Aspiearchitect69 Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 I live in the Wilmslow area and have 3 N gauge locos in need of some TLC beyond my skills. I'll happily travel 30+ miles but I would like to get the locos repaired. Graham Farish don't respond to their website "contact us" form and as I am deaf the phone number isn't something I can use. The locos are Tornado with disconnected connecting rods. A type 47 with split gearing and a dodgy motor and an ancient get pannier tank Can anyone recommend a model shop that does repairs or a good alternative? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2mm Andy Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 BR Lines are usually a good bet for Farish repairs. They are mail order only, and based in Guisborough. The website is here. No connection other than as an occasional customer (buying spare parts from them). Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerr Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 If you think 30 miles is far to find someone to repair your N gauge locos, try Scotland! I too have used BR Lines in the past, and would give 9/10 (when compared to two others that don't even score above 5/10) Budget around £50 per loco, this includes postage each way (Royal Mail Special Delivery due to compensation level) I am getting fed up with Split Gears, about 25% of my models (even brand new out of the box) have now suffered these Last week I purchased another brand new ScotRail 47/7, and on getting it home found it also had Split Gears! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brittannia Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 How about contacting Macclesfield Model Railway Club? { not 30 miles from you} they may have some one who models N Gauge and services their own stock Manchester Model club also not far from you they certainly have expert modellers within their ranks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterModelCentre Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 For all our N gauge servicing, repairs and DCC fitting we use Mark Stanton who provides an excellent service and is very reasonably priced. Mark can be contacted on Facebook. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
branchie Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 For all our N gauge servicing, repairs and DCC fitting we use Mark Stanton who provides an excellent service and is very reasonably priced. Mark can be contacted on Facebook. There's a lot of Mark Stantons on Facebook though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterModelCentre Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Mark Stanton has Abellio and Ratp on his profile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redsrail Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Evening, I've been reading through this with interest as i also have couple of n gauge loco's that need a bit of tlc. Is this Mark Stanton a business or just a regular facebook profile ? Also where is he based please ? Any help would be most welcome. Thanks. Terry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwm4rkym4rk Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Hi I'm mark stanton just managed to get signed up on this site Yes I am just a regular guy I do repairs and dcc conversions to fund my autistic son's layout you can find me on Facebook under lives in teignmouth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwm4rkym4rk Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 My profile also has the picture of a Seaview on it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwm4rkym4rk Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 My profile also has the picture of a Seaview on it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwm4rkym4rk Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I also have a group on face book called n gauge & oo gauge repairs and dcc conversions You will also find me on the n gauge forum on facebook Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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