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Dennis Dominator/Alexander
China Motor Bus
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The model - the first and only release from the Model Express Company is this Dennis Dominator SD3, which was released in Hong Kong on 26th October 2000. Unfortunately the destination on the model is incorrect. It reads Siu San Wan, when in fact it should read Siu Sai Wan.

The bus - like the other 5 CMB 'Short Dominators', SD3 was primarily used on route 15 to The Peak (as shown in the photo below), it's low height necessary for clearing the low Mount Kellett Road bridge on the way (the lower photograph shows sister vehicle SD6 just managing that!). 

New World First Bus, who took over route 15 from China Motor Bus, initially used low-height 10.3 metre Duple Metsec bodied Dennis Tridents on this route. These were subsequently replaced, in 2017, by sixty low-height ADL Enviro400s.

 
 Manufacturer of model  Model Express 
 Scale  1:76
 Prototype chassis  Dennis Dominator
 Prototype bodywork  Alexander 'R' type
 Prototype length  9.5 metre
 Fleet number  SD3
 Registration number  CT9686
 Route number  8
 Destination  Siu San Wan
 Quantity  4,000
 Date released - Hong Kong  26th October 2000
   
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Photograph courtesy of Winston Lau
 
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Photograph courtesy of Winston Lau
 

 
 
This page last updated Saturday, 3rd August 2019
 
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