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I have just received my new Falcon by Heljan this week and thought you would like to know what i thought of it! Please note i am not a seasoned reveiwer and these points are of my own personal opinion only and if anyone would like to reply to my comments with there own veiw you are very welcome to do so.
Firstly i like to say that straight from the box it felt it had a good weight and feel to it. I ran it in for an hour each way on a slow to moderate speed to allow it to bed in properly.
It seemed quite smooth to me straight out of the box anyway. It now runs very smoothly and queitly as all Heljan diesels seem to.
The colour looks quite good also although i never saw the real one to decide wether the colour is exact or not but as i am NOT a rivet counter if it looks right to me then it is right.
Here are a couple more pictures of it.
The bufferbeams actually came in a packet which you have to decide which ones you wanted on, One is for having no coupling on and the other (yes you guessed it) is if you do have a coupling on. I have to say that one side i couldn't get on very easily and i had to open up the holes on the body for the pips to go through. Another issue i thought that when you pay £110.00 for a Locomotive you would think you would get a driver for it but alas Heljan didn't include one with this loco!!.
It came with etched Falcon crests that you can put on if you desire. Theres no working fan (this is not a critisisim just an observation).
A nice touch is the working headcode light which works only in the direction of travel which is a good thing and there are a few different headcodes in the box to cut out and place into the aperture yourself.
These pictures are taken on my new layout that i have started a few weeks ago in my shed.
I havn't done any pulling tests on this loco but i should think it would be quite powerful enough to haul normal layout loads with ease.
I do hope you have enjoyed my little reveiw and please dont be shy do leave any comments that you feel relevant.
Kind regards
Paul
I have just received my new Falcon by Heljan this week and thought you would like to know what i thought of it! Please note i am not a seasoned reveiwer and these points are of my own personal opinion only and if anyone would like to reply to my comments with there own veiw you are very welcome to do so.

Firstly i like to say that straight from the box it felt it had a good weight and feel to it. I ran it in for an hour each way on a slow to moderate speed to allow it to bed in properly.
It seemed quite smooth to me straight out of the box anyway. It now runs very smoothly and queitly as all Heljan diesels seem to.
The colour looks quite good also although i never saw the real one to decide wether the colour is exact or not but as i am NOT a rivet counter if it looks right to me then it is right.
Here are a couple more pictures of it.


The bufferbeams actually came in a packet which you have to decide which ones you wanted on, One is for having no coupling on and the other (yes you guessed it) is if you do have a coupling on. I have to say that one side i couldn't get on very easily and i had to open up the holes on the body for the pips to go through. Another issue i thought that when you pay £110.00 for a Locomotive you would think you would get a driver for it but alas Heljan didn't include one with this loco!!.
It came with etched Falcon crests that you can put on if you desire. Theres no working fan (this is not a critisisim just an observation).
A nice touch is the working headcode light which works only in the direction of travel which is a good thing and there are a few different headcodes in the box to cut out and place into the aperture yourself.

These pictures are taken on my new layout that i have started a few weeks ago in my shed.

I havn't done any pulling tests on this loco but i should think it would be quite powerful enough to haul normal layout loads with ease.
I do hope you have enjoyed my little reveiw and please dont be shy do leave any comments that you feel relevant.
Kind regards
Paul