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Title: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on December 29, 2015, 04:48:49 PM
Dear All

Firstly, I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas period and I wish all a happy and healthy 2016.

Over the past month or so, well, maybe two, I've been working on a little project. My interest, as some might know, is purely in UK built (that is Poole, Dorset) Graham Farish N Gauge, particularly diesels.

I have built my knowledge up rapidly over the past few years, with a very special thank you having to go to a certain Mr Russell Hobbs of Dorset for a lot of that. It's been a fun task learning, and indeed I still am learning, but I wanted to make the task easier for those in the future who might be as passionate about the subject as I am. I therefore set about trying to encapsulate all of this information and provide an "information repository" to those who might find it useful.

The aim of the site is to become a resource for all things Poole Farish, from the history, the development of various chassis and components, to tutorials and hints and tips. You can find on the site previous catalogues from 1971 - 1999 (click on the thumbnails to open them). Where resources have been harnessed from elsewhere I have endeavoured to note this and provide a link.

The site is not as slick yet as I intend it to be, and neither is it complete. However, as with all sites, it is a work in progress and will evolve over the course of 2016. It is not a forum in the way that this site is, and as such, is not intended to compete with what we have here. It would be nice to have some interactive element in the future, perhaps via comments on articles etc. and a blog section, but it has not been set up as a forum, since we have a fantastic resource in NGF already.

It would be nice if those with expertise / knowledge would like to contribute in 2016 and this could be via the writing of articles with pictures. The idea is not to heavily (if at all) edit contributions, except for rearranging / cropping pictures and changes fonts etc - i.e. cosmetic changes.

The site hasn't been set up to make money, nor to cover Graham Farish under Bachmann ownership. Please bear with me with regards to some of the factual information - use the "contact us" tab to let me know if you spot anything you think is incorrect. As I said, it's a work in progress, but works in progress have to start somewhere!

Enjoy what's up already at www.thefarishshed.com (http://www.thefarishshed.com)

Happy 2016

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: ian787 on December 30, 2015, 02:16:44 AM
 :thankyousign:

Thanks Daniel!

It looks like the start of an excellent resource

Ian
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on December 30, 2015, 02:26:35 AM
 :NGaugersRule:

Excellent stuff!
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Hyperion on December 30, 2015, 08:00:17 AM
Dan,

Love the idea and the site itself. Let me know if I can contribute in any shape or form.

Jeff
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: mickd247 on December 30, 2015, 08:59:40 AM
 :thankyousign: Dan

I have a large fleet of Farish (Poole) loco's and the development of this site will I am sure assist everyone greatly in maintaining the older models in good order. Bookmarked the page already.

:beers:

Mick
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 09:50:35 AM
Thank you everyone for the replies.

Jeff (and indeed others), if there's something you'd like to write then please do, and I'll host it. So long as it's clear, with reasonable photos, then I will do my best to desist from editing it. Even if it needed a slight tweak, I'd only do so with your consent and anything posted would be credited to the editor, not me.

Certain information sits well in a forum, and some information sits better on a website. I am forever mindful of what has been built out of this forum and there's no reason why it couldn't be posted on NGF too. Indeed at some point I would like to add references (hyperlinks) at the bottom of subjects and it would be fantastic if many of them brought viewers to this site.

With the above in mind, feel free to comment on the following;

1) What would you like to see on the site (topics, articles, research)?
2) What articles / subjects would you like to add yourself?

Lastly, if you have any pertinent information regarding Graham Farish that you don't feel is readily in the public domain but should be, then I'd love to mention it on the site (complete with credits to the contributor). I plan to interview a few folk next year but that's subject to their agreement!

Remember it's Farish in the Poole days, up until the Bachmann takeover, or if you want to stretch it out, up until the factory closure.

Kindest

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: NeMo on December 30, 2015, 10:04:38 AM
Didn't see the 'Peak' chassis up... while mine has been tweaked a bit to have narrower bogies, I'd be happy to send along a photo if relevant. It's a China-made one, but I believe the chassis is unchanged (more's the pity).

Cheers, NeMo
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 10:14:09 AM
Morning NeMo

My knowledge drops off rapidly with most things post Poole but if we can ascertain it's a Poole design in terms of chassis then it would be great to have a piece on that. I thought the design changed on pretty much all diesels with the exception of a few (class 20 / class 08 after the move to China) but if the design is the same, then the bogie narrowing project is most relevant.

Kindest

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: NeMo on December 30, 2015, 10:42:46 AM
Well, let's invoke Cunningham's Law. I'm going to state the following:

"The Peak chassis from Bachman-Farish circa 2012 as used on their model of D186 is the same chassis as the one used by the Poole factory."

Cunningham's Law states that "the best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it's to post the wrong answer" so with any luck someone will quickly correct me for being a total idiot and how could I possibly not notice the difference in the thread of the screws!

Cheers, NeMo
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: msr on December 30, 2015, 11:10:17 AM
I thought the Peaks were a product of the post-Poole era. My first was bought on April 1st 2006.

Are the above posts perhaps thinking instead of the Class 40?
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: NeMo on December 30, 2015, 11:35:46 AM
Nope. Fully aware of the difference. But definitely expecting to bow to your better knowledge about whether Farish actually made Classes 44, 45 and 46 in the Poole era. Just such a primitive model (split chassis, no DCC socket, no lights, override bogies) that to be a product of 2006 seems remarkable!  :confused1:

EDIT: you're quite right... 2006...

http://www.railexpress.co.uk/news/green-peaks-and-ecml-electrics-from-graham-farish- (http://www.railexpress.co.uk/news/green-peaks-and-ecml-electrics-from-graham-farish-)

Cheers, NeMo

Quote from: msr on December 30, 2015, 11:10:17 AM
Are the above posts perhaps thinking instead of the Class 40?
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: mark100 on December 30, 2015, 11:39:18 AM
Quote from: DesertHound on December 29, 2015, 04:48:49 PM
Dear All

Firstly, I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas period and I wish all a happy and healthy 2016.

Over the past month or so, well, maybe two, I've been working on a little project. My interest, as some might know, is purely in UK built (that is Poole, Dorset) Graham Farish N Gauge, particularly diesels.

I have built my knowledge up rapidly over the past few years, with a very special thank you having to go to a certain Mr Russell Hobbs of Dorset for a lot of that. It's been a fun task learning, and indeed I still am learning, but I wanted to make the task easier for those in the future who might be as passionate about the subject as I am. I therefore set about trying to encapsulate all of this information and provide an "information repository" to those who might find it useful.

The aim of the site is to become a resource for all things Poole Farish, from the history, the development of various chassis and components, to tutorials and hints and tips. You can find on the site previous catalogues from 1971 - 1999 (click on the thumbnails to open them). Where resources have been harnessed from elsewhere I have endeavoured to note this and provide a link.

The site is not as slick yet as I intend it to be, and neither is it complete. However, as with all sites, it is a work in progress and will evolve over the course of 2016. It is not a forum in the way that this site is, and as such, is not intended to compete with what we have here. It would be nice to have some interactive element in the future, perhaps via comments on articles etc. and a blog section, but it has not been set up as a forum, since we have a fantastic resource in NGF already.

It would be nice if those with expertise / knowledge would like to contribute in 2016 and this could be via the writing of articles with pictures. The idea is not to heavily (if at all) edit contributions, except for rearranging / cropping pictures and changes fonts etc - i.e. cosmetic changes.

The site hasn't been set up to make money, nor to cover Graham Farish under Bachmann ownership. Please bear with me with regards to some of the factual information - use the "contact us" tab to let me know if you spot anything you think is incorrect. As I said, it's a work in progress, but works in progress have to start somewhere!

Enjoy what's up already at www.thefarishshed.com (http://www.thefarishshed.com)

Happy 2016

Daniel
I like the site and the concept and have just sent links out to a few friends also interested in this scale.
Thanks for spending the time putting it together and for sharing.

Mark
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Bangor Lad on December 30, 2015, 11:51:07 AM
What a great idea.
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on December 30, 2015, 11:55:24 AM
Quote from: msr on December 30, 2015, 11:10:17 AM
I thought the Peaks were a product of the post-Poole era. My first was bought on April 1st 2006.

Are the above posts perhaps thinking instead of the Class 40?
Thinking about it a little (dangerous, I know, and note I'm not by any means an authoritative source) I don't ever recall seeing a "Poole-era" Peak during my perusals of Ebay etc. Looking at the old catalogues, "modern image" locomotives of the following classes are listed:

1999
- Class 08
- Class 31
- Class 33
- Class 37
- Class 47
- Class 57
- Class 87
- Class 90

1997
- Class 08
- Class 20
- Class 25
- Class 31
- Class 33
- Class 37
- Class 40
- Class 47
- Class 50
- Class 52
- Class 55
- Class 56
- Class 91

1994
- Class 08
- Class 20
- Class 25
- Class 33
- Class 37
- Class 40
- Class 47
- Class 50
- Class 52
- Class 55
- Class 56
- Class 91

1989
- Class 08
- Class 20
- Class 25
- Class 33
- Class 40
- Class 47
- Class 50
- Class 52
- Class 55

List might not be 100% accurate but definitely no Peaks.
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 11:55:54 AM
NeMo - I'm sure you'll think of something else interesting you might want to post on thefarishshed.com (the offer is always there) and thank you at least for your consideration - that's exactly the kind if material that will make the site a useful resource. I'd still be interested in what you've done with the Bachmann bogie narrowing - perhaps something to start a thread on here at NGF.

Mark100 - thank you for forwarding the address on to your friends. I haven't publicised the site outside of this forum yet, mainly because of the following; 1) it's not yet complete enough to my liking, 2) I'm not a member on other forums and would prefer feedback amongst friends who I know on this site. As I mentioned before, I'm happy for feedback via this thread, via the contact us tab on the website, or via private message on NGF.
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 12:01:03 PM
Railsquid - as far as I'm aware, you are correct, no class 44/45/46 produced at Poole. I just couldn't say with certainty that Bachmann didn't use a Poole class 40 or class 50/52 chassis later on for peaks, even though i thought they didn't. Nice idea from NeMo all the same.

How about you get us a site going for Kato / Tomix Squiddy?  :D
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Dorsetmike on December 30, 2015, 12:13:32 PM
Do you intend to add steam chassis? Farish started with steam using a plastic chassis and can motor which didn't last long, replaced by the "one size fits all" six coupled chassis, initially with a 3 pole armature later a 5 pole.

The same wheel spacing was used for all steam classes except the 4P, they just changed the size of the wheels, think they only had about 3 maybe 4 wheel sizes.
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on December 30, 2015, 12:13:50 PM
Quote from: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 12:01:03 PM
Railsquid - as far as I'm aware, you are correct, no class 44/45/46 produced at Poole. I just couldn't say with certainty that Bachmann didn't use a Poole class 40 or class 50/52 chassis later on for peaks, even though i thought they didn't. Nice idea from NeMo all the same.

I must admit when I started out with N gauge back in the dim and distant mists of 2014, I assumed for a long time that any Bachmann-era "primitive" (no DCC, lights etc.) locos were basically old Poole toolings, which I understand is not actually the case; all the Bachmann-era locos I have are split chassis, which is presumably a new development, though also presumably some exterior tooling (e.g. body shells and bogies) was retained (happy to be corrected here). By extension if the Peaks do use a chassis from another class, it wouldn't be Poole-derived. Damn, I'm going to have to get them out and compare ;).

Anyway what would certainly be interesting is a definitive model history (what models in what liveries were introduced when etc.), though I imagine even with a static target it'd be quite a bit of work, also the British 'N' Gauge Resource site (http://www.ngauge.org.uk/) aims to do similar for all manufacturers, though so far only covers Bachmann-era Farish.

Quote from: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 12:01:03 PMHow about you get us a site going for Kato / Tomix Squiddy?  :D
Haha... If at all then only for extinct manufacturers like Endou... after I retire...
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on December 30, 2015, 12:21:00 PM
Quote from: railsquid on December 30, 2015, 12:13:50 PM
Quote from: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 12:01:03 PM
Railsquid - as far as I'm aware, you are correct, no class 44/45/46 produced at Poole. I just couldn't say with certainty that Bachmann didn't use a Poole class 40 or class 50/52 chassis later on for peaks, even though i thought they didn't. Nice idea from NeMo all the same.

I must admit when I started out with N gauge back in the dim and distant mists of 2014, I assumed for a long time that any Bachmann-era "primitive" (no DCC, lights etc.) locos were basically old Poole toolings, which I understand is not actually the case; all the Bachmann-era locos I have are split chassis, which is presumably a new development, though also presumably some exterior tooling (e.g. body shells and bogies) was retained (happy to be corrected here). By extension if the Peaks do use a chassis from another class, it wouldn't be Poole-derived. Damn, I'm going to have to get them out and compare ;).
Very similar, but not identical.
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on December 30, 2015, 12:36:07 PM
Quote from: railsquid on December 30, 2015, 12:13:50 PM
I must admit when I started out with N gauge back in the dim and distant mists of 2014, I assumed for a long time that any Bachmann-era "primitive" (no DCC, lights etc.) locos were basically old Poole toolings, which I understand is not actually the case
Part of that confusion stemmed from the imprint on the underside of the respective loco - some Bachmann-era ones still have "GRAFAR LTD" there, albeit with "Made in China" rather than "BRITAIN".
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 12:44:58 PM
DorsetMike - thank you for the post. I picked up your message via the contact form on the site before seeing it here and have replied accordingly. The site is not exclusively for diesels, although that's primarily where my exposure to date lies. Whenever I dismantle a kettle I have to write off the rest of the day getting it back together again - hence it's a project for a later date. It would be fantastic if those who are well versed in kettles could come on side and contribute in the way of articles, how-to pieces etc.

Railsquid - a few chassis were carried over to Bachmann, notably the class 08 and 20. I like your idea of a definitive model history for each model, and I was thinking along the lines of having a page for each class, outlining releases (and year) of that class, and also mechanical specifics of the chassis, how to service that chassis and so on. This will probably be in the second half of 2016. I have spoken to Tony of www.ngauge.org.uk (http://www.ngauge.org.uk) and hope to get some info on thefarishshed at a later date. Tony did originally have a brilliant listing of the Poole production run on his site and I know he intends to bring it back now that he's revamped the site.

Kindest

Daniel

Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on December 30, 2015, 01:18:22 PM
Quote from: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 12:44:58 PM
Railsquid - a few chassis were carried over to Bachmann, notably the class 08 and 20.
Hah, I was thinking just now the old 08 might be a complete carry-over, but I've yet to see one in real life.

Hmm, now why does this historical trivia interest me?  :hmmm:
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on December 30, 2015, 01:29:26 PM
Another suggestion if I may - the glossary (http://thefarishshed.com/glossary-of-terms/) is mighty useful, any chance of pictures to illustrate the respective bits? It would be most useful for laypersons like myself, as I have a non-running Poole 25 which I intend to work on some day when I've got the time and inclination.
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Newportnobby on December 30, 2015, 01:58:58 PM
Having just caught up with this thread, I'd like to congratulate you, Dan, on what you've achieved so far. Very impressive!
Not sure I can contribute much to your site as when I started out in N gauge I was mainly steam based with just a class 101 DMU and a class 47 representing diesels. However, I do still have the 1983 and 1987 catalogues c/w price lists ruling at the time so if you require any references from them, just let me know.
@DesertHound (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=3706)
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 03:53:45 PM
Railsquid, good point, and yes there will be pictures next to each of the terms as I know it's difficult to visualise something just from a description. I'm visiting family right now so not at home to give the site the attention that it needs - any tweaks are done through an ipad - hardly suitable.

Mick - thanks for the kind words. Scans of the 1983 and 1987 price lists might come in handy if I haven't got them posted already, which I don't think I have.

Kindest

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Newportnobby on December 30, 2015, 05:13:35 PM
Quote from: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 03:53:45 PM

Mick - thanks for the kind words. Scans of the 1983 and 1987 price lists might come in handy if I haven't got them posted already, which I don't think I have.

Kindest

Daniel

I'll see if I can find someone with a scanner, Dan.
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 05:19:17 PM
Quote from: newportnobby on December 30, 2015, 05:13:35 PM
Quote from: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 03:53:45 PM

Mick - thanks for the kind words. Scans of the 1983 and 1987 price lists might come in handy if I haven't got them posted already, which I don't think I have.

Kindest

Daniel

I have a scanner Mick!  :D :D :D :headbutt: :headbutt: :headbutt:

I'll see if I can find someone with a scanner, Dan.
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: REGP on December 30, 2015, 05:29:18 PM
What a great idea, the site looks good and Ive bookmarked it all ready.

I am sure a lot of people like me, who are relatively new to N Gauge will find it a very useful information point.

Thanks and keep the good work up.

Ray
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Tank on December 30, 2015, 08:10:00 PM
Looks like a good site, and will be a good resource.  Saddened that your idea of writing articles for the forum hasn't happened like you said, but I can see that this is a different approach....which is great of course.  :D  Good luck with it. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 09:18:04 PM
Quote from: Tank on December 30, 2015, 08:10:00 PM
Looks like a good site, and will be a good resource.  Saddened that your idea of writing articles for the forum hasn't happened like you said, but I can see that this is a different approach....which is great of course.  :D  Good luck with it. :thumbsup:

Hi Tank

Thanks for the kind words. The ideas just kept coming out and ultimately I felt it deserved it's own site. I did send you some "works in progress" for comment about 8 weeks ago with the idea of bolting them on to NGF - did you receive them? Ultimately I couldn't envisage how everything I wished to do would sit here. The site isn't intended to operate in isolation and I'd be delighted if it generates traffic for the NGF.

I also hope I can contribute to NGF somehow in the future - to my mind it's a fantastic resource.

Kindest

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 09:27:51 PM
Guys - a request for help.

I've added a page on the top menu titled "useful websites". The idea here is to promote everything Poole Farish available on the internet. I've picked out some of the obvious sites (including our very own NGF  ;D) but I'd like to know of some more.

They don't have to be exclusively focused on Poole Farish, or indeed Farish or N Gauge, but there should be some useful information / products offered for the Poole Farish enthusiast.

I know some of the members of this site have their own websites / small businesses so please let me know if you think it's appropriate to add it (keeping in mind it should be Poole related).

You can find the page here; http://thefarishshed.com/useful-websites/ (http://thefarishshed.com/useful-websites/)

Kindest

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: scotsoft on December 30, 2015, 09:35:34 PM
Quote from: newportnobby on December 30, 2015, 05:13:35 PM
Quote from: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 03:53:45 PM

Mick - thanks for the kind words. Scans of the 1983 and 1987 price lists might come in handy if I haven't got them posted already, which I don't think I have.

Kindest

Daniel

I'll see if I can find someone with a scanner, Dan.

You could try taking pictures Mick. Use a tripod to keep your camera very steady and you should manage a page per shot.

Cheers John.
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Newportnobby on December 30, 2015, 09:53:42 PM
Quote from: scotsoft on December 30, 2015, 09:35:34 PM
Quote from: newportnobby on December 30, 2015, 05:13:35 PM
Quote from: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 03:53:45 PM

Mick - thanks for the kind words. Scans of the 1983 and 1987 price lists might come in handy if I haven't got them posted already, which I don't think I have.

Kindest

Daniel

I'll see if I can find someone with a scanner, Dan.

You could try taking pictures Mick. Use a tripod to keep your camera very steady and you should manage a page per shot.

Cheers John.

I'll see what sort of results I can come up with, John.
No doubt I'll be infringing a host of copyright laws, though :worried:
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Bealman on December 30, 2015, 09:55:11 PM
Daniel, it's a great idea and I hope I can help as I started out in that era and have some old catalogues somewhere.

Unfortunately, I haven't seen the site yet! A technical point, I know, but I'm on a tablet at the moment and the link is just showing up as a black screen with lines  ???

I'll look on my real computer later today.  :thumbsup:

George
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on December 30, 2015, 10:07:13 PM
George - ah, that's good info for me to know. With regards to tablets, I've only tried from an ipad and it's fine. I wonder if there's an issue with certain web browsers? I won't be able to look into it until after my holidays, but thanks all the same. It should work fine on your PC, but if it doesn't then do let me know. I did set the site up to be Oz friendly and I can testify to that since I've had some visitors down there today! Six hits in Oz today to be precise.

Mick - give me your address and I'll send round PC Plod!  :beers:
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on December 30, 2015, 10:11:11 PM
Quote from: Bealman on December 30, 2015, 09:55:11 PM
Daniel, it's a great idea and I hope I can help as I started out in that era and have some old catalogues somewhere.

Unfortunately, I haven't seen the site yet! A technical point, I know, but I'm on a tablet at the moment and the link is just showing up as a black screen with lines  ???
Which tablet/OS? Works fine on Android (4.4 / Nexus 5).
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Bealman on December 30, 2015, 10:19:44 PM
Samsung Tab 3
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on December 30, 2015, 10:45:21 PM
For the record it also works fine on an iPod with an older iOS version (which is starting to crash on some websites like the BBC).
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on January 05, 2016, 08:35:45 PM
Good evening All

A few tweaks to www.thefarishshed.com (http://www.thefarishshed.com) today. It appears that viewers enjoy looking at pictures (and why not), so I have begun the process of categorising the production run. You'll find it's underway here;

http://thefarishshed.com/the-turntable-2/ (http://thefarishshed.com/the-turntable-2/)

As you can see, there's only been classes 08 / 20 / 33 added so far but that will expand over the next few weeks. I might even try the mighty class 47 next - a truly mammoth task given the number of liveries produced. I've only catalogued those I have pictures for (which is most models) and will seek out pictures for those I don't have.

I've tried to take pictures from the same angle for each class so that comparisons are easier to make.

I hope you enjoy the pictures and whilst there's only three classes so far, this will be added to over the coming weeks.

Kindest

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on January 06, 2016, 02:19:02 AM
Great stuff, much appreciated!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Bob Tidbury on January 06, 2016, 09:58:53 AM
Hi Deserthound I've just got round to looking on your website ,Wow what a useful and informative site,more power to your elbow in adding info over time .
I have bookmarked it on my IPad and look forward to reading it from time to time. Exelent clear pictures and text will be a great help to a lot of our members.
Thank you  very much for all the time and effort you have put into this project.
Bob
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on January 10, 2016, 06:59:05 AM
Thank you for the encouragement guys.

I've updated the magnet page to include a small section on how to fit the neodymium magnets. You can find it here;

http://thefarishshed.com/spares-box-2/magnets/ (http://thefarishshed.com/spares-box-2/magnets/)

DMU's have also been added to "The Turntable" section, except for BR Blue as mine is still shrink wrapped in it's original box and I haven't brought myself round to opening it yet.

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Tank on January 11, 2016, 06:46:11 AM
Quote from: DesertHound on January 10, 2016, 06:59:05 AM
DMU's have also been added to "The Turntable" section.....

Good picture of the unit that got me into the NSE livery. :thumbsup:  I swapped a lot of Fleischmann track in Janes Trains, in Tooting, for two sets of the Class 159 in about 1995.  To me, they were very modern looking and super smooth runners back then.  I must get them DCC'd and run them again, as they've been stored for about 8 years. :-\
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: martyn on January 11, 2016, 08:36:44 AM
Hi Deserthound;
with regards to the neodymium magnets, these used to be available on EBay as a direct replacement for the Farish magnets; they were identical in size, and not the four cylindrical ones which you show on the website. I haven't seen them advertised for quite some time.
I also found that attaching one to a screwdriver when taking out or putting back the very small screws of Bach Farish tender drive, (or class 03/04 diesel chassis), when changing the 6-pin blank for a chip (or the extra traction tyred wheels) meant that the screws didn't end up 'missing'.... :)
Martyn
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Brail on January 11, 2016, 11:37:53 AM
Great initiative Dan!

Are you going to include oddballs made for foreign markets too?
I'm thinking for instance about the class 08 made in Dutch Railways grey/yellow livery to represent a NS serie 500/600 diesel shunter with running number 622 (sold under ref# 100D)

Bruce
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on January 11, 2016, 08:38:47 PM
Tank - those 159's will probably look like bananas now! They have a tendency to bow. You might be shocked once you dust them off after eight years!

Martyn - thanks for the info. I have seen neodymium magnets of the same dimensions as the Farish magnets, although the ones I saw were quite expensive relative to the cylinders. The cylinders cost GBP16.54 for 200. At 4 cylinders per loco, that's 50 equivalent Farish magnets.

I agree though that once magnet would look nice and be in keeping with the original. Do you have an example of the neodymium single magnet? If you'd care to take a picture and post it on here for us all to see, and also send me a copy, then I'd happily include it on the site, since it's a valid option.

Brail - funny you should mention oddballs! I was thinking about the Thai Railways 158 or 159 (can't remember which it is) and I wasn't aware they made a class 08 for the Dutch Railways. Again, if you have an example, or know someone who does, then it would be great to get hold of a picture. Since I'm using this forum to discuss my site, then any pics would, I'm sure, be gratefully received on here, and I could also include them in an oddball section.

I have a few resprays, some from a member on here, and they are going to be included in a respray section. That's to come though - once step at a time.

Kindest

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Dr Al on January 11, 2016, 10:18:52 PM
Quote from: DesertHound on January 11, 2016, 08:38:47 PM
I was thinking about the Thai Railways 158 or 159 (can't remember which it is)

This doodah?

(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/MGalleryItem.php?id=34163)

(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/MGalleryItem.php?id=34164)

Cheers,
Alan
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on January 11, 2016, 11:45:08 PM
That would be the one Al.

A picture on a chassis to add to the photo catalogue, preferably on some track would be much appreciated. Happy to lend credit to anything contributed.

Dan
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Brail on January 12, 2016, 12:27:08 AM
I don't have one myself but I do see them fairly often at Dutch swapmeets (although at pretty hefty prices (about 80€/£60). If I would need one I would buy the recent Bachmann Farish version and repaint it.

Here are some pictures from a Dutch online auction site: http://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/2802703-graham-farish-n-100d-serie-500-600-hippel-van-de-ns (http://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/2802703-graham-farish-n-100d-serie-500-600-hippel-van-de-ns)

The reason why the Dutch have these is that the War Department left/sold a couple of class 11's (predecessor of class 08) to the NS after world war 2 and they were so impressed that they ended up buying 100 or so from English Electric in the 40's & 50's. Similar Victorian Railways bought a handful of them too (and renamed them F class) and I'm a bit surprised that Farish didn't do an Aussie version of the class 08 too.
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on January 12, 2016, 07:45:19 AM
Thanks Brail - that's most helpful. I shall get it listed on the site tomorrow.

Cheers

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Brail on January 12, 2016, 08:47:28 AM
Hi Daniel,
Not sure if you're going to include steamengines at one stage on your site.
But Farish also produced a Dutch steam loco Class 8800 based on their J94 with ref number 8811 & runningnumber was also 8811.
By pure coincidence I found some pictures of it on the same website as for the serie 500/600: http://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/3748525-graham-farish-stoomlocomotief-8811-van-de-ns (http://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/3748525-graham-farish-stoomlocomotief-8811-van-de-ns)
Bruce
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Dr Al on January 12, 2016, 09:04:51 AM
Quote from: Brail on January 12, 2016, 08:47:28 AM
By pure coincidence I found some pictures of it on the same website as for the serie 500/600: http://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/3748525-graham-farish-stoomlocomotief-8811-van-de-ns (http://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/3748525-graham-farish-stoomlocomotief-8811-van-de-ns)
Bruce

Rare, but that one's not the ideal example - smokebox is on wrong, front coupling is upside down, as are the wheelsets - someone's had that apart at some point and not put it back together right!

Cheers,
Alan
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Dr Al on January 12, 2016, 09:06:43 AM
Quote from: DesertHound on January 11, 2016, 11:45:08 PM
That would be the one Al.

A picture on a chassis to add to the photo catalogue, preferably on some track would be much appreciated. Happy to lend credit to anything contributed.

I'm afraid I have no chassis for this - I got it as shown, similar to the Stobart stuff. Is a tidy undamaged example though.

Cheers,
Alan
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on January 12, 2016, 11:23:15 AM
Brail - that's fantastic, thanks. Any other info you have regarding Farish in the Netherlands will be welcomed and I'll work on getting the pictures on the site when I get home tomorrow - I'll have to think into which category I should place them.

Al - no problem about the picture, but thanks all the same. Anomalies notes re the J94 pic and agree it's been tinkered with. I guess it will do (with annotations) until something better comes up.

Cheers

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Brail on January 12, 2016, 04:35:23 PM
Thanks Dr Al – I hadn't noticed this but then my knowledge of steam engines stops at Thomas The Tank engine  ::)

But I was intrigued enough to search the net for a better picture which I didn't find but instead I discovered that Farish made a Swedish version of the 08 too: http://swen.nmodell.se/diesellok.html (http://swen.nmodell.se/diesellok.html)
Strange that they mention as refnumber 100F which is also used for the EWS limited edition livery.

Sorry Daniel – that's the limit of my knowledge of Dutch Farish models.
But I would love to know who started those initiatives. Was it Farish trying to find some alternative markets or was it a local Dutch/ Swedish shop ordering a special edition?
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Dr Al on January 12, 2016, 05:00:36 PM
Quote from: Brail on January 12, 2016, 04:35:23 PM
Thanks Dr Al – I hadn't noticed this but then my knowledge of steam engines stops at Thomas The Tank engine  ::)

But I was intrigued enough to search the net for a better picture which I didn't find but instead I discovered that Farish made a Swedish version of the 08 too: http://swen.nmodell.se/diesellok.html (http://swen.nmodell.se/diesellok.html)
Strange that they mention as refnumber 100F which is also used for the EWS limited edition livery.

It may simply have been in the wrong box - with secondhand it's difficult to know. Of course, it may have originally been shipped in that box - only someone who assembled these in the factory could definitively say.

Quote from: Brail on January 12, 2016, 04:35:23 PMWas it Farish trying to find some alternative markets or was it a local Dutch/ Swedish shop ordering a special edition?

Definitely - Farish were going down many routes I think, including the Thai 158s, MacDonalds liveried 'Shredded wheat' dummy 0-6-0 tank locos, Eddie Stobart liveried class 37s and containers, and maybe others. They also did a fair bit of experimentation, e.g. with nicely spoked steam loco wheels. None of it got to market it seems.

Cheers,
Alan
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: BramptonBranch on January 12, 2016, 07:00:00 PM
I have the Farish J94 in Dutch livery, and will attempt to send a picture or two if interested.
Andy
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on January 13, 2016, 04:28:02 AM
Hi Andy

That would be much appreciated - thank you.

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on January 15, 2016, 03:55:45 PM
Good Evening All

Firstly, Brail, I haven't forgotten about the overseas specials, I will make a section for those.

In the meantime, I have been doing some cataloguing. Visit http://thefarishshed.com/the-turntable-2/ (http://thefarishshed.com/the-turntable-2/) to see what's been added today ... classes 25/31/40/55/56/57 and, oh yes, some resprays. See if you can spot Ozymandias' resprays on the site. Click on the pictures when you get to the site and you'll eventually get to slideshows. Below are a couple of pictures to whet your appetite. I hope you enjoy them ...

[smg id=34232 type=preview align=center caption="Class 37 BritishSteel"]
[smg id=34233 type=preview align=center caption="Class 55 Porterbrook"]
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on January 15, 2016, 10:48:45 PM
I like the new "old-style Farish catalogue" look  :thumbsup:

One slight quibble - "the class 57 is derived from the class 56" - do you mean the Farish version? The prototypes are of course reengined 47s (albeit with class 56 traction motors).
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on January 16, 2016, 02:43:31 AM
Thanks Railsquid ... working on finding an "old-style" Farish font to go with it.

Ah, that text, I'm going to re-read it later on, as somebody else pointed that out too. I'll re-word it to make it clearer. The point I was trying to get across was re the models more so than real life and I was trying to say that basicially the class 56/57 by Farish were just conversions of the 47. I'll look at it later, maybe I didn't write that bit clearly.

Thanks for the eagle eye!

Dan
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on January 20, 2016, 04:02:22 PM
Apologies to those of you who have been visiting thefarishshed today. I have been working on some updates to the website theme (how it looks) and it may take a while to get it to an acceptable stage. In the meantime, the site is still ip, and you should be able to visit all pages, however, it might not be so "easy on the eye".

Thank you railsquid for your info on the class 47/57, that has been updated.

I shall post again ince the site is how I would like it to be and hopefully there will also be some more content.

Kindest

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: mickd247 on January 24, 2016, 10:37:14 AM
Hi DesertHound

Your site is starting to become a great reference site for old Farish.  Have noticed today that some of the pictures have disappeared in The Shed/How to ..change split gears in the section near the end on spares / replacement parts.

Looking forward to your gallery for the 47's

Best regards

Mick
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on January 24, 2016, 11:21:29 AM
Quote from: mickd247 on January 24, 2016, 10:37:14 AM
Hi DesertHound

Your site is starting to become a great reference site for old Farish.  Have noticed today that some of the pictures have disappeared in The Shed/How to ..change split gears in the section near the end on spares / replacement parts.

Looking forward to your gallery for the 47's

Best regards

Mick

Thank you for the feedback Mick, you have reminded me to fix something that I didn't have time to do the other day. As I can see, it was a table that wasn't formatted correctly and so with everything out of place, it looked like there were pictures missing. Anyway, I intend to re-write this article myself (indeed I have started to do so) since the article in question is borrowed from the NGS (fully credited to them at the start of the article with a link to their site as I do not wish to pass anything off as my own if it is not). In the rush to get certain subjects up on the site I cross-referenced from other sources with credits where they are required. I think actually this is the only page, since everything else is original text.

I have taken out the incorrectly formatted table, which talked about which gears were available. I shall endeavour to expand on this in my own article. I'll try and get it up on the site this week, along with the class 47 gallery  :toot:
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on January 25, 2016, 12:26:46 AM
Looking good - one small formatting issue requiring non-urgent attention: after posting a blog comment, the posted text appears white-on-white.
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on January 25, 2016, 05:34:10 AM
Railsquid

Thank you for that most observant of observations and congratulations for being the first genuine "commentator" on the site (if you don't include spammers pushing protein powders).

I shall tend to the non-urgent issue urgently and advise once tweaked.

Kindest

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on January 25, 2016, 03:03:50 PM
Quote from: railsquid on January 25, 2016, 12:26:46 AM
Looking good - one small formatting issue requiring non-urgent attention: after posting a blog comment, the posted text appears white-on-white.

Took me a good few hours Railsquid but I've cracked the code! Your comment is now viewable - white on black. Thanks for bringing it to my attention and feel free to "test out" the comments boxes again!

Cheers

Dan
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on January 25, 2016, 03:42:46 PM
Quote from: DesertHound on January 25, 2016, 03:03:50 PM
Quote from: railsquid on January 25, 2016, 12:26:46 AM
Looking good - one small formatting issue requiring non-urgent attention: after posting a blog comment, the posted text appears white-on-white.

Took me a good few hours Railsquid but I've cracked the code! Your comment is now viewable - white on black. Thanks for bringing it to my attention and feel free to "test out" the comments boxes again!

Looks good, I can now see my spelling mistake  ???

Now, about those pills...
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on February 01, 2016, 09:29:58 AM
Dear All

This week I am running a daily feature on www.thefarishshed.com (http://www.thefarishshed.com) about Poole spares. Each day - and we're already on day two - I shall be opening up a drawer from the spares box to explain which spares are which, and why you might need them. For those who are familiar with working on Poole Farish, none of this might be news to you. However, for the more unfamiliar reader, it might be of interest.

Please feel free to pay a visit and post any comments you have. In order to post a comment you will have to provide an e-mail address, although this will not be visible to the public. Where it asks for your name, you may use whichever name takes your fancy (so long as it's not offensive). Railsquid on here, for example, is, errrr ... Railsquid on there.

Ultimately, the site has not been set up as a forum (we already have an excellent one here) but there is value in readers being able to comment, and others being able to respond.

As the site continues to grow I'd be more than happy to post the odd article in NGF if it's of sufficient interest to the community.

Kindest

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on February 01, 2016, 10:16:34 AM
Quote from: DesertHound on February 01, 2016, 09:29:58 AMRailsquid on here, for example, is, errrr ... Railsquid on there.
Railsquid is Railsquid here, there and everywhere ;)

Keep up the good work  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: TylerB on February 10, 2016, 12:04:14 AM
A very useful site! Also helped me confirm something - I have the Railfreight Coal Sector class 37 (which I'm selling now on the n-porium) and I always thought it was in the wrong box because someone had amended the box label in pen from 'class 47' to 'class 37'.

However by checking the 1994 catalogue on there, it seems it is the correct item number (8036), so all I can assume is that there was a printing error at the labelling stage and, rather than go to the expense of changing it, some poor soul at the factory had to go through them all changing the '4' to a '3'  :)
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on February 10, 2016, 06:05:12 AM
Hi Tyler

Tank you for visiting the site - it's being added to every week so please do come back and visit from time to time.

Just to build on your comment regarding Class 37 (8036), I believe you are correct re the mis-printing, since I have seen this on examples also, and the box of mine has also had the class 47 over-written with class 37.

I initially thought it was in the wrong box and somebody had just crossed it out themselves, since everything now is second-hand.

Thanks fir that!

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on February 10, 2016, 08:55:22 AM
Apologies for multiple posts, but I thought I should mention that after speaking to a very kind Richard Deas (of Littlewood fame), I have reproduced his article on re-motoring of Poole Farish chassis, which you can find here; http://thefarishshed.com/farish-diesels-fitted-with-a-mashima-lh19-motor/ (http://thefarishshed.com/farish-diesels-fitted-with-a-mashima-lh19-motor/)

You can also find reference to this article in the depths of this forum, or via Richard's very own website http://www.deas.net/littlewood/ (http://www.deas.net/littlewood/) but I always felt it was difficult to dig out and wanted to give it greater visibility. Richard kindly obliged, so a thank you to him.

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on February 14, 2016, 08:54:54 AM
Quote from: TylerB on February 10, 2016, 12:04:14 AM
A very useful site! Also helped me confirm something - I have the Railfreight Coal Sector class 37 (which I'm selling now on the n-porium) and I always thought it was in the wrong box because someone had amended the box label in pen from 'class 47' to 'class 37'.

However by checking the 1994 catalogue on there, it seems it is the correct item number (8036), so all I can assume is that there was a printing error at the labelling stage and, rather than go to the expense of changing it, some poor soul at the factory had to go through them all changing the '4' to a '3'  :)

Tyler - I have written a small article about this here http://thefarishshed.com/no-8036-the-mysterious-coal-sector-cl-47/ (http://thefarishshed.com/no-8036-the-mysterious-coal-sector-cl-47/)
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on February 14, 2016, 09:02:10 AM
Good Morning All

For those of you who have been waiting for the start of the class 47 cataloguing, I can tell you that it is now underway. If you go to the home page (actually, it's called "Latest" instead of home) then you will see the latest posting is for the picture gallery of class 47's. I have added three to get the ball rolling.

The plan is to add one class 47 per day, until the nineteen Poole 47's are listed. You can find the link to the page on the "Latest" page www.thefarishshed.com (http://www.thefarishshed.com)

I would be particularly interested to know which format you prefer for the photo cataloguing of old Farish stock. In previous pictures (look at class 31 or 55 for example) I have set the locos more within a setting, but with the class 47's I have taken a "side on" picture with nothing else being prominent in the picture other than the subject matter (class 47 in this case). My one bug bear is that the left hand side cabs are slightly out of focus. I shall endeavour to correct this at a later date.

Please check back regularly over the next three weeks, since a class 47 will be added every day (in reverse catalogue order, finishing with Isambard Kingdom Brunel). After that I'll move on to the class 37's!

The pictures expand when you click on them and you can scroll through them by using the backwards / forwards arrow bottom left of the expanded picture if you wish.

Kindest

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Bangor Lad on February 14, 2016, 10:23:46 AM
Hi Daniel

You're building a great resource which is particularly useful for people like me who haven't done much 'under the bonnet' so to speak ;)

As for the photo format I must say I prefer those taken in a setting.

Cheers
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on February 15, 2016, 07:10:17 AM
Hi Dave

Thank you for the feedback. I take your comments on board re the setting vs side on view for the stock photos. I'll have a think about it (note the class 47's and 37's will go up as side on view as I've already taken the pictures). I'll look into improving them at a later date though due to the left side being very slightly out of focus.

If there's any topic you would like covered under loco maintenance then I'd be happy to cover it and also post it on the forum (since the forum has been kind enough to let me discuss the site here).

Finally, cat. no. 8026 is up as today's locomotive, released in 1988. Can anyone spot the glaringly obvious error in the picture (unintentional I must add)?

Dan
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Dr Al on February 15, 2016, 12:44:20 PM
Quote from: DesertHound on February 15, 2016, 07:10:17 AM
Can anyone spot the glaringly obvious error in the picture (unintentional I must add)?

It's sitting on class 37 sideframes....

Cheers,
Alan
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on February 15, 2016, 03:03:07 PM
You win first prize Al!

Will be changed in due course when I set the tripod up again.

Dan
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Dr Al on February 15, 2016, 03:19:55 PM
Minor point - you might want to photo them with the original style wheels (or use one chassis like this and swap the shells about for photos), just so folks who are less aware don't expect to find these with new style wheels on them as standard when they go out hunting on the secondhand market!

I too have a 37 8036 with the amended box sticker - clearly when first brought out whoever did the labels made a blunder and they just wen't with them until they were used. I used to own a later 37699 and it had correct label.

Label blunders aren't unique to this - they did the full run of HSTs in Virgin livery (IIRC) with the reference of IC124 rather than IC125 on the box label....

Cheers,
Alan
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on February 15, 2016, 03:49:10 PM
That's not a bad idea re the pizza cutter wheels - I did think about "keeping it original" when taking the pictures, but didn't think about something so simple as swapping the bodies  :doh:

Interesting about the 37 699 with the correct label - so it did exist then! I'll look out for it.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but are the Virgin HST's Farish/Bachmann cross-over? Going to be released by Farish but then released after the take over and have XXX-XXX catalogue numbers.

Dan

Dan
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Dr Al on February 15, 2016, 03:53:09 PM
Quote from: DesertHound on February 15, 2016, 03:49:10 PM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but are the Virgin HST's Farish/Bachmann cross-over? Going to be released by Farish but then released after the take over and have XXX-XXX catalogue numbers.

There were two iterations.

There was a Poole release with cat number 8128 (this is the one with the box error IIRC) late in the day of Poole, and a later Bachmann release with uprated wheels, gears, Bachmann style armature, but still the Poole style chassis. This does not have the error and comes in a Bachfar version of the last Poole style card boxes.

Cheers,
Alan
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Dr Al on February 15, 2016, 07:03:59 PM
This is the blunder:

(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/MGalleryItem.php?id=35484)

Oops!

Cheers,
Alan
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Bangor Lad on February 15, 2016, 07:20:35 PM
Quote from: DesertHound on February 15, 2016, 07:10:17 AM
Hi Dave

Thank you for the feedback. I take your comments on board re the setting vs side on view for the stock photos. I'll have a think about it (note the class 47's and 37's will go up as side on view as I've already taken the pictures). I'll look into improving them at a later date though due to the left side being very slightly out of focus.

If there's any topic you would like covered under loco maintenance then I'd be happy to cover it and also post it on the forum (since the forum has been kind enough to let me discuss the site here).

Finally, cat. no. 8026 is up as today's locomotive, released in 1988. Can anyone spot the glaringly obvious error in the picture (unintentional I must add)?

Dan

I've done a few things such as changing pizza cutters to more modern profile wheels, particularly when there's been a split gear, but it's the electrickery stuff I'm less confident about.
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on February 28, 2016, 10:43:57 PM
Dear All

Please find the latest addition to thefarishshed.com here http://thefarishshed.com/class-2533-service-guide/ (http://thefarishshed.com/class-2533-service-guide/)

It's a project I have been working on over the last couple of weeks and it is a first attempt at what I hope to be a series of service guides for the Poole family of farish chassis.

The guide is rather detailed and was designed for those who really would like to be walked through rebuilding / servicing their locomotives. Hence it's not a "quick read". The link above will take you to the main service guide page for the class 25/33. From there you can click on any of the pictures on that front page to take you to any stage of the service. That way it makes it easier to pick up from where you left off, should you be carrying out your rebuild over time. Also, at the top and bottom of each page you will be able to navigate backwards and forwards to the next step, or back to the service guide front page. That might all sound rather confusing, but I'm sure it will make sense once you are on the site.

I have added a few disclaimers at the bottom, since I am doing this to share information. I do not act as a shop, a repair service, or make any money from this venture. Hence the disclaimer is there to advise you that this is intended as a guide and nothing more.

I am working on the format of the site (I cannot stand the white borders around the pictures) and this might take some time to put in a style to my liking.

The guide is finished, yet does require a few tweaks and additions. I would be particularly interested to hear from you if you have any difficulties navigating the site. The service guide will be amended (slightly) pending a few dotting of "i's" and crossing of "t's".

Best

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Newportnobby on February 28, 2016, 10:52:25 PM
Thanks very much for all your work, Dan. I'll check out the site over the next few days.
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on February 28, 2016, 11:27:29 PM
Thanks, much appreciated! Doubly so if it applies to the 33 as well, as I have one of those which needs servicing (though a clear case of split gears).

It will be a couple of weeks until I'll have time to actually poke at the 25, will report back.
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: REGP on February 28, 2016, 11:46:54 PM
Even I can follow your step by step guide and would be tempted to have a go if I had a 25 (or 33).

Probably a good thing I don't have one, as it would undoubtably result in me sending it of to BR Lines for him to put it back together again!

So if you do, the same guide for a 37 or 47, I could be in big trouble (especially if you cover changing wheels).

Seriously though folks, a big thanks for going into such clear detail, enabling a technical numscull like me to follow and understand them!

Ray
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: N-Gauge-US on February 29, 2016, 03:24:31 AM
Just wanted to say a quick thank you for all of the hard work that has gone into this site. I have already used it to help identify the production year on an 08 when someone asked how old it was (a very easy task thanks to your site!) and I've quite enjoyed your spares section. I am very excited to see steam make its eventual appearance (I know that is a tall order and that this a labor of love, so no rush!), as that is my primary interest. I'd be especially interested in seeing any remotoring projects done to steam Farish, as I'm interested in starting to scratch and kit build and modifying an extant engine is a great bridge project :) Thanks again for your hard work and for making this great resource available to the n gauge community!
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on March 01, 2016, 05:44:05 AM
Firstly

NPN / Railsquid / REGP / N-Gauge-US, thank you for the kind comments and I hope you enjoy the new content.

Quote from: REGP on February 28, 2016, 11:46:54 PM
Even I can follow your step by step guide and would be tempted to have a go if I had a 25 (or 33).

Probably a good thing I don't have one, as it would undoubtably result in me sending it of to BR Lines for him to put it back together again!

So if you do, the same guide for a 37 or 47, I could be in big trouble (especially if you cover changing wheels).

Seriously though folks, a big thanks for going into such clear detail, enabling a technical numscull like me to follow and understand them!

Ray

Ray, a service guide for the class 37/47/56/57 chassis is on the cards. I shall advise when it is up (these things take time grrrrrrrrr!) I hope I bring you copius amounts of "trouble" with the guide  :D

Quote from: N-Gauge-US on February 29, 2016, 03:24:31 AM
Just wanted to say a quick thank you for all of the hard work that has gone into this site. I have already used it to help identify the production year on an 08 when someone asked how old it was (a very easy task thanks to your site!) and I've quite enjoyed your spares section. I am very excited to see steam make its eventual appearance (I know that is a tall order and that this a labor of love, so no rush!), as that is my primary interest. I'd be especially interested in seeing any remotoring projects done to steam Farish, as I'm interested in starting to scratch and kit build and modifying an extant engine is a great bridge project :) Thanks again for your hard work and for making this great resource available to the n gauge community!

I shall get around to cataloguing steam, although I will not be able to offer a picture for each model (simply because I don't have the stock!) but shall try to get one picture per "class" on the site. I shall also try and get something up on steam servicing, although to be brutally honest, that's a different beast with all the con-rods and once you take those apart - oh my, oh my!  :doh: If you do start any work N-Gauge-US then you are welcome to contribute as a guest author and as I have said before, I am more than happy to have material that is co-located on this great site of ours (NGF) too. Thanks for your support.

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on March 01, 2016, 05:52:29 AM
Folks

The class 47 listing is finally up! You can find it here http://thefarishshed.com/class-47/ (http://thefarishshed.com/class-47/)

I have rejigged the format slightly in that I wanted to present the production gallery also as a list, so now you will see the production list, followed by the gallery. Don't forget that you can click on the pictures to enlarge them. Apologies for the size of the font in the list for those of you who prefer bigger font, it was the only way I could keep the lists tidy (by not having them spilling over onto multiple lines).

I have added some navigation links at the top and bottom of the pages too to make "surfing around" much easier. You can go directly to a different class of locomotive at the top of the page, or at the bottom of the page you can either go back to the gallery front page or "latest", which is the main blog page.

I really should thank Tony (Carderail) for this section of the site, since he has been the inspiration. I am appalled by what has happened to his site.

I hope you find the resource useful, if only to look at some pictures of old Poole stock. I have had to disable comments on the site for now due to spam but you can use the contact form to get in touch, or get in touch via this thread. All input is gratefully welcomed from the community.

Next it's on to the class 37's - hopefully starting tomorrow!

Kindest

Daniel
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on March 01, 2016, 07:09:50 AM
Possible correction - I have 47 455 in BR blue, but the number on the box is 8005 "BR Class 47 Diesel (Blue)", your list says 8006.

FWIW I also have "D1662 Isambard Kingdom Brunel", listed as 8005, but not in the original box.
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on March 01, 2016, 09:22:27 AM
Quote from: railsquid on March 01, 2016, 07:09:50 AM
Possible correction - I have 47 455 in BR blue, but the number on the box is 8005 "BR Class 47 Diesel (Blue)", your list says 8006.

FWIW I also have "D1662 Isambard Kingdom Brunel", listed as 8005, but not in the original box.

RS - would you like a job as a proof-reader? Hmmm, let's see, I can pay you a monthly sum in, errrr, in ....  popcorn! :foodanddrink:

Thanks for picking that up - the first five or so in the list had the wrong numbers but I have corrected that now. That's what happens when you try "working" late at night!

Let me know if you see anything else - doing my best guv'nor!
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: Newportnobby on March 01, 2016, 02:14:40 PM
Quote from: railsquid on March 01, 2016, 07:09:50 AM
Possible correction - I have 47 455 in BR blue, but the number on the box is 8005 "BR Class 47 Diesel (Blue)", your list says 8006.

FWIW I also have "D1662 Isambard Kingdom Brunel", listed as 8005, but not in the original box.

I have 2 x I.K.B. D1662 and the box reference is 8004 if this info is needed.
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on March 01, 2016, 02:37:39 PM
Thanks Mick ... it was "fat finger" syndrome which caused me to type them up wrong. Info. infront of me was correct, brain obviously processed it otherwise  :scowl:
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on March 01, 2016, 04:02:49 PM
My IKB's box has a hand-written sticker saying "Princess Margaret Rose" and a guarantee registration card for the same. Apart from that it's in excellent condition and is one of the one's I'd "ringfence" if I had to sell up due to poverty.
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on March 02, 2016, 06:18:54 AM
Quote from: railsquid on March 01, 2016, 04:02:49 PM
My IKB's box has a hand-written sticker saying "Princess Margaret Rose" and a guarantee registration card for the same. Apart from that it's in excellent condition and is one of the one's I'd "ringfence" if I had to sell up due to poverty.

Never heard of the Margaret Rose RS - is that a steamer, or a box from another make?   :worried:

As for poverty - the popcorn offer still stands ... or I'll make it peanuts if you like!  :nerner:
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: railsquid on March 02, 2016, 07:13:24 AM
Quote from: DesertHound on March 02, 2016, 06:18:54 AM
Quote from: railsquid on March 01, 2016, 04:02:49 PM
My IKB's box has a hand-written sticker saying "Princess Margaret Rose" and a guarantee registration card for the same. Apart from that it's in excellent condition and is one of the one's I'd "ringfence" if I had to sell up due to poverty.

Never heard of the Margaret Rose RS - is that a steamer, or a box from another make?   :worried:
I tell a slight untruth - the guarantee registration card (in the genuine Farish box) is for model 1811, which is evidently a 'Duchess 4-6-2 6255 "City of Hereford" in LMS black'. A bit of research indicates there really is a kettle Princess Margaret Rose (http://www.prclt.co.uk/46203_Preservation.html) which has been  modelled at least once in N using a Farish chassis (http://www.ebay.ie/itm/N-Gauge-LMS-Princess-Margaret-Rose-6203-Maroon-on-Farish-Chassis-/390781911015).

Quote from: DesertHound on March 02, 2016, 06:18:54 AMAs for poverty - the popcorn offer still stands ... or I'll make it peanuts if you like!  :nerner:
You know what you get if you pay peanuts... I'll take bananas too ;)
Title: Re: Welcome to thefarishshed.com
Post by: DesertHound on March 03, 2016, 06:45:00 PM
Good Evening All

Two new additions to "The Shed" today ...

The class 37 production list is up and I shall be adding a photo to this page each day over the next week.

http://thefarishshed.com/class-37/ (http://thefarishshed.com/class-37/)

I have written a very short article on the subtle difference between early Poole class 47 chassis and why it soon had to be modified.

http://thefarishshed.com/why-the-class-47-chassis-changed/ (http://thefarishshed.com/why-the-class-47-chassis-changed/)

I hope you enjoy them.

Daniel