UKBUS6545 ADL Enviro400 MMC - Thames Valley Buses

Following the significant success in launching the brand new casting of the Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC model in the liveries of National Express West Midlands, Stagecoach in Oxfordshire, Bluestar, Stagecoach West Scotland, Southern Vectis, Stagecoach South, Ensign Bus, Xplore Dundee, Stagecoach North West, Go North East, Stagecoach North Scotland, Go South Coast, Reading Buses, Greater Manchester Bee Network, McGill’s Bluebird, East Yorkshire, Newcastle Busways and Stagecoach Yorkshire, Northcord Model Company is now releasing the thirtieth livery on the 10.9 metre long, single-door casting – UKBUS6545, is Thames Valley Buses, produced with unique branding for Bracknell / Camberley route 194.

UKBUS6545 represents fleet number 796 (YY67HDO) that was new to Reading Buses in 2017.

Thames Valley Buses Limited, trading as Thames Valley Buses, is based in Bracknell. It was known as Courtney Buses until 2021. Founded in 1973, the company operates a network of commercial and contracted local bus services and school buses in Berkshire, north Hampshire and small parts of Oxfordshire, Surrey and Buckinghamshire. In March 2019 it was purchased by Reading Buses, with the company having gradually rebranded to its current name between October 2019 and April 2021.

796 carries a full and colourful Coaster livery for route 194, heading to Camberley via Great Hollands. These special, comprehensive livery details are 100% reproduced onto the UKBUS6545 models.

The stand-out features on the branding are : “Thames Valley” on all sides; the names of the stops along the route “194 / Bracknell / Crowthorne / Sandhurst / Camberley” on both sides and rear, “COLLEGE WORK local links / train connections / SHOP evening out” on both sides. Furthermore, “free WiFi” at the front and on the nearside.

The Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC UKBUS6545 is a one-piece casting whose clean lines accentuate the square, gasket-mounted windows and the livery application on which all logos and lettering are clearly legible. Another main feature on the UKBUS6545 model is its tree protector at the front. The front dome on the model is significant, with curved windscreens on both upper deck and lower deck.

Northcord Model Company is also creating new design standards within the interior of both saloons. These features, inside the compartments, will represent the real, outstanding layout of the Enviro400 MMC, such as the extensive portrayal of handrails on upper deck and lower deck, etc.

The brand new 10.9 metre Enviro400 MMC bus models will be distributed by John Ayrey Die-Casts Limited (UK), Porte Publishing Company (Japan), 80M Bus Model Shop (Hong Kong) respectively. The UKBUS6545 model is limited to 1008 pieces worldwide.

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------The World’s Miniature Bus Co.

Monday 13th April 2026

“Iwan’s Bus Bits was started in 2014 through the need of spare parts for my own model buses. After searching for a supplier I was able to purchase a large stock of Creative Master Northcord spares, which I was able to sell to other model bus collectors who needed to fix broken models.

Fast forward to 2021 where the opportunity came up to purchase more CMNL model bus spares. This time I wanted to sell other model bus spares too. Over the past 5 years we have added Britbus Omnidekka and Olympian spares joined the range, along with some Northcord Model Company spares too for the new Enviro 400 MMC along with the Enviro 400 classic and Scania OmniCity DD models. These have been some of the most popular parts. 
Iwan’s Bus Bits is always expanding its range and more recently I have added Model Buses Creations Enviro 200 and the Dublin Bus Enviro 500 model parts to the existing range. I also have a small range of Corgi and Hong Kong specific bus parts. I often buy collections of used spare for strip broken buses, these spares are always changing.

Iwan’s Bus Bits celebrates 5 years this year, it’s been an amazing journey and I would like to thank every single person who has purchased spares or who have sent an inquiry for spares. I am hoping the next 5 years IBB will continue to grow with more new spares and also develop new 3D printed spares as well. I would also like to thank Model Buses Creations who have supported and promoted IBB over the last 5 years. 
Please keep following our Facebook page and see our full spares range on our website www.iwansbusbits.co.uk”

Saturday 11th April 2026

Model Buses Creations Tooling Announcement
"Earlier in the year when we announcement our 2026 range, we teased a new tooling announcement and now the time has come to reveal what this tooling is. We have been working hard with our production partner 80m in Hong Kong, factories in China, vehicle manufacturers and UK bus operators. We thought long and hard about which would be the right vehicle to invest in, which was represented around the UK, which would also be popular with enthusiasts and collectors alike. In the end it was just too hard to choose just one vehicle to sit alongside our current Enviro 200 and Scania OmniCity DD tooling, so we chose two vehicles…

We have decided that the two new models joining the MBC range will be….

The Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 City BYD EV and the Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 EV (New generation)

These will be two brand new exclusive tooling sets which will allow us to develop a range of vehicles from around the UK including a London and provincial specifications. The tooling will also allow as many different variants as possible including staircase windows, roof skylights and different wheel bases.

Once again we have been working with some of the UK’s biggest bus operators and we have listened to their feedback on a new model bus tooling. Electric vehicles are now becoming common place on the streets of the UK and now most bus fleets contain at least one version of an electric bus. We have also spoken to a large number of enthusiasts and collectors who are looking for more modern vehicles to add to collections and fleets. We would like to thank Alexander Dennis for support with these projects, along with all the bus operators we are currently working with.

More details will be coming over the coming weeks and months but we wanted to leave you with something really exciting for the bank holiday weekend. Full announcement and detail including pricing and Pre Ordering will be at The Brooklands Spring Gathering on 19th April and online here.

Please keep watching our social media for more news!

Our full product update on our E200 Long release, Corgi Superloop release and our Diplomat arrival date will be updated this weekend.

Many Thanks

Mark, Iwan and Alex"

For those who may have missed our last update, the details for the two vehicles are below and can also share the model codes allocated to each bus.

Bus - Corgi OOC Wright Gemini 2 CP46505
Pcs- 500
Operator - Go Ahead London 
Livery - TFL Superloop 
Fleet number - WVL486
Registration - LJ61NWV
Route - SL7 Heathrow Airport Central

Bus - Corgi OOC Wright New Bus For London CP46604
Pcs- 500
Operator - Stagecoach London 
Livery - TFL Superloop 
Fleet number - LT121
Registration - LTZ1121
Route - SL3 Thamesmead

We can share today the two design drawings for the vehicles and expect samples to be in the UK by the end of April. pre Orders early May with Product arriving July, subject to shipping/air freight.

Please keep watching our social media for more updates on our Corgi Superloop projects.

Many Thanks

Mark, Iwan and Alex."

Further availability of our products is now available in store at one of the UKs favourite Model Stores Rails of Sheffield who will be offering our New Releases instore. Thank You to all of our customers and friends who continue to collect and enjoy our products. This year will see our most exciting releases to date. Joining our existing company owned castings will be 2 All new Products that will be the first modern vehicles to hit our market in many years see our Easter Friday Announcement.

The first New Casting will be the eagerly anticipated release of the Alexander Dennis 400 City Our full release plan will be announced at Brooklands on Sunday 19th April and Online where we will announce all the details and release plans.

Our first releases of 2026 our Stagecoach London E400 Diplomats are on track and scheduled to arrive end of April.

Enviro 200 2026Part 1
We wanted to provide you with an update on the first two Enviro 200 long wheel base models which are coming in 2026. After the success of the first three Enviro 200 short wheel base models, released last year and sold out on pre order. We have been working away in the background on the next run and as promised in earlier updates, the next releases would be the long wheel base variant. We are pleased to say that the next run will be of four vehicles from around the UK and we believe will be highly sought after by collectors and enthusiasts. We will be releasing two of the models in the first half of 2026 and then two more in the second half of the year.

The details of the first two models can be found below.

Bus - MBC Enviro 200 long wheel base dual door
Code - MBC1004
Pcs- 500
Operator - Arriva London
Livery - TfL Red
Fleet number - ENX22
Registration - GN09AVX
Route - B15 to Horn Park.
Bus - MBC Enviro 200 long wheel base single door - Facelift

Code - MBC1005
Pcs- 500
Operator - Go North West
Livery - TfGM Bee Network
Fleet number - 4024
Registration - YX61BWU
Route - 635 Appley Bridge

We are pleased to share with you the signed off design drawings for the first two models. These have been approved by both operators and brand license partners. We would like to Thank Arriva London, Go Ahead Group. Transport for Greater Manchester and Transport for London, who have provided extra information to help us develop these models.

Please keep watching our social media for more updates on these exciting new models.

MODELBUS.uk"

Saturday 4th April 2026

Friday 3rd April 2026

Acklams – YX68UBP
Blands – NVL1
Citylink (Large lettering) – LSK807
Citylink 40 years – HSK659 Routes: Edinburgh 900 & Glasgow 900
Glen Valley Tours H14GVT
Hodgsons – 821XUP
Stagecoach West Scotland (new blue) – YX69LCJ

2nd posting Wednesday 1st April 2026

TRANSPORT NOSTALGIA COMMISSIONS MODELS DUE FOR RELEASE
Transport Nostalgia Commissions have advised that they will be taking delivery of their two latest Northcord commissioned models later this week, with dispatch to customers who have pre-ordered commencing immediately after the Easter weekend.

UKBUS0088 ADL Enviro400 MMC – Stagecoach East Midlands “Ride with Pride”
Fleet number: 10971
Registration number: SN18KTE
Route number: 1
Destination: Woodhouse via Sutton Bus Station
Quantity:504 pieces

UKBUS0088A ADL Enviro400 MMC – Stagecoach East Midlands “Ride with Pride”
Fleet number: 10971
Registration number: SN18KTE
Route number: - 
Destination: “Stagecoach we've got you”
Quantity: 108 pieces.

Wednesday 1st April 2026

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