Farish Warship lighting

[rogerzilla]

I think they're all like this, but can anyone else confirm there is only one red tail light and one white headlight when running?

 

I took the body off and there really does only seem to be one red LED at each end.  The few online photos I've found look like my loco does.

[woodenhead]

39 minutes ago, rogerzilla said:

I think they're all like this, but can anyone else confirm there is only one red tail light and one white headlight when running?

 

I took the body off and there really does only seem to be one red LED at each end.  The few online photos I've found look like my loco does.

Yep one red one white

[Silly Moo]

I think I read somewhere that they are marker lights and prototypical, I’m sure someone with more knowledge will be along to either confirm or deny this soon. 

[woodenhead]

9 minutes ago, Silly Moo said:

I think I read somewhere that they are marker lights and prototypical, I’m sure someone with more knowledge will be along to either confirm or deny this soon. 

But a little bright perhaps, these can be seen from the moon 🤣

 

I should probably turn them down a little.

[fezza]

I think mine is faulty - the red and white lights come on at the same time on the same end. Oh dear...

 

It also seems to ride too high and tower over MK1 farish coaches. Very odd.

[TomE]

8 hours ago, fezza said:

It also seems to ride too high and tower over MK1 farish coaches.

The prototypes were tall things, and did stand taller than Mk.1 stock: 

 

Tom. 

[franciswilliamwebb]

9 hours ago, fezza said:

It also seems to ride too high and tower over MK1 farish coaches. Very odd.

 

That's my pet hate with the Farish Warship, it rides much too high.  The OO version is much better in this respect, but presumably the larger wheel flanges in N gauge need extra space to turn.

 

If you look at side-on photos of the real thing you can see how the wheels tuck inside the body, but they don't on the Farish model.

[fezza]

1 hour ago, TomE said:

The prototypes were tall things, and did stand taller than Mk.1 stock: 

 

Tom. 

Reference books show tham as 12 foot nine and a half inches, the same as MK1 coaches. Other photos show them of a similar height. So I am confused now!

[rogerzilla]

If they were only used on the WR, they COULD have been taller, I suppose.