In my Bachmann news EMail:

"Landing on doormats in August

Collectors Club members will shortly receive our Anniversary Edition of the Bachmann Times, volume 15 No. 1, which this year replaces the Autumn copy of the magazine. Included with the magazine will be your free copy of our special 2014 Bachmann Branchline or Graham Farish catalogue, along with details of further new club exclusive products, in both N and OO scale."

Am I excited by the announcements across all the mfrs ?  Not particularly ...

Will I be splashing out my cash on anything ?  Probably not; I don't think I've bought any N since 2012 TINGS ... certainly nothing more than a wagon.

Is there anything in any of the "promised" items I want ?  Yes ... but a) it has to be delivered and b) it has to be at a price I consider reasonable.  Otherwise ... OO will get more purchases ...

Why ?  Because that scale has the items I want, available now.  N, for me, is a particular set of years in a particular area.  DMUs/EMUs ?  Don't bother.  LNER or nothing ... and frequently these days, it's the latter ... 

I note that the Farish web page had an update on Wednesday, one item that caught my eye was that the N class mogul will now be coming in SECR grey livery as well as SR olive and BR livery: They are still using shots of the 00 scale model, the SR olive green being shown with a 3 figure number presumably with an A prefix that it would have carried from grouping up to about 1930 after which it should lose the A prefix and have 1000 added to the number.

Too bad they aren't doing the N Class in malachite livery. Oh well, maybe next year. 

I notice on the website the supposedly 'heavily weathered' Royal Scot is, erm, well, just weathered. What happened to the 'heavily' bit?

Must say the weathered Class 25 looks rather nice

My spelling of malashite should give an idea of my opinion of it! I can never understand why model manufacturers insist on using it, it was comparatively short lived, applied between 1938 and about 1940 when wartime black took over, applied to the new Spam cans then post WW2 they started using it again mainly on larger locos until nationalisation. I think the only M7s to carry it were the ones working empty stock in and out of Waterloo, the "Royal" T9, 119 received it post war, about half a dozen others got it 1939/40,  I doubt many moguls carried it either, maybe that's why they haven't done an N in it.

It was a nasty, garish "in yer face" colour, (still is!) showed the dirt far more so than Maunsell olive. Also it was rarely seen away from the main lines, for example rarely west of Bournemouth on the Weymouth line, I was a train spotter in those days during and after WW2 so knew it first hand so to speak, I suspect about the only people that liked it were the publicists.

Quote from: Dorsetmike on July 26, 2014, 10:54:36 AM
My spelling of malashite should give an idea of my opinion of it! I can never understand why model manufacturers insist on using it...

It was a nasty, garish "in yer face" colour...

Don't hold back, Dorsetmike; tell us what you really think! 

Cheers, NeMo

Quote from: Dorsetmike on July 26, 2014, 10:54:36 AM
My spelling of malashite should give an idea of my opinion of it! I can never understand why model manufacturers insist on using it, it was comparatively short lived, applied between 1938 and about 1940 when wartime black took over, applied to the new Spam cans then post WW2 they started using it again mainly on larger locos until nationalisation. I think the only M7s to carry it were the ones working empty stock in and out of Waterloo, the "Royal" T9, 119 received it post war, about half a dozen others got it 1939/40,  I doubt many moguls carried it either, maybe that's why they haven't done an N in it.

It was a nasty, garish "in yer face" colour, (still is!) showed the dirt far more so than Maunsell olive. Also it was rarely seen away from the main lines, for example rarely west of Bournemouth on the Weymouth line, I was a train spotter in those days during and after WW2 so knew it first hand so to speak, I suspect about the only people that liked it were the publicists.

Well said, Mike.

Dodger

Quote from: NeMo on July 26, 2014, 11:58:14 AM


Don't hold back, Dorsetmike; tell us what you really think! 

Cheers, NeMo

What and get banned?!!!!!!?

Has this been posted? Enlightening if you care to  wade through it.

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/85287-bachmann-why-price-increases-are-necessary/

At first I was a it disappointed by the announcements, but I can now see that a catch up year is a good idea.

Not much in there for me this year, a couple of wagons and a GC Signal Box is about it. Having said that I could be tempted to a GWR Railcar.

Ollie

Quote from: Ollie3440 on July 28, 2014, 10:03:12 PM
Having said that I could be tempted to a GWR Railcar.

Is it still the old railcar body with just some chassis tweaks or is it a whole new model? I am assuming it is still the later, angular Swindon railcars.

Quote from: Karhedron on July 28, 2014, 10:54:29 PM

Quote from: Ollie3440 on July 28, 2014, 10:03:12 PM
Having said that I could be tempted to a GWR Railcar.

Is it still the old railcar body with just some chassis tweaks or is it a whole new model? I am assuming it is still the later, angular Swindon railcars.

I believe it has running lights but other than that I don't know more

Sorry for the above post - wrong information

Having just seen a shop copy of the catalogue I can confirm there are NO lights, the running number is W22W and that it will be DCC ready

Oh for a railcar to modern standards. Even better if it was one of the early streamlined ones, they just looked cooler.