Its a real shame that the much anticipated 25/1 has so many defects. Actually the cab fronts looks somewhat more like a 25 to me than the OO version, but its totally let down by the sole bar, as pointed out be others, which looks totally odd, and sort of reminds me of the cowling the 24s had. Also I agree the fuel tanks are far from correct - there needs to be a lot more "space" under the body. I only hope Farish listen to people's comments and correct these glaring errors, as although not a loco for my current layout, I may have designs on a few rats in future...
Alan - that 24/1 is coming on very well - looks excellent so far. For my Kyle line based model I really need one of these! I have a standard Farish disc headcode model - I have seen photos of disc headcode fitted 24/1s (some of the early 24/1s had discs, not just the 24/0s) on the Kyle line - but they seemed rare.
Did you make the parts yourself, or are some of these addtions available commercially?
Cheers,
Paul
