As I am sure many will be aware, Peco and Kato are working jointly on a Ffestiniog Railway Small England model in 009. Thanks to Ben Powell, the TLO, we have developed good contacts with Hiroshi Kato, the boss of Kato; some of you will have given your views on a couple of aspects of the loco design in repsonse to the piece on 009 News, for which they are very grateful.
Having asked, Mr. Kato has told us that the chassis of the Small England loco is now planned to be available separately for those who want to buy one for their own developments. Obviously this is some time away (mid 2021?), but good news anyway.
Julian
Thats good news thanks, I might get my Peco James and Jeanette kits finished now :)
yes I know they are shown as 0-6-0T but they are 0-0-0T at the moment so anything is an improvement ???
Having seen the prototype Kato FR England chassis at Warley using one to replace the Farish inside cylinder chassis the Peco kits use will be a huge improvement.
Took this while talking to Mr Kato at Warley
Quote from: Steve Facknell on March 05, 2020, 20:08
Took this while talking to Mr Kato at Warley
What the photo or loco? :police:
Can it be adapted to 8mm gauge?
Mal.
Cant answer as this was the prototype
This is excellent news, and will cause me to postpone a couple of projects (not that I haven't many others to be getting on with).
Thanks for sharing.
Les