No.47 Bachmann Collett Coaches – bringing them closer?
There has not been a lot of progress with the layout so instead some ideas on close coupling and corridor connectors for Bachmann Collett coaches. Coach Couplings as bought As with so many Ready to Run models there can be quite a gap between coaches. Can the gap be closed up? Is it cheap to do and will it significantly reduce the value of the original coach? Coach Couplings as modified I can remember the introduction of the first Collett coaches by Mainline (Bachmann). At the time these coaches seemed to me to mark a step change in the increased degree of detail on offer. I purchased my first Collett coaches back in July 1984 from the then Cheltenham Model Centre, they came with rubber corridor connectors and wire water fillers. Moving the Couplings Inwards The latest Bachmann Collett coaches are fitted with Bachmann Short Mini Couplings. The gap between the coaches can be closed up considerably b...