Ahead of tomorrow’s forthcoming model announcements from Bachmann, Hornby have timed a new announcement that they will be crossing off another model from southern 00 scale modellers wishlists in 2016 – the original Merchant Navy class.
Oxford Rail followed up their previous announcement with some more details of their forthcoming ready to run LSWR 0415 class Adams Radial Tank, plus details of a new wagon they plan to produce. We now know the three versions of the locomotive that Oxford Rail will produce as well as Hornby’s with variants listed below. …
Recently, model railway retailer and commissioner of unique models that include versions of the DJ Models Hunslet Austerity; Hattons (www.ehattons.com) have released a video of a pre-production sample of that particular model in action. It looks pretty impressive, handling a big load with ease and sounding very quiet. It looks to be quite an upgrade…
There is an interesting relationship between model and real railways. The Class 415 Adams Radial Tank is an interesting example of this relationship. We won’t go into too much detail about the prototype here (that’s for a future blog post,) but the class has for long dominated wishlists for new models, despite the only surviving example found…
Please note that this article is out of date as of April 15th 2015. Please click here for the latest version. It is difficult to keep track (excuse the pun) of 00 scale model announcements. It wasn’t too long ago that a summary was put together here on locoyard, but within a short space…
At mid-day 17th December 2014, Hornby announced their new range for 2015. Some of these announcements had been made previously, but there was nevertheless plenty of new items of interest! After many years of speculation, Hornby have decided to produce a model of the LSWR/SR S15 class. The S15 was the smaller wheeled sibling of…
Earlier in October 2014 MREmag and RMweb conducted a poll to find out which new models would be popular to be produced in ready to run model form in N and 00 gauge. The results were published in November and I thought it about time they were shared here! 2409 people took part in the poll this…
Today was the first day of the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition (www.thewarleyshow.co.uk.) Alongside the exhibition, model railway manufacturers use this show as platform to announce their new products and this year was no different. Before we look at Warley announcements, we will start with slightly older news. Hattons have commissioned DJ Models to produce…
Just a quick blog post tonight in anticipation of arguably one of the most important model railway exhibitions in the UK. This weekend the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition 2014 will be in full swing at the NEC Birmingham. This event has become well known as the venue that many model railway manufacturers use to…
Yesterday an announcement was made, that for many wasn’t a shock. A ready to run 00 scale Adams Radial Tank model is to be produced, something that has been expected for quite some time, as the class has consistently scored highly on various polls and wish lists. But what was quite incredible was who made…
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