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MODEL BUS CREATIONS THREE UPDATES
In the past 24 hours, Model Buses Creations have published three news updates, including news of two new tooling’s, an Easter update and a Corgi Superloop update. Please see details and photographs below:

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"

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Model Buses Creations Corgi Update
"The two Corgi Superloop buses have been progressing over the last couple of months, we have focused our time on the vehicle drawings and box designs, making sure they are correct and match the real vehicles. We also wanted the boxes to replicate the real vehicle livery as much as possible, but also pair nicely with our Northcord E400 MMC Superloop model, which we released earlier. We have seen some delays over the last few months with factory changes at Corgi, this has caused delays with the samples and confirming finer model details, which we hope to share very soon. 

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."

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Model Bus Creations Easter Update
"We would like to share some product updates for our 2026 Release plans. After reading and listening to the various comments and opinions from some of the hobby voices, a discussion on prices and the cost of goods is something we pay particular attention too, we will always aim to bring value and quality to all of our products, as production, shipping and all other costs continue to sky rocket and we will always aim to keep our releases at our recommended retail price. Our Pre order service does offer additional value and our payment options continue to help spread the cost at no interest charged. As pointed out on the various opinions “a model is only worth what anyone is prepared to invest”.

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"

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Saturday 4th April 2026


PRE-PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS FROM TRANSPORT NOSTALGIA COMMISSIONS
Transport Nostalgia Commissions have released pre-production photographs showing a pre-production sample of their previously announced Stagecoach East – Cambus model:
UKBUS0092_ADL Enviro400 MMC Stagecoach East (Cambus Heritage livery)
Fleet number: 10802
Registration number: SN66WAA
Route number: 1
Destination: Arbury via Addenbrookes & City Centre
Quantity: 504
Anticipated release date: Not yet known. Date for ordering to open will be announced is to be confirmed.

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Friday 3rd April 2026


BUCKIE MODEL CENTRE – PLAXTON PANORAMAS – PRE-PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS
Further to the announcement at the weekend of seven new Holland Oto 1:76th scale diecast Plaxton Panorama models from the Buckie Model Centre, please see a couple of photographs showing pre-production samples of the models announced. It is hoped that individual photographs of each model will follow soon:

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

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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.

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Wednesday 1st April 2026


 

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