'CHARD Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 9 minutes ago, GD said: I did have intensions of buying 47450, 47555 and 47492 That's a total of 510 locos, you must be a millionaire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 2 minutes ago, 'CHARD said: That's a total of 510 locos, you must be a millionaire! 510 locos and not a single 47555....how bizarre! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRUNFOS Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 I like mine.......................... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 I wouldn’t swap my pre new version blue box ones - ima cgually still happy with my 47035 from about 2005 ! That did take hacking around the bodies to change the obvious class 57 bits though , but my more recent one is also good. If I got anymore it’d be the new Bachmann , but have to be well below £200 and the blue ones seem to consistently stay above that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted April 16 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16 6 hours ago, E100 said: By itself it looks like a good class 47 from any reasonable distance but put a Bachmann 47 there and by comparison there's something not the same when there should be. People will therefore be somewhat inclined to stick with one example going forward and in many cases that will be the Bachmann example. 47s were quite squat, and ironically did look a bit tubby. As soon as I saw a head-on photo of the Heljan offering it looked “pinched” and too tall/thin, and that was without comparing it. Roy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium E100 Posted April 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 17 14 hours ago, Roy Langridge said: 47s were quite squat, and ironically did look a bit tubby. As soon as I saw a head-on photo of the Heljan offering it looked “pinched” and too tall/thin, and that was without comparing it. Roy I did preface what I was saying with the below as I know there were some who noticed it straight from the off. 20 hours ago, E100 said: I think the primary issue for many of us that don't necessary know a 47 inside and out (or even a few who do but can see past the issues) is that a lot already have a recent Bachmann example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albie the plumber Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 19 hours ago, GRUNFOS said: I like mine.......................... Certainly looks good from that angle 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_crisp Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 A fair review in BRM this month. Hopefully the next model from Heljan (what ever it may be) gets the basics better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted April 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 17 23 hours ago, GRUNFOS said: I like mine.......................... 4 hours ago, Albie the plumber said: Certainly looks good from that angle 👍 That looks like the previous Heljan model, not the new one. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 1 hour ago, brushman47544 said: That looks like the previous Heljan model, not the new one. Based on the headcode glass geometry alone I'm prepared to bet that IS the first version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted April 17 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 17 1 hour ago, brushman47544 said: That looks like the previous Heljan model, not the new one. Agree - Tubby Duff :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 3 hours ago, brushman47544 said: That looks like the previous Heljan model, not the new one. Plastic cab door handrails = early release too. Ex-47059? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albie the plumber Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 4 hours ago, 'CHARD said: Based on the headcode glass geometry alone I'm prepared to bet that IS the first version. Tubby Brush alert ⚠️ 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium E100 Posted April 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 18 23 hours ago, dj_crisp said: A fair review in BRM this month. Hopefully the next model from Heljan (what ever it may be) gets the basics better. I thought so too. Whilst there may possibly be manufacturers that might be somewhat offended by such reviews in press where they pay money for adverts, I'm confident in the long term it pays off and encourages them to do better, as it's constructive feedback (he doesn't just say it's wrong) and gives credit where it's due. Not everything that comes out of manufacturers is gold and I really appreciate that this forum and indeed the fact that BRM isn't afraid to say so to help me make an informed choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRUNFOS Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 (edited) You're all correct, tubby duff it is.............. The bogie side frames are pushed out to match the body width, that makes a difference. Edited April 18 by GRUNFOS 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcoblanco Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Mr burkin notes in his express review that the cabs are a separate mould.. perhaps Heljan will correct the cab in next versions and offer replacement.. (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf27 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 21 minutes ago, Marcoblanco said: Mr burkin notes in his express review that the cabs are a separate mould.. perhaps Heljan will correct the cab in next versions and offer replacement.. (?) They would also need to change the body as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 1 hour ago, Marcoblanco said: Mr burkin notes in his express review that the cabs are a separate mould.. perhaps Heljan will correct the cab in next versions and offer replacement.. (?) I don’t think they believe anything is wrong with it , so why would they write off any profit doing that . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Flashheart Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 5 hours ago, rob D2 said: I don’t think they believe anything is wrong with it And that's the biggest problem of them all. Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted May 24 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24 (edited) 10 hours ago, Marcoblanco said: Mr burkin notes in his express review that the cabs are a separate mould.. perhaps Heljan will correct the cab in next versions and offer replacement.. (?) I dont think they could swap the cabs, they are tight, and oversprayed. But you can see the joins easy enough. compared to the real thing… Edited May 24 by adb968008 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisis Rail Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 On 06/07/2019 at 09:20, 47606odin said: the only good news for me is it says the O gauge one is in tooling Hopefully it’ll be better than the 00. Not usually one to whinge. But it looks a bit messy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted May 25 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25 I’m afraid the TMC advert in this month’s BRM doesn’t do the model any favours. Page 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRC Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 9 hours ago, adb968008 said: I dont think they could swap the cabs, they are tight, and oversprayed. But you can see the joins easy enough. compared to the real thing… It could be the angle admittedly but it looks like the whole bogie could do with moving a few millimetres towards the buffers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 10 hours ago, adb968008 said: compared to the real thing… Perhaps it's the camera lens but that's one hell of an upward curve to the bottom of that cab. That grey line should be straight. Has it been forced onto the chassis so that it's warped and fits badly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirwilliamfrs Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 How did Heljan manage to produce that? It's an awful representation of a 47, sub - £100 discount prices on the horizon very soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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