Tag: OO scale

17 May, 2024

Product Highlight: OO Scale BR Mk1 Coaches

The British Railways Mark 1 Coaches were a common sight on the railway for nearly half a century, so it only makes sense for models of these familiar carriages to be available as part of the Bachmann Branchline range of OO Scale models. New variants of this coach will be arriving throughout the rest of the year, so now is...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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14 February, 2024

Product Highlight: OO Scale SR Bulleid Boosters

If you were already signed up for our weekly newsletter before the start of 2024, then you’ll know that the OO Scale models of the SR Bulleid Booster from EFE Rail were the last models to arrive at our warehouse right at the very end of 2023. It’s now been a few weeks since these models were sent out to...

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