KMRC Exclusive Edition 45 110 'Medusa' now in production

[Kernow MRC]

Our previously announced KMRC Exclusive Edition 45 110 'Medusa' now in production with Heljan.

Our KMRC Exclusive Edition Heljan Class 45/1 45 110 Medusa, how she looked in the final years of the Class 45/1s in weathered BR blue with high intensity headlight and ‘unofficial’ Tinsley decoration, will also be available in October.

The new Class 45s also enjoy the following features...
• DCC Ready with 21-pin decoder interface

• Extensive bogie and underframe detail, including optional inner end sandboxes

• Fine etched boiler step and grille covers
• ETH equipment on bufferbeams • Super-fine pipework and under-body detail
• Fine etched metal wipers
• Highly detailed and decorated cab interiors
• Separately controlled cab lighting with magnetic 'wand' device suitable for DC and DCC use
• Separately controlled LED tail lights
• Directional LED headcode panel, marker light and HI headlights
• Plenty of internal space for DCC sound and a speaker
• Six-axle drive with 'floating' internal bogie units for smooth riding and heavy haulage power
• Central 5-pole motor with flywheels
• Sprung Buffers
• NEM couplers

KMRC Exclusive Edition 45500 Heljan Class 45/1 Diesel Locomotive Number 45 110 Medusa to pre-order click here>>>

 

[dj_crisp]

Nice!

Please can you ask the factory to do the weathering before fitting the glazing?

[Graham_Muz]

34 minutes ago, dj_crisp said:

Nice!

Please can you ask the factory to do the weathering before fitting the glazing?

 

The glazing is fitted but the windscreen wiper area is masked.

[cs233]

Looks good, the missed areas of weathering on the wheels exposing the shiny toy like finish are not ideal though. Hopefully the production finished version will not suffer this

[Class 158 productions]

21 hours ago, cs233 said:

Looks good, the missed areas of weathering on the wheels exposing the shiny toy like finish are not ideal though. Hopefully the production finished version will not suffer this

Often a problem with most factory weathered models, danger could be by doing more to the wheels, you risk getting paint on pickups, adding another headache to QC. Would be interesting to hear what the manufacturing process is behind weathering. I.e how bits are masked up and in what order etc. Although I get the feeling it’s a trade secret among each brand. 

[Gary H]

Have these models got proper brass axle bearings like Bachmann etc or are we still going with the Lima way of doing things from 1980?

[Graham_Muz]

2 hours ago, Gary H said:

Have these models got proper brass axle bearings like Bachmann etc or are we still going with the Lima way of doing things from 1980?

 

These totally new tooled models have absolutely no connection with any Lima models of the past and will have brass axle bearings. Why would you assume that Heljan models are not so designed?

Edited August 10, 2022 by Graham_Muz

[Gary H]

2 hours ago, Graham_Muz said:

 

These totally new tooled models have absolutely no connection with any Lima models of the past and will have brass axle bearings. Why would you assume that Heljan models are not so designed?

Plenty of them have no bearing's, the Class 86 and Class 16 are two that don't off the top of my head. Was quite alarmed to see it (or the lack of) when I removed the base keeper plate from an 86, supposedly a high end model but instead akin to a Limby. Everybody else seems to be engineering this simple feature into their models drive train these days, it cant be that hard. Bachmann have been doing it on their diesels for about 20 years now.

 

Edited August 10, 2022 by Gary H