Not another one - the story of 'just one more' Farish 08...

I have more Graham Farish Class 08 than one man can need, yet there is something so very alluring about the model; I keep returning to re-work, to repaint, to detail up - to enjoy...This latest addition is I tell myself, not a Class 08 at all - but a Class 09 - and I've only got two others (09001 and 09013). However, that is really just a technicality - there are plenty more here including in no particular order 08761, 08791, 08417, 08441, 08993, HO16, 08202 and most recently (but not quite finished) 08994. I also have 08833 and GBRf 004 - these may or may not make it to the permanent collection - along with a handful of BR blue ones I've made and sold - including 08665, 08710 and 08113. To be honest, I feel like I've probably forgotten one in all that too...So what is it about this diminutive English Electric 330hp shunter that works so well in N? These models, they're just such characterful little things. The newer coreless motored examples run like a swiss watch, smooth and quiet…