Very good purchase
beautiful engine

I was aware this offer has some faults and no warranty.
After fixing several flaws the loco is now complete and is running like a dream.
What i am missing is a face plan, in relation of the lights, what pin of the 21MTC is dedicated to which LED.

Ordered this on a whim, as the price was right, but what wasn't mentioned in the listing was that this wasn't 'new' stock, but was actually either 'return', or 'QA Rejected' stock.
A number of parts were loose on arrival, especially the glazing panels, the front Harp board was detached (and was noted as being such on the box) and the Windscreen Wipers were missing (although I eventually found these as loose items within the foam packing).
The removable bonnet section was very stiff to remove, and care needed to be taken not to damage the handrails whilst doing so. The PCB is poorly attached, and moves alarmingly when trying to take out the blanking plug. Thankfully, this only needs to be done once, having fitted the decoder, although that was trial and error, needing a Google to establish which fitting was required, as nowhere on the box, or in the paperwork, did it state which decoder should be used.
The model runs well enough, and improves with running in, but it feels very underwhelming as a purchase - fortunately, in this instance, the price reflected the quality.

What a snip, arrived safely. OK it had a couple of loose buffers, 2 windows out, Guinness badge off the front, no fear all the bits were in the box so all sorted in a couple of minutes. Runs as sweet as a nut! Excellent value, I am tempted to go for another!