Am i alone in thinking it is beyond the capabilities of the various manufacturers to make a DEFINITIVE class 47????
I write this after taking a look at bachmanns much-awaited version. I've been drooling over this since they announced the class 57 a couple of years ago. Yet once again, stupid errors have crept in & once again my wallet won't be disturbed.
After Heljan made a complete pigs ear,
you'd think that Bachmann would have pulled out all the stops. No.
On initial viewing, it's a beautiful model. Yet on second glance, you notice no-no's like the window-ledge window frames (MANUFACTURERS PLEASE NOTE, THESE ARE ALMOST FLUSH ON THE PROTOTYPE) & the comedy buffer beam fairings.
Suffice to say, i'm retaining my lima models - yes they aren't perfect either but at least they're cheap (2nd hand, you can get 3 or 4 for the cost of a Heljan-Bachmann) & easy to improve detail-wise. I don't care how fantastic the chassis & running characteristics are on heljan & bachmann varieties, the 'look' of the model is the main thing.