Quote from: lil chris on Today at 07:43:59 PMWell I have just traded my car for a newer one,the old one cost me a few quid last mot, I was not having a repeat. They kept me waiting a while for paper work but it was worth it. The car is a 75 plate so i thought it was about 8/9 months old, checked the paperwork and it was first registered 18th March this year, so its two months old and only 18 miles on the clock, what a good do. You got to laugh  the wife ie swmbo was away last week and when she came back on Friday and found cans of Thatchers Cider in the fridge and then found out I had bought a car too. Eldist son said to her you have only been away a week and dads started drinking and bought car.....lol
Chris H.

Hi

A little puzzled as a car registered in March this year should be 26. 75 would relate to 1/09/2025 to 28/02/2026

Cheers

Paul

Well I have just traded my car for a newer one,the old one cost me a few quid last mot, I was not having a repeat. They kept me waiting a while for paper work but it was worth it. The car is a 75 plate so i thought it was about 8/9 months old, checked the paperwork and it was first registered 18th March this year, so its two months old and only 18 miles on the clock, what a good do. You got to laugh  the wife ie swmbo was away last week and when she came back on Friday and found cans of Thatchers Cider in the fridge and then found out I had bought a car too. Eldist son said to her you have only been away a week and dads started drinking and bought car.....lol
Chris H.

Quote from: Steven B on Today at 12:03:30 PM7mm, 6mm and 5mm might be good starting points?

I'm looking forward to seeing these couplings develop!

Thanks Steve, my own investigations have since yielded similar measurements to test so it's good to have that corroborated!

These will have a side clasp a bit like Tillig couplers so should remain rigidly in line when pushed around corners - though what radii they will be happy with when pushed is anyone's guess and will come out in testing.

Will.

See page 38 of the West Hill Wagon Works Hunt Couplings Guide.

Their three NEM pocket couplings measure out at 7.5mm, 6mm and 5.2mm from the front of the NEM socket to the outer face of the coupling.

I've yet to need to use the 7.5mm one.

Note the magnetic couplings do need at least one vehicle to have a close coupling mechanism (unless the pivoting coupling is used) - fixed NEM pockets and magnets tend not to go round curves particularly well! I'm guessing if you're going for a DG/B&B type coupling this wouldn't be an issue.

7mm, 6mm and 5mm might be good starting points?

I'm looking forward to seeing these couplings develop!

Quote from: Steven B on Today at 09:17:21 AMRevolution, and a few items from other manufacturers like the Dapol Hymek are to NEM standards

So by this I assume it means exactly 6mm between the front of the socket at the buffer face? That's useful. I may well go with something like 4mm, 6mm, and 8mm shank options in the set to cover as wide as range of possibilities as I can. The will also use the same steel catch.

Will.

Whether the tender is correct is not the issue - the loco did get this tender in 1955.

The question is whether the full lined livery is correct - it quite possibly is, but the only evidence I can find is unlined black.

https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Collett-Locomotives/Collett-460-designs/Grange-Class/68006819-Built-1936/i-bc77Cfn/A

Was it then lined out? Who knows! I'd think Dapol may well have reference material confirming it was - at least you'd hope so. Presumably it wouldn't have stayed in this livery for too long (a few years) before getting BR Green and late crest, for which there are plenty of prototype photos.

If the lining's too much, you could go all black!

Cheers,
Alan

That pic is not actually possible. I've used A.I. to remove my reflection.
I was fully clothed anyway - as, you, well, know

When I made NEM bar couplings for permanently attaching stuff together I ended up with a 3D print tool that you could just tell the length you wanted this time, and for the Etched Pixels ones I ended up selling I think 3 lengths.

IMHO there's no correct answer, and sometimes you also end up with different lengths each end as one short/one medium is correct etc.

plus of course some couplers are body mounted and change distance on curves.

Quote from: ntpntpntp on Yesterday at 04:15:33 PM

I think the left hand one is Farish's short coupling - 379-402.

For DG fans, the 2mm Scale Association now make NEM Coupling shanks for use with the DG etched parts. Part number 2-113.


From the instructions:

QuoteRevolution, and a few items from other manufacturers like the Dapol Hymek are to NEM standards
• Most models, including most Farish and Dapol, have the pocket closer to the buffer faces, usually
4mm to 5mm.
• Some couplings are even closer to the buffers, about 3mm. These include some freight stock and
steam loco bogies and pony trucks.
• For any less than 4mm it is not possible to shorten the coupling enough. Either accept the larger
gap between stock or remove the NEM pocket and glue the coupling on directly.

Certainly OTT - paint them black, you probably won't miss the lining on the splashers.

If you do, Fox Transfers you can re-instate them with Fox Transfers sheet FRH2075/2.