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FIRST LOOK: All-new Bachmann Class 25s
… Prototype (EP) samples of its newly-tooled 'OO' gauge BR Class 25/1 and 25/2 Bo-Bo diesels for assessment by the … are set to incorporate detail differences between the Class 25/1 and 25/2 body styles and will feature a wealth of separately applied …
Hornby ‘Turbomotive’ edges closer
By MARK CHIVERS
… a die-cast metal chassis, running plate, boiler and body. The manufacturer has also developed a hinged etched …
‘TT:120’ Mk 2F decorated samples
By MARK CHIVERS
Hornby has received decorated samples of its new ‘TT:120’ BR Mk 2F air-conditioned coaches for inspection by the company’s development team.
Making Tracks attempts official World Record
By MIKE WILD
… new scenery on top of the existing Making Tracks 1, 2 and 3 layouts . The new scenes will model Blisworth as well as … (Rugby) and Bushey to the south of Watford Junction. A Class 92 leads the Caledonian Sleeper through Tring Cutting …
UPDATED: Bachmann reveals autumn 2023 British Railway Announcements
By MARK CHIVERS
… version of the British Rail (BR) Southern Region Class 411 4-CEP Electric Multiple Unit (EMU), reflecting … main fleet. Two models are planned initially finished as Class 411/9 3-CEP 1199 in South West Trains livery and Class 422/7 …
NEW 1/72 STORES BY RESKIT – PHANTOM AND BEYOND
By Chris Clifford
… detailed later-style outboard tanks with the straight body and curved front/rear sections (as opposed to earlier …
INSIDE FORMULA 1 BOOK FROM SCHIFFER
By Chris Clifford
… colour (on page 54), giving a splendid appreciation of body/component tones and finishes. Most images are published …
Hornby project updates – January 2024
By MIKE WILD
… apple green (R30136). The specification includes new body tooling, five-pole skew-wound motor, flywheel, 21-pin … summer 2024. Above: First fully decorated samples of the Class 755 FLIRT units for 'OO' gauge arrived with Hornby in … Anglia since 2022 with a choice of the three-car Class 755/3 and four-car Class 755/4 versions. The Class 755 bi-mode …
Dapol TTA tanker for 7mm scale
By MIKE WILD
… and were a varied fleet used for the transport of Class A and B fuels as well as gas oil, Liquid Petroleum Gas … fuel/oil company liveries. Dapol is producing the TTAs as Class A and B fuel oil vehicles initially carrying Shell, BP, … catwalks along the top are etched metal too while the main body of the wagon is injection moulded plastic. …
‘O’ gauge Ruston 48DS for Heljan
By MARK CHIVERS
… Gauge O Guild’s Guildex event in Stafford on September 2/3. Five versions are planned initially finished in factory …
North Cornwall commissions for Kernow
By MARK CHIVERS
Kernow Model Rail Centre (KMRC) has commissioned two new ‘OO’ gauge North Cornwall Railway buildings from Bachmann’s Scenecraft range.
Dapol ‘Prairie’ re-run
By MARK CHIVERS
Dapol has confirmed a second batch of its popular ‘OO’ gauge Great Western Railway (GWR) ‘Large Prairie’ 2-6-2Ts, with decorated samples arriving for inspection by the company’s development team.
FIRST REVIEW: Hornby’s ‘TT:120’ High Speed Train
By MIKE WILD
… main line railway network … The unmistakable lines of the Class 43 High Speed Train have been immortalised in ‘TT:120’ … first of Hornby’s new ‘TT:120’ scale HST power cars and Mk 3 trailers arrived in March carrying InterCity livery. The … connections are also highlighted in the same colour. Body detail is excellent too with separately fitted parts …
AMT 1960S LOTUS 29 REISSUED BY ROUND 2
By Chris Clifford
… and second respectively. Above: The upper half of the body has faint moulded outlines denoting where the blue trim … parts are provided and these include a two-piece main body, fuel tanks, a seat and crossmembers. You can build the … is a mould seem running along the length of the lower body shell. The four square items to the left are A-arm …
Rapido reveals ‘S160’ for ‘OO’
By MARK CHIVERS
Rapido Trains UK has indicated that it is to produce an all-new ‘OO’ gauge United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) ‘S160’ 2-8-0 steam locomotive.