Hi Dapol Mk1 Owners.
I am posting this for a friend as I haven't received my Blue&Grey coaches yet and can't help:
Any comments?
“The Dapol Mk1's come with a screw link on the guard's end of the BSK and their own version of Kadees elsewhere. This is fine if you are going to top and tail a set with BSK's, but not if you want to run a BG or GUV on the end.
I thought that it would be simple to remove the coupling from one end of the SK and replace it with a screw link, but not so. Even after unscrewing the chassis floor the Dapol coupling cannot be easily removed.
I find it next to impossible to use the loco coupling on the hook of a corridor coach, and the compromise of using a screw link on the coach onto the loco hook may be wrong but works for practical purposes. The only way of removing the Dapol buckeye seems to be clipping it off and then fitting a screw link through the hole in the buffer-beam.
As a work-around it is possible to leave the buckeye in place, and because it's mounted un-prototypically low, connect a screw link above it.
This can be achieved either by using the existing Dapol hook or replacing it with a full screw link coupling, which then drapes through the buckeye when not connected.
The buckeye isn't glaringly obvious when left in place, but why isn't it detachable?
Incidentally I've tried the above connecting a Heljan BG on the end and it looks good. Ride height and roofline match, only the buffers have a slight height variance.”
Cheers
Tim
