Tag: EFE Road

20 July 2024

New RMC Routemaster Coaches from EFE Road

Today (Saturday 20th July 2024) during the Routemaster Association’s ‘Routemaster 70’ event at Chiswick Park, London, Bachmann Europe Plc unveiled four new 1:76 scale RMC Routemaster coaches as part of its expanding EFE Road range of diecast collectables. The new models come hot on the heels of EFE Road’s four standard AEC Routemaster models announced in April, and continue this year’s...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/Collectables

8 July 2024

Bachmann on the Road – Routemaster 70

Date and Time: Saturday 20th July 2024, 10:00 – 18:00. Sunday 21st July 2024, 10:00 – 18:00.  Location: Eastern Car Park of Chiswick Business Park, 566 Chiswick High Road, Chiswick, London, W4 5AN. The Routemaster Association have organised a free two-day event to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Routemaster RM1 at the site of the Former London Transport Works in Chiswick. Around...

Categories Exhibitions and Shows

1 July 2024

Bachmann on the Road – Wythall Busfest @ Gaydon 2024

Date and Time: Saturday 6th July 2024, 10:00 – 16:00.  Location: British Motor Museum, Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwickshire, CV35 0BJ. The Transport Museum Wythall are returning to the British Motor Museum in Gaydon for their third Busfest rally. There are over 100 buses expected to be at the event, showcasing the a wide range of restored, vintage and modern road transport. There...

Categories Bachmann Collectors Club/Exhibitions and Shows

1 May 2024

New Tooling Leads the Way in Bachmann’s Summer 2024 British Railway Announcements

Bachmann Europe Plc today (Wednesday 1st May 2024) presented its Summer 2024 British Railway Announcements, publishing details of new models that have been developed for its Bachmann Branchline, Graham Farish, Bachmann Narrow Gauge and EFE Rail brands. The anticipation for today’s announcements has been building since March when Bachmann shared news of two new tooling projects that it is working...

Categories Bachmann Europe News

14 April 2024

EFE Road Marks 70 Years of The London Routemaster

Today (Sunday 14th April 2024) at the London Bus Museum’s Spring Gathering, Bachmann Europe Plc unveiled four new 1:76 scale Routemaster buses as part of its expanding EFE Road range of diecast collectables. The announcement was made to mark 70 years since the very first Routemaster prototype, RM1, was unveiled to the world in 1954. Development had started in 1947,...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/Collectables

8 April 2024

Bachmann on the Road – London Bus Museum Spring Gathering

Date and Time: Sunday 14th April 2024, 10:00 – 17:00  Location: London Bus Museum, Brooklands Drive, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0SL.  The London Bus Museum’s Spring Gathering once again kicks off the bus rally season, offering plenty of attractions for enthusiasts and families alike. The event showcases a large number of visiting heritage buses alongside vehicles from the museum’s own fleet, which are...

Categories Exhibitions and Shows

8 March 2024

Product Highlight: 1:76 Scale Cravens RT Ensignbus Set

The EFE Road range welcomed several new models of the Cravens RT bus towards the end of 2023, and these proved to be extremely popular. Continuing on from this success is a new twin pack (E99943) which contains models of the two remaining Craven RTs that survive today as part of the Ensignbus fleet.  These models are produced in 1:76...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/Collectables

15 December 2023

You Wait for One Bus and Four Come Along at Once

Bachmann Europe is delighted to announce the arrival of the next four 1:76 scale diecast buses in its expanding EFE Road range – the highly-anticipated Cravens RTs. The models are the first to be produced from all-new tooling since Bachmann’s acquisition of EFE in 2016, and represent the 120 RT-type double deckers built for London Transport (LT) by the Cravens Railway...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

27 April 2022

Spring Announcement Extra: EFE Road and the Leyland National

“EFE Road” is the new name for Exclusive First Editions diecast model vehicles. A new look with new models and new packaging, complementing the railway rolling stock available in the “EFE Rail” range.  2022 is the 50th anniversary of the Leyland National single deck bus which first entered service in March 1972. Leyland National was a joint venture by British...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/Collectables