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Cancelled all my Heljan pre orders. Been waiting 2 years for a 117. Now nearly £300.00 a coach, plus 2 chips for DCC. Have to be realistic. See what I can afford when it comes out and also hope they get reduced in time. Most of what I buy either on pre-order or as soon as it comes out seems to end up as a bargain somewhere. Simon

Thanks for posting this. I will be able to see where I went wrong with the lights now. Thank goodness there are people who know what they are doing on this forum. The Fleet is looking very impressive. Type 5s the way forward….

Thank you.

Thanks. From what I could see from photos flat looked correct so I went with that. Yet to fit the other bits that came in the plastic bag. In the absence of any XL decoders in stock, I took the loco to my club test track yesterday and ran it on DC. Ran beautifully. Very smooth. Real weight and presence.

Good luck. Hopefully it is a good one.

Thanks. Great photos. I am very pleased with the large logo version I have bought my son for his birthday. Looks good to me. My only irritation is that the body side grill frames should be the same colour as the roof. I think judicious weathering will make it less noticeable. Was a bit confused by the handrail option too as there are only 4 round ones. If you think it is wrong, don’t buy it. I haven’t tried to install DCC as I can’t find anywhere that has either an ESU or Zimo XL chip in stock. I think the advice about a clear head is very sound. I am sure it could be made more straightforward though. Simon

My copy of Peto has shopping dates but doesn’t give out shopped liveries. 1450 had a Heavy Intermediate at Swindon in February 1955; a Heavy General at Swindon in September 1956. Peto says the first 14xx appeared in green in early 1957. 1450 had a Heavy Casual at Stafford Road in April 1958; and a Heavy General there in September 1961. It moved to Exeter in July 1962. It’s only other works activity was Taunton shops in November 1962. Surely Stafford Road Factory would have out shopped it in green in April 1958 or September 1961. I found a picture of it at Oxford in April 1962, on Flickr and it is fairly grubby lined green. Don’t think it went West black. Regards Simon

PM Thanks for posting these. They both look brilliant. I have numbered mine but am waiting for a chip before doing any more to it. They capture a 47 as I remember them. Quality weathering makes a huge difference too. Well done Heljan. Well done PM Simon

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Youchoos have published a decoder fitting guide which is very interesting reading: https://youchoos.co.uk/Index-Resource.php?L1=Guides&Item=OHeljanRailcar A bit more work to fit cheaper Zimo sound decoder. I can’t find many suppliers of the Loksound 5 with a GWR railcar sound file. I am tempted to have a go at the Youchoos option when I get round to purchasing a railcar. Regards Simon

Oh dear. I missed it on the GA drawing. I have numbers 22 and 23 and that was my first port of call. This morning I looked for the instructionds to my Springside kit which I built in 1986. Couldn’t find them so thought I would look at my model. Photo attached. The last 2 photos in Brian Daniels collection show a flat plate in front of the front axle which I presume I where the ATC shoe might have been. My model:

Hal Thanks. Maud looks wonderful. You inspired me to copy so I have traded 2 other locos and now have a 58xx from Rails of Sheffield. Fitted DCC, detail parts ordered from Northern Ireland. Thanks for that tip too. By way of a thank you I thought I would be able to answer your ATC question, but no. I have a copy of Peto, both parts of the history of the Class in Great Western Journal, Russell‘s Book,, Collet and Hawkesworth Locomotives, a Locomotive iIllustrated from the 1980s. No photos or drawings. The Brian Daniels Detail album of the preserved 1450 only shows that the ATC was removed. I think you could fit an ATC shoe wherever you wish and as long as it is impossible to see, it won’t matter where. Glad you found some evidence. Thanks again for the inspiration. Simon

Steveb860 Thanks Gilbert. This is the thread: Heljan O gauge DMUs, 117/120/121/128 Best wishes to all RM webbers Simon

I had a sound fitted triple grey 08 on order for ages. Gave up waiting and got the basic model. Fitting a Digitrains Zimo 21 Pin decoder was so straightforward(there is a very good stream on here about it). I will always fit my own decoders in future. Was a little bit cheaper too.

Very productive weekend at Missenden. Looks wonderful and I am glad you are pleased with the Zimo/Digitrains Chip. Great model from Heljan.

It has a 21 pin socket so that is the decoder you need. Space for a speaker is tight though.

Hattons also have the instructions on their website, all 4 pages: http://images.hattons.co.uk/mediaimages/Heljan Class 03 Manual Jan 2020.pdf

The missing instruction sheet for the 03 is now available as a PDF on the Heljan 03 page on Tower Models web site.

it is Peter Clark Models Tadpole. I have a very poor quality video of it. it was like this soon before being disbanded with the power car overhauled and about to go back to a Hastings unit.

Digitrains supplied a small cube speaker which just fits. Sound is OK. I bought a little plug as recommended in the thread on sound fitting the Heljan 128. This fits into CN6. The stay alive is on the cab floor. I have posted a little video on YouTube. Pleased with the sound

If you go to Brian Daniel”s site on Flickr, the O3 album has quite a few with black buffer beams, though most are yellow, Doesn’t help if you are set on yellow though. Loved the Flickr link from Swindon 123. Wish I had thought to take a camera to work in the 1980s. All memories.

Thanks very much. I have found a few photographs of both 03134 and 03128, both in a woeful condition at Laira. Stumbling across one of them whilst looking for something else made me order a green 03. I have a Bachman blue one. That is York‘s 03089. I have just ordered a Parksde GWR 5 plank open to be the match truck for 03128.

Zimo decoder from Digitrains now fitted. Just about squeezed in a sugar cube speaker. The speaker Connection on the loco’s PCB is a small socket. Rather than removing it I bought a plug as recommended in the thread on fitting a Heljan class 128 DPU with a Zimo decoder. Great sounds and the loco runs very smoothly. Weathering next.

Very pleased with mine which is now 03 128, Laira pilot. About to fit DCC. No instructions in mine either. Tower say none of this batch have instructions. They hope to receive them as a PDF within the next couple of weeks and will then post them as a PDF on their website. Well done Heljan.