I wasn't expecting this to arrive until after Christmas so it was a nice early pressie when it turned up this morning!

like the recent 3MT this is a stunning model, and to my eyes looks to capture the tall and gawky look of the real thing just about perfectly. I'm not qualified to offer any detailed comparison between model & prototype, so I won't!

The enormous gap between the engine & tender, even with he supplied shorter draw bar, is a bit of a disappointment but expected. However, since this is destined for the new project which doesn't have any sharp curves, this will be replaced with something which closes the gap to a more realistic distance.

I've been able to give it a quick run along a length of flexitrack and performance was very good straight out of the box and a period of running in should see it get even better.

For a while now, N steam has not really been up to the same standards as diesel models, but Farish seem to be addressing this with their latest releases and the 4MT is a pretty good effort, only really let down by the cavern between loco & tender!

Merry Christmas all!

Tom