Farish new announcements 2016/17

[Hailstone]

Matt, do you have any idea why they seem to have abandoned Br Chocolate and cream MK1's, and did any RU's actually get painted in this livery? (I think that the GWR dining sets lasted for quite a while, maybe this is the reason, can you confirm this?)

Regards,

Alex

[Karhedron]

Hi Alex,

Yes, the GWR catering vehicles did indeed hang on quite a long time. Many were refurbished just after the war and as such were probably in quite good condition. A mix were painted in WR chocolate and cream for use in crack expresses making them the only non-Mk1 vehicles to carry this livery in BR days.

The WR did eventually start to receive Mk1 catering stock and some of it received chocolate and cream. I don't remember the exact date but 1961 rings a vague bell. Mk1 catering vehicles painted in choc and cream included one RF, one RSO, five RBs and 16 RUs. The RU would in fact make an ideal vehicle for choc and cream livery so I am not sure why Farish have not offered this.

Their other catering vehicle (the RMB) never received chocolate and cream livery. At a guess I would imagine that these were not intended for use on the principle express services where the choc'n'cream stock was allocated.

Robert Carroll did a good article on the subject appeared in issue 100 of Model Rail.

[trkilliman]

I voted for TPO stock/stowage vans on the wish list, and have also mentioned them in the past as a possible NGS commision. I have to wonder if it is known that Farish intend to produce these at some stage so the NGS have not pursued them?

[Ben A]

Hello Trillikman,

The NGS has had no conversations with Bachmann to my knowledge about an RTR stowage van.

We are in very early discussions with them about another RTR model to follow the Thompson BG, and our current plan is to announce this model at the AGM.

cheers

Ben A. (NGS VP)

[IST]

Do you have any additional information about the new SWT livery 3 car Class 170/3? Is it a new model or just the old one?
As I checked the site of Graham Farish, the RRP is almost 170 GBP that seems to me really overpriced if the model is the old one without ligths,  DCC.

[Adam1701D]

If Farish are re-issuing the SWT 170, it will only be as a 2-car set. SWT only had a few 2-car units for s short period before they were deployed elsewhere.

Bit of an odd choice, really - I would have thought the new Chiltern or Transpennine liveries would have been a better bet.

[Pengi]

Having seen the list - Bah Humbug 

No SWT class 450 Desiro  :'( - which should be easy for them to do (and they should have made it in the first place as there were more 450s on the Big Railway then 350s)

At 170 SWT Turbostar when I want a class 159 Southwestern Turbo  :'( (which is three car - perhaps they made a mistake and meant it to be 159 and not the 170). They used to make a SWT 159.

No Southern Electrostar  :'( - which is a probably a bit harder for them to do.

[njee20]

In their defence the 350 has a larger geographical spread, and more stable (depot?) fellows. Total number isn't really the point.

Agree the Turbostar sounds hideously overpriced, even if it's DCC ready it'll still have no lights, lots of printed detail etc. Considering 350s are widely available for £100 from the usual sources.

[gc4946]

Whilst I welcome the 319 being produced, there aren't many *3rd rail equipped routes* where they operate as the predominant or sole class of unit.

Apart from Farringdon-Blackfriars, I can only think of these :
- Sutton loop between Streatham via Mitcham and Sutton where the majority of the services are run by 319s.
- Clapham Junction-AC/DC changeover point just north of Kensington Olympia on Watford Junction/Milton Keynes services (until replaced by Electrostars)

I wonder who will be the first to reproduce the platforms on the old Kings Cross Thameslink station that had walls of mirrors installed when they were refurbished in 1988 for the new Thameslink services.

[Railwaygun]

I'm saving up for one of these:


Class 20 20227 ( LT)

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[Snowwolflair]

I'm saving up for one of these:


Class 20 20227 ( LT)

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and im saving for a pair of these

[Karhedron]

and im saving for a pair of these

No, save those for when Farish release the 319 in this livery. 

[paulprice]

My wallet is safe for another year, as non of the announced releases tempt me in the slightest  :'(

[Newportnobby]

and im saving for a pair of these

No, save those for when Farish release the 319 in this livery. 

Jeez - that puts a whole new meaning to 'multi coloured worms' 

[MJKERR]

This is looking more like a Hattons problem rather than a Farish problem.

Could a Moderator look at this now, possibly tidy or split this topic
I was about to reply that I am shocked that Farish are messing up with announcements, but if it is specific to Hattons then that is a different issue