Brian Hawkins Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 How satisfied or dis-satisfied are fellow members with the newly released Bachmann Benches (44-514) ? They were advertised as red metal ones, but, were released as concrete/wood. I brought two packs and found that they do not have front legs ! have other members found theirs to be the same ? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Unfortunately, these were changed by Bachmann some time ago from the standard Network SouthEast-style bench to a more general park bench. A shame as the NSE bench would be a very useful and I imagine highly sought after addition. I haven't seen them in-the-flesh so can't comment on the quality of the finished product, but looking at the cad-cam image, they look like a standard version of what they're supposed to now be! If you are still after the NSE-style seat, they are available in kit form from Ten Commandments (product code L176) or you can buy them ready-made on eBay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 How satisfied or dis-satisfied are fellow members with the newly released Bachmann Benches (44-514) ? Suits me batter as they now suit late 1960s/70s period, but I can understand it must be frustrating if you wanted the NSE type seat. Haven't seen a picture of the actual models yet, just the computer drawing, so they could still disappoint! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwaterscotland Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 From the image used by Bachmann, it looks like a fairly generic park bench of the type installed in the 60s and 70s - precast frames with wooden slats. Some designs had front legs but most just had a single back leg on each end. Good example here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/17328521@N00/3913050645/ I'll probably buy some as they look ideal to go in the parkland around my 1960s build blocks of flats. Andy 8) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doughnut Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Yes, had a shock, when I recieved concrete/wooden ones, rather than the modern metal benches. The website I ordered from did show the modern metal ones (which is why ordered them) but delivered the wooden ones. Upon phoning them I was told it was something to do with Bachmann changing them at the last minute?? Strange! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Not quite last minute, they changed the design over a year ago and its been shown as the wood/concrete ones on their web site ever since. It was pretty obvious a number of on line retailers had not picked up on this judging how many were showing the metal ones until very recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted June 28, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 28, 2013 I cancelled my pre-order for quite a few because of this. Am extremely annoyed it must be said!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_B Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 They did the same thing with the wagon loading terminal and conveyor. I think the released Item is much better than the advertised one, but I do wish they'f not advetiseded it for so long without releasing it! Ian_B Not quite last minute, they changed the design over a year ago and its been shown as the wood/concrete ones on their web site ever since. It was pretty obvious a number of on line retailers had not picked up on this judging how many were showing the metal ones until very recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 I cancelled my pre-order for quite a few because of this. Am extremely annoyed it must be said!!! If you want some NSE seats, I can recommend those sold on eBay by dustylionflower (no connection to me). You get 4 seats for £9.99 + 99p postage. They are well constructed and painted and I assume they use the original Ten Commandments model (code L176 if you prefer to build them yourself). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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