Farish class 24 and 25

[Adrian]

I apologise if this has appeared before - my search didn't reveal the info.

Is the chassis fitted to the 25 the same as that on the 24?
Also, are modern Farish diesel loco wheels/gears fairly standardised eg are the wheels/gears on the 24 the same as those on the 25?

I'd be grateful for any guidance on this.

Thanks

Adrian

[robert shrives]

Hi  Provided you refer to 25/1

many common parts and wheels seem to be same.
The lighting arrangements differ so it is not possible to do a straight swap as these are mounted differently.

The older "25/3" no.
hope this helps
Robert

[willike1958]

I was wondering if anyone else is a bit nonplussed by the over-prominent handrails on the cab ends of he new BachFarish Class 25, but unlike me has had the bottle to do something about it...?

[mk1gtstu]

Yes the hand rails do stick out quite a bit, I've done one of mine, the hand rails pull out (carefully) with a pair of pliers but doing this will damage some of the paint on both the hand rails & the cab nose. I then trimmed about 2-3mm off the ends them then re-fitted & superglued them so they sit closer to the cab. I had to touch in the yellow paint around the rails where it was damaged.



I think it's an improvement, got 2 more of mine to do when I get around to it.

Cheers, Stu.

[willike1958]

Thanks Stu,
Indeed that is quite an improvement. Makes be feel a little braver about having a crack myself.
Kevin

[mk1gtstu]

Yeah it's worth a go as long as you bear in mind it will damage the paint doing it, unfortunately as far as I can see its unavoidable, but with a fresh bit of paint re-applied it can look good again.


cheers, Stu.

[d-a-n]

Love the front bufferbeam on your 25 Stu! The handrails are prominent on the 24 too but I don't think it helps them being painted bright white. I'm contemplating dirtying-down mine to take away the visual impact of them - they don't appear to be any thicker than most other handrails which in silver, aren't as prominent. I guess this gauge of wire for them is about as small as they dare go before they get too fragile and hard/costly to assemble so I'll not complain too much!