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| Title : | Hong Kong Bus Models - Volume 2 |
| Author : | Tortoise &
Mr Teacher
Research Team |
| Published by : | Oriental Origin Development Int. Co. Ltd |
| Year of publication : | 2001 |
| ISBN : | 962-85702-3-4 |
| Size : | 15cm x 21cm |
| Pages : | 92 |
| Availability : | HK: 12th April
2001
UK: ? |
| Price : | HK$ 88
UK£ |
The second volume of of Hong Kong Model Buses was published on 12th April 2001.
The biggest section of this Volume picks up where Volume 1 left off, in June 1999, starting with Corgi's "God of Wealth" (Wish Bus). It's layout is generally the same as Volume 1, however, whilst the earlier maintained a "page per model" layout, certain models in this later Volume have been grouped together. An example is the Collector's Model CMB "Hotline" liveried Victory (V103A), which was released in August 1999, being grouped with ABC's similar versions, which were not released until July 2000. In addition, the models featuring all-over advertisements have also been grouped together.
With the increasing number of releases since the release of the previous Volume, this grouping is understandable.
The remaining sections are detailed as follows:-
A Collection of Olympian
Bus Models
Four pages dedicated to Corgi's twenty-eight
different Olympians.
Exhibition in Hong
Kong of Historic Buses
Two pages of photographs of the Bus Exhibition
held in Hong Kong last year.
Selection
of the Best Hong Kong Bus Model
Two pages giving presumably the Author's
opinion on the following four categories:- the Best Bus, Buses of the Finest
Workmanship, Buses of the Best Measurement and Buses of the Most Attractive
Livery.
If you want to find out what the results
are - then click here. I certainly wouldn't disagree
with any of the choices!
A List of Hong Kong
Bus Models
Three pages listing, in tabular format,
the releases between June 1999 and November 2000.
Preview of the Latest
Bus Models
The final five pages detail briefly, with
a photograph of each, those releases issued between November 2000 and February
2001.
Verdict
- It is obviously a "must" for the serious Hong Kong Collector, and I am
already looking forward to Volume 3, which at the rate of new models currently
being released, shouldn't be too far away!!
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