Tag: Bachmann Europe

1 February 2019

Woodland Scenics – How to Make a Temporary Dam

With this video from Woodland Scenics, modellers can learn how to build a temporary dam to enable them build a water feature to the edge of their layout for enhanced realism. Before you begin, make sure you have prepared your base properly (refer to the Water Undercoats video for more information). The demonstrator in the video uses a piece of plastic and...

Categories Scenery and Landscape

18 January 2019

New Tooling – N & OO Scale Wagons

Within our new 2019 catalogues we announced three new wagons across our OO and N scale ranges. NEW TOOLING – HKA BOGIE HOPPER WAGON For the modern modeller, new tooling has been developed for the HKA Bogie Hopper Wagon which will be available in both our OO and N scale ranges! In the early 1990s, National Power was developing plans to run its...

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21 December 2018

Make it a gift from Bachmann

Christmas will soon be upon us, but there is still plenty of time to grab yourself or someone special a gift from Bachmann! Membership to the Bachmann Collectors Club is the perfect gift that lasts all year round and is ideal for anyone who wants to be kept up to date with all the latest news and views from the world of...

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12 December 2018

HK Models – Avro Lancaster MK.1

We are delighted to announce the highly anticipated HK Models ‘Avro Lancaster MK 1 S-Sugar’ will be arriving next week. Recently showcased on the Pocketbond stand at the 2018 Scale ModelWorld Exhibition in Telford, this product was the star of the show – drawing large crowds all throughout the weekend, ordering now is advisable as stocks are now limited. Designed...

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28 November 2018

P. D. Hancock Award for Bachmann Narrow Gauge

During the 2018 Warley National Model Railway Exhibition, we were delighted to be presented with The OO9 Society’s P. D. Hancock Award for the Bachmann Narrow Gauge OO9 scale model of the Baldwin 10-12-D Steam Locomotive. Following the launch of the Bachmann Narrow Gauge range in late-2017, we have become the first recipients of the award which recognises ‘outstanding achievement...

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11 November 2018

Honouring the Brave 100 Years On

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, an armistice was agreed to end the fighting of World War 1. The conflict, which was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, started on 28th July 1914 and saw a staggering 8 million soldiers lose their lives and another 21 million being wounded....

Categories Collectables

9 November 2018

Great Model Railway Challenge Final Airs Tonight

At 8:00pm tonight on Channel 5, the Great Model Railway Challenge will see the winning teams from the five heats compete in the final to be crowned Britain’s Best Railway Modellers 2018. The teams battling to impress the two judges are: Aberdeen Model Railway Club, Basingstoke Bodgers, Fawley Flyers, Railway Video Division and Strangers on a Model Train. This week’s theme is ‘a journey through time’, with...

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5 November 2018

Bachmann Products Make a Splash

The fifth and penultimate episode of ‘The Great Model Railway Challenge’ (Friday 2nd November 2018) challenged the three teams to create a layout based upon this week’s theme of ‘Waterworld’. The teams had three days to build their layouts before being judged by Steve Flint and Kathy Millatt on how creatively they interpreted this week’s theme, the quality of their craftsmanship...

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2 November 2018

More Accolades for Bachmann

Readers of the Hornby Magazine have recently been voting for the 2018 Model Railway Awards with the winners being revealed at this year’s Great Electric Train Show, Milton Keynes, on 13th October 2018. Following the results, we are proud and honoured to have won two of the awards available. Bachmann Europe was voted overall Manufacturer of the Year whilst our...

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29 October 2018

Bachmann Products on the Great Model Railway Challenge

The fourth episode of ‘The Great Model Railway Challenge’ (Friday 26th October 2018) challenged the three teams – The Railway Children, The Fawley Flyers and The Diesel Dynamos – to create a layout based upon this week’s theme of ‘Fire and Ice’. The teams had three days to build their layouts before being judged by Steve Flint and Kathy Millatt, with one...

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