CONFIRMED RELEASES FROM CREATIVE MASTER NORTHCORD LTD
I can confirm that the following models have now been released and are on sale:
UKBUS3010 Plaxton Dennis Dart MPD Bluebird of Middleton
UKBUS3012 Plaxton Dennis Dart MPD Avondale Coaches in SPT

CONFIRMED RELEASES FROM EFE
I can confirm that the following models have now been released and are on sale:
20435 Bristol VR3 First Eastern National
29606 Leyland Olympian Maidstone and District
29803 Wright Dennis Lance Badgerline

Monday 28 February 2005

Saturday 26 February 2005

CORGI OOC OM41109e DAIMLER CVG6/E.LANCS BRADFORD CITY TRANSPORT
Thank you very much to everyone who has written to me during the week to confirm details of the above model. The relevant pages have been updated.

Friday 25 February 2005

CONFIRMED RELEASES FROM CORGI OOC
I can confirm that the following models have now been released and are on sale:
OM41109 Daimler CVG6/E. Lancs Bradford City Transport
OM41109e Daimler CVG6/E. Lancs Bradford City Transport
OM41207 Wright Eclipse Gemini Yellow Buses, Bournemouth

If anyone has acquired the model above model OM41109e could they please email me with full details i.e. Fleet number, Registration number, Route number and destination.

CONFIRMED RELEASE OF CORGI OOC CLUB 2005 MODEL
I can confirm that the following members model has now been released:
OM41110 East Lancs/Leyland PD3/4 Merthyr Tydfil Corporation

Monday 21 February 2005

Sunday 20 February 2005

Saturday 19 February 2005

Friday 18 February 2005

EFE Stock code not known
Fleet number: RML 2676
Registration number: SMK 676F
Route: 207A
Destination: Chelsea (Stanley Arms)
No adverts are carried on this vehicle.

The Museum are not able to accept any mail orders until after the weekend event and then will be subject to availability.

Saturday 12 February 2005

CONFIRMED RELEASE FROM BRITBUS
I can confirm that the following model has now been released and is on sale:
L002 Leyland Titan Beadle Southdown

UKBUS1015 Alexander ALX400 - bodied Dennis Trident

Cambridge Park & Ride

Most Park and Ride services in the UK are achieving successful results. The operators put much attention to improve the network as well as the service performance. Having introduced the models in Oxford Park & Ride colours, Creative Master Northcord Limited (CMNL) has proudly released its second Park & Ride bus model. It is UKBUS1015, an Alexander ALX 400-bodied dual door Dennis Trident for Cambridge Park & Ride service.

In conjunction with the County Council, Stagecoach in Cambridge has operated the park-&-ride services with various types of buses, progressing from midi-bus to full-size single-deckers. Nowadays, the routes are operated using low-floor, easy access Dennis Tridents with Alexander ALX400 bodywork dating from 1999. In order to help passengers disembark quickly at busy times, they feature a 2-door layout.

To aid passengers’ recognition of the route they want, the buses used on these services are colour coded: Madingley Road – City – Newmarket Road in red livery, Cowley Road – City – Babraham Road in green livery and Trumpington – City – Grafton Centre in blue. A further variation is the generic, fawn version that is not route branded, and can operate on any route.

UKBUS1015 represents 17010 (S810 BWC) and is in the blue livery for buses dedicated to the Trumpington Park and Ride route.

The replica features excellent detailing, inside and out, including an opening engine door and engine detail. It is a one-piece casting whose clean lines accentuate the windows and livery application on which all logos and lettering are clearly legible. Like all CMNL bus replicas, the models have no metal poles to hold them together.

UKBUS1015 is limited to 1800 pieces worldwide. The brand new bus model will be distributed by John Ayrey Die-Casts Limited (UK), Porte Publishing Company (Japan) and Concorde Hobby Shop (HK) respectively.

UKBUS1018 TransBus ALX 400 - bodied Trident

First London

There is good news for both London bus model collectors and British bus model collectors. Creative Master Northcord Limited (CMNL) has proudly released its latest bus models for First London, one of the well- known bus operators in the Capital. It is UKBUS1018, a TransBus ALX 400-bodied dual door Trident.

UKBUS1018 carries fleet number TAL1348 (LK53 FCG) representing the significant features on the bus. They are all combined for the first time on the ALX 400 tooling i.e. a one-piece front upper windscreen, 2 monitors inside the bus, a new anti-branch feature and new light clusters at the back of the model.

The bus itself had written some records in both First Bus and British bus history. TAL 1348 was one of 44 new double-deckers allocated to Westbourne Park depot for the one-person conversion of Routemaster-operated route 23 (Ladbroke Grove to Liverpool Street) in November 2003. All 44 are TransBus Trident 2 chassis with TransBus ALX 400 bodywork (the last new TransBus products purchased by First for London operations) and feature Cummins Euro 3 engines and ZF gearboxes.

The small white fleet numbers on the front were only a temporary measure due to the impending national renumbering scheme (during 2004 TAL1348 became TNA33348). The television screens in the upper deck front windscreen and also at the bottom of the stairs were fitted for advertising purposes and also display CCTV images to remind passengers that they are being recorded.

The replica features excellent detailing, inside and out, including an opening engine door and engine detail. It is a one-piece casting whose clean lines accentuate the windows and livery application on which all logos and lettering are clearly legible. Like all CMNL bus replicas, the models have no metal poles to hold them together.

UKBUS1018 is limited to 1800 pieces worldwide. The brand new bus model will be distributed by John Ayrey Die-Casts Limited (UK), Porte Publishing Company (Japan) and Concorde Hobby Shop (HK) respectively.

Creative Master Northcord Limited (CMNL)

------The World’s Miniature Bus Co.

UKBUS1015 Dennis Trident ALX 400 Cambridge Park & Ride

This photograph shows the production version of this model

Photograph © Creative Master Northcord Ltd

UKBUS1018 TransBus ALX 400 Trident First London

This photograph shows the production version of this model

Photograph © Creative Master Northcord Ltd

Tuesday 8 February 2005

Further to my Toy Fair report of last week, I am able to publish a number of photographs of models announced at the Toy Fair including EFE's new Bristol RE coach casting. All the photographs show early pre-production samples of the models concerned. Click on the links below to view:

Bristol/ECW RE coach - United
Photograph1 CLICK HERE
Photograph2 CLICK HERE
Photograph3 CLICK HERE
Photograph4 CLICK HERE

30501 Guy Special - London Transport
Photograph1 CLICK HERE
Photograph2 CLICK HERE

99200 AEC Regal 10T10 - London Transport CLICK HERE

99201 AEC Regal 10T10 - US Army CLICK HERE

99202 Daimler Utility - London Transport CLICK HERE

99203 Guy Arab II Utility - London Transport CLICK HERE

99204 AEC STL - London Transport CLICK HERE

99205 Guy Arab Utility II bus - Southdown CLICK HERE

NEW MODELS ANNOUNCED BY EFE
I am able to give details of 5 new models announced by EFE. I will publish further details in the near future:

12307 Harrington Grenadier - North Western
13916 Bristol Lodekka FLH - Stagecoach
18007 Daimler Fleetline - Belfast Corporation
20436 Bristol VR3 Yorkshire Rider - Bradford
20633 Plaxton Pointer Dart - Western National

Thursday 3 February 2005

Dennis / Plaxton Mini Pointer Dart

UKBUS3010 Bluebird Bus / UKBUS3012 SPT

Further to the previous successful release of the Mini Pointer Dart replicas in other operators’ colours, CMNL is releasing another two MPD models. These are UKBUS3010 Bluebird Bus & Coach and UKBUS3012 Strathclyde Passenger Transport (SPT).

Bluebird Bus & Coach is North Manchester’s leading independent operator of local bus services. The UKBUS3010 MPD replica carries the fleet number 27 and registration number MP04 BLU.

Bluebird pioneered the use of low-floor, fully accessible buses in 1997, converting whole services to ensure that intending passengers were guaranteed the benefits of these modern buses well in advance of the Disability Discrimination Act that covers bus design. The bus fleet is now 100% low-floor, fully accessible with further deliveries due shortly.

SPT is one of seven Passenger Transport Executives in the UK and the only one in Scotland. SPT contracts in about 200 bus services in the west of Scotland through various operators. UKBUS3012 represents a Dennis / Plaxton Mini Pointer Dart (SN03 LFV), operated by Avondale Coaches of Clydebank on behalf of SPT. This firm delivers Dial-a-Bus demand responsive services in North Ayrshire. Dial-a-bus helps the elderly and disabled get out and about.

Both MPDs are one-piece castings whose clean lines accentuate the gasket windows and livery application on which all logos and lettering are clearly legible. The models also feature excellent detailing, inside and out, including an opening engine door, showing the detailed, environmentally friendly Euro 3 engine. All grab rails feature inside the replicas and are in their correct positions. The construction method of these replicas permits realistic-looking front and rear lights – in particular the front headlamp / indicator assembly on both models, whose headlamp is transparent and indicator is translucent, and the translucent rear, red lights on UKBUS3012.

The brand new UKBUS3010 and UKBUS3012 bus models will be distributed by John Ayrey Die-Casts Limited (UK), Porte Publishing Company (Japan) and Concorde Hobby Shop (HK) respectively.

Creative Master Northcord Limited (CMNL)

------The World’s Miniature Bus Co.

Wednesday 2 February 2005

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Tuesday 1 February 2005

February 2005 - News

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