I feel really sorry for Hornby about this model
It was a good idea but like the prototype has been plagued with difficulties. It has been a prolonged wait but the model still 'hasn't arrived'
I had to send back my 7 car set because of constant derailments of the power car (nothing else I run has any problems), pantograph falling apart all the time, that's on top of the quality control issues, the suppressor and the visible capacitor.
I am pretty annoyed as I ordered extra coaches early on and its now too late to send them back.
You get the feeling this was rushed to beat price rises in manufacturing but now they will be getting a lot of returns and very likely a loss on the first batch if there will have to be a product recall.