Category: Bachmann Europe News

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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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...

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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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30 May 2025

Bachmann Collectors Club Exclusive Member Events 2025

Members of the Bachmann Collectors Club are invited to join us at our annual special events, the Practically Perfect Sale and the Members Day, and we are pleased to confirm the details of this year’s events.  Practically Perfect Sale 2025 Date and Time: Sunday 8th of June, 10:00 – 13:00. Location: The Battlefield Line, Market Bosworth Station, Off Station Road, Market...

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23 May 2025

Product Highlight: OO Scale LNWR Round Up

The original London and North Western Railway (LNWR) opened in 1846 and lasted for over 75 years until it was absorbed into the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) as part of the 1923 Grouping. The LNWR’s influence can still be felt on the modern railway network as their main line connecting London to Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool ultimately became...

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15 May 2025

Product Highlight: Thomas & Friends™ N and OO9 Scale New Arrivals

It’s been 80 years since Reverend W. Awdry first published his book The Three Railway Engines, which became the first entry in The Railway Series, and which was later adapted for television as Thomas & Friends™. It’s only fitting that Bachmann Europe celebrate this long running series’ anniversary by having several new Thomas & Friends™ models arrive this week for...

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12 May 2025

Product Highlight: OO Scale Thomas & Friends™ Locomotives

Today we celebrate 80 years since The Three Railway Engines, the first book of Reverend W. Awdry’s The Railway Series, was published on the 12th of May 1945. These books and their TV adaptation Thomas & Friends™ have inspired many railway modellers of all ages over the last 80 years, and this anniversary is a perfect opportunity to start your...

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7 May 2025

British Rail Icons Lead the Way in Bachmann Europe’s Summer 2025 British Railway Announcements

Wednesday 7th May 2025 saw Bachmann Europe reveal the latest additions to its British model railway ranges with the launch of the Summer British Railway Announcements. In the build-up three high profile new tooling projects have already been unveiled and today, further new models were added to the Bachmann Branchline, Graham Farish and Scenecraft ranges. The company’s flagship N Scale...

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7 May 2025

Bachmann Collectors Club Welcomes Colourful New Models in N and OO Scale for Summer Spring 2025

The Bachmann Collectors Club today (Wednesday 7th May 2025) launched its latest Limited Edition models as part of Bachmann Europe’s Summer British Railway Announcements. In N Scale a pair of BR Mk1 POT Post Office Tenders in original Royal Mail Red livery have joined the range – these models first broke cover during Model World LIVE at the end of...

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