| The model -
this is the second resin model of DD1, and has been specially commissioned
by Digbys Miniature Automobiles and their colleague in Hong Kong, with
a limited run of 300 models, 150 of each will be made available in Hong
Kong and the UK respectively.
The model is being re-made by P & T (formerly
3+12) and is produced in resin with white metal chassis and will have a
different destination/route number to the first issue, also the Dennis
badge is situated in the middle of the grille as opposed to just below
the windscreen on the original.
The bus
- DD1 was ordered as part of China Motor Bus's evaluation of second generation
rear-engined buses. It entered service in January 1979, having been exhibited
at the Motor Show, in Birmingham, in 1978 - Extracted from Mike Davis's
excellent book Hong
Kong Buses - China Motor Bus - 65 Years
My thanks to Winston Lau for the photos of
the actual bus, shown below.
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