Spaceman Spiff Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Good Day, I havent had much experience with Farish model and looking to acquire a class 43 HST. I was wondering what your thoughts are on this model? Is it a good runner? Spiff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted February 28, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 28, 2013 It's a reasonable runner (providing the gears don't split - more a problem with older models than newer ones) but the detail is far weaker than that of the Dapol model. The Farish model has no lights. The Farish HST is also not DCC ready meaning lots of hassle to convert them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike W Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Mine is a very good runner. The model itself isn't as detailed as the Dapol one but a TPM detailing kit will bring it close, in my opinion. That's what I've done with mine and I wouldn't swap it for a Dapol model (in part because of the time I've put into it). The Dapol one is better overall, though, especially if you don't do any work to the Farish one. If you are happy with the detail level of the model, there is nothing to count against it, apart from not being DCC ready, as Kris points out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerr Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 The Farish HST is also not DCC ready meaning lots of hassle to convert them. The latest version is DCC Friendly and is very simple to solder a decoder into Equally, the PCB is much easier to work with than the earlier one as the tags are very far apart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonzack Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Hi, I have a few of the newer ones (Chinese Production) with the PCB and they run very well. There have been a number of versions of the HST over the years and it would be best to look for one produced after 2007 as it will have the new split chasis. Here's a link to a site which has all the info you'll need about the production runs http://www.ngauge.org.uk/bachfar_hsts.php?lclass=12 Cheers, Mark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium steam-driven boy Posted March 1, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 1, 2013 Hi, ...and not forgetting the detailing set from tpm, also listed by the NGS shop if you're a member 8) Regards, Gerry. My apologies to Mike W for repeating his tpm mention, I did look for one but even so completely missed it, better get back to watchng these nuclear power plant readou... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 Thanks for the replies and especially to Vonzack for the link. The set I am looking at is a 2007. Spiff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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