Heljan has shown pictures of its new ‘O’ gauge Class 26 which is at the pre-production sample stage. Changes have been made since the previous samples, including a corrected bufferbeam profile and sandbox design, finer mesh grilles and modified snowploughs. Heljan is expecting the model to be available in early 2022 and pre-ordering is strongly advised, as these are sure to be very popular.
Heljan has also shown off the first factory-decorated samples of its ‘O’ gauge Class 56. A few tweaks and improvements are required before they go into production and it has been revealed that the ‘air-con’ grilles on the cab sides will be an optional etched part on the production models. Ten versions will be available from Heljan stockists with an eleventh offered exclusively from Tower Models.