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Bachmann products move forward

AS is now traditional, Bachmann released a roughly mid-year update on its various ranges on September 1, this seeing a number of models unveiled ‘in the plastic’ for the very first time to both the model press and members of the manufacturer’s collectors’ club.

Beginning with an update on the company, it was confirmed publicly that parent company Kader has been required to relocate one of its factories in China, this being the primary reason for the dearth of new releases during the first half of this year. With the land of the existing plant required for redevelopment by the Chinese Government, a new state of the art factory has been built in Gaobu in the southern province of Guangdong.

This factory is now coming

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