The model - My thanks to John Peakman for providing information on this model in late 2015 - his model came with a choice of:-
Registration numbers:- 4113, 4118, 4139, 4142, 4143, HK4223, HK4227, HK4231, HK4806, HK4809, HK4824
Route numbers:- 2, 5, 6, 8, 10
Destinations: Tai Hang, Shau Ki Wan, North Point, Kennedy Town, Happy Valley, Sai Ying Poon, Cleverly Street, Private, and Chai Wan.
There are also the decals for coin in slot symbols. John is not sure if the decal sheet came with the model or was available separately.
The bus
- 100 Guy Arabs with underfloor engines were delivered to China Motor Bus
between 1954 and 1961. They featured front and rear folding doors and could
seat 43 passengers with 23 standees. Two conductors were employed to operate
the manually operated doors and collect fares. Additional radiators, as
fitted to this model, from scrapped Tilling-Stevens buses were fitted to
most of the UFs in the late 1960's. With the introduction of one-man-operation
in the early 1970's, the buses were well suited with their forward entrance.
At the same time, the rear doors were either locked or panelled over.
The above information has been extracted
from Mike Davis' excellent reference book
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