N Gauge Corridor Connectors

[Barry M]

Many thanks to those who have ordered so far.
If not received already, those posted Friday should be with you tomorrow.

I'm pleased to say we have had orders from as far as South Africa and New Zealand!

Thank you for supporting us and helping promote this product which we think will be an asset to N Gauge Modellers everywhere.

We hope very shortly to have the Gresley and Collet Connectors ready, that will be followed by the Mk2 & Mk3 coaches.

Barry 

[markseward]

greasley corridor connector cut tonight will be off to Barry for testing on monday so all being well should be able to supply by next weekend

mark

[Mr Sprue]

Many thanks to those who have ordered so far.
If not received already, those posted Friday should be with you tomorrow.

I'm pleased to say we have had orders from as far as South Africa and New Zealand!

Thank you for supporting us and helping promote this product which we think will be an asset to N Gauge Modellers everywhere.

We hope very shortly to have the Gresley and Collet Connectors ready, that will be followed by the Mk2 & Mk3 coaches.

Barry 

I guess it won't be long now when your forum user names will be appearing in green! 

[Barry M]

Many thanks to those who have ordered so far.
If not received already, those posted Friday should be with you tomorrow.

I'm pleased to say we have had orders from as far as South Africa and New Zealand!

Thank you for supporting us and helping promote this product which we think will be an asset to N Gauge Modellers everywhere.

We hope very shortly to have the Gresley and Collet Connectors ready, that will be followed by the Mk2 & Mk3 coaches.

Barry 

I guess it won't be long now when your forum user names will be appearing in green! 

'Cuse my naievity, what does it mean if your name is in green?!!!

[Barry M]

You pay to be a seller on here as a trader then your name turns green...

Ah I see. Think we'll have to sell a few more before we reach those dizzy heights!

[REGP]

Well Barry, I've nudged you a bit nearer being Green having just ordered a sample set.

Ray

[silly moo]

My two sets have arrived safely in South Africa, I'm relieved because our Post Office gets taken by surprise every year by the Christmas post and we usually get our Christmas cards a few weeks after Christmas. They also tend to lose things and go on strike regularly.

The laser cut parts look very good, I'd hate to try and cut the pieces out by hand so laser cutting is an excellent solution.

I'll have a go at assembling them after the Christmas rush.

[markseward]

Thanks guys for your support with these I belive we should have colletts and greasleys ready in the new year.

And merry Christmas to you all

[Barry M]

Following the success of the Mk1 Coach Corridor Connectors, the Gresley N Gauge Corridor Connectors are now ready.
Here's a video of them:
http://youtu.be/_GpVfqtxvZM

[Dr Al]

I feel it is my civic duty to say that: Bear in mind you can close couple Dapol Gresleys for £0 using the short knuckles that come with them, and they have a proper close coupling mechanism built into the coach (which you've paid for, but don't use efficiently with the standard couplers....Dapol, Dapol please...it's a great mechanism!). Or Farish short shank rapidos - my preference so I can mix with Mk1s:



These are unmodified coaches straight from the box with Farish short shank rapidos clipped into the NEM coupler sockets. The Dapol short shank fixed knuckles also give a similar closing up pulling the corridor connecions together. This gives the coaches a much smaller gap (not a scale 8 feet or suchlike) which IMHO looks a lot better and makes the close coupling system that adds parts and cost to your coach actually work properly for its living (I do really wonder how many folks are unaways modern coaches come with this active and nice system). Again I've seen no issues down to ~12" radius with these and I suspect they'd be ok on tighter. I even do this between A4 pacific and Gresleys so the full train's corridors are all connected (visually) - looks great!

Other Dapol coaches that definitely work are Mk3s, these again come with short shank knuckles, so everything you need's in the box. Dapol Maunsells come with corridor closing connectors already (and I'm sure they'll have a close coupling mechanism also and a bag of couplers).

I get the feeling there's a lot of folk unawares out there of various coupling systems and modern mechanisms, that it's getting to the stage there needs a journal or mag article going through it all. I'm sure there are many other choices - I've only played with simple British couplers and already found a lot of options, never mind what else might be out there from continental, Japanese or US suppliers which may be even better still.

Hope this gives folk some info for making informed choice based on their own consists and configuration - no benefit to me, but hopefully to you!

Cheers,
Alan

[markseward]

But open out going around curves I guess you won't be buying any theme Allan

Ps maybe your civic duty might be better spend helping out the flood victims of the north of England

[Dr Al]

Ps maybe your civic duty might be better spend helping out the flood victims of the north of England

Cheeky!!

Alan.

[Newportnobby]

With regards to your '8ft' reference, Alan, I would hasten to add those were extremely old Farish Poole coaches and not the more modern MK1s, hence the huge gap between the coaches. Without unpacking stuff, they were all I had to hand at the time
Whether folks shorten the couplings or use the laser cut connectors, at least we all have the possibility of removing unsightly hairgaps.

[silly moo]

I've got a mixture of old and new Farish coaches and not all have NEM pockets so the paper corridor connectors are a good solution for me.

[Dr Al]

With regards to your '8ft' reference, Alan, I would hasten to add those were extremely old Farish Poole coaches and not the more modern MK1s, hence the huge gap between the coaches.

Sure - and this exactly where this solution has some use, and IHMO where it should be aimed. I'm just genuinely shocked  how few folk seem to realise why they are now paying ~£24 (to pay for close coupling tooling amongst other things) for a new tool modern coach, and how few are actually aware of, or are even using its features  ! Not the fault of the buyer at all - the manufacturers clearly don't extol the virtues of their products as well as they could - Bachmann, Dapol take note!

One thing you can do with old coaches is fit short shank rapidos of the sprung type - you can buy 3D printed frets of 100 from Shapeways. You'd still need to fill the corridor connection gap in this way, but you also get the distance between coaches shortened, so you reap the best of both worlds.

Cheers,
Alan