My Favourite 00 Gauge Railway Model Bargains for October 2023

In this video I want to cover my favourite bargain offers from the main online retailers based on my own experience of the models involved. These are offers I would be personally interested in if I didn't already own the models involved.
This video is not sponsored in any way and I don't have any relationship with vendors mentioned in the video. Also, there are no affiliate links so I don't benefit of any subsequent purchases of any of these models.
Sections:
00:00 - Introduction
01:05 - Bachmann 32-755A Class 57/3 57314 Arriva Trains Wales (Rails)
01:47 - Bachmann 32-416SF (BR Blue), 32-443SF (BR Green), 32-444SF (Experimental), Re-tooled Class 24 with DCC Sound (Kernow)
03:20 - K9947 GBRf Bargain Pack - Hornby 60026 + Accurascale HYA Wagons (Kernow)
04:29 - Dapol 4D-006-012 Class 73 South West Trains (Rails)
05:39 - Hornby R30089 Class 67 Transport for Wales - TMC weathered (TMC)
06:35 - Hornby Class 91 R3891 (LNER), R3893 (GNER) (Hattons)
07:52 - EFE Rail E84008 Class 58 58039 EWS Livery (Kernow)
09:03 - EFE Rail E84007 Class 58 58021 Mainline Blue Livery (Rails)
09:24 - Bachmann 32-619SF Class 90 90030 EWS with DCC Sound (Rails)
09:53 - Bachmann Class 90 32-614SF and 32-617SF with DCC Sound (Kernow)
10:25 - Hornby R30045 Railroad Class 47 47749 Colas Railfreight (Kernow)
11:14 - Bachmann 31-426B Class 411 4CEP BR Green (Rails)
12:00 - Hornby R3762 Hitachi IEP Bi-mode Class 800/2 5 care unit LNER (Kernow)
12:42 - Bachmann 32-908 Class 108 2-car DMU BR Blue/Grey (Rails)
13:20 - Dapol 4D-005-003 Class 59/2 59204 National Power Livery (Hattons)
14:14 - Hornby Class 43 HST Train Pack (Re-tooled), R30098 (GWR), R30096 (FGW) (TMC)
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[@ModelRailwaysUnlimited]

👋 hi, I do like the way you have chapters within this video. Surprising times when we think nearly £200 is good value for a single simple model lol

[@EuviRail]

It's all relative I guess but ~ £150-£160 for DCC Ready model is a threshold for me for more complex diesels (Bachmann, Accurascale). Simpler or legacy models (most of the Hornby diesels, many of the Dapol) should be more in the £100-£130 bracket yet they tend to be £40-£50 more even when discounted. It is crazy.

[@ModelRailwaysUnlimited]

@@EuviRail fully agree

[@carlross6852]

An excellent video, very informative. Good that you are only highlighting models that are familiar to you. More of this please.

[@EuviRail]

Thanks. Yes, it would probably be worth doing a round-up again in Jan when there are sure to be some new bargains emerging.

[@97SEMTEX]

great video, I've been waiting for you to do something like this for a while!

[@EuviRail]

Thanks for that. It's been on the To Do list for a while. Given most modelers are back in hobby mode after the summer, it was time for it.

[@BrakeCoach]

Hattons also had pre-owned APTs for around £250 so I was able to pick one up (its much less without VAT for overseas) what a steal!

[@EuviRail]

Excellent. Thanks for sharing.

[@2adbty444]

Very informative as always, I certainly do keep my eyes over some of these sites.

[@EuviRail]

Thanks for that.

[@stephendavies6949]

For Steam enthusiasts I'd recommend the re-tooled Hornby A1 in LNER green @ £124 from TMC, which is half price. That Bachmann 1st gen DMU looks excellent VFM. Also, I'd recommend visiting your local model shop, as they often have offers that beat those online.

[@EuviRail]

Thanks Stephen, excellent recommendation. 100% agree on checking out your local model if you have one. Many as you say will better a lot of the offers in this video.

[@stephendavies6949]

@@EuviRail Thanks. But the offers you highlight are very helpful, and interesting, even for a steam fan such as myself.

[@Mapplewell_Park]

Some great bargains you highlighted there. Especially the class 58 at 99.99!!!! I picked up a Bachmann Rail freight Grey Class 20 DCC sound for £180 from Kernow this time last year. Probably the best bargain I’ve managed to get

[@EuviRail]

Yeah, I was nearly tempted by that Class 20 myself. A nice model at a great price.

[@chrisj6321]

Accurascale has had a good black friday sale in recent years

[@EuviRail]

Yes, for sure. Keep a eye on any of the slow movers as they'll be the ones that will see the biggest discounting.

[@lucysblade]

I love a bargain…great video.

[@EuviRail]

Thanks for that.

[@BritishRail60062]

Wow! What a vast range of bargains to be had. Thanks Eugene. I am tempted by the HST in the FGW cigarette packet livery. I wonder if its worth getting one just to do a review of it for my channel. I have been doing a lot of retro stuff just lately :).

[@EuviRail]

You're welcome. The two HST sets are good value and they're the re-tooled versions as well. Worth a punt perhaps.

[@MrHz2921]

Great video as always, i recently bought the new 7 car apt set from Colletts models for £450 delivered!!!!, absolute steal!!

[@EuviRail]

That's an excellent price for the 7 car set. Can be very happy with that. Thanks for sharing.

[@johnoneill5661]

So many choices at great prices and some really nice loud liveries. I need to win the lottery as I don't think that selling a kidney would give me enough money.😅😅😅

[@EuviRail]

LOL

[@Mitche01]

I purchased the bachmann 108 about 2 weeks ago with a extra 10% offered. so 134, which was amazing value even given how old the tooling is. problem was the motor failed after 20 laps of my 14.5x10.5ft layout running in, luckily TMC are dealing with it, so hopefully the new one will be OK! PS just bought the DCC ready 24 from Kernow for 157 too, so a real bargain!

[@EuviRail]

That's an early life failure for sure which I guess you can get from time to time. Hopefully it's not an endemic problem. TMC should sort you out alright and price wise that was excellent. Yeah, the 24s are very tempting. Again, can't complain on the price front. Thanks for sharing.

[@StormmyStormmy]

Hi, great review of some very good bargains, the Hornby HST set is excellent value for money, be careful of the noisy roof fans! I asked Hornby if I could but a new fan unit for my 21 pin dummy car, they want me to send my dummy car to them to have a look at, I seen too many videos of customers who have sent their models in and get them back with more damage and things not be repaired properly, hats off to those who got items repaired at didn’t get additional damage etc, I have an immaculate hst set and I want it to stay that way, sorry if I sound untrustworthy of Hornby and postal services, I just want a new unit that I can fit myself, I’m not the only customer with noisy roof fan units, I won’t buy another HST set from them again, thanks for sharing.

[@EuviRail]

Thanks. for that. There does appear to be a clearance issue with the fans which I neglected to mention in the review. I had to take the scalpel out to resolve when I go the set initially. Sorry to hear of repair return issues.

[@JAKE_CS]

There has been new profiles added to Hornby HM7000 including the 37 and 47 and i think they have improved others they say V2 on them like the A4

[@EuviRail]

Hi Jake, I was going to cover the 47 profile in the next week or so but hadn't seen the 37 profile yet so thanks for that.

[@JAKE_CS]

@EuviRail I will definitely be watching them I would love to get my 37s chipped along with my A4

[@daveconno]

Euvirail have you ever done a layout tour? id love to see one if not?

[@EuviRail]

It' coming....

[@MarchWestJunctionTMD]

Awesome bargains thanks for sharing. Can I ask what size is your layout? Regards Andy

[@EuviRail]

Hi Andy, it's an 8' x 4'

[@MarchWestJunctionTMD]

@@EuviRail Cool that’s the same size as mine. Yours looks a hell of a lot bigger.

[@EuviRail]

@@MarchWestJunctionTMD Trick of the light and the camera lens, and the editing in post.

[@alanrmurphy]

Will you be reviewing the IRM ICR Class 29000 when it comes out? Any chance IRM will give you an early release to review?

[@EuviRail]

Hi Alan, I will for sure. I have a number of variants on pre-order. I'm not sure IRM would want to give me an early release given some past criticism I've voiced on some of their models! I'm a huge IRM supporter but I have to call out issues when I find them.

[@alanrmurphy]

@@EuviRail I'm really looking forward to the review. If I was IRM I would shoot the "no publicity is bad publicity"approach. I think we in the community know you take a balanced view to ask of your reviews and are grown up enough to make our own purchasing decisions.

[@derekmulready1523]

After being a tad bitten by revenue and the Royal Mail how much extra can be added to the eventual cost, of Delivery to Ireland.

[@EuviRail]

Hi Derek, The first thing is to ensure the retailer is willing to ship to Ireland. TMC, Hattons, Kernow and Rails all do but Model Railways Direct do not. The next thing is whether they are registered for Irish VAT or not. Hattons are (and so are Hornby themselves) so what you pay them is inclusive of Irish VAT and their package should sail to you door without interruption or added cost. It doesn't always happen but the vendor will sort you out if you do get charged VAT here. For the others, the VAT is deducted at source so you receive the notice from the carrier that VAT is due when they arrive in country plus a handling charge which can vary by carrier. Unfortunately eBay has become effectively a no go from the UK as even Rails on their eBay site can't handle the deduction of UK VAT so you end up paying Irish VAT on top of the UK VAT. I hope this helps.

[@chrisj6321]

This is a grear video be good to do it regularly

[@EuviRail]

Thanks Chris, yes, will likely do it every 3-4 months to align with new offers and sales times from the major sellers.

[@_RandomPea]

Do we really think that £99 without lighting is good value? 😂 Surely in 2023 this should be as standard, and fireboxes on steam

[@EuviRail]

I assume you're referring to the £99 EFE Rail Class 58? This does have directional lighting but no cab lighting however. A £99 model like some of the Hornby Railroad range with no lighting definitely doesn't cut it, 100%.