Oxford Diecast - 2016 deliveries and announcements

[woodbury22uk]

Early next month Oxford Diecast is expected to announce their plans for the end of 2016 and early 2017. I thought this might be an opportune time to list the 35 items already announced and for release over the remainder of 2016. Release dates are from OD's latest catalogue, so best taken as totally unreliable!

NAEC010         AEC Matador - Royal Navy July 2016
NAEC017         AEC Matador 2nd Batt. Gordon Highlanders August 2016
NAT004           Austin Low Loader Taxi - Burgundy late June 2016
NBP005           Bedford Luton Van Slumberland August 2016
NCA003           Bedford CA Ice Cream van - Lyons Maid June 2016
NCOM003       Commer Commando coach - BEA June 2016
NCOR3001     Cortina MkIII Gold Q3/2016 *
NCV003         Caravan - Cream and Brown late June 2016
NDEF009       Land Rover Defender LWB Hard Top - AA late June 2016
NDSC001      Daimler Dingo 23rd Armoured Brigade Q3/2016 *
NFARM001    Livestock Trailer Q3/2016 *
NFARM002    Farm Trailer Q3/2016 *
NFARM003    Baler Q3/2016 *
NFT020        Ford Transit LWB - West Sussex F & R late June 2016
NIRZ003      Irizar PB Ulsterbus Q3/2016
NLAN188008 Land Rover Series 1 Civil Defence Q3/2016
NLRT003      Leyland Royal Tiger W Alexander Q2/2016
NMB001       Mercedes Actros Curtainside artic  - Eddie Stobart * Q3/2016
NMOS004     Morris Minor Saloon Almond Green Q3/2016
NMWD003    Bedford MWD RAF Q3/2016
NNR001       New Routemaster bus - London General * August 2016
NPB005       Commer PB van - London Fire Brigade Q3/2016
NPP005       Panorama 1 Sheffield United Tours Q3/2016
NSET003     5 Piece bus/coach set - Southdown Q3/2016
NSFE003     Scania Pump Ladder fire  - Grampian F & R June 2016
NSFE005     Scania Pump Ladder Essex County F & R Q3/2016
NSHL01CT   Scania Highline D-TEC Combitrailer - Container Eddie Stobart Q3/2016
NTIL003      Austin Tilly 11th African Div August 2016
NTIL005      Austin Tilly - London Fire Brigade August 2016
NUT005      Guy Arab Utility bus - Wolverhampton July 2016
NUT006      Guy Arab Ribble September 2016
NVOL4001  Volvo FH4 Curtainside Eddie Stobart Q3/2016*
NVWB004   VW Beetle Anthracite Q2/2016
NWFL001   Weymann Fanfare coach  - Leyland - Southdown* (not officially announced)
NWM002    Whitby Ice Cream van – Dimascios late June 2016

* = new shape

[woodbury22uk]

Announced for release over the next week or so are:-

NCA003      Bedford CA Ice Cream van - Lyons Maid
NCOM003  Commer Commando coach - BEA
NSFE003    Scania Pump Ladder fire  - Grampian FIre & Rescue

Now confirmed that the next model announcements will be made on the evening of Friday 27 May on the Facebook Group - Oxford Diecast Collectors.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/282491821467/

[Caz]

Thanks for the updates Mike, much appreciated.

Can someone please explain to my why despite the GWR/WR being the most popular region to model so few commercial vehicles and buses are available in GWR/WR style names and/or liveries?   

[woodbury22uk]

Extra 18 new items announced this evening for delivery later this year and in 2017:-

NAEC014  AEC Matador Wrecker - Southdown Q4/2016
NAP003 Austin Princess (Late) Carlton Grey/Lt Grey Q1/2017*
NBED003 Bedford J1 Ambulance Dublin Q4/2016
NCMP001 CMP 1st Canadian Infantry Div Q1/2017*
NCMP007 CMP Southdown Q1/2017*
NFT001 Ford Transit SWB Low Roof White Q4/2016*
NLAN188010 Land Rover Series 1 Rover Fire Brigade Q4/2016
NMA001 Mercedes Ambulance Wales Q1/2017*
NMGB001 MGB Roadster Tartan Red Q1/2017*
NMN006 Mini M & S Floral Q4/2016
NNMN001 New Mini Chili Red Q1/2017*
NNR002 New Routemaster Go Ahead London Central Q4/2016
NNR004CC New Routemaster London United/Coca Cola Q4/2016
NPB008 Commer PB van - Royal Mail Q4/2016
NSET004 5 Piece Bus Set London Transport Q4/2016
NSHL01ST Scania Highline Nooteboom 3 axle Semi Low Loader Stobart Rail Q4/2016*
NTEA003 Ferguson Tractor Emerald Q4/2016
NWFA001 Weymann Fanfare South Wales Q1/2017*

I make that 8 new shapes/castings, marked with * in the list. Three new cars - well it is a start. Austin Princess, MGB, and current Mini.

Line drawings available on the Oxford Diecast Collectors Facebook Group (members only). Official announcement to the trade will be tomorrow 28 May.

[woodbury22uk]

The end June 2016 new item deliveries are:-

NAT004 Austin Low Loader Taxi Burgundy
NCV003 Caravan Cream and Brown
NDEF009 Land Rover Defender LWB Hard Top AA
NFT020 Ford Transit LWB West Sussex F & R
NWM002 Whitby Ice Cream Dimascios

These were originally announced in October 2015.

Other deliveries will include restocks of various Ford Transit Vans, VW vans etc.

[railsquid]

Extra 16 new items announced this evening for delivery later this year and in 2017:-

NAP003 Austin Princess (Late) Carlton Grey/Lt Grey Q1/2017*

Curses, I was hoping this would be the later British Leyland variant. My father had one, evidently produced on a Friday or a Monday (or another day ending in "y").

PDF is available here: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1017/3257/files/OXFORD_New_Release_2016_Number_2_with_Pics.pdf?12448860053090868503

[koyli55002]

Plenty of more "contemporary" stuff in that bigger gauge, I see...
Let's hope they shove some of them through the shrinking machine !

[johnlambert]

Extra 16 new items announced this evening for delivery later this year and in 2017:-

NAP003 Austin Princess (Late) Carlton Grey/Lt Grey Q1/2017*

Curses, I was hoping this would be the later British Leyland variant. My father had one, evidently produced on a Friday or a Monday (or another day ending in "y").

PDF is available here: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1017/3257/files/OXFORD_New_Release_2016_Number_2_with_Pics.pdf?12448860053090868503

Seems like another odd choice from Oxford.  According to my books Austin made around 1,900 of the A135 Princess over a 9 year period.  The wedge Princess, including Morris and Wolsley variants, sold 19,000 of the first series and 221,000 of the second series between 1975 and 1981.

[trkilliman]

Seems like another odd choice from Oxford.  According to my books Austin made around 1,900 of the A135 Princess over a 9 year period.  The wedge Princess, including Morris and Wolsley variants, sold 19,000 of the first series and 221,000 of the second series between 1975 and 1981.


Your comment is similar to several that have been posted re' Oxfords choice to model. Don't get me wrong I am pleased that they entered the N gauge market, but I just cannot help feeling they are missing so many opportunities. Morris 1000s, Minis and Anglias are great, but there are so many more they could do, or maybe "shrink" from their OO range. B.T. models seem to steer clear of cars and small vans, but they may eventually realise the potential market for producing commonplace vehicles. For my layout era I turned to R.Parker for 50s vehicles and they are good, although Oxford and B.T. would likely produce better models. 

[port perran]

I agree. We see the same old vehicles on layouts all of the time and it would be nice to have a few more variants - especially amongst the smaller commercial vehicles.

[woodbury22uk]

Extra 16 new items announced this evening for delivery later this year and in 2017:-

NAP003 Austin Princess (Late) Carlton Grey/Lt Grey Q1/2017*

Curses, I was hoping this would be the later British Leyland variant. My father had one, evidently produced on a Friday or a Monday (or another day ending in "y").

PDF is available here: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1017/3257/files/OXFORD_New_Release_2016_Number_2_with_Pics.pdf?12448860053090868503

The wedge shaped BL Princess does exist in the 1/76 range so there is at least a possibility of it appearing in 1/148 one day. The old style Princess fits well into the wedding/funeral car class but I think Oxford have milked that already through the Daimlers and big Jaguars.

I confess to being a  bit surprised at the amount of new tooling produced each year in N, but after the initial release some of it becomes dormant with no further liveries or colour schemes. The Foden 8 wheel lorries are a case in point where the cab got six outings but the six different bodystyles have just one each. A more modern cab would give those six bodystyles a new lease of life.

But I have to admire the scale of Oxford's production from a tiny team of people. Oxford Rail in 00 has been an instant hit it seems, and they have picked up licensing for Aston Martin, Rolls Royce, and now JCB over recent months to add to the Jaguar Land Rover arrangements. In my view the comprehensive range of current and recent JLR vehicles, created from the original makers CAD work, has a fidelity and quality not matched by other methods. I just wish some of these, as well as bread-and-butter cars from this and earlier eras, could find their way into the 1/148 range.

[kiwi1941]

NCMP001 CMP 1st Canadian Infantry Div Q1/2017*
NCMP007 CMP Southdown Q1/2017*

What does "CMP" mean? B

[javlinfaw7]

 Canadian military pattern , they were built by both Ford and Chevrolet in Canada and used extensively by British and Canadian forces

[trkilliman]

I sometimes see the Langley Morris delivery van on ebay and get tempted. It is this sort of small commercial vehicle that was used by bakers, grocers and a host of tradesmen.
The latest NGS journal has details of building a milk float and a cattle lorry. The later was built/paired up by myself as I don't envisage one being produced any time soon. Amazing really, as I would guestemate that some 50% of layouts are either rural or have a rural area where a cattle lorry, old or modern, would fit in nicely. Milk floats would have visited the vast majority of streets until supermarkets muscled in and have virtually killed doorstep deliveries.
As I and others have said or implied...missed opportunities to produce stuff you DID see with regularity.

[Newportnobby]

I've long been bewailing the lack of a suitable era cattle lorry so must have a good read of the Journal.