Tag: Product Highlight

9 October 2024

Product Highlight: OO Scale LMS Fowler 3F ‘Jinty’

The LMS Fowler 3F ‘Jinty’ was a prominent locomotive for both the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and British Railways, so it should be no surprise that this popular locomotive is also an essential part of the Bachmann Branchline range of OO scale models. New models of this locomotive are making their way to retailers’ shelves as we speak, so...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

2 October 2024

Product Highlight: OO9 Scale Ffestiniog Railway Buildings

The Ffestiniog Railway are holding their Bygones Weekend later this week, and this event is sure to attract plenty of railway enthusiasts who are looking forward to seeing the sights along the picturesque narrow gauge railway. However, for railway modellers who’d like to see some of the buildings at a much smaller scale, look no further than the Scenecraft range...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

25 September 2024

Product Highlight: OO Scale Class 121 ‘Bubble Cars’

One of our previous Product Highlights in August focused on the upcoming return of the Class 117 3-Car Diesel Multiple Unit to the Bachmann Branchline range of OO Scale models. The same range is also due to welcome another unit that was introduced at the same time to a similar design – the single-car Class 121 ‘Bubble Car’. These upcoming...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

19 September 2024

Product Highlight: OO Scale Western Wagons

The Great Western Railway was one of the most significant companies in the history of the UK, being first created in the early 1800s and lasting right the way up to the middle of the 20th century. Their designs for wagons were similarly long-lasting, with many types of wagon still being utilised long after the GWR was amalgamated into British...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

13 September 2024

Product Highlight: OO Scale NAA Propelling Control Vehicles

New OO Scale models of the NAA Propelling Control Vehicle were revealed as part of the EFE Rail range during our Autumn 2024 British Railway Announcements. These models are already available to purchase from Bachmann stockists, so now is the perfect chance to have a look at them in more detail! The bodyshell of each model is highly detailed and...

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29 August 2024

Product Highlight: OO Scale Class 117s

The Bachmann Branchline range of OO Scale models is due to welcome the return of the British Rail Class 117 3-Car Diesel Multiple Unit. These models feature a high level of detail, with the outside of the car decorated with authentic liveries that are applied to all vehicles using BR and corporate specification colours, along with a number of separately...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

22 August 2024

Product Preview: N Scale LNER V2 Class

It’s been over 20 years since the N Scale models of the London and North Eastern Railway V2 Class were first produced by Graham Farish, and so it’s time for a new version of this locomotive to return to the range. These upcoming models of ‘the engines that won the war’ have been produced using all new tooling in order...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

16 August 2024

Now Arriving: OO Scale Class 25s and Class 31s

This week has seen the first arrivals at Bachmann HQ of not one, but two brand new tooling models for the Bachmann Branchline OO scale range. These are the iconic British Rail Class 25 and Class 31 diesel locomotives, and the first examples of these exciting new models are now being sent to Bachmann retailers. Both the Class 25s and Class 31s are made from...

Categories Bachmann Collectors Club/Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways

26 July 2024

Product Highlight: OO Scale Class 25s

The BR Class 25 locomotives were a common sight on the UK railway network for over 20 years, so it only makes sense that OO scale models would be available in the Bachmann Branchline range. New models of these ubiquitous locomotives that have been produced with all new tooling are due to arrive soon, so it’s a great time to...

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12 July 2024

Product Highlight: OO Scale Class 30 and 31s

The new OO Scale models Class 30 and Class 31 of the Bachmann Branchline range were first announced in our Spring 2024 British Railway Announcements after having been previewed in a special video production with Hornby Magazine. We’ve shown these models before in a previous Product Highlight, but with the first models docking in the UK at the end of July,...

Categories Bachmann Europe News/UK Model Railways