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MODELLER QUERY: CLASS 73 PARTS SEARCH HITS BUFFERS
I HAVE a query regarding the Class 59 detailing item in Issue 316. In the main photo of the Class 59, alongside it is a Class 73 with new buffers fitted. I hope you can tell me where they came from as I’m in need and can’t find any at all except in plastic, and yours look really good. Many thanks.
Colin Longhurst By email
Nigel Burkin, Editor - Rail Express Modeller, responds: The buffers fitted to the Class 73 model are from stock purchased from A1 Models a number of years ago. Similar unsprung ones, which are of a generic design for diesel and electric locomotives, are available from Roxey Mouldings (www.roxeymouldings.co.uk). They are not
