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    Pushing the DBSO out

    Sep 17, 2018 4 minutes
    Review by Simon Bendall

    IF the appearance of the Freightliner flats fills a massive gap amongst 4mm scale ready-to-run rolling stock, then the same can be said of the long-awaited arrival of the Mk.2f Driving Brake Second Open (DBSO) from Bachmann.

    Five years in the making, the debut of the push-pull coach in its original ScotRail form with cab front gangway connection marks the imminent unveiling of the manufacturer’s all-new Mk.2f range, these all being due to hit the shops this autumn.

    In some respects, the release of the DBSO alongside the other Mk.2f coaches is a little curious, as only one example of the latter, a First Open (FO), was to be regularly found amongst ScotRail’s premier fleet during the 1980s.

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