MODEL
REVIEW
by Tim Moore
I have just received my NWFB Millennium Trident
(Drumwell) and thought I would drop you a line to give my opinion on it,
which is, that it is the best casting yet of any of the Hong Kong models.
Features that improve it over the Corgi casting are (in no order of preference):
1. Moulded engine grilles
2. Wipers moulded on windscreen
3. Separate mirrors to fit yourself
4. An upper deck ceiling with air vents
moulded in it and lower deck has light
fittings on ceiling
5. Side destination box actually in bus
and not printed on side window
6. Proper shape emergency door control flaps
and the addition of a fuel fillerflap
7. Removable engine cover (supplied plastic
'key' need not be used..a small
pointed instrument will
do)
8. Glass effect rear destination number
and recessed rear registration number
plate
9. and for a real driver like me the instrument
panel is brilliant ...instruments
printed on dash, red
farebox and separate monitors for driver and passengers
for fare collection via
Octopus cards. The dash and staircase is correctly in
FirstGroup grey, not
the same colour as the seats as in the Corgi versions.
!0. Improved base showing mechanical parts
and exhaust pipe emerging at rear.
Sorry to rave about this, but it must be the
best casting yet. Not so the livery, I have seen better, though the standard
of finish is brilliant.
8th February 2000
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