Oxford Diecast - 2017 deliveries and announcements

[bridgiesimon]

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

OK, am well impressed with these, where can I get them and what else is in their range?

Best wishes
Simon

[woodbury22uk]

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

OK, am well impressed with these, where can I get them and what else is in their range?

Best wishes
Simon

There about 160 in the range:-

https://www.retrorepro.fr/4733-etain-1

Seems they are 1/145 scale though some of the French cars may be smaller. I can vouch for the Mk1 Escort being 1/145 or thereabouts. I bought a multipack of 10 but he was out of stock of some cars and in the end I chose as many Escorts as he had plus some others to make up the numbers.

[Railwaygun]

The new psychadelic Mini ( the M&S Twiggy special)- I had to have one!





and to show its genuine!



(the new bulk upload is now the easiest way to load even single images!)

[Railwaygun]

at the risk of repeating myself

[woodbury22uk]

Eight new items being delivered week commencing 11 September 2017.


NAP003             Austin Princess (Late) - Carlton Grey/Lt Grey
NCMP001             CMP - 1st Canadian Infantry Division
NCMP007             CMP - Southdown
NFARM001         Livestock Trailer
NFARM002         Farm Trailer
NMA001            Mercedes Ambulance - Wales
NMB002            Mercedes Actros Curtainside artic
NVOL4006         Volvo FH4 Walking Floor - A W Jenkinson


Seven of these are completely new shapes.

NVOL4006 has a new tractor unit, and trailer.

NMB002 was previously released in Stobart livery.

[Portpatrick]

Still no "New Mini" for Allanbrae

[daffy]

I will look to buy the farm trailers at some point, but will wait to see the finished articles and for more of the 'future' releases first.

[woodbury22uk]

i have put together a list of the 32 items announced but not yet delivered. This includes a duplicated item NFL001 which is also in NSET003. Another set of new announcements is expected at the end of September 2017. The number of announced but undelivered items at 1 January 2017 was 34. 29 items have been delivered so far in 2017, including 7 from the end January 2017 announcements.

Announced 2016 or earlier  22 items delivered out of 34 on the original list.

NAEC014    AEC Matador Wrecker - Southdown - September 2017
NCOR3001 Cortina MkIII - Gold - September 2017
NDSC001    Daimler Dingo - 23rd Armoured Brigade - September 2017
NFARM003 Baler    October 2017
NMGB001    MGB Roadster - Tartan Red - September 2017
NNMN001    New Mini - Chili Red - September 2017
NPB005     Commer PB van - London Fire
NPB008     Commer PB van - Royal Mail
NSET003   5 Piece bus/coach set – Southdown - September 2017
NSHL01CT Scania Highline D-TEC Combitrailer - Container Eddie Stobart October 2017
NWFA001    Weymann Fanfare coach AEC - South Wales  NEW TOOL
NWFL001.    Weymann Fanfare coach  - Leyland – Southdown NEW TOOL *  (not officially announced)

Announced end January 2017  7 items already delivered from this announcement of 10.

NCT005 Citroen 2CV Plum/Custard
NMB004 Mercedes Actros D-TEC Combitrailer Trailer John Mitchell NEW TOOL
NSHL02WF Scania Highline Walking Floor Stobart Biomass NEW TOOL

Announced June 2017 0 items delivered from 17 announced.

NBSA008 Motorbike & Sidecar RAF Blue
NCHT001 Churchill Tank Kingforce NEW TOOL
NFDE001 Ford 400E Van British Rail NEW TOOL
NFT022 Ford Transit Mk5 Network Rail Response Unit
NHI001 Hillman Imp Willow Green NEW TOOL
NLAN188020 Land Rover Series I 88" Canvas REME
NLRL001 Land Rover Lightweight United Nations NEW TOOL
NMB006 Mercedes Actros Curtainside Sparks
NNR005 New Routemaster Propercorn
NSEA001 Burlingham Seagull Wallace Arnold NEW TOOL
NSFE007 Scania Pump Ladder Surrey F & R
NSHL03TK Scania Highline Tanker Eddie Stobart NEW TOOL Tanker
NTCAB005 Scania T Cab Tipper Tinnelly
NTRAC004 Fordson Tractor Matt Grey
NTRAIL006 Mobile Trailer Buns on Wheels
NVOL4003 Volvo FH4 Curtainside Knowles
NXF001 Jaguar XF Carnelian Red NEW TOOL

[Portpatrick]

I had missed the announcement of the Jag XF.  That will be a second car of the correct period for Allanbrae so I will have one.  Good.  Just  things more ordinary, like everyday Ford, Vauxhalls needed , to better populate the Station, Kwikfit and Premier Inn car parks.

[trkilliman]

It will be interesting to see what they make of the Fordson tractor.

It surely has to be an improvement on their previous offering with the huge front axle area.

I imagine that further farm stuff will sell well, given that many of us have rural areas on our layouts.

I have a picture in a magazine somewhere of David Brown tractors being transported by rail from their factory siding.  I assume Fordson used the rail network also.  Freight potential then...

[woodbury22uk]

It will be interesting to see what they make of the Fordson tractor.

It surely has to be an improvement on their previous offering with the huge front axle area.

Sorry to disappoint but the Fordson has the same huge axle bearings! Looks dreadful to me. Already available in several colours.

https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/collections/1-148/products/fordson-tractor-blue-ntrac001 


The better British tractors are the Ferguson lookalikes made by Hornby Lyddle End, but long sold out.

http://www.worldwideshoppingmall.co.uk/toys/2-tractors-n8068.asp

[trkilliman]

It will be interesting to see what they make of the Fordson tractor.

It surely has to be an improvement on their previous offering with the huge front axle area.

Sorry to disappoint but the Fordson has the same huge axle bearings! Looks dreadful to me. Already available in several colours.

https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/collections/1-148/products/fordson-tractor-blue-ntrac001 


The better British tractors are the Ferguson lookalikes made by Hornby Lyddle End, but long sold out.

http://www.worldwideshoppingmall.co.uk/toys/2-tractors-n8068.asp


Oh' dear, I had hoped they would have come up with something better than that clumsy front axle. Oxford do seem reticent to listen and learn on several fronts.  And before anyone flames me no I cannot afford to commision my own tractor!  lol

[woodbury22uk]

I am not  sure that I understand why the N gauge models need to have wheels that revolve. Take away that requirement and an accurate moulded pair of front stub axles on the tractors becomes quite possible. Aside from the tractors, I'd be interested to know whether wheels that revolve are needed by N railways modellers. I can see that for most vehicles fixed wheels would not affect the appearance, and would do away with some individual parts at the expense of a more complicated chassis moulding. It would make parking vehicles with wheels turned away from straight a slightly more difficult modification than it is with separately moulded (revolving) wheels.

[Portpatrick]

Mine are all glued down.  So i dont need revolving  wheels.  But that is my uasage.

[Bob Tidbury]

Mine are all glued down because one of my mates kept on hiding vehicles in the most ridiculous places .but I do understand that wheels on axles are easier to change direction if you wanted to.
Bob Tidbury