News_Cobham 2012

Unfortunately the day started off very wet and windy. My first umbrella disintegrated about 30 seconds after I got out of the car (luckily I had a spare). The temperature this morning was about 8 degrees. When I arrived at Wisley at 11.00 there were only a handful of stalls up and a number of other stall holders were sat in their cars/vans not attempting to set up stall. Luckily it stopped raining just before 2.00 and when I left about 3.30 a number of stall holders had put up tables and were hoping for some late sales. Unfortunately the weather made photography very difficult and I was having the dry the lense before every shot and shelter under the umbrella at the same time.

The highlight of the day for me was being able to drive STL2377 for about 30 minutes, superb and having never driven a bus with pre-selector gears before it took a little getting used to. However, after about 10 minutes I felt quite happy and had a very enjoyable time. There was also opportunities for people to drive a First Bus Marshall Dart but having driven similar I did not bother.

The two show models were on sale:
26410A Daimler Utility London Transport (with Spring gathering side ads)
26322B Guy Arab Utility - London Transport (with London Bus Museum side ads)
When I left the Daimler had sold out but there was some stock of the Guy Arab. EFE did not attend the event so there is no news from them.

Further to my News of 26th April, I was able to meet Colin Lawrence in the Museum tent and had a look at the new Jotus BEA AEC Regal IV RF. The detail really is superb and photographs do not really do it justice.

PHOTOGRAPHS OF MODELS
	EFE 26322B Guy Utility - London Transport - Show Special Model Fleet number: Registration number: Route number: Destination: Photograph © British Model Buses

	EFE 26322B Guy Utility London Transport - Show Special Model Photograph © British Model Buses

	EFE 26410A Daimler Utility London Transport - Show Special Model Fleet number: Registration number: Route number: Destination: Photograph © British Model Buses

	EFE 26410A Daimler Utility London Transport - Show Special Model Photograph © British Model Buses

	EFE 17226A Leyland National East Kent Photograph © British Model Buses

	EFE 17226A Leyland National East Kent Photograph © British Model Buses

	EFE 24203A Daimler Fleetline Maidstone & District Photograph © British Model Buses

	EFE 24203A Daimler Fleetline Maidstone & District Photograph © British Model Buses

	Jotus BEA AEC Regal IV RF Photograph © British Model Buses


PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE RALLY
	AEC RF A line-up of RF's. The third vehicle in is RF401 (MXX289) as represented by EFE model 23312 Photograph © British Model Buses

	AEC RT1, RM1 AND WRIGHTBUS LT1 A historic line up of three generations of London Buses at the rededication ceremony for RT 2775. Photograph © British Model Buses

	AEC RT - LONDON TRANSPORT - Photograph 1 RT2775 (LYR826) looking superb at her rededication ceremony (adjacent to LT1) following a 15 year restoration. Photograph © British Model Buses

	AEC RT - LONDON TRANSPORT Photograph 2 This photograph shows on the Right in front of the bus Peter Duplock (London Bus Museum) and on the left Peter Hendy (Commissioner of Transport for London) at the rededication ceremony Photograph © British Model Buses

	AEC RT - LONDON TRANSPORT Photograph 3 This photograph shows the offside view Photograph © British Model Buses

	AEC RT - LONDON TRANSPORT Photograph 4 This photograph shows the rear offside view Photograph © British Model Buses

	AEC RT - LONDON TRANSPORT Photograph 5 This photograph shows the rear nearside view Photograph © British Model Buses

	AEC RT - LONDON TRANSPORT Photograph 6 This photograph shows the lower deck Photograph © British Model Buses

	AEC RT - LONDON TRANSPORT Photograph 7 This photograph shows the upper deck Photograph © British Model Buses

	AEC RT1, RM1, WRIGHTBUS LT1 AND RT2775 What a difference a few minutes make, bright sunshine and a small patch of blue sky following a morning of heavy rain. Photograph © British Model Buses

	ANDREWS STAR 3-LIGHT GARDEN SEAT HORSEBUS (Built 1898) Despite the heavy rain, people were still taking rides on the top deck. When I took this photograph a group of passengers had just got off. Photograph © British Model Buses

	DRIVING EXPERIENCE Photographed are London Bus Museums STL2377 and two First London Marshall darts. Visitors could pay to have a go at driving the vehicles on part of the airfield. Having driven similar I did not bother with the Darts but drove the STL Photograph © British Model Buses

	ROUTEMASTER SRM - FIRST LONDON This photograph shows SRM3 (650DYE). This is the actual vehicle represented by Oxford Diecast model NRM005 Photograph © British Model Buses

	WRIGHTBUS NEW BUS FOR LONDON - ARRIVA LONDON LT1 - Photograph 1 This photograph shows LT1 (LT61AHT). This is the actual vehicle to be represented by Corgi OOC model OM46601. Behind is Sullivan Buses Plaxton President PDL26 (PJ02PZZ) Photograph © British Model Buses

	WRIGHTBUS NEW BUS FOR LONDON - ARRIVA LONDON LT1 - Photograph 2 As above Photograph © British Model Buses

NON BUSES

	AEC MAMMOTH MAJOR - TIPPER Photograph © British Model Buses

	GREEN GODDESS - ROYAL NAVY Photograph © British Model Buses