Quote from: Karhedron on June 25, 2014, 01:46:45 PM
I can't remember the last time I saw someone super-detailing an electric loco.

There's this, that ran for a fair while on RMWeb:http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/74222-farish-class-90-upgrade-with-ph-designs-detail-parts/

Jim

Amongst the locos I would put my money on a Colas 70  appearing soon.

Geoff

A NEW catalogue?

Its only a couple of weeks since Bachmann gave me a copy of the current one....  (perhaps they wanted to dump the ones they'd not been able to sell   

Seriously,  I can't see an LMS Flying Pig- I'm not convinced the other 4MT 2-6-0 has sold well enough and there are more of these with locking issues than any of the other tender-driven locos (more to become stiff and less weight to keep it honest).

An outsider might be a Stanier 8F in two scales- it would have a ready-prepared mechanism from the WD, but is there enough of a market for a new 2-8-0?

Others have said the Crab- which has its attractions (and much of the tender already re-tooled?).   Similarly a Midlend/LMS Compound could be ready for the shrink-ray.

If there are to be two new locos in the three new items I'd go for a Class 40 and either a Compound or a Crab- but I'm not in the market for any of these.

How about LMS Porthole coaches as they are a recent OO item?


Just a few thoughts
Les
Hoping my wallet will get a rest after the A2......

did'nt they scan the Q6 at Grosmont a couple of years ago ?
and nothing came of it ....

alan

I'd like a Fell but I wont hold my breath

Quote from: Les1952 on July 07, 2014, 08:10:21 PM
A NEW catalogue?

Seriously,  I can't see an LMS Flying Pig- I'm not convinced the other 4MT 2-6-0 has sold well enough and there are more of these with locking issues than any of the other tender-driven locos (more to become stiff and less weight to keep it honest).

Others have said the Crab- which has its attractions (and much of the tender already re-tooled?).   Similarly a Midlend/LMS Compound could be ready for the shrink-ray.

If there are to be two new locos in the three new items I'd go for a Class 40 and either a Compound or a Crab- but I'm not in the market for any of these.

How about LMS Porthole coaches as they are a recent OO item?


Just a few thoughts
Les
Hoping my wallet will get a rest after the A2......

Hi Les

I am not sure the Standard 4MT Moguls sold that badly - try and find one now, especially with the small tender! Plus there is another production run planned. It does seem more prone to "lock-ups" than other tender driven locos as you say, but were a "Flying Pig" to appear I would expect it to be loco-driven and much more akin to it's little sister, the Ivatt 2-6-0 than the 4MT.

I would love to see "Porthole" coaches but I suspect for a market the size of British N it is unlikely Farish will do two LMS types. That said I would prefer to see Thompsons (Please?!).

In some ways I am hoping that my wallet is spared further pain (I have just a Fowler 0-6-0 and A2 on pre-order now) but on the other hand, I do like to have new models to look forward to as well!

All the above said we are talking "only" three newly tooled items so unless it is three coach types my money remains on a Class 40, plus one steam, probably a "Crab".

Not long now till we find out. Wouldn't it be a dampener if in fact all it turns out to be is some "Scalescenes" buildings, cars or people!

Regards

Roy

Quote from: Only Me on July 08, 2014, 08:51:54 AM
Look out for the RailCar re-run with lights and DCC ready..

GW Railcar?? Yep forgotten that one, the old one is not listed any more so that's a pretty good call I'd say.

Roy

Ok, with a bit of thought, I've come up with this list.

Steam
9F
Crab
King

Diesel
10000/10001
43 warship
40

Others
A new southern EMU
Re tooled 158

Cheers
Dave

Hi Dave

Hope you had a good holiday (assume you are back home now???).

Everything on your list looks quite logical but it is interesting that you have included a 9F? I know the Dapol one is by modern standards getting a little bit long in the tooth now, but they are still being released so presumably still selling. Do you think Farish would now take the risk and try to eclipse it with an all singing and dancing coreless motor loco drive model? I would love to see it.

Regards

Roy

Hi Roy,

I think it's always rankled that the 9F was lost to them, and I think that with the passing of time etc, they have developed models that now make a powerful, smooth running 9F with more fidelity etc a probability rather than a possibility.

So yes, I think it's on the cards ( but can and no doubt will be proved wrong!)

Yes, got back to Blighty last night.
Cheers
Dave

We have heard the "3 items" rumour being mentioned in a few places. I am assuming that it means 3 powered items and it not counting stuff like coaches and wagons (if it is just 3 items overall that would be a very thin catalogue  ).

I am going to put my money down as being one steamer, one diesel and one MU so I will plump for:

Class 40
LMS 1000 compound
158

The class 40 is one of the obvious outstanding diesels to modern standards. While a class 43 is not out of the question, my guess is it will appear in OO first and migrate to N gauge later. The LMS 1000 would be a shrink down of the OO one, it would sit nicely with the rest of the LMS range while making good use of their new coreless motor. The 158 is a popular prototype but the current 00 gauge and N gauge models are both pretty long in the tooth. A new one to modern standards with all the DCC bells and whistles would probably be a solid investment.

I will put my crystal ball away now and stick to what I am best at. 

It would be nice to see some resprays / different liveries of existing locomotives such as the class 60 (let's have a different EWS number or a silver DBS 60099)

And let's hope for some differnt 47 liveries like a colas one.

If they do release a new design I would like to see a class 172 in London Midland or a Pendolino in Virgin.

Either way we are on countdown till the 20th!!

Just a thought, what about a shiny new 94xx Pannier?

It was Farish's first N Gauge loco back in 1970 and an "Ever present" in the Farish range right up until recently. Who wouldn't find room for one of those??

Roy

Quote from: Roy L S on July 09, 2014, 07:27:51 PM
Just a thought, what about a shiny new 94xx Pannier?

It was Farish's first N Gauge loco back in 1970 and an "Ever present" in the Farish range right up until recently. Who wouldn't find room for one of those??

Roy

Is it already a fairly recent model in the Bachmann OO range?

My money is on one loco, one rolling stock item (more likely a wagon) and something lineside.

Les

Quote from: Les1952 on July 09, 2014, 08:18:19 PM

Quote from: Roy L S on July 09, 2014, 07:27:51 PM
Just a thought, what about a shiny new 94xx Pannier?

It was Farish's first N Gauge loco back in 1970 and an "Ever present" in the Farish range right up until recently. Who wouldn't find room for one of those??

Roy

Is it already a fairly recent model in the Bachmann OO range?

No, but then nor was the Black Five, and who is to say we couldn't see a 94xx on 00 too, no other manufacturer has done one since Lima in the late 70's.

Regards

Roy