Creative Master Northcord Ltd
UKBUS1030 Dennis Trident ALX400 Stagecoach Cambridge Pink & Ride CLICK HERE
UKBUS3026 Plaxton Dennis Dart MPD First Hampshire & Dorset CLICK HERE
UKBUS4009 Alexander Royale/Volvo Olympian First Pennine CLICK HERE
UKBUS 5013 Mercedes Citaro Southampton Uni-Link CLICK HERE

EFE
17306 Leyland National MK1 Long Midland Red
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
20440 Bristol VR3 Crosville NBC
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
22715 Alexander Y Type Eastern Scottish
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
30508 Guy GS Special Southern Motorways
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE

EFE SUBSCRIBER OFFER MODEL 31904A RML2306
Further to my news article of 24 April 2007, click on the links below to view photographs (Courtesy of EFE) of the production version of the model (31904A) and also of the real RML2306 at EFE's Offices being decorated in readiness for attendance at the Sinshiem Bus Rally in Germany this last weekend. I understand it is hoped details of how to order this model will be sent to EFE subscribers with the next Subscriber Newsletter:

REAL BUS Routemaster RML London Transport RML2306
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Photograph 3 CLICK HERE
Photograph 4 CLICK HERE
Photograph 5 CLICK HERE

MODEL 31904A Routemaster RML London Transport
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".....the certificates have gone to the shops, and the bus is back on sale. Any customers still needing replacements must contact the store they purchased it from, all models on sale now have the correct certificates."

2nd posting Monday 30 April 2007

CREATIVE MASTER NORTHCORD LTD NEWS RELEASE
The below news release has been received this morning from CMNL:

CMNL UK Release Update

Update on planned releases for Period 1 (January – April) 2007

1. UKBUS0000 range : Commissioned Models

UKBUS0015 : EYMS Plaxton President 80 Years  (670 – 80 EYC) - June 2007

This model will be available through the normal CMNL dealer network

2. UKBUS1000 range : The Alexander ALX400/Dennis Trident

UKBUS1031 : Stagecoach in Swindon (18450 – VU06 KFO) - May 2007

UKBUS1032 : Brighton & Hove (881 – T669 KPU) - June 2007

3. UKBUS4000 range : The Alexander Royale/Volvo Olympian

UKBUS4012 : First Somerset & Avon (34110 – W437 CWX) – July 2007

4. UKBUS5100 range : The Mercedes-Benz/Citaro G

UKBUS5110 : London Central route 12 (MAL73 – BX54 UCZ) - May 2007

5. UKBUS6000 range : The Alexander Dennis Enviro 400

UKBUS6004 : First Devon & Cornwall (WA56 FUB) - July 2007

UKBUS6005 : Stagecoach Manchester (19063 – MX56 FSP) - May 2007

7. UKBUS7000 range : The Scania OmniCity

UKBUS7007 : Nottingham City Transport (529 – YS03 ZLN) - July 2007

UKBUS7008 : Arriva Merseyside (2063 – CX05 EOY) - June 2007

Future planned releases for Period 2 (May – August) 2007

1. UKBUS0000 range : Commissioned models

UKBUS0016 : Stagecoach in Merseyside (34215 - W215 DNO) – June 2007

This model will be available through the normal CMNL dealer network

UKBUS0018 : Stagecoach Devon – Culm Valley Connect (18119 – WA04 FOM)
– July 2007

This model will be available exclusively from Stagecoach in Devon

2.      UKBUS1000 range : The Alexander ALX400/Dennis Trident

UKBUS1033 : Stagecoach Devon “Trafalgar” (18304 – WA05 MHJ) - July 2007

UKBUS1034 : Stagecoach South “Canterbury P & R” (17402 – Y103 GHC)
- August 2007

3. UKBUS2000 range : The Plaxton President/Dennis Trident

UKBUS2015 : Oxford Bus Company (904 – NK51 UCL) - July 2007

4. UKBUS3000 range : The Plaxton Dennis Dart MPD

UKBUS3028 : Plymouth Citybus (203 - X203 CDV) – July 2007

5.      UKBUS4000 range : The Alexander Royale/Volvo Olympian

No new releases are planned for the current period

6.      UKBUS5000 range : The Mercedes-Benz/Citaro

UKBUS5014 : Arriva Surrey & West Sussex (3903 – BX56 VTW) – August 2007

7.      UKBUS5100 range : The Mercedes-Benz/Citaro G

No new releases are planned for the current period

8.      UKBUS6000 range : The Alexander Dennis Enviro 400

UKBUS6006 : Travel London (ED1 – LJ56 VSZ) – August 2007

9.      UKBUS7000 range : The Scania OmniCity

No new releases are planned for the current period

10. UKBUS8000 range : The Alexander Dennis Enviro200Dart

This new range is currently under development

11. HKBUS2000 range : The Alexander RX-type/Leyland Olympian

No new releases are planned for the current period

12. UKPLUS range of associated street furniture

This new range is currently under development

13. UKVAN range

This new range is currently under development

Please note that the release dates quoted above are anticipated completion dates, not necessarily when the models will be on sale at your retailer. Some detail may change during the production process.

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Creative Master Northcord Limited (CMNL)

------The World’s Miniature Bus Co.

Monday 30 April 2007

The following is scheduled for release week commencing 14th May 2007:
OM46101 Plaxton Paragon - Felix CLICK HERE

The following are scheduled for release week commencing 28th May 2007:
OM41217 Wright Double Deck - Witch Way CLICK HERE
OM45911 Van Hool T9 - Bibbys CLICK HERE
OM49901 Plaxton 100 Set (Panorama/Premier/Beaver/Panther)
Model A CLICK HERE
Model B CLICK HERE
Model C CLICK HERE
Model D Photograph not available at this time

Saturday 28 April 2007

CMNL
UKBUS1030 Dennis Trident ALX400 Stagecoach Cambridge Pink & Ride CLICK HERE
UKBUS4009 Alexander Royale/Volvo Olympian First Pennine CLICK HERE
UKBUS 5013 Mercedes Citaro Southampton Uni-Link CLICK HERE

EFE
17306 Leyland National MK1 Long Midland Red CLICK HERE
20440 Bristol VR3 Crosville NBC CLICK HERE
22715 Alexander Y Type Eastern Scottish CLICK HERE
30508 Guy GS Special Southern Motorways CLICK HERE

Thursday 26 April 2007

The models listed as forthcoming releases have all previously been reported on this site.

Mention is made of EFE producing a model of RML2306 which won a sponsorship prize at Showbus to attend the Sinshiem Bus Rally in Germany on 28th April this year. The availability of this model to subscribers will be advised in the next newsletter.

A mention is also made of how labour shortages in the South of China caused by industrial development in the north of China is a factor helping to push up prices. No further details are give on how this will affect the cost of models to collectors.

Tuesday 24 April 2007

Sunday 22 April 2007

Friday 20 April 2007

PHOTOGRAPHS OF RECENTLY RELEASED BRITBUS MODELS
Click on the links below to view photographs of three recently released Britbus models courtesy of Hattons Model Railways:

AN103 Leyland Atlantean Northern (Tyne & Wear)
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE to view
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE to view
R811 Scania/Alexander Strathclydes Buses
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE to view
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE to view
R908 Belfast RH Olympian PMT
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE to view
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE to view

Monday 16 April 2007

CORGI OOC RANGE TO CONTINUE
Further to my news article of 2 April 2007, I have received the following from "a source close to Corgi":

""Corgi have already started to work on the 2008 and 2009 diecast model ranges.  Plans are afoot for further models in all current ranges, including OOC, and Corgi will shortly start to invite key retailers and selected consumers to it's Leicester offices in order to gauge opinion on future models and ideas.

New staff in design and development will bring new blood and new ideas, rumours that OOC models are no longer going to be produced are unfounded"".

CONFIRMED RELEASES FROM BRITBUS
I can confirm that the following models have now been released and are on sale:
AN103 Leyland Atlantean Northern (Tyne & Wear)
R811 Scania/Alexander Strathclydes Buses
R908 Belfast RH Olympian PMT

Sunday 15 April 2007

Mercedes-Benz Citaro

UKBUS5012 Green Line

Creative Master Northcord Limited is proud to release one of the most important liveries in the UK bus industry on its well known Mercedes-Benz Citaro casting. It is UKBUS5012 Green Line.

Arriva East Herts & Essex 3901 (BU06 HSD) is one of nine Mercedes-Benz Citaros which entered service in August, 2006.

Allocated to the high-profile Green Line 724 service, these air-conditioned buses feature 39 high-backed seats and additional luggage racks.

Carrying the latest Green Line livery and branding by Best Impressions, the Citaros serve the important passenger objective of Heathrow Airport from Harlow in Essex.

Green Line 724 benefits from a quality partnership between Arriva, BAA Heathrow, Hertfordshire County Council and Transport for London.

UKBUS5012 features the smooth, curved windscreen with the destination display set behind the windscreen glass. Again, UKBUS5012 has brand new luggage racks on board that are the same as on the real bus.

Mercedes-Benz Citaro UKBUS5012 model is a one-piece casting whose clean lines accentuate the square-mounted, double-glazed windows and the livery application on which all logos and lettering are clearly legible. Another main feature on this model is the extensive portrayal of handrails. The headlight / indicator units at the front and indicator / tail light units at the rear are made of individual components to look more realistic.

UKBUS5012 is the latest model in the CMNL Heathrow Airport collection.

Details of all other members of this exclusive collection can be found below to help you complete your CMNL “Heathrow Airport Collection”.

UKBUS3025 Dennis Dart MPD / Travel London West DP1 (LJ56 ONH) on route 441 (Heathrow Airport via Staines). Production date : February 2007

UKBUS4006 Volvo Olympian / Alexander Royale N116 UHP on route A1 (Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 only). Production date : December 2005

UKBUS5003 Mercedes-Benz Citaro / First Slough EC2013 (LT52 WXB) on route 75 (Heathrow via Slough). Production date : December 2005

UKBUS7003  OmniCity / Menzies Aviation T54 (YN53 GFG) on London Underground Replacement Service. Production date : December 2006

UKBUS7005  OmniCity / Metrobus 543 (YN05 HFG) on route X26 (Heathrow). Production date : January 2007

Your models can be purchased from your local model retailer or from many of the dealers who advertise online. They, in turn, can order through the distributors listed below.

The brand new single-door Mercedes-Benz Citaro bus models will be distributed by John Ayrey Die-Casts Limited (UK), Porte Publishing Company (Japan), Transit Graphics (Australia), cnmycar.com (P. R. of China) and Concorde Hobby Shop (HK) respectively. The UKBUS5012 models are limited to 1600 pieces worldwide respectively.

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Creative Master Northcord Limited (CMNL)

------The World’s Miniature Bus Co.

Saturday 14 April 2007

CREATIVE MASTER NORTHCORD LTD PRESS RELEASES
The below press releases have been received from CMNL:

TransBus Mini Pointer-bodied Dart

----UKBUS3027 Solent Blue Line – red rocket

Further to the great success of the previous launch of Solent Blue Line Mercedes-Benz Citaro blue star bus models, CMNL is releasing another Solent Blue Line bus model with eye-catching route-branding decoration on the popular MPD casting. This is UKBUS3027 carrying red rocket colours.

The UKBUS3027 Solent Blue Line MPD replica carries the fleet number 577 and registration number SN03 ECC.

Hampshire bus operator Solent Blue Line brought a splash of colour to the local transport scene when they reinvented their local network around Eastleigh as ‘Red Rockets’ in autumn 2006. Wanting to bring an element of fun and excitement to local bus travel, Solent Blue Line commissioned well known agency Best Impressions to design this striking red colour scheme.

The new livery was applied to ten ‘Mini Pointer Dart’ single deckers, but the rebranding did not stop there! Each bus was decorated internally with vinyls promoting travel by Red Rocket and also recalling famous rockets in history. As a finishing touch, humorous slogans on a space theme were applied to both sides of each bus – all of them different – provoking a positive reaction both from passengers and passers by.

This is a one-piece casting whose clean lines accentuate the gasket windows and livery application on which all logos and lettering are clearly legible. The model also features excellent detailing, inside and out, including an opening engine door, showing the detailed, environmentally friendly engine. All grab rails feature inside the replica and in their correct positions. The construction method of this replica permits realistic-looking front and rear lights – in particular the front headlamp / indicator assembly whose headlamp is transparent and indicator is translucent.

The brand new UKBUS3027 Solent Blue Line MPD bus models are limited to 1400 pieces produced. It will be distributed by John Ayrey Die-Casts Limited (UK), Porte Publishing Company (Japan), Transit Graphics (Australia), cnmycar.com (P. R. of China) and Concorde Hobby Shop (HK) respectively.

Photograph 1 CLICK HERE to view
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE to view

To view further close-up photographs of UKBUS3027 CLICK HERE

Mercedes-Benz Citaro G

UKBUS5109 Eden Project

Creative Master Northcord Limited has proudly released the first livery on its popular Mercedes-Benz Citaro G model to have received significant modification to the tooling in order to represent, as close to 100% accuracy as possible, the real buses on the roads. 

UKBUS5109 features the smooth, curved windscreen with the destination display set behind the windscreen glass rather than the protruding destination found on other Citaro G models.

UKBUS5109 carries the Eden Project orange-based livery. The bus itself is owned by Truronian Limited. It represents registration number CN02 EDN.

Since the Eden Project opened in 2001 it has welcomed over 8 million people and they all have to be driven around the huge site quickly, comfortably and in an environmentally friendly manner by Mercedes-Benz Citaro G buses.

The Eden Project is owned by the Eden Trust. It is more than just a green theme park. Eden is about connecting plants, people and places. It is a living demonstration of regeneration and aims to reconnect people with their environments locally and globally.

The bus is decorated with all icons of the park, including the Humid Tropics Biome, plants, flowers, etc.

The Mercedes-Benz Citaro G UKBUS5109 model’s clean lines accentuate the square-mounted, double-glazed windows and the livery application on which all logos and lettering are clearly legible. Another main feature on the model is the extensive portrayal of handrails. The headlight / indicator units at the front and indicator / tail light units at the rear are made of individual components to look more realistic.

The brand new UKBUS5109 three-door Mercedes-Benz G bus models will be distributed by John Ayrey Die-Casts Limited (UK), Porte Publishing Company (Japan), Transit Graphics (Australia), cnmycar.com (China), and Concorde Hobby Shop (HK) respectively. The UKBUS5109 is limited to 1800 pieces worldwide.

Photograph 1 CLICK HERE to view
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE to view

Creative Master Northcord Limited (CMNL)

------The World’s Miniature Bus Co.

CONFIRMED RELEASE FROM CREATIVE MASTER NORTHCORD LTD
I can confirm that the following model has now been released and is on sale:
UKBUS3026 Plaxton Dennis Dart MPD First Hampshire & Dorset CLICK HERE

Friday 13 April 2007

CORGI OOC MODEL SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE WEEK COMMENCING 30TH APRIL
The following model is scheduled for release:
OM42517 East Lancs Myllennium - Cumbria CLICK HERE

CORGI OOC MODELZONE COMMISSIONED MODEL CERTIFICATES
Further to my news articles of earlier this week, Modelzone have advised me of the following regarding the replacement of certificates for their commissioned model OM46009

"...we are asking customers to contact the store they bought it from, and leave contact details, as soon as certs arrive we will forward. However we cannot guarantee to supply the same cert. number, sorry..."

STRATHTAY MODEL NEWS   RELEASE

Following the  success of the  Stagecoach in  Fife  Dennis  Trident,  commissioned  for   sale  at  the   Scottish  Vintage   Bus  Museum’s open  weekend  last  year,  Susan  Cameron  has again commissioned  a model  which  will  be  sold at this  year’s   event  on 18/19  August.  As  in  previous years  part  of the  profits   will  be   donated to  the  museum  to  help  with  their   sterling efforts  in  bus  preservation.

The  model  chosen  for this   year’s  release  is, once  again,  the   Creative   Master  Northcord  Limited  Dennis Trident/ALX400. This time it will  carry “STRATHTAY, part of the   Stagecoach  group” fleetnames, and  like  last  year  it will  be   a  certificated   run  of  300  models.  It  is expected that  this  model  will  be  allocated  CMNL  stock  number  UKBUS0017.

The  pre-production  model  (photos  attached) carries  fleet  number 18507,  but  it  is   hoped   that  the production models  will  feature   fleet number 18506 and  destination Perth  Bus  Station  via  Blairgowrie,  rather   than  the  prototype’s  via   Scone.

Further  details  may  be  obtained  by  contacting  Lathalmondmodel@aol.com   or  by  sending  a  stamped  addressed   envelope  to,  Susan  Cameron,  8,  Allander  Drive, TORRANCE, Glasgow, G64 4LG.

SPECIAL NOTE:
Because the   Scottish  Vintage  Bus  Museum   does  not  have  full  time  staff  all enquiries  regarding this  model should  be  directed  to  Susan  Cameron.

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Friday 6 April 2007

MODELZONE COMMISSIONED MODEL CERTIFICATES
A number of people who received their models prior to the mistake being realised have written to me asking if I know what the procedure will be for obtaining a new certificate and will they get the same number. I will contact Modelzone and see if I can get a definitive answer for you.

Wednesday 4 April 2007

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Tuesday 3 April 2007

He writes: 'It is believed that she is one of 13 people made redundant following the merger of Corgi Classics and Master Replicas.  Adrienne was instrumental in bringing the OOC range to market and had been with Corgi for some 20 years.  Assisted by a small group of independent advisors she almost single handedly produced the designs for all the OOC models since launch along with the 1:50 buses, Classic Trucks, Vanguards and other die cast.  The company is surely going to miss her talents and one now wonders, following her departure, what is the future for Corgi models buses.  Finding reference for such models is certainly not easy and we have to agree that despite a small number of faults (mostly because of problems in Chinese production) the range has been superb.  We all wish Adrienne success in the future and hope she can offer her undoubted talents to another model company - preferably buses - to the benefit of fellow collectors'.

Monday 2 April 2007

COBHAM BUS MUSEUM RELEASE OF TWO COMMISSIONED MODELS
I can confirmed that the two below models were released today at the Cobham Bus and Coach Gathering, I hope to publish photographs of both models tomorrow:

31701A
RMC Routemaster Green Line
Fleet number: RMC1461
Registration number: 461 CLT
Route number: 715
Destination: Guildford
Certificated quantity: 610

31901A
RML Routemaster London Transport
Fleet number: RML2700
Registration number: SMK 700F
Route number: 207A
Destination: Chelsea
Certificated quantity: 460

NEW MODELS ANNOUNCED
EFE announced four new models at today's Cobham Bus and Coach Gathering. I hope to publish photographs later this week:
20134 Bedford OB Southern National
20705 Windover Surrey Motors
23206 AEC RF Green Line NBC
26321 Guy Arab 2 Ashton Under Lyne

Sunday 1 April 2007

April 2007 - News

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