Farish new announcements 2016/17

[RichardBattersby]

Looking forward to getting a 4MT. Wanted one since I was a child.

Question: why is the 4MT the only loco that has the Blue Riband sticker?

http://www.bachmann.co.uk/prod1.php?prod_selected=farish&prod=2#

[Skyline2uk]

That's my baby!  The biggest error seems to be a grey roof, rather than black.   I'll change that in the future.  And the cranks were yellow on the prototype, so I'll touch those in at some point as well.  A great job on the repaint otherwise.

Don't know mate, she may have had black roof to start with, but a quick canter around Google and Flicker shows several photos with a distinctly faded roof, especially cab area. Plus those yellow cranks clearly got filthy.

Anyway, it's your call, as you say, "your baby" 

Skyline2uk

[Hailstone]

I can't say I am over impressed with the Castle liveries, I hope the BR versions will use the same colours for green and lining as already exist - the orange lining looks far too garish, and the greens look a little too blue, especially for the GW version and the brass has not been picked out on the cab side window. when compared to the 64xx which looks great in both GW and BR greens, I can only hope that this is their first try - must do better as the school report used to say.

I haven't seen any pictures of decorated samples of the Castles yet. Do you have a link please?

I am going by the pictures on the Farish website as Mick surmised.

Regards,

Alex

[Newportnobby]

Looking forward to getting a 4MT. Wanted one since I was a child.

Question: why is the 4MT the only loco that has the Blue Riband sticker?

http://www.bachmann.co.uk/prod1.php?prod_selected=farish&prod=2#

Dunno - I thought Farish had done away with the Blue Riband labels

[railsquid]

Looking forward to getting a 4MT. Wanted one since I was a child.

Question: why is the 4MT the only loco that has the Blue Riband sticker?

http://www.bachmann.co.uk/prod1.php?prod_selected=farish&prod=2#

Dunno - I thought Farish had done away with the Blue Riband labels

Maybe because it crossed the Atlantic at an unsurpassed rate of knots?

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[talisman56]

Looking forward to getting a 4MT. Wanted one since I was a child.

Question: why is the 4MT the only loco that has the Blue Riband sticker?

http://www.bachmann.co.uk/prod1.php?prod_selected=farish&prod=2#

To distinguish it from the previous non-Blue Riband item?

[Hailstone]

I think that the 4MT tanks have been labelled as blue riband as they are the last of the original Farish locos to be retooled, (all of the others had dropped off the list before) just to make it clear they are not a reissue of the old mech

Regards,

Alex

[Zunnan]

Newportnobby said... Time was I'd have purchased the latest issues of the green class 24, 25 and 37 in addition to those I already have, along with a nice green 'City of Edinburgh' and the late crest Ivatt 2MT but sadly unexpected expenses on the home front and the anticipated release prices of these locos means none of them will be bought.

He very likely speaks for many of us. Some say we must get used to/accept these higher prices. However the level of increase and year on year rises are bound to either freeze some people out of buying, or to a varying degree curtail their level of purchases.

As I said in a post some weeks back, I'm glad I purchased so much prior to the ongoing price increases. I have become focussed on my "round to it" drawers, taking a fresh look at those projects not started, or half finished.

Not only the price increases, but the fact that most of the reliveries are of toolings which have been used in that livery before, the only change is the number. I'd have bought a couple of blue 20s, but they're the same headcode box tooling as the last blue 20, of which I've already renumbered as many as I'll ever need (probably 2 too many to be honest). The disc indicator models haven't been done in clean blue yet, the additional LMR branding and hideous factory weathering on the one blue disc variant make a renumber job pretty much on par with carrying out a full repaint. Likewise the 25, I've renumbered what I'll need so have no interest in another run. The first run can still easily be found for sale, so I really do question a second release so soon. A BSYE rat might have caught my attention. I sold off my 37's as I had too many, but at least that one hasn't been available for a few years in that configuration, I might be tempted there...maybe.

The 319 is a curious one. It'll please a fair few modellers, and continues to fly the flag for OHLE units which hopefully will one day lead to a unit I'd be willing to buy. I fear it'll just serve to 'prove' that OHLE doesn't sell, there is the precedent set by the 350. A model which also pleased a few modellers when it arrived, and years on the first run still languishes in the bargain bins discounted by as much as £70. I hope the 319 sells well, but I think a small 3rd rail unit like the 2EPB or 2HAP or even the MLV would have served better (not interested in any of these, just to clarify).

[Hailstone]

I would have hoped to see the shrink ray passed over the dukedog, S & D 7F and GC 04 (Western version for Me!) with perhaps the Modified hall, BR Std 4 4-6-0, Wainright C and E4 to follow.
others that I would happily purchase are the LMS Crab, Stanier mogul, LNER K3, GWR 94xx, 66xx & City, and  LBSCR H2 Atlantic. a lot of locos, I know, but given the rate that they currently come out, I would be getting my telegram from the Queen by the time I complete this list.

Regards,

Alex

 

[scottishlocos]

Guys

Overall a bit of a miss from Farish for me would liked to have seen some re-liveries the good is the Regional Rail 37/4 and coaches
Why another parcels set when there was one with the class 24 a few years ago

Mk2's in the Highland Green Livery like the OO set or this set released in N
Mk2's in Regional Rail/Scotrail

Class 37/4 in Transrail or Scotrail

The OTA timber wagon it shares the same underframe as VBA OCA etc and would be very popular

Dave

[Adam1701D]

Don't forget that the 319 is also a DC unit and has worked all over the Central division from Victoria as well as Thameslink services. They've been around thirty years, give or take, making this probably one of the best EMUs that Farish could have chosen.

On the subject of Ivor the 08, here's a couple of pictures of the Modelzone OO commission from a few years back (wrong scale but too nice to resist!).





Black roof, yellow cranks 

[Snowwolflair]

Looks like the Farish site has gone tits up. :'(

[Karhedron]

Looks like the Farish site has gone tits up. :'(

Swamped by demand from latent EMU enthusiasts!

[Hailstone]

I just noticed that the seem to have abandoned the TPO stowage van as well - Shame, but I had already made 4, including a guard/stowage van using Robbie's rolling stock vinyls on old style Chinese MK1's, so I am not too disappointed.

Regards,

Alex

[Karhedron]

I don't think the stowage van was ever mentioned in N gauge. I think it was just wish-listed as they are doing a 00 version. But since this is still listed as being in the drawing office, I think it is a way off still with any shrink-rayed version further off still (if it happens at all).