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An up to date comparison between the Farish and EFE Longmoor Military Railway Austerities. As Kernow are doing some deals on them I couldnt say no !! Bet the old Farish one hauls more !

A slight change on the loco thoughts. Why dont Hornby produce the T9 in its original Drummond form before the superheater mods etc. They have the tender and chassis already in their current production capacity . Just needs a new loco body ?? . An ideal match to all these LSWR liveried coaches both the EFE bogie and Hattons Hornby generic 4 and 6 wheelers. !!

What a wonderful Model 31246 Late Crest .

A few more detail shots of the stunning model . Cab doors in the detail pack fill the two holes in the tender and also you can see the cranked Con rod due to tight radius model curves. Unlike those that ordered theirs this week and got them mine has been on order since they were announced !! Same as the excellent Kernow Bulleid diesels.

I cant help you with any sound files sorry im a DC man . I just thought I would pass on the sound error as I work with her every day.

That flickr picture is in Eastleigh works at the back of the diesel test house . Once withdrawn she hasn't been far at all and was never a Tops registered loco although that is down to its owner. It only carried 2991 in BR ownership.

She looks a bit better now and works 7 days a week at Eastleigh Works. Vac braked only.

Well sorry to disappoint you but sound fitted it may be... Its not an 07 !! I work with an 07 at Eastleigh Works every day and well this is some Hydraulic sounding thing !!

I don't think the Eastleigh Paint shop would agree on all those different liveries lol....

For those interested here are the two most recent repaints fresh out the shops.

Interesting picture to illustrate both these models and its a 2.6.2 converted into a 2.6.0 .....

An incorrect chimney is wrong white plastic crossheads are black paint and easy to fix.

Well it seems that Dapol have managed to pull out all the stops with a superb model and then cock it up with an incorrect diameter chimney. The so called face of an engine is what makes a model look right (weather it is or not in model form is another matter) The model with the latter non stovepipe chimney has a distinctly weedy chimney maybe Dapol can fix this before the models are fully manufactured. I hope this is not yet another case of so near and yet so far !! Here is a picture of 30096 at the Bluebell. You can see the model in its current guise is badly flawed.

I would say they have the livery pretty spot on . Here is a shot of mine taken near Andover.

As Dapol produced 30921 in its limited BR Lined black livery I opted for 30926 Repton . Very impressed so far it will get a run out today.