12 September 2025

ALL THE HALLMARKS of a MASTERPIECE IN MINIATURE – GRAHAM FARISH LAUNCHES NEW ‘HALLS’ AND ‘MODIFIED HALLS’ IN N SCALE

The Great Western Railway (GWR) could count many classes of 4-6-0 among its locomotive designs, but none were more numerous or successful than the 49XX ‘Hall’ Class. Add in the later 6959 ‘Modified Hall’ Class and a total of 330 locomotives were produced and now, high-fidelity N scale models of both the ‘Hall’ and ‘Modified Hall’ are being produced by...
Categories Bachmann Europe News
6 August 2025

NEW CLUB MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS AND EXCLUSIVE MODELS AVAILABLE NOW

At the start of July the Bachmann Collectors Club revealed three new membership options with prices starting from only £29.99 a year. Standard Membership includes a year’s subscription to the Bachmann Times magazine, full of news, modelling and historic articles and home to the quarterly British Railway Announcements catalogue, plus a discount of at least 10% on the full range...
Categories Bachmann Collectors Club/Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways
6 August 2025

GREAT EIGHT! – STANIER’S ICONIC 8F JOINS THE BACHMANN BRANCHLINE RANGE

The LMS Stanier Class 8F 2-8-0 was one of Britain’s most numerous and successful steam locomotives, and after producing award winning models of the iconic type for its Graham Farish N Scale range, ninety years since the first example emerged from the LMS’s Crewe Works it’s time to welcome OO scale models of the 8F to Bachmann’s Branchline range for...
Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways
31 July 2025

Graham Farish Launches NER P7 and LNER D12 Coal Hoppers in Railway 200 Year

Two hundred years ago in 1825 the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR) opened, heralding the age of the train and kickstarting rail travel as we know it today. Established deep within the rich coal fields of North East England, the S&DR connected collieries and docks, ports and pitheads, to move coal faster than ever before, fuelling the industrial revolution. Later,...
Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways
7 July 2025

Bachmann on the Road – Bala Model Railway Show

Date and Time: Saturday 20th September,  10:00 – 16:00Sunday 21st September, 10:00 – 16:00 Location: Ysgol Godre’r Berwyn Secondary School, Ffrydan Road, Bala, Gwynedd LL23 7RU The Bala Lake Railway’s model railway show is set to have over twenty layouts in various scales and gauges along with a number of trade stands. Plus there is a free vintage bus service to and...
Categories Bachmann Collectors Club/Exhibitions and Shows