| The model -
a new name in resin models, Auto Motor Collection, released details of
this, their first model, early in October 2007. Two versions are being
released, one with cream wheels and a destination of Tsim Sha Tsui and
the other with red wheels and a destination of Mei Foo. Each is limited
to 250 pieces. The models come on a solid plinth which has the limited
certificate affixed to it. It comes in a sturdy presentation box with
plastic
infills to protect the model during transit.
The bus
- after successful trials with the four prototype Dennis Jubilants
(N1-4)
Kowloon Motor Bus placed an order for 50 chassis, which were delivered
in 1979/80. Orders for a further 310 chassis followed over the
following
years.
Of the first
order, 49 were fitted with Alexander
bus bodies, which had been built in Scotland. The remaining chassis
received
a similar body, built in Hong Kong, but was classified as a coach,
having
2+2 coach seats (as opposed to 3+2 for the buses) and was also fitted
with
air-conditioning. It received no fleet number, being known only as
CF4180
and entered service almost 4 months after the last bus in the batch (on
11th June 1980). With the curtailment of coach route 206, CF4180 became
redundant and was withdrawn, pending removal of the air-conditioning
and
fitting of bus seats, after which it entered service again as N364
introduction.
The above
information has been extracted
from Mike Davis's excellent book 'Hong
Kong Buses - Kowloon Motor Bus'.
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