West Highland Models wagons on eBay - any experiences?

[cmason]

however I did discover that the integrated NEM coupler pockets were not very good.

The flexible material on the chassis I think works well for all the fine details, but it did not seem up to the task for NEM pockets. The motion in the couplers felt sticky. The parts flex too much to keep tolerances and ultimately proved to be too delicate as I damaged one pocket on every wagon by clamping it in an alligator clip (lesson learned there).

However, I'm kinda glad I went with my backup plan of replacing them with Dapol NEM pockets. I tore out all the printed pockets (which were weak enough to just pry the bottoms off with my fingers). I then cut and filed off all remnants until there was a smooth surface to mount the Dapol ones. I also used Peco wheelsets in place of the included printed ones.

Hi all,

I was beginning to think it was just me!

I agree with all the points raised.

But I decided on a different approach to finding a solution.

I've coated the whole model in extra thin superglue.

This stabilised the print and stopped it being as flexible.

Not had chance to run the rake yet, but will do shortly.

Thanks
Phil H

Interesting - so far I have had no issues with the coupling pockets - I guess time will tell on that one. However definitely need to swap out the wheels for Peco. Also they are in deed a tight fit for reassembly however that cannot really be avoided if taking apart for glossing, decaling and then matt varnishing the body without getting varnish on the chassis,

Colin.