Seam lines down the front of the cab roof doesn’t look great either. I know they look to exist on some 47s but they are really subtle and I suspect are more weathering induced.
There also seems to be several areas where the Bachmann model has a greater attention to detail. Look at the cantrail grill dividing bars as an example. They don’t all go fully top to bottom, modelled correctly on the Bachmann model, but look incorrect on the Heljan model.
Ready to be corrected and look forward to seeing the Heljan model in the flesh, but at the moment my Class 47 money is not heading to a Heljan. If we are to have duplication I want to be able to buy both and them stand scrutiny against each other.
Now, the Class 11/12 money, that is a different story and one that Heljan seem to have pulled out one of their stonking models. As commented on that thread, if only all Heljan models attained that level the rest of the field would suffer.
Roy