Interesting Ebay find, plastic link & pin couplers...from Sri Lanka?

[vsmith]

Interesting find on Ebay, they are from a seller in Sri Lanka of all places. The seller had 3 bags for sale, I took a chance and bought 2 bags at a whoping $5 a bag got me 12 pieces per bag of large scale link and pin coupler pockets, they have a thin plastic tab in the back, they are similar but larger than Ozarks end beam mounted coupler which is shown in the pic, these just require a drilled hole and AC in place. So far so good, for the price they are excellent and so far worth the overseas purchase risk. Thought I would share these in case anyone else saw them and was curious as to what they look like.

http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/SriLankaCoupler01.JPG < Link To

http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/SriLankaCoupler02.JPG < Link To

http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/SriLankaCoupler03.JPG < Link To

 

[vsmith]

Well I'm a fan now as well, the size bit doesnt bug me at all, I like the way they look.

 

[Dtsteam]

Very interesting - I don't suppose anyones got a link or a vendor name ?
Aha - found it http://shop.ebay.co.uk/pasidump/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562

 

[GlenF]

I bought 10 of his flat car kits, think they were US$15 each with free shipping. I was well pleased, they look good and went together easily. Postage was pretty quick too. I replaced the supplied plastic wheels with Bachmann metal wheels, the Bachmann axles were a tad too long so I had to trim a bit off each end. And even though I loved the look of the supplied link and pin couplings (as seen above) I found them a little fiddly so I replaced them with standard hook and loops. But overall he's a good guy to deal with and I'm a happy customer!