Bachmann Announcements

[Ben A]

Sorry. Not trying to misquote.
Who did the Castle Cement wagons?
Bob

Hi Bob,

They were produced by Accurascale but are in a Realtrack box.  Like the Revolution Cemflos and forthcoming PFAs they were a commission.

cheers

Ben A.

[Chris Morris]

The current state of play is that Revolution are more productive than Bachmann on new N gauge items. Clearly Kadar don't see much return on investment for new tooling British N gauge. That's a shame. There are some models that would sell well I think but if the return isn't there they aren't going to do it. Can't blame em but it's still disappointing. What worries me is that with so little new stuff coming out in N it will reduce interest in N which will in turn lead to even less new N.

[SD35]

I'm not going to criticise them for this particular release profile with circumstances as they are but I did have a brief chortle at the "still leading the way" quote.

I don't consider Dapol, Revolution, etc, to be the supporting acts. They are the main events in their own right.

[GrahamB]

I'm very relieved.

Having spent the past year building up the courage to construct my fleet of EPB stock (415,416's 419) I was having nightmares that Farish was going to announce N gauge versions of the Bachmann versions.

Hmmmm. Electra have vinyl sides for a 4 VEP...........................

[joe cassidy]

Is Colin Albright still with Bachmann ?

He is/was their 'Mr N Gauge'.

If he has left that might explain why they are less interested in our scale.

[Bob G]

Sorry. Not trying to misquote.
Who did the Castle Cement wagons?
Bob

Hi Bob,

They were produced by Accurascale but are in a Realtrack box.  Like the Revolution Cemflos and forthcoming PFAs they were a commission.

cheers

Ben A.

Thanks Ben
So I'm not totally incorrect 😉
Just trying to keep up with events.
And as I didn't buy  the castle wagons ( but have invested in the cemflos), I'm allowed to be wrong on occasion.
Where is the ship with the cemflos now? Should be due in dock soon??
Best
Bob
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[CaleyDave]

Reposted the list I posted https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=52990.msg695031#msg695031|here yesterday. (Updated to add buildings)

Based on the Farish Website the following items have Delivery estimates:

Feb/Mar
WD 40T 'Parrot' Bogie Wagon
BR 16T Steel Mineral Wagon
BR 27T Steel Tippler Wagon
SR 25T 'Queen Mary' Brake Van
Pent Roof Garden Shed
Low Relief Factory
Low Relief Balti Towers

Mar/Apr   
SE&CR N Class Steam Engine
Class 66
Class 40
Class 108 DMU
16T Steel Slope-Sided Mineral Wagon
5 Plank China Clay Wagon

May/Jun
Mk1 RU Coach

Aug/Sep
LMS 20T Brake Van

Sep/Oct
5 Plank Wagons
7 Plank Wagons
8 Plank Wagons

Oct/Nov
Class 150 DMU

Will check/update later as I may have missed a building.

Everything else previously announced is still listed as "Awaiting".

We are running out of items announced with dates before the switch to the new announcement format so the anticipation will only build before the next announcements.

Given the number of items due soon I was not too surprised there were only additional liveries.

Speaking personally I wonder if it has swung to the opposite extreme of being too short term when there must be safe carrots they can give us about next time to keep people hanging on.
Maybe that is the role of the updates to the collectors club?

[Bob G]

Is Colin Albright still with Bachmann ?

He is/was their 'Mr N Gauge'.

If he has left that might explain why they are less interested in our scale.

No he isn't.
He helped Revolution with their sturgeon and the NGS with the Hunslet IIRC

[Ben A]

Is Colin Albright still with Bachmann ?

Hi there,

Colin retired from Bachmann 4-5 years ago.  He is very well respected in the industry and now works as a freelance consultant for a variety of companies (including Sonic Models and Revolution) and is also heavily involved with the development of the NGS Hunslet industrial shunter.

As to the announcement, I have seen a good point made elsewhere that the '3 monthly' announcement format does not necessarily suit N gauge, where developments tend to be fewer (certainly by Bachmann) than their 00 counterparts.  Also, Farish invested hugely in N in the years 2000-2018 with dozens of new locos, complete new ranges of coaches and so on, and they still have by far the largest British N gauge range.

Re Cemflos @Bob G - they're en route and we will update once they're here.

cheers

Ben A.

[Newportnobby]

No money from Farish from my wallet for a long time it seems but, hey, I've enough to be going on with from RevolutioN/Sonic/Accurascale, Kato, Rapido, Dapol/Gaugemaster and EFE who, I really hope, might pick up the CAD of the class 23 and proceed with it (a little ray of optimism there )
To say nothing of getting lots of weathering done by mk1gtstu

[ntpntpntp]

I know farish Bachmann had a Captain Tom 66 offer last year (which I missed out on), but now would be a really good time for them to think about a general release for it, with a split of the charity cut between NHS charities and the Captain Tom Foundation.

No that was Dapol.  I pre-ordered one. They have sadly rather missed the boat, I wonder if it will still go ahead?

I do have the Hornby one though

[Dorsetmike]

Underwhelmed

Somewhat of an understatement!

Looks like I'll have to carry on hacking and bashing kits etc to increase my stock of SR 4-6-0s - or anything else SR.

One doesn't have to be mad to model the SR  - but it does help!

[mk1gtstu]

I already have 3 x maroon RUs, 2 x choc/cream RUs and 1 x blue/grey RU.
Everything else just leaves me

Looks like at least another year before I see the plain green Warship

Repaint a Warship green Mick @Newportnobby 

[tunneroner61]

I have(had?) a Dapol N gauge Sir Tom Moore on pre order too. Last week I began to wonder what had happened to it so I contacted Dapol for a progress update. The answer was that they are awaiting the artwork from the factory for approval sometime in February. I leave readers to draw their own conclusions as to when the finished model will emerge!!!

Norman

[mk1gtstu]

Nothing of interest Farish wise for me there.

Cheers, Stu