WORLD OF RAILWAYS
HELJAN REVEALS NEW PRODUCTS FOR OO, OO9 AND O GAUGES
Heljan’s 2022 UK products catalogue is now available from stockists and contains details of all Heljan products now available, or due for release in 2022/23, in OO9, OO and O gauge.
All-new tooling announced by the manufacturer this year includes a Class 37/0 and Class 55 in 0 gauge. The Class 37/0 will be offered in post-1970s form with cutaway bufferbeam cowlings, cast or fabricated bogies and a choice of nose end arrangements, including end doors/plated ends, high-intensity headlights and plated headcode panels. Its first batch will feature the much-requested split headcode variant in eight liveries.
Versions of its Class 37/0 (split headcode) with cutaway bufferbeams are as follows:
• 3720: BR Blue*
• 3721: BR Large Logo Blue*
• 3722: BR Civil Engineers grey/yellow +
• 3724: BR Green 37350/D6700 (full yellow ends) +
• 3725: Railfreight Sector grey (unbranded) +
• 3726: EW&S Red/Gold unnumbered +
• 3727: DRS Blue (early) unnumbered +
• 3728: Railfreight ‘Red Stripe’ 37008 WEATHERED +
* Model with steam heating boiler + Model with high-intensity headlight.
Its Class 55 is to be offered in late BR condition 1976-82 (first sample shown above) in the following guises:
• 5520: BR Blue 55003 Meld
• 5521: BR Blue unnumbered
• 5522: BR Blue 55015 Tulyar (White cabs)
• 5523: BR Blue unnumbered (white cabs)
• 5524: BR Green 55002 King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (full yellow ends)
• 5525: BR Railtour Blue 55022 Royal Scots Grey
• 5526: BR Blue 55021 Argyll & Sutherland Highlander WEATHERED
The new Class 55 is to be also offered in preserved main line condition with high-intensity headlight in the following guises:
• 5530: BR Green D9000 Royal Scots Grey (small yellow panel)
• 5531: Br Blue 55019 Royal Highland Fusilier
• 5532: BR Blue unnumbered (white cabs)
Both models are to be upgraded to Heljan’s latest standards with finer detail, improved body shape and details, plug-and-play DCC capability, authentic LED interior and exterior lighting functions and a wider range of detail variations to suit the evolving demands of O gauge modellers. Tooling work on both models is reportedly almost complete with the first Class 55 sample undergoing
