Monday 30th September 2013

OM46018A Wright Eclipse, First Potteries, 25 Stoke Hartshill via Keele University dual destination Sep-13
OM46018B Wright Eclipse, First Potteries, 25 Hartshill via Keele University dual destination Sep-13
OM41229A Wright Gemini, Yellow Bus 1C Christchurch dual destination Oct-13
OM41229B Wright Gemini, Yellow Bus 1B Bournemouth dual destination Oct-13
OM41310A Wright Fusion, First Leeds, 95 Leeds Rail Station via Headingley dual destination Nov-13
OM41310B Wright Fusion, First Leeds, 95 Bodington Hall via Headingley dual destination Nov-13
OM46701A Wright Eclipse 2, Wilts and Dorset, M2 Southbourne dual destination Nov-13
OM46701B Wright Eclipse 2, Wilts and Dorset, M1 Castlepoint dual destination Nov-13
OM42415A Plaxton Panorama, Wallace Arnold, Yorkshire Dales dual destination Nov-13
OM42415B Plaxton Panorama, Wallace Arnold, Scottish Highlands dual destination Nov-13
OM46703A Wright Eclipse 2, Lothian 113 Pencaitland dual destination Dec-13
OM46703B Wright Eclipse 2, Lothian 113 Western General Hospital dual destination Dec-13
OM41605A Crossley DD42, Lancaster City Transport, Scotforth 11 dual destination Dec-13
OM41605B Crossley DD42, Lancaster City Transport, Marsh 2 dual destination Dec-13
OM46408A Caetano Levante, National Express, 202 Heathrow Airport 'Welsh Dragon' dual destination Dec-13
OM46408B Caetano Levante, National Express, 202 Swansea 'Welsh Dragon' dual destination Dec-13

Sunday 29th September 2013

CORGI OOC MODELS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE
A reminder that the following models are scheduled for release next week:
OM46018A Wright Eclipse First Potteries - 500 pieces
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
OM46018B Wright Eclipse First Potteries - 500 pieces
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE

Friday 27th September 2013

Wednesday 25th September 2013

Many thanks to Peter Rigarlsford for advising me that the Code 3 Show model based on a Britbus model (as reported on Friday evening) was a Nottingham City Transport model based on Britbus East Lancs Scania Omnidekka ES-12.

Thank you also to Peter for sending me PDF of the TTC Diecast page from the Show guide in Bus and Coach Buyer magazine. CLICK HERE To view the page PLEASE NOTE: this is a large file approx 350kb and may take some time to download depending on your connection speed.

Monday 23rd September 2013

SHOWBUS THIS WEEKEND
Sadly for the first time in several years I am not able to attend Showbus on Sunday as I have to work , I will welcome any news from the Show so I can update others who are also unable to attend. In the mean time I understand that the Showbus sponsor TTC Diecast will have some new resin models on sale. These will be:
RES5001a Versa, Arriva Derby, X38 randed (Derby) 
RES5001b Versa, Arriva Derby, Un Branded (Burton)
150 pieces of each and priced at £64.99

Two versions of the Optare Spectra in East London livery will also be available and priced at £69.99 each with 200 pieces of each.

A Code 3 Showbus event model will also be available based on a Britbus model. No further details are available at this time but mention is made of looking out for the 1:1 model (If anybody can take any photographs of the model and or the real bus and email them to me, they would be much appreciated).

Friday 20th September 2013

New models
13502 Atkinson 4 axle oval tanker - Bulwark
20139 Bedford OB coach - Seaview Services
26326 Guy Arab 2 Utility - Sheffield Transport
28822 Leyland Titan 2 door - London Transport
35706 36' BET RC class coach - Greenline
38110 Bristol VRT - Alder Valley

Wednesday 18th September 2013

CONFIRMED RELEASES FROM OXFORD DIECAST
I can confirm that the following models have now been released and are on sale:
76IRZ001 Scania Irizar PB Bus Eireann CLICK HERE
76PB001 Commer PB (Post Bus) Royal Mail CLICK HERE

EFE MODELS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE
EFE have advised that the following models are scheduled for release week commencing 23rd September 2013:
16015 Leyland PD 2 lowbridge Luton Corporation CLICK HERE
17706 Leyland National MkII - Go Ahead Northern - CLICK HERE

Tuesday 17th September 2013

OM41415A/B Daimler ROE Grimsby Cleethorpes Transport, dual destination 

Grimsby Cleethorpes Transport Joint Committee was formed in 1957 from the amalgamation of Grimsby Corporation Transport (established in 1925) and Cleethorpes Corporation Transport (established in 1930). The two corporations had run a number of joint routes prior to amalgamation. 
The livery chosen by the joint committee was dark blue and cream, compared with the deep maroon and cream used by Grimsby and the grey and blue of Cleethorpes. The fleet livery was changed in 1981 to caramel and cream and again in 1988 to orange and white. 
In accordance with government requirements the company became a limited company in 1986, which was acquired by Stagecoach in 1993 after which the livery became Stagecoach white and orange with red and blue chevron stripes. 
AVAILABLE JANUARY 2014

OM41415A Daimler ROE Grimsby Cleethorpes Transport
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: -
Registration number: MEE 351
Route number: 8
Destination: Humberston

OM41415B Daimler ROE Grimsby Cleethorpes Transport
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: -
Registration number: MEE 351
Route number: 9
Destination: Barnoldby-Le-Beck

OM42521A/B Dennis Trident, East Lancs, Preston Bus, dual destination 

Preston Bus can trace it’s proud history back to the late 19th century and the horse drawn trams of the Preston Tramway Company. Electric trams operated from the company‘s present headquarters on Deepdale Road from 1904, and the first Preston Corporation bus service started in 1922. After deregulation in 1986 the company was sold to its employees in 1993, and became Preston Bus Ltd. More recent history has involved some upheaval and two changes of ownership, but it now looks forward to growth and stability under parent company Rotala. Preston Bus currently operate 20 Dennis Tridents out of a total fleet of 99 buses. Bus 40590 is one of 18 Tridents with East Lancs Bodywork. It can be seen regularly on various services of the Preston Bus City Network, including the Moor Nook 8, which runs every ten minutes during the day. AVAILABLE JUNE 2014

OM42521A Dennis Trident East Lancs, Preston Bus
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: 40590
Registration number: V190 EBV
Route number: 8
Destination: Bus Station

OM42521B Dennis Trident East Lancs, Preston Bus
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: 40590
Registration number: V190 EBV
Route number: 8
Destination: Moor Nook

OM46113A/B Plaxton Panther Oxford Bus Company, dual destination 

Oxford Bus Company has been operating in Oxford for more than 130 years. Today, it is an award winning bus operator, providing a comprehensive network of services across Oxford, as well as frequent coach services to London and Heathrow & Gatwick airports. The X90 is the direct coach service between Oxford and London, operating seven days a week. The service operates up to every ten minutes during peak times, the journey takes approximately 100 minutes and serves Baker Street, Marble Arch and Victoria. In 2012, the X90 was given a new look, with 17 refurbished coaches added to the route (numbered 83 to 99). These coaches feature a striking new livery, provide wheelchair access and give more legroom for the passengers. Since the upgrade, the X90 has continued to grow in popularity, so much so that the service frequency has been increased to no fewer than three times. AVAILABLE MARCH 2014

OM46113A Plaxton Panther, Oxford Bus Company
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: 95
Registration number: EE08 OXF
Route number: X90
Destination: Oxford City, Brookes Uni & High Street 

OM46113B Plaxton Panther, Oxford Bus Company
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: 95
Registration number: EE08 OXF
Route number: X90
Destination: London Victoria, Baker Street & Marble Arch

OM46308A/B Routemaster Black Prince, dual destination 

The acquisition of a preserved Douglas Corporation AEC Regent in 1968 provided the impetus to operate buses and led to the founding of ‘Black Prince’ Coaches, named after the famous statue in Leeds City Square. The company’s buses and coaches originally wore a green and cream livery and operated contracts, private hires and a Blackpool Express service. A new livery of red, yellow and maroon, applied differently to each bus, was adopted following deregulation in 1986. 
RM441 was acquired in 1990 from Western Scottish Omnibuses, when its Clydeside subsidiary was re-absorbed and RMs operation ceased. Clydeside had sold many of its ‘cherished’ RM registration plates and named many of its RMs with male names beginning with ‘R’, RM441 duly took the name ‘Rudolf’. 
AVAILABLE MAY 2014

OM46308A Routemaster Black Prince
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: RM441
Registration number: LDS 341A
Route number: X51
Destination: Morley Fountain Inn via Elland Road

OM46308B Routemaster Black Prince
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: RM441
Registration number: LDS 341A
Route number: 63B
Destination: Royal Armouries via Arndale University City Sq

OM46501A/B Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 Metro Line, dual destination 

‘Metroline’ is part of the Singapore based ComfortDelGro group of companies, which operate a fleet of around 1,600 buses on over 90 routes mainly in north, north west, west and central London. ‘Metroline’ employ around 5,000 staff and the majority of routes are run under contract to Transport for London. VW1400 is one of a batch of 43 Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 vehicles delivered to Metroline in 2012/13. The bus is based at Willesden Garage and is normally to be found on the well-established trunk route 52, operating between Willesden and Victoria, alongside hybrid versions of this vehicle. The route has a peak vehicle requirement of 24 buses at the busiest times. AVAILABLE MAY 2014

OM46501A Wright Eclipse Gemini 2, Metro Line
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: VW1400
Registration number: LK62 DVL
Route number: 52
Destination: Willesden Bus Garage

OM46501B Wright Eclipse Gemini 2, Metro Line
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: VW1400
Registration number: LK62 DVL
Route number: 52
Destination: Victoria

OM46502A/B Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 Brighton & Hove, dual destination 

Brighton & Hove Buses run a fleet of around 280 modern buses on local bus routes, plus eight luxury coaches available for private hire to meet any requirements. 
The company have been in the public transport business since the 1880s, starting with horsedrawn buses they now have a fleet of state-of-the-art vehicles. The majority of the company’s buses are equipped with easy access low floors for buggies and wheelchairs. 
The Brighton & Hove Buses vehicle modelled here represents a Volvo Gemini used on Route 7, one of the most popular routes, running between George Street in Hove and Brighton Marina via the city centre up to every seven minutes. AVAILABLE JUNE 2014

OM46502A Wright Eclipse Gemini 2, Brighton and Hove
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: 410
Registration number: BJ11 XHL
Vehicle name: Martha Gunn
Route number: 7
Destination: Brighton Marina

OM46502B Wright Eclipse Gemini 2, Brighton and Hove
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: 410
Registration number: BJ11 XHL
Vehicle name: Martha Gunn
Route number: 7
Destination: Hove George Street

OM46609A/B New Bus for London Metro Line, dual destination 

In February 2012 the first New Bus for London (NBfL) hit the streets of the capital running on route number 38 between Victoria Station and Hackney. A further seven vehicles were in service by July. The new hybrid diesel-electric motor vehicles were first announced back in 2008 in Mayor of London, Boris Johnson’s election manifesto and have since become commonly known as Boris Buses. 
Reverting back to the popular open-platform of the old Routemasters, the NBfL offers the same hop-on hop-off rear platform as well as two other sets of doors, each with an Oyster card reader. With two sets of stairs and three entrances the NBfL is easy to get on, off and around. 
Designed by Heatherwick Studios and built by Wrightbus using lightweight materials and with distinctive glass sides to the two staircases the bus has a light and airy feel inside. More than just a pretty face the ‘green innards’ of these red buses are twice as fuel efficient as standard diesel buses and are the most environmentally friendly of their kind. 
AVAILABLE MARCH 2014
At the time of going to press we are unable to confirm the advertising panels for the above model and for that reason the image represents a plain red bus. The actual model produced will carry an advertising panel and other details may slightly differ to what is represented here. Once we have full details available we will confirm the final appearance of the model. To keep up to date with any developments on this model or general information we recommend that you visit www.corgi.co.uk and sign up for our free email newsletter. Alternatively you can follow Corgi on social media websites Facebook and Twitter, please see the rear cover for more information.

OM46609A New Bus for London, Metro Line
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: LT19
Registration number: LTZ 1019
Route number: 24
Destination: Pimlico

OM46609B New Bus for London, Metro Line
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: LT19
Registration number: LTZ 1019
Route number: 24
Destination: Parliament Square

OM46702A/B Wright Eclipse 2 Bus Éireann, dual destination 

‘Bus Éireann’ is the national bus and coach transport management company for Ireland. In existence for over 25 years, the company provide more than 300 public transport routes to towns, villages and cities around the country on behalf of the State; self-funded commercial inter-city services; and the national School Transport Scheme on behalf of the Department of Education & Skills.  Cork city routes 215 and 203 are high frequency city services that operate under contract to the National Transport Authority. ‘Bus Éireann’ operate 18 such services in Cork, Galway, Limerick, Sligo and Waterford. ‘Bus Éireann’ employs 2,500 people at 17 locations across the country and has a fleet of approximately 1,100 vehicles. In 2012, it carried out over 77 million passenger journeys. AVAILABLE JANUARY 2014

OM46702A Wright Eclipse 2, Bus Eireann
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: VWL309
Registration number: 12-C-3501
Route number: 215
Destination: Blarney

OM46702B Wright Eclipse 2, Bus Eireann
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: VWL309
Registration number: 12-C-3501
Route number: 203
Destination: Farranree via Parklands

OM46704A/B Wright Eclipse 2 National Express Birmingham, dual destination 

National Express operate 177 of these Volvo B7RLE single deckers with Wright Eclipse B43F bodies in their West Midlands, Coventry and Dundee fleets. 48 of the buses are allocated to the Wolverhampton garage. This investment supported the introduction of a new bus network for the city in July 2012 with National Express West Midlands proud to carry the people of Wolverhampton. 
AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2014

OM46704A Wright Eclipse 2, National Express West Midlands
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: 2068
Registration number: BX61 XBO
Route number: 27
Destination: Wolverhampton via Goldthorn Park

OM46704B Wright Eclipse 2, National Express West Midlands
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: 2068
Registration number: BX61 XBO
Route number: 126E
Destination: Dudley via Roseville

OM46705A/B Wright Eclipse 2 National Express Dundee, dual destination 

National Express Dundee and the well-known comic publisher DC Thomson teamed up at the end of 2011 to celebrate some of their famous cartoon characters that had been created in the city. Well known amongst young and old, the comic characters Dennis & Gnasher are celebrated on the company’s busy services 28 & 29 that operate across the city connecting Charleston in the West with Douglas in the East. 
As well as Dennis & Gnasher, other well known cartoon characters such as Oor Willie and Mini the Minx can also be seen branding other National Express Dundee routes in the city. 
AVAILABLE APRIL 2014

OM46705A Wright Eclipse 2, National Express Dundee
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: 2043
Registration number: SP61 CTX
Route number: 28
Destination: Douglas via Arbroath Road

OM46705B Wright Eclipse 2, National Express Dundee
Photograph 1 CLICK HERE
Photograph 2 CLICK HERE
Fleet number: 2043
Registration number: SP61 CTX
Route number: 29
Destination: Charleston via City Centre

Monday 16th September 2013

Friday 13th September 2013

Tuesday 10th September 2013

CONFIRMED RELEASES FROM CORGI OOC
I can confirm that the following models have now been released:
OM44711A Dennis Pointer Touchwood CLICK HERE
OM44711B Dennis Pointer Touchwood CLICK HERE

OM46608 NBfL Phantom of the Opera (Corgi Club Exclusive model) CLICK HERE

CONFIRMED RELEASE FROM ATLAS EDITIONS - TRAMS OF THE WORLD
I can confirm that the following model has now been released:
4648504 Hong Kong Tram

Monday 9th September 2013

Thursday 4th September 2013

16014 Leyland PD 2 Lowbridge - Newcastle Corporation - CLICK HERE
Fleet number: 358
Registration number: LVK 10
Route: 5
Destination: Darras Hall via Runnymede Road & City Airport
Anticipated release date: October

17706 Leyland National MkII - Go Ahead Northern - CLICK HERE
Fleet number: 4701
Registration number: FTN 701W
Route: 723
Destination: Eldon square, Newcastle
Anticipated release date: September

18207 Daimler XF Fleetline - London Country - CLICK HERE
Fleet number: XF8
Registration number: CUV 58C
Route: 409
Destination: West Croydon
Anticipated release date: October

22913 Bedford TK Boxvan - Ever Ready - CLICK HERE
Fleet number: 153
Registration number: BVX 842T
Anticipated release date: October

34907 Leyland Olympian Coach - Xelabus - CLICK HERE
Fleet number: 515
Registration number: G715 WDL
Route: 192
Destination: Itchen College
Anticipated release date: October

36607 Plaxton SLF Dart Series 2 - Metrobus - CLICK HERE
Fleet number: 219
Registration number: SN03 WMY
Route: 465
Destination: Dorking
Anticipated release date: September

Details of previously announced models:
16536 Leyland MCW Atlantean - Hants & Dorset N.B.C. - CLICK HERE
Fleet number: 3997
Registration number: 538 HKJ
Route: 320
Destination: Winklebury
Anticipated release date: October

35901 CRL 4 Routemaster Coach Prototype - Greenline - CLICK HERE
Fleet number: CRL4
Registration number: SLT 59
Route: 721
Destination: Aldgate
Anticipated release date: October

Wednesday 4th September 2013

September 2013 - News

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