cornish trains jez Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Hi everyone, Just picked up a Farish class 33 on eBay for a bargain price. It's a great little model and with some wire hand rails, buffer detailing, and lowering the body a bit, it will look pretty good. However, I've noticed that the bogies seem to be in the wrong position compared to the prototype. Has anyone successfully attempted to adjust the bogies? If so, some advice on how to do it would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance! Best regards, Jeremy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Al Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The bogies are the wrong wheelbase - they should be significantly longer. There was an RM article a while back in the 90's converting the Farish 33 with class 91 bogies which are longer and more accurate. Not sure which RM that was, but I'm sure someone here will know. Cheers,Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted February 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2015 Hi Jeremy, I converted some 33s with a Kato RSC-2 chassis, though the centre wheels have to be taken out and the bogie sideframes significantly remodelled. Nowadays I'd be tempted to just drop the Farish body on a Dapol Class 26 or 27 chassis as a placeholder pending the arrival of the new Dapol 33! cheers Ben A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Cheers guys, I was wondering whether the Dapol 26 could work. I'll wait for a reasonably priced one to come up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Bogie sideframes and tank detail apart, the underframe is the same as under their older (Poole tooling) Class 25. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternKing Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Cheers guys, I was wondering whether the Dapol 26 could work. I'll wait for a reasonably priced one to come up. The new Dapol class 33's should be in the shops by July all being well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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