Tag: OO scale

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

29 April 2024

Exclusive Members Only Event – ‘Practically Perfect’ Sale 2024

Date and Time: Sunday 2nd of June 2024, 10:30 – 13:30  Location: The Battlefield Line, Market Bosworth Station, off Station Road, Market Bosworth, CV13 0PF.Club Members may prefer to park in the large car park at Shackerstone Station (CV13 6NR), where there will be a 10:00 departure which will arrive at Market Bosworth Station for approximately 10:10, although a ticket for travel...

Categories Bachmann Collectors Club/Exhibitions and Shows/UK Model Railways

27 April 2024

Three new BR Mk1 Coaches join the Bachmann Branchline Line-up at Model World LIVE

To coincide with the opening of the new Model World LIVE event, the national modelling exhibition sponsored by Bachmann Europe Plc, Bachmann today announced three brand new BR Mark 1 Coaches for its Bachmann Branchline OO Scale range.

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

25 April 2024

Product Highlight: OO Scale OTA Timber Wagons

There is a long standing philosophical debate about whether or not a tree that falls in a forest where no‑one is around to hear it actually makes a sound, but if your model railway layout features a lot of trees that have already fallen then these new OTA Timber Wagons from the Bachmann Branchline range of OO Scale models are quite...

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

20 March 2024

Product Preview: OO Scale Class 69s

It has been a few years since we first announced our upcoming OO scale models of the Class 69 for the Bachmann Branchline range, and it’s clear from all of the questions that we’ve received since then that there is a keen interest for these new locomotives. The models are still some time away, but engineering prototypes are now being...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

16 March 2024

Bachmann Reveal OO Scale Palvans at The Palace

Today (Saturday 16th March 2024) at the London Festival of Railway Modelling Bachmann Europe Plc revealed that it is developing models of the BR 12 Ton ‘Palvan’ Pallet Van for its Bachmann Branchline range – the first time models of these distinctive vehicles have been produced in OO Scale. Engineering Prototypes were available for inspection during the Alexandra Palace event,...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

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

23 February 2024

Product Highlight: OO Scale Class 30 and 31s

It’s been a couple of weeks since our Spring 2024 British Railway Announcements, where the first new models to be revealed were the Class 30 and Class 31 diesel locomotives in OO Scale for the Bachmann Branchline range. These models were first shown in a special video production with Hornby Magazine, and now is a perfect time to have a...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways