June 2011 - News
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June 2011 - News |
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Cobham Gathering at Dunsfold Aerodrome 10th April 2011 CLICK HERE
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OXFORD
DIECAST RECENTLY ANNOUNCED MODELS - IMAGES Click on the links below to view copies of the Design cells for the models recently announced by Oxford Diecast: 1/76th scale RM110 AEC Routemaster Black Prince Q4/2011 CLICK HERE 1/148th scale CONFIRMED
RELEASES FROM EFE Thursday 30 June 2011 |
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RELEASE FROM ATLAS EDITIONS I can confirm that the following model has now been released. Mine arrived this morning with yet another smashed box: ATLAS 4655516 Leyland Tiger - Western Welsh OXFORD
DIECAST BEDFORD OBW SECOND MILITARY MODEL The
official Oxford codes for the OWB models so far announced are: CONFIRMED
RELEASE FROM OXFORD DIECAST Wednesday 29th June 2011 |
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MODEL ANNOUNCED BY EFE I inadvertently missed one further EFE model from the list of new models I published on Saturday, I should also have included: 36604 SLF Dart Twin Door - Arriva London The model is shown as a late July release EFE
RELEASES DUE THIS WEEK OXFORD
CONFIRM FIRST LIVERY FOR BEDFORD OWB MODEL Monday 27 June 2011 |
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CORGI
OOC MODEL SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE Corgi have advised that the following model is scheduled for release week commencing 18th July: OM46401 Caetano Levante National Express W24 Wembley Stadium CLICK HERE - 2000 pieces.
EFE
SUBSCRIBER NEWSLETTER Tooling
update New
models announced Cobham
Bus Museum 36002B
RTL Routemaster
Association Model EFE
CORGI COLLECTORS GUIDE 2011 All cheques should be made payable to Mr P.S. Brain. All mail orders will be processed as soon as is possible as the 2011 guides have now all been delivered from the printer". CLICK HERE to view an image of this year front cover.
CORGI
OOC MODEL OM41707
RTW
OK MOTORBUS
SERVICES CODE
3 OXFORD DIECAST ROUTEMASTER "..
I wonder if I could ask you a great favour? My daughter is going to the
World Scout Jamboree in Sweden next month with the Greater London North
contingent - each contingent has it's own, self designed badge, and theirs
features a Routemaster. As a diecast collector, I helped them get a
professional Code 3 commemorative model created to reflect the badge as a
fundraiser. The model is based on a 1/76 Oxford Diecast Routemaster - the
full story is here: http://www.gln-jamboree.org.uk/unitpages/unitlogo.html
and is in a certificated run of 200. Saturday 25th June 2011 |
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CORGI
OOC OM43915A DAIMLER CW UTILITY BIRMINGHAM Further to my News article of 20th June, I am very grateful to Mr Geoff Kelland for forwarding me a copy of an email he sent to Corgi on 7th August last year which Corgi acknowledged receipt of but sadly do not appear to have acted on. "Looking at the new catalogue it is good to see a Birmingham City Transport release under the OOC banner, however there are a couple of issues of which you should be aware. The vehicle you have chosen to model is illustrated in the TPC book Birmingham City Transport on page 97 and looks to be a fair representation of the real thing however the numberplate should be under the cab window rather than at the bottom of the radiator and the radiator should not have a heavily chromed finish as these were produced in wartime to a utility specification. The service you have chosen to use needs some explanation, service 22 was the direct replacement of tram route 22 in February 1930 and ran between the City, Station Street and Bolton Road Small Heath, in October 1935 service 21 & 22 were combined to form service 28 running between City Station Street and Great Barr via Bolton Road with service number 22 being retained for short workings terminating at Bolton Road. This means that the destination on OM43915A is correct and appropriate for the vehicle modelled. For the alternative destination you have chosen City Suffolk Street 22 which unfortunately is totally inappropriate. Birmingham City Transport never used the city terminal points on destination blinds, it was renowned for only using the outer terminal point regardless of direction of travel, all bus stops had to or from city marked on them. The only exceptions to this rule was when a bus was terminating in the city but short of its usual terminal point or a cross city service terminating in the City. This error is further compounded by the use of Suffolk Street as this was never used by buses on the Bolton Road 22 service. The use of 22 for short workings of service 28 was discontinued in February 1955 and the service number was then used to renumber service 20B in July 1957. The 20 group of services were operated between a large municipal housing estate at Weoley Castle and the City Suffolk Street. So the destination used on OM43915B is not correct for bus 1389 as it had been scrapped in 1951 six years before the number 22 was allocated to a service terminating in Suffolk Street. May I suggest that a most typical Birmingham destination of the period and indeed right up to the start of WMPTE in 1969 would be SERVICE EXTRA, or indeed service 14B KITTS GREEN (LEA VILLAGE) as illustrated on page 96 of the same book. I offer these notes in the hope that a more accurate model may be produced and assure you that there is no criticism intended". Wednesday 22 June 2011 |
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CONFIRMED
RELEASES FROM CORGI OOC I can confirm that the following models have now been released and are on sale:
OM41607A
Crossley DD42
Southshields - Simonside - 550 pieces
OM41607B Crossley DD42 Southshields - Chichester - 450 pieces Tuesday 21 June 2011 |
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PHOTOGRAPHS
OF RECENTLY RELEASED CORGI OOC MODELS Click on the links below to view photographs of two recently released models:
OM43915A
Daimler CW Utility
Birmingham
Bolton Road I understand that the model has been released with a totally incorrect colour on the roof. The model has been released with a gloss gold roof instead of matt khaki as can be seen in the photographs. If anyone was luck enough to acquire Corgi model OM41707 RTW OK Motorbus Services and was able to take some photographs for me to use on the site they would be much appreciated CLICK HERE to email. Monday 20 June 2011 |
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MODELS
SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE THIS WEEK A reminder that a number of models are scheduled for release this coming week: Corgi
OOC EFE Oxford
Diecast Saturday 18 June 2011 |
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OXFORD
DIECAST NEW N-GAUGE CASTING AND NEW MODELS ANNOUNCED Oxford Diecast have announced a new casting to their n-gauge range of model buses and also a number of new models. the new casting features the Bristol Lodekka. New
models 1/76th scale New
models 1/148th scale EFE
CHANGE TO LATE JUNE RELEASES 23208 AEC RF Greenline CLICK HERE - will be released week commencing 20th June. 27627 Wright Renown CMT Buses CLICK HERE - will now be released in the early July releases (date to be confirmed) Thursday 16 June 2011 |
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NEW
RESIN MODEL FROM TTC DIECAST TTC Diecast have advised me of a new commissioned resin bus kit: "NWS02UK 1/76 Carlyle Dennis Dart 9.8m bus kit (UK version). A highly detailed Carlyle bodied dart, model bus kit. This kit is based on the UK spec vehicle as used in the NWS01 Arriva Scotland model. Kit will not include air conditioning pod. Kits will be in stock from Friday 17th June 2011 This kit will be limited to just 50 pieces and will be priced at £27.99 First come first served. Available to order now" BRITBUS
GUY ARAB 3 W. ALEXANDER & SONS ROUTEMASTER
ASSOCIATION MODEL 31907 Wednesday 15 June 2011 |
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MODELS ANNOUNCED BY BRITBUS Many thanks to Peter from Yardley Wood Bus Club for advising me that John Ayrey's have today announced two new Britbus models, both shown as July releases: GL10A
GUY ARAB III W.ALEXANDER & SONS ABC
GL10B GUY ARAB III W.ALEXANDER & SONS NEW
MODELS FROM OXFORD DIECAST The
first two releases will feature military liveries. The first bus company
livery will feature: CLICK HERE to view a photograph of CTP 200 courtesy of John Bennett Tuesday 14 June 2011 |
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CORGI
OOC MODELS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE Corgi have advised that the following models are scheduled for release: Week
commencing 20th June Week
commencing 4th July OXFORD
DIECAST MODEL SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE CONFIRMED
RELEASE FROM EFE Friday 10 June 2011 |
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EFE
MODELS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE EFE have advised that the following models are scheduled for release week commencing 20th June: 27627 Wright Renown CMT Buses CLICK HERE 34406 AEC MKV 4-axle Lloyds of Ludlow CLICK HERE 36603 Dart SLF Metroline CLICK HERE 37701 ERF KV Gardner CLICK HERE EFE
29703 LEYLAND OLYMPIAN - LONDON COUNTRY NBC CONFIRMED
RELEASES FROM CORGI OOC Thursday 9 June 2011 |
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PHOTOGRAPHS
OF A RECENTLY RELEASED ATLAS EDITIONS MODEL Click on the links below to view photographs of the two recently released Atlas Editions models: ATLAS014
4655514
AEC Q single deck Greenline
ATLAS0015
4655115 Sunbeam Roe Trolleybus Teeside Municiple Transport PHOTOGRAPHS
OF RECENTLY RELEASED EFE MODELS 32101A
RMF London Transport - Subscriber Offer model 12309
Harrington Grenadier Black and White 31908
RML London Transport 32305
Bristol RELH Coach Royal Blue 36004
Leyland RTL Bus Silver Star EFE
ROUTEMASTER SINGLE
DECK 37801
RM Routemaster Single Deck CLICK
HERE II received the below from Time Tunnel Models which gives an explanation as to the price of this models: "Pricing - we assumed this would be a normal priced release. As this is a one-off model, EFE have to recoup all the tooling costs on just one model run - as a result, the price is much higher than initially assumed. The Single Deck RM we will retail at £38.95. This is the best price we have been able to offer for the product, due to a very high trade price." Sunday 5 June 2011 |
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NEW
MODELS ANNOUNCED BY EFE EFE have announced the following new models: 20451
Bristol VR3 Eastern National CLICK
HERE 22517
Alexander Y Type - Northern General CLICK
HERE 26410
Daimler Utility - London Transport CLICK
HERE 29703
Leyland Olympian - London Country NBC CLICK
HERE CONFIRMED
RELEASE FROM BRITBUS ROUTEMASTER
ASSOCIATION COMMISSIONED MODEL UPDATE CLICK HERE to view an advertising poster for the model which gives details of how to order etc. I have also received the following update from the Routemaster Association: "We are due to collect them over the next few days and it will be available shortly. The first venue that it will be available for the general public, apart from by post, will be at North Weald rally on the 3rd July". CLICK HERE for a copy of the order form to order by post CORGI
OOC MODELS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE Week
commencing 20th June Friday 3 June 2011 |
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CONFIRMED
RELEASE FROM CORGI OOC I can confirm that the following model has now been released and is on sale: OM41707 RTW OK Motorbus Services Bishop Auckland Town Services CLICK HERE EFE
MODELS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE Thursday 2nd June 2011 |
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