Graham108 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 hour ago, adb968008 said: Oh Please... ive been looking for a 4 car Kato 3-516 Hayabusa in HO scale for a reasonable price for 3+ years now... cheapest Ive found is £400.. + VAT + Customs + carriers extra surcharges.. so £500... imagine the cost of a full 10 car set. Er 2.5 x £500? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
raetiamann Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 On 09/04/2021 at 18:18, Class 158 productions said: Yep, was announced last month after looking at the samples. A shame for them to duplicate, although I believe the reason was the seating tooling Bachmann have, don’t cover a lot the modern ones only a few in the fleet have the older style, 216 and 202 in GWR(I think). Bit of a poor excuse when they are changing the tooling for toilet modifications. All this after the long wait and price rise is a bit annoying. Although at least we will have them soon, think pushed back to may/June now? I have the Kernow model and really don't understand why Bachmann is duplicating the running number. If there is another option then why not take that, even if the only practical one is 202? The duplication in addition to the price rise, means my money will be going somewhere else. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs233 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 See that 32-929 is in stock at least at Kernow and elsewhere very soon priced at £271.99. That is certainly some price for a tooling based on a 2009 release that has had some 'tweaks'. The model remains incorrect on the following counts: 1, Seats were not grey on the 150\1 build series they originally were an awful blue and red stripe mix, if they had the seats dark blue that would be more realistic. 2, Model represented with cutaway cowling, 150115 had original cowling whilst in Central green livery so it is a work of fiction that the unit had a revised cowling whilst in the original livery. They should have modelled 150137 then it would have been accurate. 3, Underframe based around the 150\2 series units especially around the radiator area. Each to the own though at least it is Class 150 a shame they do not seem to have used the coupler from the newly released Class 158 units, the working representation of the BSI. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Class 158 productions Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 On 28/04/2021 at 17:58, cs233 said: Each to the own though at least it is Class 150 a shame they do not seem to have used the coupler from the newly released Class 158 units, the working representation of the BSI. The GWR one has the working bsi fitted in the samples, maybe in the detail bag? With the snowploughs etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Class 158 productions Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Northern and GWR examples now saying June/July on the Bachmann website 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventuresbyTrain Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 4 hours ago, Class 158 productions said: Northern and GWR examples now saying June/July on the Bachmann website I'm worried about even seeing it between June / July, it's not been put in the Summer announcements! Bachmann seem to be really letting the customers down here in my opinion, announced in 2016? with minor modifications to the tooling (Not as much as seen for the GWR 158 which was worth a wait and is fantastic) but it seems month by month it moves back further and further, I think they completed the modifications on the real trains before they have to the models! Not to mention the price increase, i'll pay it as I want the GWR 150 but compared to the KMRC Exclusive Bachmann FGW 150 the price and length of time to produce seems a over the top to me. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XChris Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 On 05/05/2021 at 20:23, Class 158 productions said: Northern and GWR examples now saying June/July on the Bachmann website Not sure how that works, unless I'm missing something. Shouldn't they have featured in the Bachmann announcemen or don't they because they have already been announced? I'm hopeful they do come sooner than later though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul.Uni Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 The quarterly announcements are for models that have not previously been announced. As the class 150 models were announced in 2017 (GWR) and 2018 (Northern) they won't feature. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Class 158 productions Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 8 hours ago, XChris said: Not sure how that works, unless I'm missing something. Shouldn't they have featured in the Bachmann announcemen or don't they because they have already been announced? I'm hopeful they do come sooner than later though! Their date has been continually moving back, it’s just looking on the Bachmann website and seeing it’s release date change. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jonnyuk Posted June 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3, 2021 i see the Bachmann website still says June/July for this model, if it was june i would of expected to see something in a mailshot from Rails by now, more likely July? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
centraltrains Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 On 03/06/2021 at 11:31, jonnyuk said: i see the Bachmann website still says June/July for this model, if it was june i would of expected to see something in a mailshot from Rails by now, more likely July? They were featured in the Rails email sent on 18th May "Bachmann OO Releases" 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
159220 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Whilst I patiently wait for my two GWR 150/2s, I shall confess as Bachmann have never released either a Wessex Trains or FGW 'local line' 150/2...these are my first 150s. How easy are they to open up and remove passengers from? I have never seen something as silly as plastic passengers, but I am worried they are firmly glued down. Anyone had experience in this? Naturally I shall be re-numbering both to more suitable units, seeing as the 'Angel 12' still are due to leave GWR...if the 769s ever work! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jonnyuk Posted June 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 9, 2021 i think these are the first ones with passengers, i don't remember seeing them before, although i could be easily proven wrong. I would assume they are clued, other wise they will move about the carriage when in transport and then need re-seating by the new owner etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 3 hours ago, 159220 said: Whilst I patiently wait for my two GWR 150/2s, I shall confess as Bachmann have never released either a Wessex Trains or FGW 'local line' 150/2...these are my first 150s. How easy are they to open up and remove passengers from? I have never seen something as silly as plastic passengers, but I am worried they are firmly glued down. Anyone had experience in this? Naturally I shall be re-numbering both to more suitable units, seeing as the 'Angel 12' still are due to leave GWR...if the 769s ever work! I've not seen them, but maybe that would explain my lack of understanding of 'plastic passengers'? Naturally they would be plastic because most of the model is. Do the passengers look particularly bad? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
89A Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 5 hours ago, jonnyuk said: I think these are the first ones with passengers The Arriva Trains Wales version with the revised livery and sound had them. (32-939DS). I think they look ok. The odd thing however is that whereas Bachmann normally fit a driver to their diesel locomotives, they don't with units. So a nice sprinkling of passengers with no driver or conductor. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hat Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Any idea what sound chips are fitted to this more recent batch. I am looking at a Kernow FGW one to then become debranded and northern. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Class 158 productions Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Some shops are now saying in stock. Noticed on 216 samples, it has handrails. The real one currently has these removed? Anyone know when this was done? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
centraltrains Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Class 158 productions said: Some shops are now saying in stock. Noticed on 216 samples, it has handrails. The real one currently has these removed? Anyone know when this was done? Which shops are these? None of my usuals seem to be showing in stock for the GWR or Northern ones. (Think the provincial one has been out for about 6 weeks?) Edited June 22, 2021 by centraltrains 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XChris Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Is there a sound fitted version of these coming out or only DCC Ready? I'm tempted by the Northern one... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomScrut Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 14 hours ago, centraltrains said: Which shops are these? None of my usuals seem to be showing in stock for the GWR or Northern ones. (Think the provincial one has been out for about 6 weeks?) I saw that Richard from New Junction got his Northern one from Tony's trains 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_l_jones Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 21 hours ago, centraltrains said: Which shops are these? None of my usuals seem to be showing in stock for the GWR or Northern ones. (Think the provincial one has been out for about 6 weeks?) The Bachmann website sais it's expected in June/July and doesn't state 'arrived' so unless the web page hasn't been updated it doesn't appear as though the Northern or GWR liveried samples have arrived in stock as yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomScrut Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 20 minutes ago, martin_l_jones said: The Bachmann website sais it's expected in June/July and doesn't state 'arrived' so unless the web page hasn't been updated it doesn't appear as though the Northern or GWR liveried samples have arrived in stock as yet. It must be out of date then given the aforementioned Facebook post with a photo of one on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_l_jones Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 1 hour ago, TomScrut said: It must be out of date then given the aforementioned Facebook post with a photo of one on it. Must be, certainly showing as you say, arrived into stock yesterday according to the facebook post.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomScrut Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 21 minutes ago, martin_l_jones said: Must be, certainly showing as you say, arrived into stock yesterday according to the facebook post.. And I wasn't trying to sound patronising but in hindsight maybe did, I know I didn't specifically say there was a pic in the first post! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XChris Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 10 hours ago, TomScrut said: I saw that Richard from New Junction got his Northern one from Tony's trains That's where I was going to get mine from but I'm not sure if i should wait for a sound fitted model or snap up the DCC Ready one... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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