John & Robin:
See me at the Xmas show – I’ll be at the Platelayers booth, probably making cardboard buildings.(Don’t confuse me with the other David who calls himself the Flying Scotsman)
David Youngs
Well, I tried searching for a Farish GWR brake van in the UK. But didn’t have any luck! It is no longer listed by Farish, Hattons didn’t list it, nor did Mainly Trains or Signal Box. But I did find one in Australia, so I have emailed the store to get a postage price. Now all I need to find is a flat wagon.
John
Which version of the 14xx did you buy - by the description it sounded like the lined green BR one? Hattons have the BR version of the van: http://www.ehattons.com/StockDetail.aspx?SID=9923 though I’ve not seen the GWR ones for a while now - I bought mine last December and haven’t seen any since
My thing would be this…it’s like hitting yourself with a hammer. You could, but why?
I used to model UK N gauge, but became so frustrated with the unreliable loco’s stopping and gerking I sold the lot and switched to USA N, more choice and Soooo much more reliable, Im actually now having fun…
They’ve improved a lot since then - I remember the days of Farish locos that used to refuse to restart, or would only run at warp speed, or would shred a bearing before burning up the motor. It’s not like that now. Dapol have a great range - their little 14xx crawls better than an Athearn BB loco and seems impervious to dead frog switches and the like while Graham Farish seem to be reacting to the competition by improving their products.