Tag: Branchline

2 April, 2019

Sales Area Exclusive – Our Cockney Sparrow Spreads its Wings

Each of our Area Sales Representatives has commissioned specific models to be produced for them which are only available from stockists within their geographical area. We are pleased to announce that our models of Class 37 No. 37104 in Railfreight Triple Grey (General Sector) with Cockney Sparrow are now available to order from a wider range of stockists! Class 37/0...

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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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15 November, 2018

Cornish Coal Trader Wagons – Sales Area Exclusive

We are pleased to announce a new Sales Area Exclusive set of private owner wagons. The set (37-081TL) comprises of three OO scale South Western coal trader wagons representative of liveries that ran in Cornwall and would have predominately carried coal for household use.  All three wagons are 7-Plank end door design with planked floors, bottom doors and split spoke...

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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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23 October, 2018

Bachmann products as seen on screen

Last week’s episode of ‘The Great Model Railway Challenge’ (Friday 19th October 2018) challenged the three teams – Basingstoke Bodgers, Team Steampunk and Team Tonbridge – to create a layout based upon the theme of ‘Globetrotting’. The teams set to work and created layouts featuring Santa, time travel and a harbour scene. A whole host of Branchline and Graham Farish products were...

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16 October, 2018

Putting on a show with Bachmann products

Last Friday (12th October 2018) saw the second episode of Channel 5’s ‘The Great Model Railway Challenge’ air. This weeks theme surrounded sets from TV shows with the teams choosing iconic programs including EastEnders, Doctor Who and Blackadder. Above: Team ‘Track Laying Ninjas’ tweaking a London Underground S Stock unit. Each team had three days to complete their layouts, with the...

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8 October, 2018

Woodland Scenics SubTerrain System

As featured on last Friday’s ‘The Great Model Railway Challenge’ on Channel 5, the Woodland Scenics SubTerrain system is the perfect base for an easy yet effective layout. The system, which does not require complicated calculations or expensive power tools to use, consists of sturdy, durable and lightweight foam components that take the guesswork out of designing and building a layout....

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5 October, 2018

The Great Model Railway Challenge Debuts Tonight

Challenge television programme – the first episode of which airs tonight on Channel 5 at 8.00pm! The new six-part show sees fifteen teams of modellers build masterpieces in miniature against the clock to impress the expert judges Steve Flint, Editor of Railway Modeller magazine, and Kathy Millatt from the National Model Railroad Association. In tonight’s show the teams must each build a layout...

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