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| Photographs of the recently issued radio controlled
models have now been added to the site and can be found under the 'Toys'
section of the site. 31st
October 2003 |
Two new books from BSI Hobbies
have been announced which follow on from the recently published KMB Fleet Directory.
The first, Citybus
is now available, whilst the second, New
World First Bus, is due to be published in December.
Pictured
above is one of several recently released Citybus remote control toy buses from
Tins Toys. Further photos will appear later in the week. On November 5th this site will celebrate
it's 27th
October 2003 |
| A new page has been added to the Xtra section of the site. Of
interest to anyone who may be looking for a copy of Mike Davis's excellent book
'Hong Kong Buses
- Volume Two - Kowloon Motor Bus', I would suggest checking Amazon
. I have just received a copy I ordered two months ago - and it was well worth
the wait. The next objective is to find the China Motor Bus first edition, and
although this too is listed on Amazon, it is currently unobtainable. I would,
in the meantime, appreciate anyone who has this edition and has access to a scanner,
sending me a picture of the front cover, so as to update the appropriate page.
I am led to believe that a further batch of KMB Olympians are due to arrive in Southampton this weekend, and wonder if anyone can confirm this, and also advise what vessel they might be on? 23rd
October 2003 |
| Having suffered a major problem with my PC, namely the loss of the hard drive, I am pleased to report that things are gradually returning to some sort of normality. To assist me in re-creating my address book, I would appreciate a blank e-mail from those of you with whom I regularly correspond, with "add address" in the subject line. Thank you in anticipation. Fortunately,
there has been very little news on the model front, with no new models announced
or released. I have, however, received photographs of 'crystal' buses, some of
which are shown below.
I have just added a further photograph of a real bus, this being NWFB VA43, one of 12 such buses being leased to KCRC. This can be viewed on the Xtra section of the site.
Pictured above is the scene of Hong Kong's latest bus crash, involving KMB Volvo Olympian AV253, which was on route 961 to Wan Chai (HK Convention Centre). 21st October
2003 |
| A new page has been added to the Xtra section of the site which features some 'real' buses that have been sold/leased to other Hong Kong operators. 10th
October 2003 |
It really does exist!! For anyone doubting the authenticity of the recently released resin Citybus liveried fire engine (88003), the above photograph is proof that it really does exist. Purchased from the government, not to put out fires, but to carry out maintenance on the overhead catenary system at their trolleybus test track at Wong Chuk Hang Depot. 7th
October 2003 |
| A short notice trip to Paris over the weekend resulted in a rather rushed 'News' update on Friday, during which several pages of the site were lost! I believe this has now been rectified, and would like to thank those of you who took the time and trouble to highlight this problem. Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience caused. I can confirm that the AsianBus
CMB Metropolitan (AS1004)
was released in Hong Kong during late September and that the KMB Cars Workshop
Leyland Fleetline (38902)
was released in Hong Kong on 2nd October. New photographs of both these models
have just been uploaded.
New World First Bus Dennis Dart/Plaxton Pointer No.2026 is one of several which has been sold to KMB, and pictured above is the vehicle in it's new owners' livery. 6th October
2003 |
| New photographs have been added for some of the recently released Citybus resin models. These are the Hino recovery truck from Supreme (S-008), Dennis fire engine (88003), and the Volvo FL7 recovery truck (88004). 3rd October
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