Quote from: mikepaling on Yesterday at 03:26:22 PM

Quote from: PLD on Yesterday at 02:54:17 PMWhat makes you believe the two marked are incorrect? As far as can be seen from the heads, they are correct for Poole made examples...  (Some Later Chinese produced batches had cross-heads)
As Alan says, any of the regular Farish Spares suppliers is likely to carry them.

Hi Alan ... well for a start the larger Csk headed sticks up as it is too big for the hole it goes in unlike the one next to it which is obviously a cheeshead screw seating in a counterbored hole.

Thanks for the tip about Farish Spares. I will see what they say,
Cheers Mike

dont go undoing the small screw "correct cheese head screw" unless you are familiar with these farish chassies--or you will wonder why the loco wont work anymore

Quote from: PLD on Yesterday at 02:54:17 PMWhat makes you believe the two marked are incorrect? As far as can be seen from the heads, they are correct for Poole made examples...  (Some Later Chinese produced batches had cross-heads)
As Alan says, any of the regular Farish Spares suppliers is likely to carry them.

Hi Alan ... well for a start the larger Csk headed sticks up as it is too big for the hole it goes in unlike the one next to it which is obviously a cheeshead screw seating in a counterbored hole.

Thanks for the tip about Farish Spares. I will see what they say,
Cheers Mike

@EtchedPixels , has your kit built J63 featured somewhere else - it looks familiar?

Tim

Would Hornby Minitrix count as Ancient?
Can someone suggest a date/year after which this description would not be applicable please.
Cheers!

What makes you believe the two marked are incorrect? As far as can be seen from the heads, they are correct for Poole made examples...  (Some Later Chinese produced batches had cross-heads)
As Alan says, any of the regular Farish Spares suppliers is likely to carry them.

Quote from: mikepaling on Yesterday at 01:29:35 PMHi ...
I recently purchased a 2nd hand N Gauge Farish Jinty Loco and I have spotted some incorrect and missing screws on the chassis. I am not sure what sizes they are or what type of thread they have.
Does anybody know what the correct screws are on my attached image of the bottom of my Jinty?

Where I can find and purchase the correct screws to replace the missing and incorrect screws?

Thanks in advance ... Mike

They are all standard screws but you'll probably not find them at screwfix. Some of the N gauge spare/repair sites will carry them and I'd bet https://www.farishnspares.co.uk will be able to tell you which you need to order.

Hi ...
I recently purchased a 2nd hand N Gauge Farish Jinty Loco and I have spotted some incorrect and missing screws on the chassis. I am not sure what sizes they are or what type of thread they have.
Does anybody know what the correct screws are on my attached image of the bottom of my Jinty?

Where I can find and purchase the correct screws to replace the missing and incorrect screws?

Thanks in advance ... Mike

Seems we ought to create a new thread for UK SPAM (Society for the Preservation of Ancient Models)[1] rather than clog @trainwaiting's threads up.

This morning's SPAM railtour, hauled by a an old kit built J63 and the original generation Minitrix dock tank (both using the same mninitrix chassis design) plus a couple of early Farish generic four wheelers.



[1] Not Dolly Parton

Quote from: Graham on February 16, 2026, 01:00:05 AMYes a rear view mirror.

Rather useful when overtaking slow local stoppers ... or watching out for the blues and twos of cop-trains behind when speeding...

About 10 of my 50 locomotives are fitted with sound so the great majority of my running is DC. This is about the right amount of sound for me. My layout is basically DC but can be switched to DCC power with limited function capability via a simple toggle switch. Whistles, horns, and headlights can be activated. One thing for certain is that sound and whistles are always a big hit with visitors of the non model railwaying type.

My limited experience with DCC locomotives is that they are more electrically fragile than DC locomotives. I've had one DCC/sound loco literally blow up on me. A capacitor exploded with a puff of smoke and a popping noise. A second DCC/sound loco just suddenly decided that it would only run backwards. At least with DC, the electrics are simple enough that troubleshooting can usually fix problem running. 

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