 |
  
|
|
 |
||
|
diecast
delights of the Far
East
|
||
|
|||||||
 |
|
 |
||||||
| Previous month's News | To find a specific month's News, click here | Next month's News |
|
|
 |
|||||
Kowloon Motor Bus has today announced two new 1/76 scale models featuring Mercedes Benz O305 fleet no. ME1. One is on route 101 ad the other has a destination of Hong Kong. Further details will be added when known. 30th October 2025 | |||||
Just a reminder that whilst I no longer provide regular news updates for Tiny's 1/110 scale buses, I do update the various Tiny pages as best I can. Today is an exception, as I do like this Kowloon Motor Bus retro liveried MCV bodied Volvo B8L! 28th October 2025 | |||||
Well, today's arrival is a more recent release than the two China Motor Bus Guy Arabs featured below, it's taken just under 16 years to acquire this Shanghai trolleybus from 52Bus! My thanks again to Robin Bennett (aka 'The Bus Captain') for his help in sourcing this model. I will be adding further photographs of this Shanghai SK5105GP trolleybus shortly (52002A). 27th October 2025 | |||||
The two Kowloon Motor Bus Wrights Explorer bodied Volvo B10TLs, reported below, have been released today. To recap, AVW100 (MA5811) (top photograph) is on route 17 to Kwun Tong (Yue Man Square) (KMB2025022) whilst AVW61 (LR1932) (lower photograph) is on route 212 to Sham Shui Po (Tonkin Street) (KMB2025023). Each is limited to 900 pieces and both now appear on the 80M Bus Model Shop website. 25th October 2025 | |||||
Having purchased the yellow and blue liveried China Motor Bus Guy Arab when it was released back in 2001, it has taken me almost twenty-five years to acquire the two standard liveried models, which were both released in November 2000. I am grateful to Robin Bennett (aka 'The Bus Captain') for his help in finding these models.
A new page has now been added for the Masterpiece Collectibles SBS Transit Mercedes Benz Citaro featured in yesterday's news update, just follow this link. 20th October 2025 | |||||
© Colin During my mini break I was contacted by Colin in Singapore advising that he had just acquired a new model. The model in question was a Mercedes-Benz Citaro, specifically given to retiring bus captains at SBS Transit and produced by Masterpiece Collectibles. However, this model was surprisingly sold to the public when SBS Transit launched their Lazada online store on 10th October 2025 and it sold out that same day. The destination reads SBS Transit, the registration reads SBS8888T and the number of units produced is not specified. A new page with further photographs will be added shortly. 19th October 2025 | |||||
I have now returned from a mini break and can report that APEC have released three further models, as shown above. The first two feature Citybus liveried Berkhof bodied MAN 24.310, the first on route 5B with a destination of Causeway Bay (63006) whilst the second is on route 10 with a destination of Kennedy Town (63007). The third features Kowloon Motor Bus Seddon Pennine IV registration AR7670 on route 33 (55919). Quantities are presently unknown and new pages will be added as soon as time allows.
© Kowloon Motor Bus Meanwhile, Kowloon Motor Bus has announced four new models, as pictured above. The first two models both feature Wrights Explorer bodied Volvo B10TLs - AVW100 (MA5811) is on route 17 to Kwun Tong (Yue Man Square) (KMB2025022) whilst AVW61 (LR1932) is on route 212 to Sham Shui Po (Tonkin Street) (KMB2025023). The two open-toppers are both ADL Enviro500s on route HK1 - the first, in hot dog livery, features ATENU521 (TK4304) (KMB2025154) whilst the white liveried example features ATENU522 (TK4426) (KMB2025155). Again, new pages will be added when time allows - pages have now been added. 16th October 2025 | |||||
Tiny has today announced a new 1/76 scale Toyota Coaster public light bus, as pictured above, which I believe is now available. It features XR2388 with a destination of Mong Kok (Box PTV13/ATC66298). 9th October 2025 | |||||
In the absence of any model news, I have spent a little time photographing a few models from my collection. The result is a new page, which I have just uploaded to the XTRA section of the site, and this features the various liveries carried by Citybus - just click on the above image. 6th October 2025 | |||||
Kowloon Motor Bus has applied all-over advertising for route HK1 to ADL Enviro500NG ATENU725 (TR7927) .... another model possibility? 1st October 2025 |
|
|
|
| Previous month's News |
|
Next
month's News
|
| [diecast models] - [information] - [links] - [news] - [plastic models] - [resin models] - [trams] - [xtra] |
 |
|
|
|
|
