Class 20.Farish (new type)

"paul" wrote

Be careful though. Removing the bonnet front usually results in its securing clip snapping off, although the front can be glued or fixed in place with Blu-Tack or similar.

John.

I picked up a Railfreight grey one at the Leamington show (Sorry John!) and can confirm that the chassis appears identical to the original Farish 20 chassis althought the new loco does have a balanced armature. The chassis is held in by a screw concealed by the nose end, the nose end on my new 20 is held in by a plastic clip at the top, I would suggest using something small and thin such as a jewellers screwdriver or perhaps a feeler guage to depress the clip from the top before pulling the nose out. The older Farish 20 I have has a round peg on the nose which loosely fits a hole in the body and fails to secure the nose properly but is much easier to remove!

HTH, Ian