanked Roco couplers, why not try standard Roco couplers? They are shorter (i.e. correct NEM length), and clip properly into the pockets.
Hornby Hawksworth and Centenary Coaches – and some connectors I made earlier
in Sixties Snapshots - 00 scale
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Ray, thanks for the pictures and explanations.
I have a couple of Hornby Hawkworths, and have also been experimenting, as the NEM pocktes are not quite right. Using the long-shanked Roco couplers supplied by Hornby there is still a gap, but standard Roco couplers don't couple properly. My latest attempt was to replace the corridor connections with some off some old Airfix centenary coaches, but I didn't get around to finishing the job.
By the way, rather than filing bits off the Hornby-supplied long-shanked Roco couplers, why not try standard Roco couplers? They are shorter (i.e. correct NEM length), and clip properly into the pockets.