Class 42 - DB Rød/Grå - V220 021 - OO Skala

A great model for the price and weighty, with a heavy metal chassis. Smooth running and highly detailed, comparable with the Bachmann class 43, but in this case all of the roof detail is factory fitted. Separate buffer beam detail is provided, including a blanking plate if you want to run one end without the coupling. Decoration is great and finely applied. The DB livery is nicely done with finely printed detail at each end and the headcode boxes omitted as per the prototype when it ran with this. Very happy with my purchase.

Hi heljen i am very happy with the locomotive great detail and it runs very well out of the box well done again Liam

Firstly, the box artwork design is great and there is a lot of detail parts to add or to customise your Class 42. These include Disc Codes in the open or closed format and the usual buffer detail items, linkages, hoses, steps. Plus, full lower end cowlings or gapped NEM versions. The baggie has a lot in it, but sadly no etched name plates or loco numbers, and it is the same across all the models. The loco is a weighty monster, so there should be lots of traction to pull long rakes. The shape of the bulbous nose, etc, are very well captured. The paint work is amazing, with the Windhund, the deep red is a really nice colour with the black and the whiskers on the ends. The other printed details are tiny but clear to read depending on your eyesight. All around the loco the detailing is great, with fine handrails, wipers, grills, etc. They are nicely picked out or are separately fitted. I've not fully run mine in, but the performance is superb and smooth. This has to be the best engine that has come from Heljan, and it is on power with any diesel from other manufacturers. The Five Stars are well deserved, and the only criticism is the lack of etched nameplates and numbers. I have suggested to Heljan to address this issue in their meetings.

A wonderful rendition of the locomotive with smooth driving capabilities and a lot of interesting features.

In the DB livery, this is a stunningly beautiful loco. It's weight and the 5-pole motor is more than powerful enough to pull a rake of at least 5 coaches up a 4% incline that involves going around 1st radii curves. First radii curves present no problem to this (or any other of locos that I run on my layout.)
It is a very silent and smooth runner except at a crawl. On speed-steps 1 and 2 is it very "coggy", even after running in. But, at speed-step 3 and greater, the running smooths out. Hence the 4-star rating. Also, it is very irritating that I cannot access the cab and engine room lighting because you have used AUX 6 and 7 which are not normally supported by the Zen Black chip I've used. I guess I will have to invest in a LokPilot chip and possibly remap(?) to access these features.

Great model, ran smoothly straight out of the box, which by the way is also superb!
Fantastic livery too.

Lovely model. Captures the shape of the original. Comprehensive detail pack. Nice and heavy weight. Brilliant livery rendition with typical German lettering at solebar level. Striking box design. Here’s to the next batch !

Reall happy so far, looks good runs well and arrived in one piece. Nothing has fallen off yet. Really like it. Paint scheme is quite striking.

Looks great and runs very smoothly !

Really pleased with this , stunning paint finish, nice and heavy and runs perfectly.

Heljan Class 42 Warship V 220 021.

Sehr schöne Lok und schönes Fahrverhalten. Von den Details her Top.
Weiter so.

Excellent model with plenty of additional detail.

It’s a great model and the quality of the livery application is stunning. It is THE ultimate Rule 1 loco!

Something different always wanted this livery when I saw a preserved warship painted in FB livery really nice

Well packaged. Looks great, like an original V200. Nicely detailed. Easy to chip, partly due to the speaker. And drives great. Very satisfied with it.

Excellent model worth the wait

A very cool loco! I like it very much, especially the colours of the old german V200 / V220 are great!!!!

Very impressed runs well good value

looks really good going around my layout with some maroon coaches in tow. really easy to swap the front valance for one without the coupling hook. not so easy to stick the vacuum hoses on (I used superglue) one was very reluctant to grab, and difficult to locate its hole (Under the RH Buffer) Lighting has a very realistic brightness, one suggestion: it would have been nice to have etched nameplates.

Excellent model with a high quality finish, runs well on my layout and hauls a decent rake of coaches even with my track gradients. The only issue that I have is with the lighting function config for DCC, this only works with premium cost ESU decoders. Some might not bother about this cost but I think the additional cost is excessive and unnecessary, the Accurascale group has fitted other locos with switches to enable functionality with other brands of decoder. This loco ran very well with a budget decoder but had only headlights. Would I recommend? Yes for DC and DCC but be aware of the extra decoder cost, not everyone wants sound fitted locos!

Well pleased with mine

Still in box. Layout in storage after burst watermain flooded house. The 5 stars are for the picture. The box will be opened when I take it to my grandson next week.

Brilliant looking model. Well presented

Yes I’m very impressed with this model. It looks great and runs very smoothly. I have the DCC ready version. Have heard that the sound package is not so good. I hope all future models under the new Heljan situation will be this good and am looking forward to the LNER railcard.