....... continuing.
I always look out for bargains - sometimes it might be a loco or other times it might be rolling stock.
Just over a month ago, I spotted these J&S coaches built from Bachmann kits. There were a few being sold as individual items and, as I had no DSP&PRR passenger stock, I acquired these three .....
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Three for the price of less than a new one - it gladdens a Yorkshire man's heart! The only thing that didn't work for me was that the couplings had been detached from the trucks and fastened underneath the platforms (and not for the usual reason like shortening the space between coaches!)........
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As can be seen in the the first pic of the coupling, one on each coach had been modified by screwing a piece of lead to the underside of the locking pin (probably to stop the jaw opening). The bonus of these alterations was that the trucks themselves had not been mutilated so it was case of unbolting the the mounting wood, turning the trucks round and affixing the couplings in the intended positions After that, it was testing time inbetween the rain showers.
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I made a couple of stickers for the tender again (didn't get the shade of red right!) and I know the loco is in the wrong livery as it should be black but, for the moment, it will do me for now.
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If I (ever) repaint the loco I will also redo the coach lettering!