I wish Heljan would start making N gauge

[MattJ]

I for one would like a Metrovick Co-Bo!

[Tim E]

I do hope Heljan, Hornby, et all start in N gauge.  Anyone imagine a RTR Hattons Garratt in N?  I for one would love to see a 42xx in N gauge as my model will be set in cornwall, not to mention decent a Castle and County class.  I also wish Dapol/Kernow would shrink the well tank, but I think the size is a limiter on that one.

It's not just about loco's either, some decent up to date pullmans (including Devon Belle Obo car) and some nice Hawksworths would be nice...

[Vanders]

I'm not sure about Heljan, as their output tends to be a bit specialist/niche even for the OO market! Hornby on the other hand? I'm frankly surprised that they haven't resurrected Minitrix yet, although it has been said in the past that Dapol & Hornby have a close working relationship. I don't know how true that is though and with Dapol re-entering the OO market, one wonders how close any such relationship would remain (if it ever existed).

[Adam1701D]

At the moment, the N Gauge market is only about 25% the size of OO, so Heljan would be hard pushed to justify the costs for entering N Gauge.

All the popular models they do in OO, such as the 26,27,33,47, Hymek and Western have been done in N already and I doubt there would be a lot of demand for a Baby Deltic or Class 15 at the moment.

heljan would probably need to make at least 1000 of each to break even and would they really sell?

[red_death]

Heljan have happily gone into the O gauge RTR diesel market which is a fraction of OO as well so I am not sure it is just market size.  I suspect (hope for Heljan's sake) that profitability comes into it as well.

Heljan have reasonably frequently been asked if they would consider N and have consistently said no. No doubt they will now go ahead and announce their N range 

Cheers, Mike

[H]

No doubt they will now go ahead and announce their N range 

Oh, so you haven't heard then?  I thought it was common knowledge. 

H

[Newportnobby]

Heljan have just released several versions of the class 23. That is one model I am sure would sell in decent numbers