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11 October, 2025

Falkirk’s Finest From EFE Road

Today (Saturday 11th October 2025), Bachmann Europe Plc has unveiled four new 1:76 scale Alexander Y-Type buses as part of its popular EFE Road range of diecast collectables. The announcement was made at the Isle of Wight Bus Museum’s annual ‘Wightrider’ event. The Alexander Y-Type buses and coaches were manufactured by Walter Alexander & Co (Coachbuilders) Ltd at its works...

Bachmann Europe News

10 October, 2025

New Arrivals | Takom

Winging it Just in from Takom is the all-new tooling WW II Henschel Hs 129B, a twin-engine ground-attack aircraft of the German Luftwaffe, under the recently-introduced Takom Wings sub-brand. The Hs 129 was developed to fulfil the roles of close-air-support and ground-attack for the Luftwaffe in WWII. Lessons from the Condor Legion’s experience in Spain—where German pilots learned the value...

Plastic Model Kits/Pocketbond

9 October, 2025

BACHMANN’S BRILLIANT BRUSH JUST GOT EVEN BETTER!

The all-new Bachmann Branchline Brush Type 4, later known as the British Rail (BR) Class 47, first took to the tracks in 2021 and at the time, the Branchline models set new standards for OO Scale diesel locomotives. Winning a public vote to be crowned Model of the Year 2021, the Branchline Class 47 introduced two new features to the...

Bachmann Europe News

7 October, 2025

New Arrivals | AFV Club

Plastic kit perfection AFV Club—Armoured Fighting Vehicle Series—are award winning plastic injection model kits introduced in 1989 by the Hobby Fan Trading Company. Specialising in 1:35 scale, AFV Club kits are designed and manufactured in Taiwan, and are recognised as some of the finest model kits in the world. Pocketbond and Bachmann have represented AFV Club in the UK since...

Plastic Model Kits/Pocketbond

6 October, 2025

New Arrivals | Mini GT

The wonderful world of 1:64 We have just received the latest delivery into stock of Mini GT 1:64 scale die-cast vehicles with 10 new releases ranging from the iconic Aston Martin DB5, shown above, to the works special Fiat Abarth and the eye-catching Cadillac Racing V-Series. Don’t miss them. Be part of the die-cast adventure! Contact your Bachmann retailer to...

Collectables/Pocketbond

3 October, 2025

BACHMANN BRANCHLINE – MASTERS OF THE 08, BUT LOOK WHAT ELSE WE’VE BEEN SLAVING OVER

There are very few classes of diesel locomotive of which OO Scale models have not been produced in recent years, and now that list is one lighter still, as we are proud to announce the first ever ready-to-run model of the British Rail (BR) Class 13 Diesel Shunters as part of the Bachmann Branchline range. The real locomotives were created...

Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

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...

Bachmann Europe News

19 August, 2025

EFE ROAD PAYS TRIBUTE TO A UNIQUE RML

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...

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...

Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways