Just had a look on the Peco website and in the 'latest news' section they are showing a new product.
GR-103 Coupling Pocket for their GR-102 009 Couplings. The pockets are designed for use with their new plug-in couplings and are for any 009 scratchbuilt or kit built item of rolling stock. Peco also say they can be used with other scales.
Roger
I understand that the pockets are made from a type of plastic that can easily be glued, as opposed to the plastic used in the actual GR-102 couplings that is difficult to glue, or so I have been told.
http://www.peco-uk.com/page.asp?id=coupling
They cost
I've just received some GR-103 pockets and I wonder why they are made in two halves when even after I glue them together I can pop the couplings in and out?
I'm sure I'm missing the point....
Quote from: Tom Haythornthwaite on February 25, 2014, 15:05
I've just received some GR-103 pockets and I wonder why they are made in two halves when even after I glue them together I can pop the couplings in and out?
I'm sure I'm missing the point....
the pocket is so you can swop couplings ie from 009 to N gauge in seconds with out having to use tools or take the model apart
its a N scale NEM pocket
But I can swap them even when the two halves of the pocket are glued together.
Quote from: Tom Haythornthwaite on February 25, 2014, 17:44
But I can swap them even when the two halves of the pocket are glued together.
yes a plug & play peco have molded them as a 2 peace which need gluing togetter
with the OO/HO NEM pocket you can also swop them over
the pocket is not to fix the coupling forever but just a clip fit for the couping
Perhaps somebody else can help.
In OO & HO the NEM pockets are usually moulded as a one piece part, couplings can then just clip in and out.
It looks like peco have just made the pocket from two pieces and then the couplings can just clip in and out.
The idea is to have the couplings swappable so different sorts can be used if need be.
Quote from: Tom Haythornthwaite on February 26, 2014, 00:20
Perhaps somebody else can help.
To save on production cost's. You put the two parts together rather than them. The NEM bit as has been mentioned before is plug and play :-\