[Brian Considine]

QUOTE (bondy @ 21 Nov 2007, 17:37) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi

I'm a complete novice, so forgive me if this is a daft question!

My next door neighbour's trying to find spares for his Brawa BR 65.10 steam locomotive. He's not on t'internet, so I'm trying to help out.

He's lost some tiny coupling rod screws, and can't find replacements anywhere.

Is there a UK supplier for these parts, or would we need to go direct to Brawa?

Many thanks,

Ian

You could try Brawa direct - I returned we returned a faulty locomotive to them & we got it back repaired, almost by return.

Modelmasters import Brawa, so they could be worth a try.

Hope this helps.

 

[Brian Considine]

Bondy - did you not try Modelmasters as I suggested ?

Even if they had to order the screw it could be on their next delivery thus avoiding the shipping. Our experience of Modelmasters is very good - if they say they have ordered something then they actually have done so.

 

[Brian Considine]

Looking through my "small" junk box for something else I found a couple of screws of about the same diamentions. They have slotted heads rather than hexagon but they may get you out of trouble. If you want to try them send me a PM with your address & i will pop them in the post for you, after Christmas though - I've just received a Roco loco bought off eBay that although very well packed looks like it was dropped from a great height !

Hope this helps.

 

[Brian Considine]

QUOTE (ME 26-06 @ 23 Dec 2007, 19:01) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Since Brawa manufactures in China, I´m pretty sure that there are Hornby, or Bachmann OO engines around that use the exact same screws. Now, finding out which ones they are... well, I guess that´ll be the hard part.

Just been thinking about this & does anyone know if the China made models use standards threads e.e. metric or do they use their own versions & if so do they vary from factory to factory ?