Monthly Archive: June, 2025

27 June 2025

AC Models Eastleigh slots into place as Bachmann Retailer of the Year for 2024

It is our pleasure to announce that the coveted Bachmann Europe Retailer of the Year award for 2024 has been presented to AC Models of Eastleigh. AC Models began trading in 2009, starting out as AC Slot Cars and run by husband and wife Clive and Annette Osborne – hence the ‘AC’ part of the name – and unsurprisingly specialised...

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17 June 2025

Product Preview | N Scale Class 47s

The Class 47 is a staple of the Graham Farish N Scale range, and with the next releases due to arrive within a few months, it’s the perfect time to have a look at these upcoming locomotives in more detail. The latest Class 47 models all contain the high levels of detail that you would expect from Graham Farish’s masterpieces...

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15 June 2025

Bachmann on the Road – Wythall Busfest @ Gaydon 2025

Date and Time: Saturday 5th July 2025, 10:00 – 16:00.  Location: British Motor Museum, Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwickshire, CV35 0BJ. The Transport Museum Wythall are once again returning to the British Motor Museum in Gaydon for their annual Busfest rally. This year’s event is expected to feature over 100 buses, showcasing a wide range of restored, vintage and modern road transport. There...

Categories Bachmann Collectors Club/Exhibitions and Shows

13 June 2025

Bachmann to Support Andy’s Man Club With a Model of Class 69 No. 69013

Bachmann Europe Plc has teamed up with GB Railfreight (GBRf) to produce a OO Scale model of the operator’s Class 69 Diesel Locomotive No. 69013, which will be sold to help raise funds for Andy’s Man Club, the mental health charity that encourages men to talk and aims to prevent male suicide. The Class 69 locomotive debuted in its striking...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

9 June 2025

Bachmann on the Road – DEMU Showcase 2025

Date and Time: Saturday 14th of June 2025, 10:00 – 17:00. Sunday 15th of June 2025, 10:00 – 16:00.  Location: Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, Upper Clifton Road, Sutton Coldfield, B73 6DA The Diesel and Electric Modellers United group will be holding their annual showcase dedicated to diesel and electric modelling at the Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, and this year’s showcase will be a...

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8 June 2025

Bachmann on the Road – Perth Model Railway Show

Date and Time: Saturday 28th of June 2025, 10:00 – 17:00. Sunday 29th of June 2025, 10:00 – 17:00.  Location: Dewars Centre, Glover Street, Perth, PH2 0TH The Bachmann Collectors Club team are happy to be travelling north of the border once again to one of the largest model railway events in Scotland. This year’s show will feature around 30 different layouts and...

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6 June 2025

Product Highlight: OO Scale Open Plank Wagons

Whilst many people nowadays tend to first think of passenger services when they think of the railway, many of the lines throughout the history of the UK were built primarily to carry freight. In order to do this, many open wagons were designed to a variety of shapes and sizes to suit different loads, and very similar wagons were used...

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2 June 2025

Exclusive Members Only Event – ‘Practically Perfect’ Sale 2025

Date and Time: Sunday 8th of June, 10:00 – 13:00.   Location: The Battlefield Line, Market Bosworth Station, Off Station Rd, Market Bosworth, Nuneaton, CV13 0PF.  Following last year’s successful Practically Perfect Sale at the Battlefield Line, we are delighted to confirm we will once again be in the Goods Shed at Market Bosworth Station on Sunday 8th June 2025 with this year’s...

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