RH Double Fairlie
- Merddin Emrys
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Re: RH Double Fairlie
Quite a lot then Tony, wonder how many people would notice? (Other than experienced FR footplate crew)
Re: RH Double Fairlie
There are several of those Bachmann electric Fairlies around painted as Merddin, and that too is a model of DLG!
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Re: RH Double Fairlie
There is a lovely 16mm cut away model of Merddin Emrys in the booking office at FR Harbour Station no idea who made it?
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Re: RH Double Fairlie
There is a lovely 16mm cut away model of Merddin Emrys in the booking office at FR Harbour Station no idea who made it?
Re: RH Double Fairlie
That was a Bachman Fairlie. Lightline painted it.
Re: RH Double Fairlie
I would quite like a model of the Earl as built
I think the chequer plate and slab sides were quite fetching, if only they had put wasp stripes on the ends as well.......
I think the chequer plate and slab sides were quite fetching, if only they had put wasp stripes on the ends as well.......
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Re: RH Double Fairlie
Here is one of said beasties which I am perfectly happy with, despite the list of imperfections from the original. The main concern (for me) is to create the image of the loco, which I personally think is a thing of beauty, as well as being a mechanical marvel.....
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Re: RH Double Fairlie
Nice but like it's single Fairlie counterpart the riveting is a little bit clunky.
John
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Re: RH Double Fairlie
Released today and avaible to order once R/H open on 2nd Jan.
£ 4100
I think the current wife would be removing various underused parts of my anatomy if I even thought about it.
£ 4100
I think the current wife would be removing various underused parts of my anatomy if I even thought about it.
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Re: RH Double Fairlie
Not one for me. Apart from being unaffordable it's not one on my wanted list.
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Re: RH Double Fairlie
It's right up my street! It'll have a good turn of speed like the single.
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Re: RH Double Fairlie
Ahem, I have four large scale engines that cost me less than that in total. (Cough, cough don't tell the wife.)
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Re: RH Double Fairlie
The cost is what it is, it what it has to be. Roundhouse is not a charity, they pay their workers, holidays, sick leave, etc. They have to send their kids to school. They have to devote time and a profit % to new product development or perish, they store stock, they give customer service, it is a profession, not a hobby. They still exist unlike many other pretenders that came and are gone. If one has been in business then there is an appreciation of the costs that keep rolling in and the list is getting longer. Just think of the computer costs and back up of their data, adverts, attending shows, the workshop and depreciation of tools and machines.
Please do not compare what a professional concerns does to some one who made a loco over 2-maybe 10 years who sells it for a price that works out as $1.65 per hour labour after costs are deducted.
Please do not compare what a professional concerns does to some one who made a loco over 2-maybe 10 years who sells it for a price that works out as $1.65 per hour labour after costs are deducted.
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Re: RH Double Fairlie
I fully agree, I think RH engines are very good value. I think in relative terms 16mm locos are cheaper than they ever have been. I don't think there is any profiteering being done by any of the major manufactures at the moment.Hydrostatic Dazza wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 8:54 pm The cost is what it is, it what it has to be. Roundhouse is not a charity, they pay their workers, holidays, sick leave, etc. They have to send their kids to school. They have to devote time and a profit % to new product development or perish, they store stock, they give customer service, it is a profession, not a hobby. They still exist unlike many other pretenders that came and are gone. If one has been in business then there is an appreciation of the costs that keep rolling in and the list is getting longer. Just think of the computer costs and back up of their data, adverts, attending shows, the workshop and depreciation of tools and machines.
Please do not compare what a professional concerns does to some one who made a loco over 2-maybe 10 years who sells it for a price that works out as $1.65 per hour labour after costs are deducted.
I should also add that all the large scale PMR locos have been purchased in a very, very second hand condition.
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Re: RH Double Fairlie
There are some receptive comments on here about it's price. It's really down to who wants one and if they can afford it. I do think it's a really nice loco, but at the price, it's well out of my league.
Still don't understand why a push you, pull me loco is needed. But it's nice all the same.
Still don't understand why a push you, pull me loco is needed. But it's nice all the same.
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Life is so easy when I run my trains.
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https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Re: RH Double Fairlie
In full-size form the answer is simple. Instead of using two small locos (needed to cope with the curves) with two crews use two small-but-coupled-back-to-back locos with only one crew. A 50% labour saving right there.
Not every railway who tried them got on with the Double Fairlie concept though. For example, storage for fuel is always at a premium, so restricting their range.
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