Friday, July 26, 2024

Cav'ndish brass tension locks

 

Cav'ndish tension lock couplings
Here's a new, vintage, product to me. A bag of what I think are stamped (not etched) brass, tension lock couplings. 

The mounts suggest 1960's or 70s Hornby replacements, but smaller than the Margate originals. 

Assembly is required. Pop the hook assembly into the main part, and push a plastic pivot into place. Ideally, these would be chemically blackend before putting things toghether. A dip in Gun Blue would do the job, if chemicals aimed at modellers weren't available. 

Also, why did Cavendish, stick an apostophe in the middle of thier name?

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2 comments:

  1. James Finister9:36 AM

    Cavendish and Cav'ndish were tradenames for models and accessories made by W&H Models, of New Cavendish St. IIRC, and perhaps counterintuitively, Cavendish was used for the N gauge range and Cav'ndish for everything else

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  2. Phil Parker9:38 AM

    That is weird - but thanks for the clarification.

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