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[railsquid]

A 4F 43294 and a short rake of those nice Farish Thompsons, not particularly recent purchases nor intended to run together, but unearthed while excavating the strata of the Knotmore Street shelf.


Graham Farish Midland 4F (43292) by Rail Squid, on Flickr

[twinklekev]

Here's my latest purchase; NGS kit 26.



I've started their construction already by modifying the chassis for the "mogo" to have vacuum braking and tie bars.

Kev,

[MinZaPint]

We've all seen the 56 which I'm very pleased with but I wanted to show off my latest Brewery van courtesy of the "Wagon Yard"

[jpendle]

My Revolution Eco-Frets arrived.

Here's a couple of piccies.

GBRF Blue



DBC Red in the middle of a rake of Farish FIA's





Apparently they come with tiny container spigots in the spares bag to stick in the holes when containers aren't loaded.

Don't think I'll be playing with those anytime soon 

Regards,

John P

[Bealman]

It's obvious that the detailing on these wagons is exceptionally brilliant - as we've come to expect from Revolution - but being a transition modeller, I just cannot get excited by these models. To me, they are just flat things with wheels on, that big horrible ugly containers sit on.

Sorry! 

[RailGooner]

It's obvious that the detailing on these wagons is exceptionally brilliant - as we've come to expect from Revolution - but being a transition modeller, I just cannot get excited by these models. To me, they are just flat things with wheels on, that big horrible ugly containers sit on.

Sorry! 

But George, intermodals have to be the most exciting stock ever. They move all our models from manufacturer to market! 

[Bealman]

Good thinking! I love 'em already! 

[jpendle]

So George @Bealman , look away now.

A parcel arrived today from Rails of Sheffield, I haven't used them before but their new website is a lot better for international orders so I thought I'd give them a try before my Revolution Biomass Hoppers are ready.

It contained two beautiful, slab sided boxes on wheels, what's not to like?

Box 1, resplendent in Large Logo BR Blue.



Box 2, Tango anyone?



And, news to me, light grey Farish gears.



The BR Blue one runs like a dream, the Tango one is a little bit noisy, we'll see what happens after they have been properly run in.

Regards,

John P

[Bealman]

Er.... big and colourful. 

[Newportnobby]

The choice of gears is interesting, as the retooled class 20 had them as well.
Wonder if they're any better as regards split gears

[emjaybee]

The choice of gears is interesting, as the retooled class 20 had them as well.
Wonder if they're any better as regards split gears

Or, maybe they've changed the colour to make the splits easier to see.

[Tonye]

  I see Cheltenham Models has both the 66`s for sale at £119.95 , whereas Bure Valley models are asking £ 127.95. 

[Dr Al]

Wonder if they're any better as regards split gears

They should be - they appear to have finally gone back to white nylon, as Farish originally used all the way back in 1984. Those original gears very rarely split, and are generally considered to be the best Farish ever did.

Maybe finally the spectre of split gears on new models can be consigned to the dustbin of history. Of course there's so many earlier models still about with them that it'll still be a problem with them for years to come.

Cheers,
Alan

[Trainfish]

There's something about the class 50s which makes me need to buy them. Ok so this is an old model (potentially 38 years old) but it was listed as being on display only and with a winning bid of £55 inc P&P I just had to have it to add to the 8 (a mixture of Farish & Dapol) which I already have. It's just a little noisy but this may quieten down with a bit of running in.

[Newportnobby]

Er.... big and colourful. 

It's summer, George. People are buying sheds