Bachmann Spring 2021 - New products

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BACHMANN EUROPE ANNOUNCE NEW PRODUCTS FOR SPRING 2021

 

Bachmann Europe Plc today announced the new products that will be arriving during Spring 2021 for its Bachmann Branchline, Bachmann Narrow Gauge, Graham Farish and Scenecraft ranges – catering for N, OO9 and OO scale interests.

Twelve months on from the launch of the first British Railway Announcements, which saw Bachmann implement a new policy for the announcement of new products, the Spring 2021 collection marks a significant milestone in the implementation of this new policy – with the unveiling of the first all-new tooling model for the Bachmann Branchline OO scale range via British Railway Announcements.

Today’s news cements Bachmann’s approach to bringing all new products to customers and consumers in a prompt and concise manner, whether these are reintroductions of existing models with new liveries or identities, or all-new tooling projects such as the Class 20/0 – which has been developed quietly over the last few years before being revealed now that production is all but complete.

Alongside the Class 20/0, there are further additions to the Bachmann Branchline range including a new version of the Class 94XX Pannier Tank and the reintroduction of two popular 4-6-0 Steam Locomotives, the Standard Class 4MT and the Modified Hall – the latter having received modifications to its tooling to more accurately depict the front-end of the prototype.

The Class 24/1 and Class 121 DMUs receive SOUND FITTED versions, as do the all-new Class 20/3 locomotives – joining the previously-announced standard versions. There are also SOUND FITTED options for OO9 scale modellers with five Baldwin 10-12-D locomotives now offered with this popular feature.

Graham Farish welcomes the introduction of the Class 66 No. 66783 ‘The Flying Dustman’ in the bold GBRf Biffa Red livery, whilst there are additions to the range of N scale rolling stock including a further version of the forthcoming WD ‘Parrot’ Bogie Wagon, this time depicting the 50T Bogie Bolster B.

The Scenecraft range sees new additions to the Lucston and Wigmore collection that launched in Winter 2020, with essential items such as Lucston Station and Lucston Signal Box, plus Wigmore Farmhouse and Wigmore Cattle Grid – two rural necessities. Furthermore, popular OO scale buildings like the North Eastern Railway Station and Goathland Garage now feature in the Scenecraft range, along with Rail Built Buffer Stops. In N scale there are further Low Relief models and a Pent Roof Garden Shed.

Consumers can get a taster of British Railway Announcements by purchasing the Bachmann Europe Model Railway Combined Volume 2021, featuring our current range of forthcoming items, plus those still in stock from 2020 and earlier. The Combined Volume Catalogue also features a sample edition of the Spring 2021 British Railway Announcements Catalogues, three more of which will be published during 2021 and these will be available exclusively with the Bachmann Times magazine – the official magazine of the Bachmann Collectors Club.

The 2021 Combined Volume Catalogue will be distributed to Bachmann stockists from Monday 8th February, whilst the first of the new items unveiled today will be distributed during the second half of the month – projected release dates can be found at www.bachmann.co.uk.

 

Class 20/0 information and images - https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/161942-bachmann-spring-2021-new-tooling-class-200/

 

OO SCALE LOCOMOTIVES

31-116A BR Standard 4MT BR2 Tender 75029 BR Lined Green (Late Crest) £209.95

31-117 BR Standard 4MT BR2 Tender 75014 BR Lined Black (Early Emblem) £209.95

31-191 LMS 5XP ‘Jubilee’ 45604 ‘Ceylon’ BR Experimental Green (British Ra.) £199.95

31-785 GWR ‘Modified Hall’ 6990 ‘Witherslack Hall’ BR Lined Green (Early Em.) £184.95

31-786 GWR ‘Modified Hall’ 6998 ‘Burton Agnes Hall’ BR Lined Green (Late Cr.) £184.95

32-440SF Class 24/1 D5135 BR Green (Late Crest) £279.95

32-441SF Class 24/1 D5149 BR Green (Small Yellow Panels) £279.95

32-442SF Class 24/1 24137 BR Blue £279.95

32-677B Class 45/0 Split Headcode 45060 ‘Sherwood Forester’ BR Blue £159.95

32-677BSF Class 45/0 Split Headcode 45060 ‘Sherwood Forester’ BR Blue £249.95

32-734C Class 66/0 66100 ‘Armistice 100 1918-2018’ DB Cargo £159.95

32-734CSF Class 66/0 66100 ‘Armistice 100 1918-2018’ DB Cargo £259.95

35-025A GWR 94XX Pannier Tank 9405 GWR Green (GWR) [W] £144.95

35-125SF Class 20/3 20306 DRS Blue £279.95

35-126SF Class 20/3 20311 Harry Needle Railroad Company £279.95

35-127SF Class 20/3 20312 DRS Compass (Original) £279.95

35-525SF Class 121 Single-Car DMU BR Green (Speed Whiskers) £269.95

35-526SF Class 121 Single-Car DMU BR Blue & Grey £269.95

35-527SF Class 121 Single-Car DMU BR Network SouthEast (Revised) £269.95

 

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OO SCALE ROLLING STOCK

33-085B 5 Plank China Clay Wagon BR Bauxite (TOPS) With Hood [W] £22.95

37-281 BR 27T Steel Tippler NCB Blue £22.95

39-452 LMS 57ft ‘Porthole’ Second Corridor BR Blue & Grey £79.95

39-452A LMS 57ft ‘Porthole’ Second Corridor BR Blue & Grey £79.95

39-462 LMS 57ft ‘Porthole’ Brake Second Corridor BR Blue & Grey £79.95

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OO9 SCALE LOCOMOTIVES

391-025ASF Baldwin 10-12-D Tank 542 Railway Operating Division Black £259.95

391-028ASF Baldwin 10-12-D Tank ‘Bridget’ Ashover L. R. Black £259.95

391-029SF Baldwin 10-12-D Tank Glyn Valley Tramway Lined Black £259.95

391-030SF Baldwin 10-12-D Tank No. 4 Snailbeach District Railways Black [W] £269.95

391-031 Baldwin 10-12-D Tank 590 Welsh Highland Railway Lined Maroon £159.95

391-032SF Baldwin 10-12-D Tank E763 ‘Sid’ SR Maunsell Green £259.95

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OO SCENECRAFT BUILDINGS

 

44-0115 Lucston Signal Box £49.95

44-0119 Lucston Yard Crane £27.95

44-0120 Lucston Footbridge £43.95

44-0125 Lucston Station £54.95

44-0132 Wigmore Farmhouse £39.95

44-0138 Wigmore Cattle Grid £25.95

44-0139 Lucston Bank £38.95

44-0140 Lucston Pharmacy £31.95

44-0146 Oast House £69.95

44-0155 North Eastern Railway Station £54.95

44-0156 Goathland Garage £54.95

44-0158 Field Shelter £14.95

44-0207 Low Relief Lindene Hotel £49.95

44-0506 Rail Built Buffer Stops (x2) £5.95

44-550 Braziers (x2) £11.95

[GreenGiraffe22]

That is a very BR heavy announcement, ah well

[MattA]

As a preservation-era modeller, I can hear my wallet pleading for mercy with the modified Modified Hall and the re-issued 4MTs in preserved identities. I am so glad to see the Mod Hall finally done justice!!

[cambo74]

Very happy man here with no new Class 90s and 47s .... more for me to respray ... Thank you Bachmann ......

 

Tho 66100 does look nice ..... and about time for the new Class 20s with lights .. tho may wait for the Blue version with domino head codes ......

[Edge]

Always wanted a Jubilee, and I do like my odd liveries...

 

I take it that there was no news from new stuff for EFE? That’s where most of my purchase money has gone for the past year, so I was interested to see what they could have coming 

Edited February 3, 2021 by Edge

[Otis JB]

58 minutes ago, AY Mod said:

 

I must say I do like the weathering here. Much more sophisticated and toned down than previous weathered releases.

[Steamport Southport]

I hope Burton Agnes Hall is going to have a fire iron tunnel....

 

It was small errors like that which ruined the last batch of Modified Halls.

 

https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/6998-burton-agnes-hall/

 

 

 

 

Jason

[Waverley47708]

Good to see retooled 20s I know folk have been asking for them for  while.  I've got 9 already so probably have enough.

 

Wonder if the disc version is a non Scottish enlarged cab window, would make sense if it was.

 

But please where are the ScotRail livery mk2a coaches ????

Edited February 3, 2021 by Waverley47708

[Growling]

3 minutes ago, Waverley47708 said:

Good to see retooled 20s I know folk have been asking for them for  while.  I've got 9 already so probably have enough.

 

Wonder if the disc version is a non Scottish enlarged cab window, would make sense if it was.

 

But please where are the ScotRail livery mk2a coaches ????

 

Very much so on the Scotrail Mk2a!

Maybe 2022!

[truffy]

1 hour ago, AY Mod said:

33-085B 5 Plank China Clay Wagon BR Bauxite (TOPS) With Hood [W] £22.95

 

 

It's not often that you see fabric hoods on RTR. And now I see why.

 

Presumably the prototype was stitched with cargo rope and a bargepole.

[Phil Bullock]

Modified Hall ... phew thank goodness it’s not a Manor! Great choice... hope it comes with etched or printed plates rather than moulded, much easier to Renumber. 85A men really rated their 79xx Halls as equivalent to a Castle, Wolf and Coney could be on the way 

[franciswilliamwebb]

12 minutes ago, truffy said:

 

It's not often that you see fabric hoods on RTR. And now I see why.

 

Presumably the prototype was stitched with cargo rope and a bargepole.

 

Is Schrödinger's budgie awake or asleep, do you think?

[Hilux5972]

I’m a bit stumped as to why they are doing Goathland station. Including the Harry Potter version from Hornby, that’s 4 different models of it now. 2 accurate deep ones, and 2 inaccurate top of platform ones. Good to see the preserved Halls and 75xxx though. And great to see they have modified the modified halls (couldn’t resist lol) to accurately represent the front. 

[tomparryharry]

21 minutes ago, truffy said:

 

It's not often that you see fabric hoods on RTR. And now I see why.

 

Presumably the prototype was stitched with cargo rope and a bargepole.

 

Hey! Give them a break! It's not often you see  Mainline wagons nowadays! Fair play & Kudos to Bachmann, some of the product announced looks first rate. Sad to say, the wagons......

 

To paraphrase Python... " Bereft of life, it rests in peace "  C'mon Bachmann, you can do sooo much better. Rather than criticise, just don't buy it...... 

[Andy W]

40 minutes ago, Growling said:

 

Very much so on the Scotrail Mk2a!

Maybe 2022!

Plenty of time yet - this announcement only covers the next 3 months, not the whole of 2021!

[banburysaint]

Is the price on the blue grey porthole coach correct at £79.95, given that the LMS version list price is £56.95? 

 

 

Edited February 3, 2021 by banburysaint

[MikeParkin65]

Surprised that the blue and grey portholes are main range rather than commissions or collectors club specials but no more maroon. As always the market is awash with 1st class maroon but 3rds are like hens teeth. 

[The Stationmaster]

Thanks for the information Andy.

 

And some quite clever ideas there.  Getting in with a re-tooled Class 20 before someone else upstages them is not a bad idea in my view.   And modifying their 'Modified Hall' to make it actually look like a 'Modified Hall' is a very sensible step - provided they make sure about the fireiron tunnel and hopefully some readily renameable nameplates as Phil Bullock mentioned; time to check the allocation lists and shopping dates.  Money will be spent.

[davidw]

21 hours ago, banburysaint said:

Is the price on the blue grey porthole coach correct at £79.95, given that the LMS version list price is £56.95? 

 

 

 

21 hours ago, MikeParkin65 said:

Surprised that the blue and grey portholes are main range rather than commissions or collectors club specials but no more maroon. As always the market is awash with 1st class maroon but 3rds are like hens teeth. 

I wonder - hope - that it's a smaller production run which is reflected in the higher price and isn't indicative of the way prices are going. I agree a run of maroon and crimson/cream 3rds would make sense. Likewise the Thompsons in maroon....

Edited February 4, 2021 by davidw

[Aire Head]

6 minutes ago, MikeParkin65 said:

Surprised that the blue and grey portholes are main range rather than commissions or collectors club specials but no more maroon. As always the market is awash with 1st class maroon but 3rds are like hens teeth. 

 

Same with Blood and Custard too, the problems also perpetuates with the Hornby Period III's

[Pete the Elaner]

1 hour ago, Waverley47708 said:

 

But please where are the ScotRail livery mk2a coaches ????

 

It's right here: 

 

 

 

Invoke Murphy's law.

If you do it, they'll announce it!

[The Johnster]

I think they missed a trick with 9405, a weathered 9402 which could have represented a GW built loco in BR livery, a box not yet ticked.  But overall a sensible range for a company still catching up with previous committments, and some nice buffer stops and braziers for me for not much money.