Hello,
I'm new to the Forum, tho not new to the scale. I've been a fan of Continental European N for some time, along with being interested in other scales and locations but, recently, I've started to focus down on trains from Britain and French-speaking parts of the world, mainly in N gauge. I'm looking forward to getting involved in discussions!
My first question is about what I think will be my next purchase - the Farish 47, Lady Diana Spencer. I was wondering whether it came with snowploughs and, if so, how easy they are to fit? I'm very partial to a British loco with snowploughs! I've seen a couple of vids of people having some difficulty with fitting the 'ploughs on the Farish 37 and wondered whether this loco might be the same?
47712 Lady Diana Spencer wasn't fitted with snowploughs so I'd be very surprised if any are included with the model.
I don't believe that Farish has released a Class 47 with snowploughs, but I'd guess they'd be the same as those fitted to some class 37 - i.e. you need to remove the coupling pocket, although with a bit of work you can retain the coupling:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DPSjF-u0QM
The newest class 20 due later this year come with snowploughs fitted to the cab end - might be worth checking Farish spares when the model is released to see if they're available separately.
Welcome to the forum, Mich
"47712 Lady Diana Spencer wasn't fitted with snowploughs so I'd be very surprised if any are included with the model.
I don't believe that Farish has released a Class 47 with snowploughs, but I'd guess they'd be the same as those fitted to some class 37 - i.e. you need to remove the coupling pocket, although with a bit of work you can retain the coupling"
That's interesting to know! I had blanket assumed all Scotrail 47s were fitted with ploughs. My bad! Thanks for the info!
Looking at period photos on Flickr I'd suggest plough fitted class 47s were in the minority. It could be the spread was related to which depot the loco was allocated - Inverness or Aberdeen based locos may be more likely to carry them for example.
Ploughs were certainly more common amongst other classes - 26 and 27 carried them much more regularly for example; This may be down to them spending more time on the more remote lines.