Do N Scale Diesel and Paxton have a release month yet?

Quote from: SNER on August 17, 2026, 01:33:47 PMI'm wondering what everyone's planning to run with their Diesel 10, if anything (I can't recall him ever pulling anything in the TV series)? Light engine? Scrap train?
 
I know I'm excited to have him pull the express! I can't remember, but I saw someone's YouTube video of him pulling it in the background. Very appropriate for a warship, but also a very strange look with his industrial paint scheme and claw!

Diesel 10 with scrap trucks would go hard, also no he's not been seen pulling anything in the show.

Quote from: Zorran202 on August 14, 2026, 05:35:04 PM

Quote from: harrison05 on August 13, 2026, 09:08:13 PMWill Percy still have counterweights is the question I wanna know?

Based on Matt saying that re-using their chassis will be a cost-saving measure, yes he will keep his counterweights. Granted it's too early to say anything else until then, but just going by what he said is a possibility that'll have them save the chassis of the OG models.

That makes me happy to hear, I'm not a fan of Percy's CGI model don't having counterweights it looks weird to me.

Will Percy still have counterweights is the question I wanna know?

Quote from: MrNormalDraws on August 12, 2026, 10:35:53 PM

Quote from: TrainFan97 on August 12, 2026, 05:21:10 PMThere's still hope for Diesel 10 to have his body lowered to cover the gap, and for the claw to pinch.

I know they had to modify Rebecca's front buffer beam slightly because it's a bit too long and they don't want it to grind her front coupling, so I'm sure Mattel would let some changes done for D10.

That and what Bachmann did with Sir Handel's model, give me hope for Diesel 10's model fixing some things that CGI changed.

Well at least it's not 100% certain that Pinchy won't open and close and that there still is hope as the design phase is happening as we speak.

Now that Diesel 10 is finally happening, Bachmann have wanted to do Harvey for so long so I reckon he will be next HO engine.

If Diesel and the Mainland Diesel can have grumpy faces, so can Diesel 10.

Quote from: Cheeky_ULP on August 06, 2026, 08:39:12 PMThere are definitely a lot of "inaccuracies" with models currently in the works; Thomas' smokebox saddle, Percy's CGI model missing the counterweights, Scotsman having the wrong tender lining on his CGI model, and of course Diesel 10s elevated body.

Personally, I think Bachmann knows to do their research and pick which details will best suit the taste of the fans, but Mattel does have the final say on how accurate the models are to their actual designs. It's a miracle that they allowed Sir Handel to be as derivative as he is.

Scotsman's tender also having 6 wheels, where as in real life he has 8 wheels on his tender is another one that annoys me, not as much as Percy's missing counterweights but still is quite disappointing.

People are not happy about the fact Pinchy won't be able to open...

Quote from: Chaz on July 28, 2026, 05:46:09 PMSo... about those diecast reveals today.

Quote from: Chaz on July 28, 2026, 05:46:09 PMSo... about those diecast reveals today.

I have seen people saying now that Stepney is returning, Bachmann can't ignore him anymore lol.

Quote from: Chaz on June 15, 2026, 01:36:20 AMHere's my official "list" (haven't done one of these in a while), of what I could see being announced between the rest of this year and 2027.  I think 2027 is most likely going to be the next "big year" for Bachmann and not another "catch-up year" as they've been focusing a lot more on progress on previously announced projects.  That being said, I'm pretty optimistic and I figured after some time here is my official new list post:


HO/OO scale:
Hiro
Whiff
'Arry and Bert reintroduction

All exactly the same as my previous posts, no reason to repeat my reasoning here.

HO/OO scale rolling stock
Troublesome truck #8 (coal wagon)
Slip coaches
Sodor mail car reintroduction
Classic oil tanker reintroduction
Utility van (repaints of the mail car tooling)

Truck 8 was explained earlier in another post.  I like how Bachmann is starting to cater to both model and cgi eras for rolling stock designs. It gives me a reasonable amount of hope that older rolling stock decals can finally make a big reintroduction.  I would especially love a return of the classic oil tanker.  The slip coaches feel like the next obvious new rolling stock tooling. They're an obscure piece of rolling stock in CGI that have been used pretty frequently.  If Bachmann went ahead with a new tooling for a blue open carriage of all things, I can totally see the slip coaches getting introduced soon.  Especially with Duck and Oliver still being top sellers.

Figure packs:
Sodor Celebrity pack
Brass band

I'm a little surprised they haven't announced any new figure packs yet, but again considering how far behind Bachmann is on previous projects, I can totally see why. I think they're only just going to announce two packs since last time they announced six for their first batch, which seems like a lot in one go.

Narrow gauge:
Duncan revival
Luke

While Duncan is self-explanatory, Luke is the only CGI narrow gauge engine I would have any interest in, as I never really felt one way or the other about Victor or Millie.

Narrow gauge rolling stock:
4-Plank wagons
Skarloey Railway carriage - blue
Skarloey Railway carriage - red
Tan brake van

"But Chaz, we already have blue and red narrow gauge carriages!"

We do, but hear me out...




I personally think it would be a very smart idea for Bachmann to look into adding more narrow gauge coaches but this time, adding faces to them. This seems like such an easy win-win for everyone involved. Bachmann would get a lot of sales on these from the older audience with only adding a faceplate to their blue carriage and repainting the red carriage in classic colors with a new faceplate.  Fans win because that's more classic rolling stock that would be appealing for both nostalgic and younger audiences who like the different facial expressions.  If Bachmann went ahead with the spiteful brake fan and something as niche as the D fusit gunpowder van, I can totally see them going this exact same route for narrow gauge coach repaints.  I'm surprised no one else has brought this up or at least hasn't recently.

The 4-plank wagons are the new narrow gauge rolling stock tooling I'd like to see them introduce the most. Tippers wouldn't be a bad idea either considering they have a real life Talyllyn repaint option Bachmann can look into.  The tan brake van is another obvious choice that needs no further explanation



N scale engines:
Edward
Duck

Absolutely no reason to go over these two again, they are both the most obvious and popular requests, it would be a misfire if Bachmann did not already have one of these planned for the next N scale engine announcement.

N scale rolling stock:
BR brake van/spiteful brake van
Coal wagon with load
Red coaches
Tidmouth milk tanker (new tooling and not a farish tanker repaint)
Tar tanker

All of these I have talked about before, and are pretty self-explanatory so no reason to go crazy in depth over these.

Large scale:
Christmas Thomas (leaked from earlier)

I didn't share my thoughts on this announcement just because we still don't know what the final design of this is going to look like, but I do think this does say something for the future of the large scale range in terms of engines. I think they're just going to stick with repaints going forward in large scale, and announcement choices like this seemed to further prove that.

Large scale rolling stock:
Henrietta and Hannah
Sodor Fuel tank

Seeing as the classic milk tank is getting an introduction in large scale, it only makes sense for the Sodor fuel tanker to get the same level of love here too.

As for Henrietta and Hannah, I think the same could largely be said for large scale rolling stock as it is for engines, with Bachmann likely focusing on repaints from this point forward. However, I believe Henrietta and Hannah are the one exception. Bachmann has already shown through the N scale range that the Henrietta tooling can be reused to create Hannah, making the pair an ideal candidate if they decide to pursue one final new tooling in large scale.

I don't collect large scale, but mark my words, but the moment they announce Henrietta I will start collecting G scale and look into joining a local club.

And... That's all on my end.

I would die for Bachmann to make NG coaches with faces.

As everyone knows the new 2026 has a Sodor Animal Park theme of merch, meaning the new show will have a focus on said Animal Park and if Bachmann do make stuff of the new show we will get Animal Park rolling stock.

Rebecca is nearly $500 here in Australia, Flying Scotsman is gonna cost an arm and a leg...

Hopefully after Salty comes out next year (I hope) we can slowly gets some updates on N Scale Diesel and Paxton.