Oxford Diecast - 2017 deliveries and announcements

[Railwaygun]

i think the BMW 1s have been taking steroids!!

[Railwaygun]

latest OD email (lets hope the Mini is mispriced!) - and E-type is O!

[RailGooner]

Damn! Saw the E Type and went all giddy for a moment.

[woodbury22uk]

The Tesco "Less CO2" containers just released have cutouts around the top cornercasting/twistlock points. On the 1/76 versions these cutouts have a purpose for use with the Konecranes stacker truck. This is a sure sign IMHO that Oxford will be replicating the container lifter from the 1/76 range in 1/148 scale.

That would be a useful scenic accessory. Pity the containers have to be disfigured but filling in the cutouts is not a major job.

https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/products/konecranes-reach-stacker-maritime-transport-76krs006

[Ben A]

Hi Mike,

Good spot - I wondered what the cutouts were!

I really hope they do the reach stacker (though Tomytec have done one in the past) but it's possible that the N model is just a straight copy of the 4mm container and no one told the CAD designer to omit the cutouts...

Cheers

Ben A.

[woodbury22uk]

Hi Mike,

Good spot - I wondered what the cutouts were!

I really hope they do the reach stacker (though Tomytec have done one in the past) but it's possible that the N model is just a straight copy of the 4mm container and no one told the CAD designer to omit the cutouts...

Cheers

Ben A.

Thankfully the cutouts are a little bit more discrete on the 1/76 one.....but I take your point.

[woodbury22uk]

The new version of the Oxford Diecast catalogue is now available in .pdf format:-

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1017/3257/files/OCT_17-JAN_18.pdf?14786873644164522567

The N stuff is on pages 31-37 and page 43.  Some items shown as Q4/2017 release are already with retailers. The full range available can be seen here:-

https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/collections/by-scale?constraint=1-148

[RailGooner]

Thanks Mike. I do quite like looking at the OO stuff too, and try to get a clue of what the distant future might hold for N - DAF 85 Parcelforce and DAF XF Livestock Trailer would be nice.

[Mustermark]

I received a Cortina MkIII in gold recently, and I thought it was pretty good. Not the crude, clunky metal object I was expecting, but a quite nicely detailed plastic model. So, I phoned Hattons and have a few coming for my carflats. I also saw the Cortina will come soon in yellow, so I pre-ordered a couple of those too.

Does anyone know if Oxford plans to do any more colour variants of this car?

It would be good to have another couple of colours on a delivery train...

[bridgiesimon]

Knowing OD, most certain that they will do other colour varients. Remember that they have their development costs to cover and other colours add to sales figures.

Best wishes
Simon

[daveg]

Good to learn that the Cortina has come out well but plastic?

It may well be that OD have moved some of their model production over to plastic and that big news has passed me by but can @Mustermark kindly confirm.

Dave G

[woodbury22uk]

Good to learn that the Cortina has come out well but plastic?

It may well be that OD have moved some of their model production over to plastic and that big news has passed me by but can @Mustermark kindly confirm.

Dave G

The only diecast bits are the chassis for most vehicles now. Even the early cars were plastic, and the newly tooled buses and coaches from the Utility bus onwards are clear plastic bodied. The level of detail on the plastic is often impressive, but some is hidden by a thick layer of colour. I think wheels are the big let down at the moment, or more specifically  axle length and tyre profiles. A modern car with a 100 tyre profile looks very odd. Reminds me of an old Malta Ford Thames ET6 bus I saw in the 1990s which had been fitted with low profile radial tyres. Looked real boy-racer material next to a conventional tyred vehicles.

[woodbury22uk]

Knowing OD, most certain that they will do other colour varients. Remember that they have their development costs to cover and other colours add to sales figures.

Best wishes
Simon

The 1/76 Cortina Mk3 is on its eighth version, albeit some two are police versions and rally versions.

[bridgiesimon]

Rally version, oo yes please!!

[woodbury22uk]

Rally version, oo yes please!!

Sorry to disappoint. The 1/76 car is a Noel Edmonds Racing rather than rally car.

https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/collections/ford/products/ford-cortina-mk3-noel-edmonds-76cor3007