January 23, 2019 New Liveries – OO9 Narrow Gauge Following on from our our New OO9 Tooling Announcements, we are delighted to be able to share with you the new liveries we have planned for our 2019 range. Categories Announcements/Model Railway/Narrow Gauge
November 28, 2018 P. D. Hancock Award for Bachmann Narrow Gauge During the 2018 Warley National Model Railway Exhibition, we were delighted to be presented with The OO9 Society’s P. D. Hancock Award for the Bachmann Narrow Gauge OO9 scale model of the Baldwin 10-12-D Steam Locomotive. Following the launch of the Bachmann Narrow Gauge range in late-2017, we have become the first recipients of the award which recognises ‘outstanding achievement... Categories Announcements/Model Railway/Narrow Gauge
November 5, 2018 Bachmann Products Make a Splash The fifth and penultimate episode of ‘The Great Model Railway Challenge’ (Friday 2nd November 2018) challenged the three teams to create a layout based upon this week’s theme of ‘Waterworld’. The teams had three days to build their layouts before being judged by Steve Flint and Kathy Millatt on how creatively they interpreted this week’s theme, the quality of their craftsmanship... Categories Model Railway
November 2, 2018 More Accolades for Bachmann Readers of the Hornby Magazine have recently been voting for the 2018 Model Railway Awards with the winners being revealed at this year’s Great Electric Train Show, Milton Keynes, on 13th October 2018. Following the results, we are proud and honoured to have won two of the awards available. Bachmann Europe was voted overall Manufacturer of the Year whilst our... Categories Announcements/Model Railway
October 29, 2018 Bachmann Products on the Great Model Railway Challenge The fourth episode of ‘The Great Model Railway Challenge’ (Friday 26th October 2018) challenged the three teams – The Railway Children, The Fawley Flyers and The Diesel Dynamos – to create a layout based upon this week’s theme of ‘Fire and Ice’. The teams had three days to build their layouts before being judged by Steve Flint and Kathy Millatt, with one... Categories Model Railway
October 16, 2018 Putting on a show with Bachmann products Last Friday (12th October 2018) saw the second episode of Channel 5’s ‘The Great Model Railway Challenge’ air. This weeks theme surrounded sets from TV shows with the teams choosing iconic programs including EastEnders, Doctor Who and Blackadder. Above: Team ‘Track Laying Ninjas’ tweaking a London Underground S Stock unit. Each team had three days to complete their layouts, with the... Categories Model Railway
October 2, 2018 Class 24 Engineering Prototype Samples We recently received the engineering prototype samples of our Branchline OO scale models of the Class 24/1. We will be producing three highly detailed models which will include many features such as full directional and cab lighting, sprung buffers and a pre-fitted speaker to help ease the installation of digital sound. They will consist of: 32-440 – No. D5135 BR... Categories Branchline/Model Railway
September 28, 2018 The Great Model Railway Challenge on TVs Soon! On Friday 5th October 2018, Channel 5 will launch a new six-part program called ‘The Great Model Railway Challenge’. The series will see teams of railway modellers compete to create layouts against the clock. Watch the short teaser video below! In each challenging episode the teams will explore a theme and have to interpret it in the most exciting and unexpected... Categories Model Railway
September 5, 2018 Bachmann on the Road – The International N Gauge Show The Bachmann team will be taking our Graham Farish range to the International N Gauge Show at the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre on the 8th – 9th September 2018. This event is the only exhibition to be solely dedicated to N gauge modelling and will again open its doors to over 3000 enthusiasts in early September. With over 40 specialist suppliers... Categories Exhibition and Shows/Graham Farish
September 4, 2018 British Rail Class 37/0 – Sales Area Exclusive The third and final Area Sales Representative Exclusive Model that was announced at our recent Bachmann Collectors Club Members Day was Class 37 No. 37025 ‘Inverness TMD’ in BR Blue Large Logo livery. This diesel locomotive, which is available with (32-780RJDS) and without (32-780RJ) sound, will join fellow classmates in the collection along with numerous previously announced models. Due for release later... Categories Branchline/Model Railway
