Why does a coach need DCC? Passenger noise? Buffet announcements? Do the doors open?
steve (baffled)
but I wonder how this will affect someone like Shaun Kay (EasiBuild) whose business IS coach kits? Will this be another manufacturerwho bites the dust?
My niggle is the coupling system. Bearing in mind Mk1s use the knuckle coupler with retracted buffers, why are the buffer heads shown in contact in the drawing? One of those inevitable compromises, I suppose, but a niggle nonetheless.
They look good but, as they say, "the devil is in the detail". The blurb says they are modelling the 'original' condition, so does this mean ignoring the various modifications BR had to do to the doors and windows when the 'rot monster' got to work.
The blue/grey versions, as well as the maroon and possibly even the blood & custard ones, would need to reflect these changes.
Having said that, they do look nice - but I wonder how this will affect someone like Shaun Kay (EasiBuild) whose business IS coach kits? Will this be another manufacturer who bites the dust?
Thoughtfully - Peter
This was announced over the week-end
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hopefully the BG will come along at the back - sometime.
regards
Mike
but most modellers don't have trains long enough that they aren't catered with just the BSK, SK/SO or CK vehicles they have announced
Thanks for chasing it up - saves endless speculation by talking with them directly.Information from Kevin Grindley the Dapol Sales Admin Manager.
Depends on what they class as the first batch - I'd wager you won't see butt hinges and small radius droplights on the doors...
There'll still be room for the likes of JLTRT, Easi-build, and (especially if the fittings become available) from DJP/MMP for no matter what they say, Dapol won't cover all of the variants and time periods possible and there are always those that want a little bit more...
Hi BobDon't look too hard - but the door stops on the vehicle illustrated are all wrongly positioned - only one door has "it" in the right place, but there's no matching stop on the body, and what is that Vee Hanger doing away over there? Oh dear.