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January 2003 - News |
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RELEASE FROM C'sM AND PEAK HORSE I have been advised by Ian Allan, Birmingham that the following models have now been released: MCW73204 MCW Metrobus MK2 single door Travel West Midlands Airport Link (1:50) MCW73203 MCW Metrobus MK2 single door Travel West Midlands Pershore Road (1:50) MMC 27701
MCW Metrobus MK2 single door Travel West Midlands Pershore Road service Route 900 To purchase any of the
above Ian Allan may be contacted on the following: CONFIRMED
RELEASES FROM EFE FURTHER UPDATE FROM
EFE FROM THE TOY FAIR Scheduled for this year, are three versions of the Olympian, revised castings for the Plaxton Panorama Elite, Bristol RELL/ECW, and Leyland Titan TD. It is also hoped the non roof box STL will make an appearance this year. There are no release dates, nor liveries for any of the foregoing models In addition a new casting will be announced at Showbus again no details are known Thursday 30 January 2003 |
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RELEASE UPDATE FROM THE LONDON TOY FAIR The following is an update of the EFE release schedule as given to the trade at the London Toy Fair, it includes a few previously unannounced models. Full details and pictures will be published as soon as they are available: FEB Wednesday 29 January 2003 |
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ANNOUNCED BY C'sM I have received the picture below from C'sM showing the livery for model MCW-73103 scheduled to be released in Hong Kong during February. This model REPLACES MCW-70203 as shown in my C'sM list which will NOT now be issued.
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Photograph © C'sM Tuesday 28 January 2003 |
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NEW MODELS ANNOUNCED BY EFE EFE have announced that the following models are to be released. No other details are known at this time: 15633 Routemaster (RM6) Golden Jubilee 29002 GM Fleetline Lancashire United Monday 27 January 2003 |
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CONFIRMED RELEASES FROM CORGI OOC I can confirm that the following models have been released and are on sale now. Full details and pictures tomorrow. OM40806 Bristol Lodekka FS (closed top)
Mac Tours, Edinburgh Thursday 23 January 2003 |
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LOSS OF SERVICE I would like to apologise for the loss of service for two hours between 2.00pm and 3.45pm this afternoon. This was due to essential maintenance to resolve the server problems mentioned in yesterdays news article. Unfortunately the nature of the problem meant I was unable to give advanced notice that the site would be off line. I am hoping that the problems which I have been experiencing have now been resolved. Wednesday 22 January 2003 |
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR
VISITORS I am currently experiencing difficulties with the upload of data to the web site. This has severely affected the number of updates I have been able to do over the last five days. It appears the fault may be caused by problems within the servers at my web hosting company. The company is currently trying to cure the fault, but at some stage this may involve a loss of service for a few hours whilst they work on the server. During this down time it would not be possible to view the web site at all. I will keep you posted with progress but in the meantime apologise for the reduction in quality of service. I will do my utmost to keep any down time to a minimum. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible. 21 January 2002 (Second Posting) |
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PRESS RELEASE RECEIVED
FROM CREATIVE MASTER NORTHCORD The following press release has been received from CMN and is published in full: A Milestone in the Midlands – Travel Coventry ukbus 1009 -- Alexander ALX 400 – bodied Dennis Trident Creative Master Northcord Limited (CMNL) has released its third Travel West Midlands bus replica on its well-known casting, the Alexander ALX 400-bodied Dennis Trident. The ukbus 1009 model carries the brand new ‘Travel Coventry’ colours. Travel West Midlands launched the new brand image incorporating the Coventry ‘sky-blue’ colour and famous ‘three spires’ logo in December 2002 to create a new local identity for its bus services in Coventry. The Travel Coventry bus (BV52 OBL) is shown operating on route 21 between Coventry City Centre and Wood End and is one of a batch of 9 new Dennis Tridents operating in and around Coventry in the new livery. The replica is a one-piece casting whose clean lines accentuate the windows and livery application on which all logos and lettering are clearly legible. The model has no ugly metal poles to hold it together. The ukbus 1009 model is limited to 2800 pieces worldwide. The Travel Coventry bus models will be distributed by Corgi Classics Limited (UK), Porte Publishing Company (Japan) and Concorde Hobby Shop (HK) respectively.Tuesday 21 January 2003 |
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*****EXCLUSIVE***** CREATIVE MASTER
NORTHCORD LATEST DENNIS TRIDENT ALX400 ANNOUNCED The model is scheduled for release in March. I am extremely grateful to Mr Danny Chan from Creative Master for providing the sample model for photography purposes. I will publish further pictures in due course.
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Photograph © British Model Buses NEWS ON OTHER
CREATIVE MASTER MODELS Monday 20 January 2003 |
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CONFIRMED RELEASE FROM C'sM I can confirm that the following model has been released and is now on sale. The exact release date is not known at this time: MCW73201 Metrobus MK2 Single Door Yorkshire Rider Wednesday 15 January 2003 |
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EFE RELEASE DATE EFE have confirmed that the following models will be released at the end of this month: 16523 Leyland Atlantean Scout (Gay Hostess) 24902 Mercedes Mini B First Citybus 26701DL Plaxton Paramount United Welsh Coaches 27809 AEC STL London Transport Friday 10 January 2003 |
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CORGI OOC CONFIRMED RELEASES I can confirm that the following models have now been released and are on sale: OM40402 AEC Regent/Weyman Brighton Corporation OM41005 AEC 4Q4 Greenline OM41907 Leyland PD3 Queen Mary Southdown
CREATIVE MASTER NORTHCORD PLAXTON
PRESIDENT METROLINE VEHICLE DETAILS Fleet number: TPL 259 The release date for this model has not been announced at present. Further details will be given as soon as they are available Wednesday 8 January 2003 |
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BRITBUS GUY ARAB IV SOUTHDOWN Shown below are some further photographs of the pre-production sample mentioned in yesterday's news article. They were taken today by myself at the Brentwood Toy Fair. The model is an early PP and I understand will be subject to some modification before it goes into production. The model will be represented in the livery of the real bus shown in the bottom photograph (below). Further details including release date, availability, where to purchase etc will be published as soon as they are known.
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Photograph © British Model Buses
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The real Guy Arab IV fleet number 547 (PUF 647) the subject of and in the livery to be represented on the first release of this model. Photograph © Julian Bowden Saturday 4 January 2003 |
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**EXCLUSIVE** BRITBUS GUY ARAB IV SOUTHDOWN
- EXCLUSIVE PRE-PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS Picture 1 CLICK
HERE Friday 3 January 2003 |
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NEW CASTING FROM BRITBUS -
FURTHER UPDATE Further to my news article of earlier this evening, I am able to provide additional details as follows: I can confirm the model will be a 5 bay Park Royal Guy Arab IV. Fleet number 547, registration number PUF 647. This first model from Britbus will be fitted with a 2 piece sliding door, all subsequent models will have a four leaf platform door. I hope to publish photographs of both the PP Sample and the real bus at the weekend and will update with additional details if available. Thursday 2 January 2003 (2nd Posting) |
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NEW CASTING FROM BRITBUS I am very grateful to Mike Harvey for advising me that a stall at the Winchester Running Day (yesterday) was publicising the first Britbus casting, which is due for release in February 2003 at about £30 including P&P. The model is a Southdown Guy Arab IV with 5 bay Park Royal body?, and 4 leaf platform doors. The unpainted two-piece body casting was on show, with a plastic chassis, but without radiator grille etc. I will give additional details as soon as I can get them.
MODEL BUS FEDERATION - BRITBUS
METROPOLITAN UPDATE To view pictures of MD34 on which the model is based CLICK HERE Thursday 2 January 2003 |
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