class8mikado

Faced with a similar Dilemma as i want to rebadge some farish ( N Gauge) ones to Early BR. Surely as fitted wagons these would have been Bauxite with white lettering

Hopefully in time for Christmas then....

Fingers crossed...

Illustrates my point perfectly and would have me scrabbling for my ' files'...

Seems to have been a long tome ciming and whilst the body, frame, buffers , couplings etc may be an improvement the brake rigging doesnt, appear all that clever, not on this wagon anyway.

Wonder if there was enough work done for Bachman to consider updating their N Gauge offering...

Arrived at FMR today, fancied another Mermaid ( dont we all) but at £ 28... im having to think about it some...

Indeed, i have made a lighter shade cream wash and a deeper crimson wash add gone over my Dapols ( all 9, what a pain...) Carefull not to cover the details ( lettering, linings), just the larger panels -once coverage is more than 80% the the eye cant distinguish between similar shades from about a foot away ...

Since the Mermaids sold like hot cakes there must be a demand for a few sharks...!

Does anyone know what the correct size Hex nut/spinner is for the centre driver crankpin on a Dapol 9f, none of mine seem to work?

Compared to the actual Birds Custard that Dapol used on their Gresleys, even more custard-like than railmatch 312 I suppose I should be more forgiving. Sure variations did occur but perhaps not as extreme as this. Even today Saphos rails blood and custard is different to ( and more attractive than) Tornado's support coach...

Also noticed the wheels aren't actually the same diameter as Mk 1's /NGS bg,/ hawksworth, but look good. Pity they wont match.

Picked a couple of C&C up from my Local (FMR) earlier today, as a model they are lovely, and the connection is quite close, might struggle to avoid buffer lock on '1st radius' and the wheels are already blackened which will save me a job later. One major disappointment is the colour. Compared to Farish MK 1'S and an NGS full brake the cream is just a tad darker, but the Crimson just isn't Crimson, its more like crimson Lake / maroon. Heres a few comparators, the Suburban and the Hawksworth have been 'weathered' somewhat and still aren't quite as dark...

Eye wateringly lovely though they are, surely the Teak thomsons are of very limited provenance ( as only the first few batches emerged this way post- war, later batches being Crimson/cream from new with the original batches painted over by the early 50's ? ) unlike Gresley teaks which were around for 20 odd years... something to run behind a BR blue pacific maybe

For the Johnster, no sound and a bit speeded up, but some interesting consists, the fish train with a stove R after three minutes, Brake van not always the last vehicle, sometimes 2 involved. ( White Fish vans particularly rare !) watch to the end for the royal train !