Just received the June Railway Modeller and noted a feature on a pig-iron wagon and a twin-bolster set.
Does anyone know if Peco have modified their NEM pockets to accept readily available rapido replacements, e.g. Dapol buckeyes, or will surgery still be needed?

can you post a picture of the advert?

it would be nice to think that they adjusted the nem pocket size.

i did glue in an easy shunt to a peco 27t iron ore tipler (in ncb livery).

i may be tempted to buy the new wagons one day but probably will wait for a sale price.

cheers

Quote from: Crepello on May 12, 2026, 05:14:11 PMJust received the June Railway Modeller and noted a feature on a pig-iron wagon and a twin-bolster set.
Does anyone know if Peco have modified their NEM pockets to accept readily available rapido replacements, e.g. Dapol buckeyes, or will surgery still be needed?

Just received my subscription RM today. I saw the review too, the wagon looks good (albeit I still think the brake lever assembly on the new tool wagon chassis is somewhat clunky) however I am reading into it that nothing has been done to change the pockets as the review (By Peco on a Peco product of course) says "....and detachable knuckle couplings are fitted as standard - mounted in pockets which are part of the chassis moulding" - no mention of them being NEM pockets or compatible with other coupling types like easi-shunts.

I mentioned to the Peco people that the so called NEM pocket was too big way back at the York NGS show, they said they would look into it, maybe it just wasn't felt financially viable to revisit the pocket's tooling.

Roy

Quote from: bluedepot on Yesterday at 03:15:15 PMcan you post a picture of the advert?

Here you go.

Ian

I must say, at those prices they seem like good value. But yes hopefully the socket issue has been addressed.

thanks ian!

i may pick up a few.

glad peco are producing more.

they won't be as detailed and accurate as other manufacturers due to shared underframes but can still be a useful and more budget friendly option.

I'm not intentionally being negative, but if Peco stays true to form, I don't think it will happen.

Let's hope I'm proved wrong!