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- richard
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I'm in the long process of doing the same to a Farish Gronk!
There are some pictures in the RCTS book but they're not as good as the one on the site. I assume the reelvant Yeadon's volume hasn't been issued yet?
For the my conversion I have decided not to worry about cabinet positions/etc. The lack of outside frames IMHO are a much bigger inaccuracy than small boxes on the side!
I've stripped the body - easy as it is cast metal. Then repainted in matt black. I've painted the buffer beams in red - this was an intelligent guess, no one seems to know the colour for certain.
I've also fitted DCC - and it worked first time - amazing, as I had to modify the brush holders in the motor (yes, in N!).
Unfortunately, after painting, I realised that the rear coupler used the old style Farish pocket. So the next job is to file it out to a rectangular shape and fit modern Rapido coupler. Then it is the decals - very simple in ths case: just numbers and letters.
Richard
There are some pictures in the RCTS book but they're not as good as the one on the site. I assume the reelvant Yeadon's volume hasn't been issued yet?
For the my conversion I have decided not to worry about cabinet positions/etc. The lack of outside frames IMHO are a much bigger inaccuracy than small boxes on the side!
I've stripped the body - easy as it is cast metal. Then repainted in matt black. I've painted the buffer beams in red - this was an intelligent guess, no one seems to know the colour for certain.
I've also fitted DCC - and it worked first time - amazing, as I had to modify the brush holders in the motor (yes, in N!).
Unfortunately, after painting, I realised that the rear coupler used the old style Farish pocket. So the next job is to file it out to a rectangular shape and fit modern Rapido coupler. Then it is the decals - very simple in ths case: just numbers and letters.
Richard
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- richard
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Spoke too soon - gave it a try late yesterday at the Fort Worth Show, and it wasn't working too well - I won'der if I have poor pickups. Back to the workshop!
I have some photos of the layout and guest modules (we had guests from multiple clubs and States) which I'll post later this week. The outer route came out at 23 scale miles!
Richard
I have some photos of the layout and guest modules (we had guests from multiple clubs and States) which I'll post later this week. The outer route came out at 23 scale miles!
Richard
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- richard
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The Graham Farish 08 is still sold with inside frames.
Unfortunately outside frames are harder to mass produce in models - especially when you get small like N. On the 08, the wheels are inside the frames, but the con-rods are outside the frames! I'm sure the 2mm guys have a solution, but no one has dared tackle it in a RTR model yet.
Richard
Unfortunately outside frames are harder to mass produce in models - especially when you get small like N. On the 08, the wheels are inside the frames, but the con-rods are outside the frames! I'm sure the 2mm guys have a solution, but no one has dared tackle it in a RTR model yet.
Richard
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