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2 May 2025

Product Highlight: N Scale Signal Boxes

The ability to provide information to the crew and control the path of a train are a requirement for any railway, and these tasks have been traditionally handled by Signal Boxes which are located either to the side of the line or at the end of a platform at a station. Due to the essential nature of these structures, it’s...

Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

28 April 2025

Bachmann on the Road – Stamford Model Railway Show

Date and Time: Saturday 10th of May 2025, 10:00 – 17:00. Sunday 11th of May 2025, 10:00 – 16:00. (Doors open 15 minutes early for those with disabilities) Location: Stamford Welland Academy, Green Lane, Stamford, PE9 1HE. The Market Deeping Model Railway Club will be holding their Stamford Model Railway Show at the Stamford Welling Academy. One of the largest shows in the region,...

Bachmann Collectors Club/Exhibitions and Shows

26 April 2025

5..4..3..2..1…. THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO… again!

At Model World LIVE on Saturday 26 April 2025 we unveiled prototypes of our new large-scale Thunderbird 2 plastic model kit and two new Thunderbird 1:6 scale collectable figures! The place: National Exhibition Centre Birmingham, Hall 2. The date: Saturday/Sunday 26/27 April 2025. The time: Entry from 10am. Click the links below for more information about these exciting new models!

Bachmann Europe News/Collectables/Plastic Model Kits

24 April 2025

Bachmann on the Road – Model World Live 2025

Date and Time: Saturday 26th April 2025, 09:30 – 17:00. Sunday 27th April 2025, 09:30 – 16:00. Location: Hall 2, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, B40 1NT. Model World LIVE is back for its second year at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham on the weekend of April 26th – 27th 2025 and Bachmann Europe together with its Model Collect Create (MCC) store and...

Bachmann Collectors Club/Exhibitions and Shows

23 April 2025

CLICKETY CLICK IT’S THE 66 NEXT FROM BACHMANN BRANCHLINE, AS STATE-OF-THE-ART NEW OO SCALE SHED IS REVEALED

Ahead of Model World Live at the NEC Birmingham on 26-27 April 2025, Bachmann Europe Plc today revealed that it has developed all-new models of the iconic British Rail Class 66 Diesel Locomotives for its Bachmann Branchline OO Scale range. As far as locomotives go, the introduction of the Class 66 was the biggest revolution for the UK’s rail freight...

Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

17 April 2025

Product Highlight: OO Scale GWR Tank Engines

The Great Western Railway (GWR) lasted for over a hundred years before it was absorbed into British Railways in 1948, and during those years they had a large number of different designs for Tank Engines. It should be no surprise that several of these are depicted in the Bachmann Branchline range of OO Scale models, so lets have a more...

Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

14 April 2025

Bachmann on the Road – York Model Railway Show

Date and Time: Saturday 19th April 2025, 10:00 – 17:00. Sunday 20th April 2025, 10:00 – 17:00. Monday 21st April 2025, 10:00 – 16.30. Location: Knavesmire Stand, York Racecourse, York, Yorkshire, YO23 1EX. For the Easter break, the Bachmann Collectors Club team will be at the York Model Railway Show. This three-day show will have a wide range of larger and uncommon...

Bachmann Collectors Club/Exhibitions and Shows

13 April 2025

New Leyland Titan B15 Models from EFE Road

Today (Sunday 13th April 2025) Bachmann Europe Plc has unveiled four new 1:76 scale Leyland Titan B15 buses as part of its expanding EFE Road range of diecast collectables. The announcement was made at the London Bus Museum’s Spring Gathering event at the famous Brooklands racing circuit. The Leyland B15 project was conceived in 1971 as a modern replacement for...

Bachmann Europe News/Collectables/UK Model Railways

11 April 2025

Product Preview: OO9 Scale Quarry Renaissance

OO9 scale models of the Quarry Hunslet locomotives were first released as part of the Bachmann Narrow Gauge range towards the end of 2022 and were an immediate success, with the entire production run having sold out within a few months of their release. Since then, we’ve been inundated with requests for these diminutive locomotives to return, so we were...

Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

10 April 2025

Bachmann on the Road – Ashford Festival of Railway Modelling 2025

Date and Time: Saturday 12th of April, 10:00 – 17:00. Sunday 13th of April, 09:30 – 16:00*. *09:30 – 10:30 Quiet Hour for Carers and Visitors needing accessibility and disability support. Location: Ashford College, Elwick Road, Ashford, TN23 1NN. The Ashford International Model Railway Education Centre (AIMREC) is organising a series of events for their Annual Festival of Railway Modelling. A programme of events...

Bachmann Collectors Club/Exhibitions and Shows