Oxford Diecast - 2017 deliveries and announcements

[Railwaygun]

Following from the late July releases these three will be in shops next week:-

NFG009 Foden FG 8 Wheel Dropside - H E Payne
NFG010 Foden FG Tipper - Hoveringham
NFG011 Foden FG Dray - Fremlins

[trkilliman]

Some nice liveries on this lot. I remember the Hoveringham tipper as a Matchbox  diecast tipper, but the later Foden varient.

The Fremlins dray.  It is shown with a load of crates, yet the Hattons site show it with crates and barrels, albeit an impression of the release not an actual photo. I think it would be better with some barrels that would positively identify it as a dray. Brewers drays from back in the day offer so much potential for releases, so I'm a bit surprised they haven't released them in more brewery liveries thus far.

Many of us include a brewery on our layouts, so maybe it's a pipe dream guys...lol

[javlinfaw7]

Looks like its just a repaint of the Scottish and Newcastle one

[woodbury22uk]

Another August release has now arrived in the shops:-

NBED006 Bedford JI Ambulance - Army Medical Services

[Invicta Alec]

Well, Oxford can't make 'em all I suppose, but I'm struggling guys! My layout is roughly dated 1986. I'd like some cars to dot about here and there. Where are the bog standard Escorts, Fiestas, Cavaliers, Sierras, Cortinas, Metros, Astra, Orions, Novas and even Maestros?  These were the 10 top selling cars of that era. All I can find are Toyota and Nissan models that never made it to the UK.
I don't mind having the odd timeless Landrover, but its too much of a stretch to scatter about Morris Traveller Estates or Jowett Javelins. :-(
Am I not looking in the right places?

[bridgiesimon]

you are not looking in the wrong area, just frustratingly missing!

Simon

[Portpatrick]

My sentiment exactly.   Though I would prefer 2000 onwards

[Rabbitaway]

Agreed the 80's are poorly served but consider

Tomytec 1/150, Toyota Supra and Corolla estate, Hiace mini bus, the non UK imported Nissan looks very like the Hyundai Stellar (remember these!). There where a reasonable number of these cars on the road in the 80s. Tomytec are nicer models than Oxford in my view.

The Oxford Mini, Beetle, 110 Land Rover are suitable

For lorries some of the Tomytec models can look like the Hino one's imported in the 80s and these were reasonably common due to their low cost

Tomytec do have a reasonable number of 2000 on cars, I have a good number of these

[NeMo]

Am I not looking in the right places?

Agreed, it's frustrating, but in the meantime, P&D Marsh do make some whitemetal cars that are of use...

http://www.pdmarshmodels.com/product_list.php?gauge=%27N%27&cat2=%2770%27

Ford Escort XR3i 3 dr hatch
Ford Escort 5 door hatch
Ford Orion 4 door saloon
Leyland Sherpa (three sorts)
The eBay version of G06 pack includes Capri mk2, Cortina mk1, VW Beetle and Rover Metro.

Cheers, NeMo

[Invicta Alec]

Agreed, it's frustrating, but in the meantime, P&D Marsh do make some whitemetal cars that are of use...

http://www.pdmarshmodels.com/product_list.php?gauge=%27N%27&cat2=%2770%27

Ford Escort XR3i 3 dr hatch
Ford Escort 5 door hatch
Ford Orion 4 door saloon
Leyland Sherpa (three sorts)
The eBay version of G06 pack includes Capri mk2, Cortina mk1, VW Beetle and Rover Metro.

Cheers, NeMo
[/quote]

Thanks NeMo. I've looked at P&D Marsh's offerings but the photos I've seen of finished (painted) vehicles are not exactly awe inspiring, are they? Some I've seen need a bit of imagination to match the model they are supposed to represent. Or am I being too harsh on them? Does anyone here have direct experience of their kits?

Alec.

[NeMo]

Thanks NeMo. I've looked at P&D Marsh's offerings but the photos I've seen of finished (painted) vehicles are not exactly awe inspiring, are they? Some I've seen need a bit of imagination to match the model they are supposed to represent. Or am I being too harsh on them? Does anyone here have direct experience of their kits?

I haven't done these kits, but quite a few P&D Marsh kits. If you look at their eBay page for the G06 kit, you can see they'd probably be okay for background models, under bridges, or anywhere they're not going to be totally in your face.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/P-D-Marsh-N-Gauge-N-Scale-G06-Capri-Cortina-VW-Metro-cars-casting-need-painting-/370100948817

Like most whitemetal kits, I find P&D Marsh stuff a bit mushy-looking compared with plastic because the details just aren't as knife-edged as you'd like. P&D Marsh have been producing these kits for donkey's years, and they're nothing like as precise as the modern Shapeways stuff, let alone Oxford's ready to plant cars.

On the other hand, after soap and water cleaning, they take enamels well, so getting a decent gloss finish shouldn't be hard. Details can be applied easily enough with a very fine paint brush. Unlike 3D printing, there are no funny textures to deal with, which I like, and whitemetal isn't particularly brittle, so handling isn't quite so nerve-wracking. Only real downside is that the windows have to be painted grey or black, which isn't idea for up-front display, but in the background shouldn't cause too many problems.

Cheers, NeMo

[Railwaygun]

Another August release has now arrived in the shops:-

NBED006 Bedford JI Ambulance - Army Medical Services

[woodbury22uk]

A few Retrorepro Escort RS in this photo. They are 1/145 and well detailed.

[javlinfaw7]

Shapeways Rail n Scale Cavaliers are on special offer
https://images2.sw-cdn.net/product/picture/710x528_19565197_8675074_1500395353.jpg

[Bornin1980something]

Can't post a link at the moment, but Fleetline Road'n'rail do several whitemetal castings of 80s era vehicles, including Ford Sierra, Escort, Capri Mk3, an early  (1976-83) Fiesta, and the first three generations of Transit. These castings actually date back to the '80s, but they are of more consistent quality and scale than P & D Marsh.

To answer an earlier debate, they also do a range of Bedford TK lorries.