No.115 The ex GWR ‘B’ Set - Continued
My last Post discussed the merits of various proprietary couplings that could be used to close the gap between two B Set Brake Composites. Sometimes the solution is so obvious that it gets overlooked. Close Coupled B Sets, Airfix back, Mainline front A search of the Internet points to an old blog from TimVenton currently with a work bench thread on the Scale Four web site. The picture montage below is from Tim's old Blog and shows two types of semi permanent ‘bar’ couplings that were used on some of the prototype coaches. B Set Inner Bar Couplings, Diagram E129 left, Diagram E147, coaches No W6907W + W6908W right, courtesy of Tim Venton If a simple bar was good enough for coupling the prototype why not for the model? 29 mm x 5mm strip cut from translucent vinyl divider What to use? I settled on some thick plastic / vinyl film that I could cut with a craft knife. Coupling bar cut to shape, 1/8 inch diameter holes at 24mm centres ...