With the sale on after the changes at Heljan/Accurascale an 02 at £149 seemed like a more sensible price than the previous c. £300. With my experience of the Heljan 03, a strange random running issue and the disappointment of not only there only being two out of four lights working each end, but the 'shunting' lights being directional (they shouldn't be) and at the wrong end I pondered a lot about whether it would be a good idea. Meanwhile it went out of stock, so, thinks I, that's that. Then one came back in stock - it's a do-or-die moment, despite knowing the lights were still only two out of four. So I did. Hummm.
The thing runs quite nicely, sets off a bit quickly on step '1', but otherwise ok. A nice model, easy to get a decoder in. Only the lights... in the picture above the shunting and cab lights are on. Not that you'd believe it. While I think the lights on the 08 behind it are too bright, the 02's are all but invisible. If I'd paid £300 for it I'd be sending it straight back, but as this may well be that last one there's no point in doing so. The cynic in me has a suggestion as to why it came back in stock...
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