The model -
this is the third version to be issued by 312/P&T Model, being
released on 11th April 2013. Two previous versions were released in
February, these being B00421-113 and B00421-81M.
The bus
- following the successful
trial of three 10.5 metre ECW bodied two-axle Leyland Olympians in 1981
(fleet nos. BL1-3), Kowloon Motor Bus ordered a further 120 examples,
but to a reduced length of 9.5 metres and with Alexander bodywork. The
first twenty (fleet nos. BL4-23) were delivered in 1983 with a second
batch of thirty (fleet nos. BL24-53) being delivered in 1984. A third
batch of forty (fleet nos. BL54-93) arrived in February/March 1985 and
a final batch of thirty (fleet nos. 94-123) arrived in August/September
1985.
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