Tag: OO scale

15 April 2024

Exclusive Members Only Event – ‘Practically Perfect’ Sale 2024

Date and Time: Sunday 2nd of June 2024, 10:30 – 13:30  Location: The Battlefield Line, Market Bosworth Station, off Station Road, Market Bosworth, CV13 0PF.Club Members may prefer to park in the large car park at Shackerstone Station (CV13 6NR), where there will be a 10:00 departure which will arrive at Market Bosworth Station for approximately 10:10, although a ticket for travel...

Categories Bachmann Collectors Club/Exhibitions and Shows/UK Model Railways

14 April 2024

EFE Road Marks 70 Years of The London Routemaster

Today (Sunday 14th April 2024) at the London Bus Museum’s Spring Gathering, Bachmann Europe Plc unveiled four new 1:76 scale Routemaster buses as part of its expanding EFE Road range of diecast collectables. The announcement was made to mark 70 years since the very first Routemaster prototype, RM1, was unveiled to the world in 1954. Development had started in 1947,...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/Collectables

8 April 2024

Bachmann on the Road – London Bus Museum Spring Gathering

Date and Time: Sunday 14th April 2024, 10:00 – 17:00  Location: London Bus Museum, Brooklands Drive, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0SL.  The London Bus Museum’s Spring Gathering once again kicks off the bus rally season, offering plenty of attractions for enthusiasts and families alike. The event showcases a large number of visiting heritage buses alongside vehicles from the museum’s own fleet, which are...

Categories Exhibitions and Shows

20 March 2024

Product Preview: OO Scale Class 69s

It has been a few years since we first announced our upcoming OO scale models of the Class 69 for the Bachmann Branchline range, and it’s clear from all of the questions that we’ve received since then that there is a keen interest for these new locomotives. The models are still some time away, but engineering prototypes are now being...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

16 March 2024

Bachmann Reveal OO Scale Palvans at The Palace

Today (Saturday 16th March 2024) at the London Festival of Railway Modelling Bachmann Europe Plc revealed that it is developing models of the BR 12 Ton ‘Palvan’ Pallet Van for its Bachmann Branchline range – the first time models of these distinctive vehicles have been produced in OO Scale. Engineering Prototypes were available for inspection during the Alexandra Palace event,...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

8 March 2024

Product Highlight: 1:76 Scale Cravens RT Ensignbus Set

The EFE Road range welcomed several new models of the Cravens RT bus towards the end of 2023, and these proved to be extremely popular. Continuing on from this success is a new twin pack (E99943) which contains models of the two remaining Craven RTs that survive today as part of the Ensignbus fleet.  These models are produced in 1:76...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/Collectables

23 February 2024

Product Highlight: OO Scale Class 30 and 31s

It’s been a couple of weeks since our Spring 2024 British Railway Announcements, where the first new models to be revealed were the Class 30 and Class 31 diesel locomotives in OO Scale for the Bachmann Branchline range. These models were first shown in a special video production with Hornby Magazine, and now is a perfect time to have a...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

14 February 2024

Product Highlight: OO Scale SR Bulleid Boosters

If you were already signed up for our weekly newsletter before the start of 2024, then you’ll know that the OO Scale models of the SR Bulleid Booster from EFE Rail were the last models to arrive at our warehouse right at the very end of 2023. It’s now been a few weeks since these models were sent out to...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

9 February 2024

Trio Of New Models Join the Bachmann Collectors Club Range for Spring 2024

To coincide with Bachmann Europe’s Spring British Railway Announcements, the Bachmann Collectors Club has unveiled its first new products for 2024. In N Scale the Collectors Club celebrates 60 years since BR’s XP64 Train was launched with a new model of Class 47 No. D1733 in its Experimental Blue livery. The new Club model takes advantage of recent upgrades to...

Categories Bachmann Collectors Club/Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

7 February 2024

Bachmann Kicks Off 2024 in Style with the Spring British Railway Announcements

Bachmann Europe Plc today (Wednesday 7th February 2024) kicked off its program of new releases for 2024 with the launch of the Spring British Railway Announcements.

Categories Bachmann Collectors Club/Bachmann Europe News/Collectables/Scenery and Landscape/UK Model Railways/USA Model Railways