Farish Voyager Coaches

[Chrisjh]

Does anyone know if It is possible to get hold of 2 x Virgin Voyager coaches in N Gauge?

 

Many thanks,

Chris

[Nile]

Dapol ones were available separately, to turn a 4-car into a 5-car. This is off the top of my head and I can't remember if they were for the Voyager or Super Voyager. (edit - it was the Super Voyager , cl.221).

I don't recall Farish doing this.

Edited August 5, 2019 by Nile

[Kris]

Your best hope is to find a broken set being sold for spares. 

[Chrisjh]

Many thanks Both I didn't realise Dapol did a N Gauge voyager

 

Best,

Chris

[njee20]

Yep, early ones were very noisy and the pickups were rubbish. Farish ones are slow, and some people find the couplings fiddly (I find them fine).

 

The Farish model is a 220, which are all 4-car units so no intermediate coaches needed. Dapol did 220s and 221s, and offered a spare intermediate coach for the 221 to make a 5-car set.

 

Dapol also put the motor in one of the centre coaches, so you need 3 decoders to convert to DCC which is a bit of a pain.

Edited August 6, 2019 by njee20

[jpendle]

Just to echo njee's post, it would be prototypically incorrect to add a 5th coach to the Farish model as it's a 220, not a 221.

For that same reason Farish never did 5th coaches as add ons.

 

Regards,

 

John P