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Prototype Era
Era 5 (1956 to 1966) British Railways Late Crest
1:76 Scale model of a Class 42 Diesel Locomotive decorated in BR livery. This model features lots of expertly applied details as based on the prototype, a high level of body detail and excellent running characteristics.
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The Heljan Class 42 'Warship' V1 model in BR Green SYP 'Jupiter' D826 livery is a DCC Sound equipped diesel locomotive. This model represents British Railways in the late crest era.
The model features separately switchable cab lights, engine room lights, red tail lights, and warm white marker lights, which are all mounted in accordance with the O gauge model. The model also includes an illuminated headcode panel at the front and factory-fitted twin speakers for excellent sound reproduction.
The model features a fully detailed and decorated cab interior, engine room detail behind the bodyside windows, and etched roof grilles with fans visible underneath. Other details include tiny etched metal lifting eyes on the roof panels, etched metal windscreen wipers, metal handrails, and fully detailed wheels.
The model is equipped with a robust sprung oval buffer, NEM couplers in the front skirt with partial bufferbeam detail, and an optional full front skirt with complete bufferbeam detail. The model also has a 21-pin DCC interface and a pack of optional headcode discs.