Ah yes, bit unimpressive.

Have come across a collector's club vent van in MoD green is this kosher? Can't find any record of it...

Every year collecter's club members receive a wagon as part of the "perks" of the club.  This year it was the van you refer to.

Thanks.do you know what's it's cat. no was 373 ? -2024k?

Not to hand, and I won't be home until Sunday.  If nobody else confirms before then I'll let you know.  Incidentally, if you want to buy mine, it's of no use to me so I'd be happy to let it go.

The cat number is 377-202K

John

Theres a picture in the Military thread

https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?msg=832309

Very nice vehicle it is too!

GE

Clearly popular, usually a few make it into the open market shortly after release but have only come across one slightly overpriced example so far...

Bachmann have shifted the goalposts a bit, and increased their prices for club membership: now you can join for just the mags and catalogue, annual wagon is extra. Combined gauge membership doesn't include an option for N+OO9.

Nice that they have done an n-gauge version of the hfictional (?) but popular Mk1 Royal Mail POT coach livery the initially only offered in OO. That will fit in with the mobile sorting office Graham Farish produced several years ago in similar livery.

The 2025 wagon appears to be a more modern (metal?) container on a conflat A.

Quote from: madchadbrad on May 20, 2025, 10:35:46 AMBachmann have shifted the goalposts a bit, and increased their prices for club membership: now you can join for just the mags and catalogue, annual wagon is extra.

Where did you see that? I can't find that info.
Cheers,
Ian.

It's on page 7 of the current club magazine. Apparently, the membership year starts on the 1st of July, which is when this change comes into effect.

It is set out in the last edition of Bachmann Times (just received - page 7).

Standard Graham Farish Collector's Club membership for UK costs £29.99 without a wagon, "Premium" with one Club wagon is £39.99, "Deluxe" with 2 Club wagons is £49.99.


So for "Premium" the wagon costs a "whacking" £10 or so extra.

I think the package remains exceptional value for what you get, including the other collectors club "specials", quarterly mag, extended 2 year warranty on locos, and outings. Edit: and "not quite perfect" day.

Roy

Read this too and would agree that it's good value, especially as club models in n seem to be more regular now than in the past. Never really that bothered by the wagon in the past as wooden opens don't really fit my interests but this one seems a good match to early blue diesels which is more my thing.

Perhaps more encouraging though is that, although the picture in the mag is small, it looks like the conflat may have the NEM coupling upgrade as per the recently announced vans.

The other thought that occurred was that, even if British rail containers don't fit your modelling, it's a really cheap way of getting a modern spec match wagon for the Society crane.

Not sure that a 'Modern' wagon is that good a fit for the society crane.