Class 24 - BR Green (Two Tone) - D5072 - O Scale
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Detailed Description
Detailed Description
The British Rail Class 24 diesel locomotives were built between 1958 and 1961 by the British Railways at their famous Derby Works. Designed as part of British Railways’ Modernisation Plan, they handled mixed-traffic duties across the UK. Reliable but modest in power, many later moved to secondary services before withdrawal during the late 1970s, with 97201 living on at the Railway Technical Centre, Derby.
Our Class 24 is a highly detailed O scale model of this classic British Rail Type 2 diesel. Featuring twin motor flywheel drive, etched grilles, directional lighting and DCC compatibility, it offers powerful performance and exceptional realism, making it an impressive addition to any O gauge model railway layout.
Features
- 1:43 Scale Model
- Analogue DC Model
- 3-Link Couplings
- Highly Detailed Finish
- High Quality Design & Construction
- Heavy Duty Twin Motor/Flywheel Drive
- Powered Roof Fan
- Plug-and-Play DCC Interface
- Etched Grilles
- Separately Switchable Lighting Features
- Exquisite Detail
- Directional Lighting
Specification
Specification
Power, DCC and Lighting
Power, DCC and Lighting
Customers praised this O-gauge locomotive as a "fantastic runner" with "excellent detailing" and "smooth and quiet operation." Shoppers appreciated the competitive pricing and noted it "runs very smoothly" while pulling heavy coaches up gradients. Some wished for a sound decoder option and weathered finish. Minor QC issue with loose bolt reported.
A fitting member of the Heljan stable. Powerful hauling 4 heavy coaches up a 1 in 60 gradient, visually convincing and executed with excellence.
Beautiful and detailed workmanship, perfect paintwork and smooth and quiet operation. Overall I am very satisfied with the model and can recommend it to everyone.
A great model of the BR class 24 locomotive which runs very smoothly. I just wish it had a built in sound decoder as an option
A lovely model 😍🤗👍, wasn't able to afford one, when they 1st came out 🙄😢, but @ that sensible price of, £299.00,would've been foolish not to 🙄🤗.
Can not wait for the the blue, operational headcode, twin headlight & tablet catcher fitted 24/1 😍🤗👍😺
This is not my first Heljan O-gauge loco but it's the first ordered direct following the takeover by Accurascale. I thought the price was absolutely outstanding, especially with the 10% discount for having signed up for emails, which is what alerted me to the availability of the loco.
The loco arrived quickly and undamaged. Oddly, a bolt which secures one of the bogie assemblies was loose in the box. I say oddly, as it was certainly a tight fit putting it back in the obvious place so I don't think it came loose in transit, I suspect it was not properly inserted at the factory and had got through QC. Anyway, it was a simple fix.
The loco runs perfectly, smoothly and quietly down to very low speeds as I expect from a Heljan loco. I really do like the way they run. Detailing on the model is excellent and fine, although the optional detailing parts are a faff to fit as they are so small. I'm not sure why something like lamp brackets can't be factory fitted as they were not prototypically 'optional'.
The only thing I would have liked better would have been a weathered option on this colour scheme, as I will need to get the loco weathered myself. However, bearing in mind the price I'm happy to stand that extra expense.
Altogether, a happy customer and hopefully this is the start of a new chapter in Heljan's O-gauge product range.
The 24 is a fantastic loco, thoroughly happy with the Heljan model, fantastic runner and now at a realistic price - the finish is excellent, order to delivery times great too.
The locomotive has been running very well, pulling a train of quite heavy coaches. really impressive.
The detail is absolutive and also the paint work.
Great model which captures the shape of the prototype Class 24. Nicely detailed & with excellent colour rendition.