Dog Star
Western Thunderer
JLTRT includes the brass buck-eye parts in the BR and LNER coach kits... well, not quite, this topic is about one of the parts and hoping that someone in WT has some spares.
The buck-eye coupling is cast brass and includes a cast draw hook - the draw-hook is attached to the underframe moulding by either an 8BA nut/bolt or a self-tapping screw. The draw-hook is included in all of the BR and LNER coach because that part is on the sprue with the buck-eye components. Some kits include an etch part which, when folded, fits between the buffer beam overlay and the headstock of the underframe moulding; this etch resembles a "T" in shape and folds into an "L" shape with one leg against the headstock and one leg against the underside of the underframe moulding - this etch part provides a more secure fastening for the draw-hook.
In the case of the LNER kits the etch parts (described above) are on a small, supplementary, etch rather being part of the underframe trussing etch.... and guess how many of our kits are missing this extra etch? All bar one - which is how we know about the etch part. Yes, I shall be calling the factory next week and the missing etches might be with me by the end of the month.
In the meantime, as we are endeavouring to get some coaches assembled by the ALSRM meeting, to pass the Adrian Marks for painting, if anyone has any of the draw-hook mounting etches spare and can loan / sell them to me then I shall be very pleased to hear from them.
regards, Graham
The buck-eye coupling is cast brass and includes a cast draw hook - the draw-hook is attached to the underframe moulding by either an 8BA nut/bolt or a self-tapping screw. The draw-hook is included in all of the BR and LNER coach because that part is on the sprue with the buck-eye components. Some kits include an etch part which, when folded, fits between the buffer beam overlay and the headstock of the underframe moulding; this etch resembles a "T" in shape and folds into an "L" shape with one leg against the headstock and one leg against the underside of the underframe moulding - this etch part provides a more secure fastening for the draw-hook.
In the case of the LNER kits the etch parts (described above) are on a small, supplementary, etch rather being part of the underframe trussing etch.... and guess how many of our kits are missing this extra etch? All bar one - which is how we know about the etch part. Yes, I shall be calling the factory next week and the missing etches might be with me by the end of the month.
In the meantime, as we are endeavouring to get some coaches assembled by the ALSRM meeting, to pass the Adrian Marks for painting, if anyone has any of the draw-hook mounting etches spare and can loan / sell them to me then I shall be very pleased to hear from them.
regards, Graham
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