Western Scottish Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Well I like the idea of a D11. I saw what looked like finished models of their 2-8-0 at Model Rail Scotland and they looked very nice. I understand the tender is common , so it looks like it may be a go'er, together with the fact they seemed to have perfected a 4-4-0 with the City Of Truro without any of the purported balancing issues 4-4-0 and 0-4-4s have. The GWR has been neglected of late , so a 42xx or 72xx would also be nice. Ties in with GWR 175. I also like the idea of a 116 dmu. I think dmus and emus in general have been good sellers for Bachmann . From Voyagers through 158/170 to Class 108 and Class 105. Another dmu may well be on the cards , and a suburban variant with good geographical coverage could just fit the bill. I do wonder if they will surprise us with a 25kv emu though. Bachmann are quite innovative in this respect. They do push the boundaries of the market eg Southern Electric with the CEP. Maybe its time for a similar push for AC Electrics. I saw an Electrostar mentioned. A 313/314/315 could also be nice (something with geographical spread and lots of colour schemes) On coaching stock- porthole Staniers? Their "n" Staniers are great. I'd love to see an "oo" version. Porthole stock is different from the current Hornby version , so could sell well (also if they have a CK its a variant Hornby don't make). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Mk1's with lights and a DCC station cat with sound Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Flynn Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 hi well im never right but here goes 2 new steam engines as i feel they still have a lot to go at? A class 06 diesel shunter Blue pullman western / midland but not until 2011 new upgreaded Thompson coaches 1 new old type DMU 1 Modern DMU FNA Wagon Carrgowaggon twin Hugh wake up? wake up? a blue pullman??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class29returns Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Class 07 diesel shunter (salty connection from Thomas range) Class 55 Finsbury Park deltic,blue with white windows and sound (55 003 Meld) Class 37 West Highland Line Large Logo with sound Class 37 Blue split headcode with sound Class 24/1 Green/blue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennine MC Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 New wagons: a range of 4-wheel private owners wagons like tho old Grahan Farish OO range. Or even more like the Bachmann Blue Riband range perhaps, the ones they've been doing ten years already :icon_idea: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Well, I was way out with my Hornby prediction, so lets have another bash at the 00 range! Steam: GC 'Pom-Pom' - an answer to the perpetual request for an 0-6-0 & ties in nicely with the 04 etc (ran past Bachmann hq too!) GWR 42xx - nice 175 tie in, suitably 'different' and later can follow the prototype enlargement! Hmmm! (wild speculation hat on!) - who now makes a really good 'King' these days? Diesel/Electric: Maybe the class 14 to rub Heljans nose in it! Class 21/29?????? 'Western' - full spec, all out, "this is what we can do" model!?! DP2 - easy 'Deltic' mod? Class 71 electric - capitalising on the 3rd rail market! Coaches: BR Mk2 air cons - how many diferent liveries? Ex GC OR early LNER compartment stock? Wagons: Prestwin, BBA, 21/24t mineral, 24t hopper. Maybe some specific GWR &or LNER wagons? Others: Working BR standard semaphore signals(!). If i get just one of these right, can it be the 'Prestwin', please? Cheers, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Hugh, all those are reasonable except the b*** p******. The same bloke at ******** who wrote off the Scottish proposals brought up the fact that the b*** p****** has even less of a chance of production! I hope you're wrong about the 06, I've just bought the JE kit...! Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted March 1, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 1, 2010 As Bachmann produce a fair number of LNER loco classes, e.g. A1, A2(soon), V2, B1, K3, J39, and V1/3 they should, in an effort to encompass joined up thinking, be producing Thompson coaches to a comparable standard to that of their excellent BR Mark 1s and LNER standard vans. They have for a many years produced standard 12t vans for the GWR, SR, LMS and BR yet no LNER types! The coaches and vans would sell by the barrowload giving them a healthy return. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic_monkey09 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 i think Bachmann would be silly not to produce another 37 and i wouldnt be suprised to see a Large logo centre headcode 37/0. Possibly a flush headcode tractor but im unsure whether this tooling is exclusive to rail express seeing as they probably paid through the nose to get it produced and maybe had an agreement with Bachmann not to produce it in the near future. Its been a while since Bachmann had a BR green 37 for the early diesel modellers so wouldnt be at all suprised to see one of them. definately the possiblilty of a Colas 66, perhaps a Wessex trains purple class 150, a slight chance of an Advenza Freight 57/0 seeing as their livery options have dried up. Obviously another 47 perhaps a Non-scotrail intercity one. Regarding new Models for future production that are not yet available i think a 175 hippo or a 180 Adelante are long overdue considering Bachmann have more than one livery to be produced now i.e Arriva trains Wales, FNW, FGW, Grand Central, Northern. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nse47 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 My guesses would be 4CEP in NSE and maybe SouthEastern (Connex?), triple grey 47. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Flynn Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Hugh, all those are reasonable except the b*** p******. The same bloke at ******** who wrote off the Scottish proposals brought up the fact that the b*** p****** has even less of a chance of production! I hope you're wrong about the 06, I've just bought the JE kit...! Dave. well guess what book was on stand at Warley last year so they might just be thinking ? Hugh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennine MC Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 well guess what book was on stand at Warley last year so they might just be thinking ? More likely it was there as a wind up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trains4U Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 OK... I suspect that announcements will be lighter than previous years as the recession is starting to bite, however my guesses are... 1) Refurbed CEP 2) Std 3MT 3) Retooled B1 or V2 4) possibly something diesel - class 21/29, but more likely a 14 at a lower price point than Heljan 5) at least one major wagon release (Dont know what though) Extensions to the Scenecraft building range Probably more modern structures, though a double road steam shed would be a banker for them. Farish: Class 70 New Western Something on a new Pacific chassis (A3/A4 perhaps) JJA/JGA autoballasters and its time for some retooled coaches - something Southern maybe? I'll know on Sunday Morning... I'm sure the guys at Barwell are chuckling away to themselves at all this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold LH&JC Posted March 1, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2010 For some reason I can see a new B1 on the cards, also wasn't a Q6 mentioned quite some time ago? Plus an expansion of the BR era wagon range. Possibly some retooled Bulleid or non corridor suburban coaches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickL2008 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 For me id like either of the following: RFD liveried 47/s or more RES 47s; /4s /7s - theyve brought out Intercity, large logo and a Parcels livered ones so why not?! Petroleum Sector 37s or a flush nosed 37/7 /5 (that isnt a limited edition and wont cost the earth to buy!) Unit wise a 115 even if in BR Blue, or a 116, 117 or one of the 1st gen Railcar based DMUs, as theres still a gap in the Market for these and the obsolete Lima model is long overdue to be replaced, and also would hopefully be an alternative to basking the DC kits models. I think though seeing as theyve already announced it, Bachmann may be bringing out the class 70 late this year possibly, wouldnt mind one as I think theyre ok and starting to grow on me a bit despite only seeing one of em! NL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 From Me, Bulldog (they did CoT so why not a similar engine on the same chassis) S15 4COR U Class 2BIL for the NRM possibly? Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Thinking about things that would be easy for them to release without much effort in 00: class 24/1 class 08 in some more sectorisation liveries class 03/04 in industrial liveries the blue ICI salt versions of the Presflos In addition, I wouldn't mind seeing VCA and VEA wagons appear, as well as perhaps some of the other vacuum braked types in 1970s/80s liveries. LNER rolling stock is sadly limited in their range, so some of the distinctive vans and maybe some fish vans too. I would also like to see some pre-grouping locos and stock to match. Would also love to see a class 07, 13, 01, 02, 05 and a decent 06 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edinburgh Junction Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 More liveried 37s... upto date sheds... maybe a colas one, and also a few others.... I can't really think of anything... we need more quality electric locos... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Flynn Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 OK... I suspect that announcements will be lighter than previous years as the recession is starting to bite, however my guesses are... I'll know on Sunday Morning... I'm sure the guys at Barwell are chuckling away to themselves at all this. On a realistic note i think you will be right there may only be a few items this year but thank you Bachmann for what you have done so far? after me guessing what is going to come out, i would be happy with only one item a class 24/1 Scottish region with headlights fitted? Hugh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluex5 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Retooled V2 and / or B1 One of S15 / N15X / H15 Barring perhaps a 4_BEP (retool just one vehicle) I don't see any new third rail stock being announced just yet. 77xxx BR Std 3. Sorry I can't see any further Sulzer Type 2 variants or a D1000 coming from Barwell anytime soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stuart A Posted March 1, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2010 For N gauge I hope they don't bring too much out, as most of my money is heading Dapol's way already this year (58, HST, Silver Bullets, 56). But I seriously hope that Railfreight/trainload triple grey features heavily. Class 60 is surely a must in original livery (Construction my fave) Other items that I would find hard to resist are: 31 in R/F Coal (for my TPM flask) 47 in RF Distribution 47 in RF Petroleum - one of the Stanlow pool please! I would hope they have seen the light and will scale down their non aircon mkIIs Wouldn't surprise me if the VDA, autoballaster, 4CEP get scaled down. Just wonder if the announcements for "all new" models in N gauge are now kept as surpises, as we have seen with the 08, 14, refurb 37s? However if they are thinking about a 59, I'll have one in Original Yeoman livery please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 1, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2010 a pre-Group loco is definitely likely - it will delight some But will it be Swift and Delightful?! I'm getting to the stage where I think that a S&DJR 7F is only a matter of time, it could be this year, it could be later... However, given the anticipated popularity of the GC 04, I think anything remotely connected with the S&D is going to be a winner, but if you consider a 3F tender loco instead, you can please all those other Midland fans as well.... I'd agree that there will be something to mark GW175, and that means that it must have been under development for some time, like CoT was, otherwise what would be the point of delivering the model in 2011, when the celebrations are in 2010? Not sure that a big GW 2-8-0T or 2-8-2T is going to be the first choice for something as prestigeous as GW175, though, when you bear in mind that the actual celebrations on the main line will involve steam charter trains hauled by 4-6-0s.... The Castles have now been done by Hornby, so... ...my money would be on a 'King' to Bachmann's highest standards, the model already under development when the announcement is made, and ready for the shops by summer 2010.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted March 1, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2010 The Castles have now been done by Hornby, so... ...my money would be on a 'King' to Bachmann's highest standards, the model already under development when the announcement is made, and ready for the shops by summer 2010.... Tim.That would be magnificent but I just can't see it myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spackz Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Being an early diesel modeller I hope they do something like these 5: 1. Original 1959 version of the Class 23 baby deltic, I know Heljan are producing the face lift versions but Bachmann have the class 20 chassis to build on. 2. A retooled early Class 20 with working front and rear lights. 3. An ICI bogie hopper wagon. 4. A Class 71 I think it could run from overhead catenary and the 3rd rail expanding the models use, and it looks different from anything else. 5. An early Class 21 as seen in the eastern region late 50's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 If i get just one of these right, can it be the 'Prestwin', please? No, no, no, no. I've just finished building one in the last 5 minutes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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