Night Train Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 With Heljan's continuing releases of small UK diesels, and following on from their successful (and delightful) OO gauge version; what are the chances of Heljan producing a Class 14 in O gauge? I expect such a loco would prove popular and likely be somewhat more detailed than the DJH offering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted December 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 19, 2018 A class 14 was rumored a couple of years ago, the story was that a retailer vetoed it as having poor sales potential.....so they got the class 05 and 'Falcon' instead! Just a matter of time I suspect. Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HullCityB17 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 A class 14 was rumored a couple of years ago, the story was that a retailer vetoed it as having poor sales potential.....so they got the class 05 and 'Falcon' instead! Just a matter of time I suspect. Dava As I mentioned before... How can a retailer know whether an Eastern Region locomotive suitable for smaller micro layouts and with plenty of preserved examples for reference compared to a single engine mainly only seen in a small section of the Western Region and struggles to sell. It is also the only model despite heavy discounting there are still large numbers on Ebay, and most large model shops and even Heljan couldn't shift all their stock at Telford at the Guildex show. I don't know who or when people were polled but I know plenty of people who a) didn't buy falcon b) had no intention of purchasing falcon c) had a class 14 been available would have purchased multiple models. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Of course it will happen - just as soon as I finish my PRMRP kit, which has been an ongoing project for far too long, now, but is close to completion!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delticfan Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Damn sight cheaper than the djh one as well I suspect. I’ll have one too so agree there is a market, matter of time agree with previous posts. The 05 was an odd choice I thought not sure how this is selling in O gauge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted December 20, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) The new Heljan 03 looks like being around the £300 mark - so presumably Heljan aren’t willing (or able) to match Dapol/Minerva pricing. I am of course speculating but at those levels - assuming the 14 wouldn’t be even more - don’t think it would have sold anything like well enough. Doesn’t mean someone else won’t have a crack though. Edited December 20, 2018 by Hal Nail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted December 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2018 If Heljan do a 14 I hope it's a bit more robust than the OO version, those steps in particular are very fragile. The whole loco has the feel of a plastic kit that has been assembled in the factory rather than being supplied on sprues! I'd build a DJH one in a heartbeat if it wasn't so flippin expensive. I would not expect Heljan to charge much less though ..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HullCityB17 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 If Heljan do a 14 I hope it's a bit more robust than the OO version, those steps in particular are very fragile. The whole loco has the feel of a plastic kit that has been assembled in the factory rather than being supplied on sprues! I'd build a DJH one in a heartbeat if it wasn't so flippin expensive. I would not expect Heljan to charge much less though ..... I don’t think you would be saying that you would build one every again once you did build a DJH as I have heard there are a pig to construct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium steam-driven boy Posted December 20, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 20, 2018 Hi, Class 14 just has to be done, as with the Class 07 - both very much needed in O rtr. Regards, Gerry. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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