Bachmann Club Membership

[GWR-Kris]

Is anyone a member and how does it compare to the Dapol one. Does Bachmann do open days etc and NQP locos?

[MikeDunn]

Am in both ... and am probably not renewing the Dapol one ... we'll see ...

Bachmann do open days (of a sort), but not been to any member events so can't comment there.  The magazine is much better, as is the member wagon.  They do member-only locos too sometimes.

To my mind, it's the best of the three clubs (Hornby being the third).

[GWR-Kris]

do you get to buy locos and stock at really good prices

[MikeDunn]

Depends on what you consider 'really good' to be 

In OO, 504 edition to the Club for the Class 85 85101 'Doncaster Plant 150', £112.45, and the JJA Mk2 Auto-ballaster Generator Unit in GE Promotional, £37.75, both shown on the front cover & documented inside.

Free entrance to the TCS show @ Sandy; discount to the Midland RailEx.  Also announced the Club day @ the GCR.

Looking at the Summer mag (where the above is from), it's 72 pages and produced to the same quality as their catalogues.  Contents are :

• Club News
• BCC models
• OO report
• N report
• Model & Hobby Show write-up
• Class 85 article
• Part 4 of Model Railways From The Beginnings (the '40s
• Model of the Year 2011
• Lord Nelson class article
• Era 8 Explained part 1, 82-86)
• Woodland Workshop
• Look forward to the Sandy show
• Class 14 article
• Look at the Liliput Swiss Post Containers
• GraFar 2012 announcements
• BranchLine 2012 announcements
• Wagon Works - wagon article
• Part 12 of the Kirriemuir layout build
• Heart of Wales Line trip (I really must go on that, as it's local !)
• Look forward to the Midland RailEx
• Photo competition
• Translink NI Railways article
• Model shop review - Belfast
• Limited edition round-up
• Dealer News
• US outline article
• Young Collector