RJS1977 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) I cannot see this one working. How many occupants? Adults, children, pets, luggage? The variations would be enough to destroy the sanity of the makers, sellers and buyers. Corgi tried it on a bus and coach set, and it was a one off. The appearance was awful but not helped by using 1/64 occupants in 1/76 vehicles. The Hattons' photos reveal the full horror. http://www.hattons.co.uk/241309/Corgi_Collectables_45003Corgi_U03_Stagecoach_Two_Bus_set_Leyland_Olympian_ECW_and_Van_Hool_Alizee_Pre_owned_poo/StockDetail.aspx At least Oxford make it easy to get inside their vehicles, amputate the legs, shorten and bend the arms to reach the steering wheel, and reassemble. But then the vehicle with driver and passengers sits stationary forever on a layout, looking no more convincing then an empty parked vehicle in the same location. This driver is waiting for his mate before setting out on a recovery job. I have some motorised buses in 1/148 scale moving on my layout but since the motor mechanism only leaves space for a driver on the lower deck I have not yet fitted them all out. On the other hand passengers on the upper deck tend to draw attention to the "no passengers" lower deck, so actually they look better without passengers upstairs. Perhaps all the passengers smoke.... Edit - and particularly for pay-as-you-enter buses, a bus can be stopped quite a while whilst the driver collects fares, or in other places there may be a timing stop. The westbound Number 17 in Reading stops opposite Broad Street Mall in Reading for about 10 minutes for a driver change, and the eastbound service is usually held at Jackson's corner for several minutes owing to the number of passengers. Edited January 11, 2018 by RJS1977 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 The Oxford Diecast new announcements will be made tomorrow evening from about 8pm on the members only Oxford Diecast Collectors Facebook group. Lyndon Davies and Eloise Davies will be online. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 The Oxford Diecast new announcements will be made tomorrow evening from about 8pm on the members only Oxford Diecast Collectors Facebook group. Lyndon Davies and Eloise Davies will be online. Will the announcements get posted here? I'd guess that the majority of RMWebbers are not also members of the ODC Facebook group so just announcing there will be rather restrictive. A wider audience will generate more interest. G 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) Will the announcements get posted here? I'd guess that the majority of RMWebbers are not also members of the ODC Facebook group so just announcing there will be rather restrictive. A wider audience will generate more interest. G They will probably be on the Oxford website tomorrow in the Blog section at the time of the official announcements to the trade at the ToyFair in London. I'll flag it up when I it appears there. There is likely to be a list of 100+ items. I am sure a few hours will not hurt anyone on RMWeb. RMWeb members are renowned for their patience :-). https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/blogs/news Anyone who is really impatient to learn the news can join the Facebook group and see it live where all the images will also be available to view. As far as I know Oxford Diecast is the only major UK manufacturer to engage directly with their collectors online rather than through a forum or message board. The MD (Eloise) posts there from time to time between the major announcements, as do other staff members. The Facebook group is independent of Oxford but it has had a special relationship with Lyndon Davies, Eloise and some other staff members developed over several years. Edited January 22, 2018 by mikeharvey22 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Seems a bit of a faff for all individuals to have to sign up to Facebook and then join a group when it wouldn't take more than a minute or two for someone (or even ODC) to copy and paste the list here after it is published on their group. G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium it's-er Posted January 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2018 Will the announcements get posted here? I'd guess that the majority of RMWebbers are not also members of the ODC Facebook group so just announcing there will be rather restrictive. A wider audience will generate more interest. G Don't worry, Grahame! Mike Harvey has been very good at posting up on here information about the latest announcements, which are quarterly for Oxford Diecast. Occasionally I've done it, but Mike is usually there first - many thanks to Mike. In the past Lyndon has put lots of pictures on the Facebook page of new models - early cad, illustrations, and photographs of forthcoming castings (last time, for example, he put in a photograph of the 1/76 Austin Somerset casting, which I suspect is still some months away). Hopefully Eloise will do the same this evening. Obviously none of us can put these up on here - for that reason it's well worth joining the Oxford Diecast Collectors Facebook group. John Storey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Don't worry, Grahame! Mike Harvey has been very good at posting up on here information about the latest announcements, which are quarterly for Oxford Diecast. Occasionally I've done it, but Mike is usually there first - many thanks to Mike. In the past Lyndon has put lots of pictures on the Facebook page of new models - early cad, illustrations, and photographs of forthcoming castings (last time, for example, he put in a photograph of the 1/76 Austin Somerset casting, which I suspect is still some months away). Hopefully Eloise will do the same this evening. Obviously none of us can put these up on here - for that reason it's well worth joining the Oxford Diecast Collectors Facebook group. John Storey I'm not worried and just a list will be fine for me. Surely that can be copied and posted here? The snag with joining their group is that you've also got to join Facebook first and give them an email address. G 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Seems a bit of a faff for all individuals to have to sign up to Facebook and then join a group when it wouldn't take more than a minute or two for someone (or even ODC) to copy and paste the list here after it is published on their group. G Unfortunately Grahame it is not one list. It is probably 20 lists published across 20 posts with comments in between. The announcements are made by scale subdivided by vehicle category, with re-liveries separate from new castings. I had intended to post the lists here but I am going to be on a train with iffy wifi and a small phone so that seems too much of a "faff" for me. It will all be in the public domain tomorrow anyway. As I said earlier RMWeb members are renowned for their patience.:-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 (edited) Partly edited list of about 122 items:- Oxford new announcements Jan 22 2018 1:87 List 87BC55005 Buick Century 1955 Black/White 87CI61003 Chevrolet Impala 1961 White/Roman Red 87CP65006 Chevrolet Stepside Pick Up 1965 Bell System 87OR50003 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Coupe 1950 Yellow/Black 87SET001 3 Piece Set Chevrolet Hot Rods 1/18 scale 18HE003 Heinkel Kabine Yellow Q3/2018 1/148 scale NTCAB007CC Scania T Cab Box Trailer Coca Cola Xmas Q4/2018 NCOR3003 Cortina MkIII Sebring Red Q3/2018 NMB007 Mercedes Actros Curtainside McGawn Bros Q3/2018 NCHT002 Churchill Tank 1st Canadian Army Brg. Dieppe 1942 Q3/2018 NFDE008 Ford 400E Van Southdown Q3/2018 NNR006 New Routemaster LT50 General Q3/2018 NSEA002 Burlingham Seagull Stratford Blue Q3/2018 NGG001 Green Goddess AFS Q3/2018 NFT012 Ford Transit Mk5 Stobart Rail Low Q3/2018 NSDF001 Shelvoke & Drewry Freightlifter British Rail (Western) Q3/2018 NTRAIL004 Mobile Trailer Walls Q3/2018 1:43 Coca Cola 43ASV008CC Austin Seven Van Coca Cola Q3/2018 43ACE001 AC Aceca Vineyard Green Q3/2018 43AMDB2004 Aston Martin DB2 MkIII DHC Snow Shadow Grey Q3/2018 43AMDB9003 Aston Martin DB9 Coupe Cobalt Blue Q3/2018 43AMV003 Aston Martin Vanquish Coupe Quantum Silver Q3/2018 43EMP003 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud/Hooper Empress Black/Silver Q3/2018 43JAG5003 Jaguar MkV Closed Dark Blue/Tan Q3/2018 43JI009 Jensen Interceptor Mk1 Crystal Blue Q4/2018 43R25003 Rolls Royce 25/30 - Thrupp & Maberley Black Q4/2018 43RRC003 Rolls Royce Corniche Convertible MPW (Open) Georgian Silver Q4/2018 43RUB003 Austin Ruby Saloon Dark Green Q3/2018 43JM024 Morris J2 Van Skyways Q4/2018 J2 Morris 43LAN188021 Land Rover Series I 88" Hard Top RAF Q3/2018 43LRL005 Land Rover Lightweight Hard Top RAF Q3/2018 1/72nd Scale History of Flight 72SW004 Supermarine Walrus Operation Torch -N. Africa 1942 Q3/2018 1/76 scale 1:76 Coca Cola 76COM008CC Commer Commando Coca Cola Q4/2018 76CT007CC Citroen 2CV Coca Cola Q3/2018 1:76 Oxford Automobile 76AUS005 Austin 1300 Teal Blue Q4/2018 76CAP008 Ford Capri Mk3 Signal Orange Q3/2018 76CFE007 Vauxhall Friary Estate Dusk Rose/Lilac Haze Q3/2018 76COR1009 Ford Cortina Mk1 Black Cherry Q3/2018 76COR2008 Ford Cortina Mk2 Ermine White/Sherwood Green Q3/2018 76COR3009 Ford Cortina MkIII Sunset Q3/2018 76CRE010 Vauxhall Cresta Moonlight Blue/Bermuda Blue Q3/2018 76DIS005 Land Rover Discovery 4 Firenze Red Q3/2018 76DIS5002 Land Rover Discovery 5 HSE LUX Q3/2018 76HE002 Heinkel Kabine Spartan Red Q4/2018 76JSS006 SS Jaguar Dark Blue Q3/2018 76MBC004 Messerschmitt KR200 Bubble Top Light Blue Q3/2018 76MCS003 Mini Cooper MkII Tartan Red/Black Q3/2018 76MGA005 MGA Dove Grey Q3/2018 76MGBGT003 MGBGT Glacier White Q3/2018 76MINGT005 1275GT Glacier White Mini Q3/2018 76MMC006 Morris Minor Convertible Maroon B/Tan Q3/2018 76MN009 Classic Mini Tweed Grey/OEW Q3/2018 76MO007 Morris Oxford III Sage Green/Twilight Grey Q3/2018 76P38002 Range Rover P38 Monte Carlo Blue Q3/2018 76RCL002 Range Rover Classic Darien Gap Q3/2018 76RRC002 Rolls Royce Corniche Persian Sand Q3/2018 76RRE002 Range Rover Evoque Coupe (Facelift) Fuji White Q3/2018 76RRS003 Range Rover Sport SVR Firenze Red Q3/2018 76SFT005 Standard Flying Twelve Pastel Green Q4/2018 76SR007 Sunbeam Rapier MkIII Light Green Metallic/Embassy Black Q4/2018 76T4001 VW T4 Westfalia Camper Paprika Red Q3/2018 76T5C001 VW T5 California Camper Metallic Night Blue Q3/2018 76TP006 Triumph 2500 British Racing Green Q4/2018 76TR7002 Triumph TR7 Convertible Persian Aqua Metallic Q3/2018 76TS003 Triumph Stag Pimiento Q3/2018 76VEL001 Range Rover Velar Firenze Red Q4/2018 76VO003 Volvo 760 Blue Metallic Q3/2018 76VW029 VW Bay Window Auf Wiedersehn Pet Q3/2018 76VWB010 VW Beetle Pastel Blue Q4/2018 76VWS001 VW T1 Samba Bus Sealing Wax Red/Beige Grey Q3/2018 76VWY007 Vauxhall Wyvern Metallichrome Blue Q4/2018 76ZEP011 Ford Zephyr Bomb Disposal Q3/2018 1:76 Oxford Commercials 76CA030 Bedford CA Ice Cream Hockings Q3/2018 76CIT001 Citroen H Catering Van Q3/2018 76CWT004 Commer Walk Thru Scottish & Newcastle Q3/2018 76FDE010 Ford 400E Van Cargo Grey Q3/2018 76FT1008 Ford Transit Mk1 Castrol Q3/2018 76J4002 BMC J4 Van British Rail Q3/2018 76LAN188023 Land Rover Series 1 88" Canvas Marine Blue Q3/2018 76LAN2019 Land Rover Series II LWB Station Wagon Limestone Q3/2018 76LR2AS004 Hong Kong Police Q3/2018 76LR2S004 Land Rover Series II SWB Post Office Telephones (Yellow) Q3/2018 76MM060 Morris 1000 Van British Railways Q3/2018 76TPU002 Ford Transit Dropside Network Rail Q3/2018 76TRF004 Thompson Refueller Silver City Q3/2018 1:76 Oxford Emergency 76DEF015 Land Rover Defender LWB Hard Back RAC Q3/2018 76FT033 Ford Transit Mk5 AA Q3/2018 76FT1007 Ford Transit Mk1 Police Motorway Patrol (Gwent) Q3/2018 76IS002 BMW Isetta RAC Q4/2018 76MA006 Mercedes Ambulance East Midlands Ambulance Service Q4/2018 76MFE005 MAN Pump Ladder Hertfordshire Fire & Rescue Q3/2018 76SAL006 Scania ARP Scottish Fire & Rescue Q3/2018 1:76 Oxford Gift 76SET53 5 Piece Triumph Set Q3/2018 76SET54 BMC Transporter & 2 Mini 1275GT Set British Leyland Nederland Q3/2018 1:76 Oxford Haulage 76ATK004 Atkinson Borderer Low Loader NCB Mines Rescue Q3/2018 76CONT004 Container Samskip Q4/2018 76DAF004 DAF 85 Short Fridge Trailer Trevor Pye Q3/2018 76FCG005 Ford Cargo Box Van Parcelforce Q3/2018 76MB008 Mercedes Actros SSC Tipper Ronnie S Evans Q3/2018 76SCT006 ECM Q3/2018 Scania P Transporter 76SHT001 Scammell Highwayman Tanker Shell/BP Q3/2018 76VOL4007 Volvo FH4 (G) Nooteboom Semi Low Loader Cadzow Q3/2018 76VOL4008 Volvo FH4 GXL Walking Floor McBurney Transport Q3/2018 1:76 Oxford Military 76CHT004 Churchill Tank 6th Guards Brigade 1943 Q4/2018 76DSC006 Dingo Scout Car 5th RTR - 4th Arm.Brg -7thArm.Div. Libya 1942 Q3/2018 76LR2S005 Land Rover Series II SWB Hard Back Civil Defence Q3/2018 76LRFCA002 Land Rover FC Ambulance Nato Green Q3/2018 76LRFCG003 Land Rover FC GS Q4/2018 76LRFCS002 Land Rover FC Signals Nato Green Q3/2018 76LRL004 Land Rover Lightweight Berlin Scheme Q3/2018 76QLR003 Bedford QLR 8 Corps HQ - NEW Q3/2018 76TAC005 TACR2 SFOR - Bosnia & Herzegovina 1997 Q3/2018 76TIL011 Austin Tilly No.1 MTTC. Camberley 1945 (Subaltern Princess Elizabeth) Q3/2018 76WMB003 Willys MB US Army Q3/2018 1:76 Oxford Omnibus 76BI004 Beadle Integral Southdown Q3/2018 76DR005 Duple Roadmaster Ribble Q3/2018 76IR6004 Irizar i6 Galleon Travel Q3/2018 76MW6004 Bristol MW6G Tilling Transport Q3/2018 76PAN008 Plaxton Panorama A. Timpson & Sons Ltd Q3/2018 76PD2006 Leyland PD2/12 Stratford Blue Q3/2018 76SB003 Saro Bus London Greenline Q4/2018 76WFA007 Weymann Fanfare North Western Q3/2018 1:76 Oxford Showtime 76LW001 Living Wagon Maroon/Red Q3/2018 Edited January 22, 2018 by mikeharvey22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2018 Seems a bit of a faff for all individuals to have to sign up to Facebook and then join a group when it wouldn't take more than a minute or two for someone (or even ODC) to copy and paste the list here after it is published on their group. G The easiest way is to post the Facebook lists here, unfortunately only Facebook members will be able to see them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Scottish Modeller Posted January 22, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2018 Hi all, My wish list for more modern US vehicles must have hit the stops I had hoped for something more modern that 1965 so that it is possible to avoid the US layout being the site of a constant Vintage and Veteran Car show, but no, not this year! Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil gollin Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Quote : 76SHT001 Scammell Highwayman Tanker Shell/BP Q3/2018 unquote Excellent, although the exact livery will be interesting. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 The easiest way is to post the Facebook lists here, unfortunately only Facebook members will be able to see them. The information is in a private members group so not available for general Facebook users to view. Anyway everything is in my earlier post. Be interested to read RMweb members reactions to reading it now rather than tomorrow. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Quote : 76SHT001 Scammell Highwayman Tanker Shell/BP Q3/2018 unquote Excellent, although the exact livery will be interesting. . Green cab and red tank, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS lettering enclosed by Shell and BP logos. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Be interested to read RMweb members reactions to reading it now rather than tomorrow. Okay. My quick off-the-cuff comment/reaction is that the N gauge list looks very slim pickings and appears to be simply re-liveries of existing models with perhaps one or two all new, and one of those, a green Goddess, is already available from OM in N. G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dungrange Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 76TPU002 Ford Transit Dropside Network Rail Q3/2018 Well, that's one thing that I'll add to my purchase list, but in all honesty, knowing a day ahead of when it will likely appear on Oxford's own website isn't a big deal - especially when it will be at least six months before they hit the shops. The rest are either too modern, or too old. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 (edited) The new items are listed with images on pages 1 and 2 of this link:- https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/collections/by-range?page=1 and here for Coca-Cola branded items:- https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/collections/coca-cola One or two items have been associated with the wrong image which is being addressed. Edited January 23, 2018 by mikeharvey22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Good to see the T4, and especially T5 Transporters in 4mm, hopefully we'll get them shrunk to N in due course to break the monotony of Transit after Transit. If they have tooled for the standard van as well as camper, there's loads of liveries they could do. Both vans (with minor facelifts) have had long production lives Jo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Looking at that list I get the impression that a modeller who wishes to portray 2016-18 would have a problem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Okay. My quick off-the-cuff comment/reaction is that the N gauge list looks very slim pickings and appears to be simply re-liveries of existing models with perhaps one or two all new, and one of those, a green Goddess, is already available from OM in N. G One great thing about Oxford is that with new announcements every 4 months there is the chance to be disappointed 3 times per year.Much more often than with other producers. My interests are mainly N gauge. Personally I am pleased with modern items (New Routemaster, McGawn HGV, Stobart Rail Transit), the Green Goddess and Freightlifter for period dioramas, the Cortina as NGS Carflat fodder, and the bus related van and coach for my PSV interests. May be giving the Walls Ice cream trailer, the Coca-Cola Xmas truck and the Churchill tank a miss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Looking at that list I get the impression that a modeller who wishes to portray 2016-18 would have a problem Unless you like Transit Vans, Range Rovers/Land Rovers, Jaguars, HGVs, fire appliances, ambulances, and vehicles still on the road in 2016 although from previous eras. Problem as always is the paucity of popular modern cars and light vans in particular, which is a common feature across the ranges produced across the world. It appears that modern day licensing is a major issue for model vehicle producers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 On the licensing note - I'm hopeful that the Transporter may see other contemporary, or more to the point recent past, Veedubs such as Golfs and Polos. Produce a model in 2018 that debuted in 2017 and you've only got the up to the minute modellers to sell to. Produce a 2007 model (Golf Mk V for example) and you've got a much wider range. In fact, the Golf V is even older than that. You get the gist though! Personally speaking, I'd like them to do an N scale 2013 Polo in Flash red, but hey, can't see that happening. I'm surprised we haven't seen variations on the truck toolings more, such as the high roof Topline cab for the Scania. Again, they seem to like up to the minute, higher end models, rather than the common as muck mid range distribution machines. The 4mm range seems to have benefitted massively from the Stobart Atlas Editions collection, so I doubt the 1990s Scania, Daf etc will be shrunk. You still see the odd 3 series on the road, and the Daf tooling would cover production to the early 2000s so there's a few still in use. Plain white models would be good for those of us who like to detail and repaint etc. Even bearing supermarket branding for example, it'd be a damn sight easier to rebrand than a cab that's crusted in layers of Stobart printing. Sainsbury's have a nice fleet of plain white Scanias, Mercedes and Volvos, with a small orange logo on the cab door and trailer. Some of the Scanias even match the spec of the Oxford tooling. Pair that with their chiller trailer... Jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritishRail60062 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 A nice selection of vehicles to come this year. The step van and the J2 van is on my list. I hope they would consider making this for us modern image modellers Dennis Eagle Garbage Truck. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffy Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 The snag with joining their group is that you've also got to join Facebook first and give them an email address. Anything that involves me having to join F***book ain't gonna happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffy Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Be interested to read RMweb members reactions to reading it now rather than tomorrow. Not much to get excited about for late 30s SR. I rather suspect that "76LR2AS004 Hong Kong Police" will stand out like a sore thumb...unless I can concoct a really good backstory! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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