RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted July 17 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17 26 minutes ago, rob D2 said: Deltic or 40 I’d say . No comoetittion with the later . Unless they'd actually committed to a Deltic before Accurascale I'd say zero chance - surely the Deltic market is pretty much locked in by AS for the next decade at least. The 40 is a different matter - think that market is there for the taking by an established player despite the KR proposal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covkid Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 15 hours ago, melmerby said: A complete outlier: LMS Jackshaft shunter. Oh yesssss !!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted July 17 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17 Re the constant requests for a modern 40 (from myself included). Why don’t Bachmann just tweak their existing 40 tooling, sorting the cab windscreens out so they are of the same quality in detail as the recent 37, adding the missing chassis details and replacing overscale bogie jumpers with correctly-proportioned ones. Slightly deeper bogie frame detail would be nice, but weathering the existing ones helps. I’d lose about 0.4mm from the height as well, though this is an easy change to make. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil gollin Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 . Danger ! - Conspiracy theory ahead. The September (?) Bachmann members day is to be held at the Swanage Railway, IF something was announced today they could get samples there in time ? Today is the 17th July. On the 18th July 2023, the Swanage Railway formally announced to the public that their restored Adams T3 4-4-0 had steamed https://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/news/view/victorian-steam-locomotive-steams-for-first-time-since-1948-at-gloucestershire-restoration-base So that's my guess ? ? ? ? ? Just to remind people how pretty (and an obvious winner) she will be see this video ; . 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covkid Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 11 hours ago, KAR 120C said: Class 319 in 00 gauge. They’ve already produced it in N so the research has already been done. Long service and loads of liveries to choose from. Would make a lot of sense depending on whether the product would sell, given the price of a four car EMU. I understand an ex TfW red and white 769 was hauled to Brodies at Kilmarnock this week. Brodies is part owned by class 769 fleet owner Porterbrook, and modified two ex GWR green 769/9s for some trial running in Scotland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium E100 Posted July 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17 The black background to me means something not 00 or NG/009. If it were Fairish it would probably allude to that in the trailer. I reckon it's not model railway related. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 17 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17 1 hour ago, Roy L S said: A few thoughts that, the first and most obvious of which is that Bachmann have never made a King in any scale, and in saying this I am of course aware of the Farish "King" which wasn't Bachmann, it was made late in Poole days and frankly it is awful, they would have to start R&D from scratch. Secondly DJM seem to have poisoned the well somewhat as regards the loco with their proposed "crowdfunded" version where the "crowd" didn't appear to fund anything apart from a few CADS, because subsequent to that when KR models proposed a King in N (using what appeared to be a very similar CAD to the DJM) it clearly didn't generate enough interest because it was never taken further. The only way it might surface as an N model that I can see is as an EFE one based around the DJM CADs. I think there are a few more obvious gaps that are for larger classes of more widely travelled steam locos, and two from the old Farish range already made in OO by Bachmann are the Hughes Fowler "Crab" and the Gresley V2, another possible is the 94xx Pannier, an ever present in the Farish range for about 35 years recently newly tolled in OO. Three hours and we will find out, very likely it will be none of the above, not a loco and not even N! 🤔 Roy P.S. Edit: For clarity, the Farish N Gauge V2 produced early "noughties" isn't a wholly Bachmann designed loco, work on it was actually started before the takeover of Farish and it is therefore something of a hybrid. The DJM (now KR) CADs for the N gauge 'King' have a number of shortcomings and errors. Most, if not all, would be relatively easy to correct but that would cost money and require some research work. I think it might well be better to start from scratch in case there are any dimensional errors to go with the detail shortcomings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 17 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17 If they are announcing whatever it is before their August announcements does that suggest that they think someone else might be working in the same direction and they want to get their flag planted first? So probably not an n.g. model in either of their scales; maybe something much asked for/high polling in 00?; or again something much asked for in N for their Graham Farish brand? And possibly a centenary link to 1925 although I think that less likely than an 00 'much asked for/high polling' model 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted July 17 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17 11 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said: The DJM (now KR) CADs for the N gauge 'King' have a number of shortcomings and errors. Most, if not all, would be relatively easy to correct but that would cost money and require some research work. I think it might well be better to start from scratch in case there are any dimensional errors to go with the detail shortcomings. A decade ago now Mike @The Stationmaster since we got all excited about a new King [DJM/Hattons] in 4mm at RMweb 'live'. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_stevens Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Class 69 in N? Luke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 8 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said: If they are announcing whatever it is before their August announcements does that suggest that they think someone else might be working in the same direction and they want to get their flag planted first? So probably not an n.g. model in either of their scales; maybe something much asked for/high polling in 00?; or again something much asked for in N for their Graham Farish brand? And possibly a centenary link to 1925 although I think that less likely than an 00 'much asked for/high polling' model If it's an N item the only danger of duplication on current models might be the class 37 if the big A are planning a release, the 31 has already been warmed over to Next18/Sound but the 37 sticks out like a sore thumb 6 pin with a last hurrah last year perhaps. There are the 6 pin 25s and 24s but no danger of Heljan or SLW coming to N, the only other loco might be a class 20 but again not an obvious potential duplicate with big A at this moment. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 2 minutes ago, luke_stevens said: Class 69 in N? Luke That's already in planning isnt it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_stevens Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Prototype HST Mk3's to go with their powercars? (The coaches without window frames...) Luke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_stevens Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 1 minute ago, woodenhead said: That's already in planning isnt it Not sure. I'm not an N modeller. I just love the selection liveries appearing on the 69's. I'm hopping for Kestrel orang and brown soon! Luke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed-farms Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 2 hours ago, Roy L S said: Personally I think they would tackle the 37 first as far as sound goes - in fact there's a thought, could the announcement even turn out be a brand new ground up 37 in N to current specification as a follow on to the OO one I wonder?? This is my guess, either a 37 possibly a 57 in N gauge. Outside chance SDJR 7F 2-8-0 (if I mention it enough it may happen 😉) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Probably not a 37 by the looks of the start of the video 😁 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Well finally a V2 of sufficient quality. Nice. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_stevens Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Just now, woodenhead said: Well finally a V2 of sufficient quality. Nice. In N... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted July 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17 (edited) Great! We might find space for a couple… Tim Edited July 17 by CF MRC 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 17 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17 Just now, woodenhead said: Well finally a V2 of sufficient quality. Nice. It looks very nice in the video (not my scale or railway but a definite improvement on the earlier model) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 12 minutes ago, luke_stevens said: In N... Indeed, in the video it displayed the previous version that was panned before Bachmann upped their game for later N gauge models. This is the V2 we should have got at the time. Even better it's a new tooling steam engine, it demonstrates that they still see a market for N gauge steam. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 29 minutes ago, Ed-farms said: This is my guess, either a 37 possibly a 57 in N gauge. Outside chance SDJR 7F 2-8-0 (if I mention it enough it may happen 😉) Close but no cigar. But hey Bachmann Farish are still looking at steam engines so perhaps there is still a chance for one in the future. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 My immediate thought was that having all the necessary research available, if TT120 'flies' in their opinion, then they can go for the most numerous LNER wide firebox class, that Hornby have long considered beneath them, despite it being the necessary adjunct to the pacifics... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold wombatofludham Posted July 17 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17 So, not a DCC sound Stingray then? Disappointed. If the Bachmann Club jolly is at Swanage, perhaps they will announce a 3 car Southern Thumper which used to work the line. That would be well received. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adi Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Surely a Diecast body would eradicate the need for traction tyres Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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