Class 08 Body & Frames

Mr Sprue · February 16, 2020, 06:31:51 PM

What am I missing here? I keep coming across Graham Farish Class 08 body & frames being sold!! What an earth are their chassis being used for to break up such attractive looking shunters that are really not that cheap to buy!

e.g : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Graham-Farish-Class-08-Shunter-Railfreight-Distribution-Body-Only/274266940192?hash=item3fdb956320:g:aH4AAOSwH9JeRlzj[/url]

exmouthcraig · February 16, 2020, 06:38:45 PM

I dont know BUT I did buy one from Rails for £20 so I could paint it or attempt to paint it without ruining the BR blue one I bought.

The ones from Rails do come complete in the original GF box so no idea why their stripping so many. The box label shows it was a complete loco and not just a body in the box

Bob G · February 16, 2020, 07:04:55 PM

I've sold bodies so I can use the chassis for the Parkwood Maunsell shunters, and I also sold a body of a black one because I wanted a green one that was no longer available but the body was being sold and so I needed a chassis. A case of switcheroo, but I can only think that Farish made too many bodies compared to chassis.
They never seem to make enough green ones with wasp stripes. Or without wasp stripes but with the later crest and later number, for that matter!

Bob

Izzy · February 16, 2020, 07:27:04 PM

You can get spare bodies from the likes of BRlines, but not the outside frames. I have a feeling there are 009 locos made commercially that use the 08 chassis and these items might be what is left over if they are required to buy the whole loco to get the chassis.

Izzy

Mr Sprue · February 16, 2020, 08:33:12 PM

You know what I think I can go with Izzy on this one, bearing in mind these 009 guys have a bit of pocket wedge to spend on their fetish!

Dr Al · February 17, 2020, 11:39:07 AM

Bachmann clearly dumped a significant number on Rails of Sheffield at one point a year or two ago - presumably these models had their chassis stripped out either as they didn't function, or to break up for spares.

Cheers,
Alan

davidinyork · February 17, 2020, 06:26:27 PM

Quote from: Mr Sprue on February 16, 2020, 08:33:12 PM
You know what I think I can go with Izzy on this one, bearing in mind these 009 guys have a bit of pocket wedge to spend on their fetish!

It's got to be something like that - Rails have had many of these, in various liveries, over a number of years. I bought one a few years back for spare parts, and as I recall it contained everything apart from the mechanism, wheels and base plate.

Ted · February 18, 2020, 09:29:24 AM

Quote from: exmouthcraig on February 16, 2020, 06:38:45 PM
I dont know BUT I did buy one from Rails for £20 so I could paint it or attempt to paint it without ruining the BR blue one I bought.

The ones from Rails do come complete in the original GF box so no idea why their stripping so many. The box label shows it was a complete loco and not just a body in the box

Same here, about £20 for a BR blue weathering test bed (guinea pig)! 👍