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I have received confirmation that the model number allocated to the white Tilling-Stevens is 39801W, and the actual quantity is 60 pieces. It is believed that New World First Bus and Citybus will release their 'Year of the Pig' liveried Dragons next Wednesday, 7th February. 31st
January 2007
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New World First Bus
has decorated Dennis Dragon DA95 in the 'Year of the Pig' livery. My
thanks
to Thomas Tang for being so quick off the mark in sending me
photographs,
which have now been added to the Xtra
section of the site.
Whilst on the
subject of 'Year of the Pig',
KMB's Corgi Olympian (OM43206)
is due for release in Hong Kong tomorrow (28th).
Jotus.com
have confirmed that the second KMB Ford Thames Trader from Hong Kong
Model
Co. has been released (8132A),
this time representing AD4713, on route 2 Star Ferry - So Uk
Village.
My thanks to Dennis for sending me photographs of the above two models, not issued for general release. The first features a Cars Workshop Tilling-Stevens K5LA7 (39801W) on route number 1, Star Ferry - Kowloon, which was issued on 14 January with a quantity of just 50 pieces. The second is Creative Master Northcord Ltd (cnbus0001) a Sunwin Volvo B7R (the actual bus bus is King Long bus & Dong Feng bus, not a Sunwin Volvo) on route K186, Jing Cun Zhan - Qin Chun Lu. Issued in November 2006 and limited to 500 pieces, it is a private commission for Hang Zhou Citizen Card. If anyone can provide me with any additional information on either of these two models, please e-mail me. 27th
January 2007
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My special thanks to Stephen Cho for sending me photographs of former China Motor Bus Metrobus ML1, now preserved in Australia, which were taken today, Australia Day. It is operating a special shuttle service with RM1708 and other vintage buses. A new page has tonight been added to the Xtra section of the site. 26th
January 2007
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The January edition of KMB Today is now on-line and page 37 gives details of the 'Year of the Pig' Olympian - there will be a quantity of 5,000 and it will retail HK$288. 25th
January 2007
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Due for release on Sunday 28th January, is this Cars Workshop Volvo B9TL Enviro 500 in a plain white livery (39404). It will retail for HK$268 and is limited to 888 pieces. A new page and further photos will be added late this evening. 24th
January 2007
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The first 'Year of the Pig' liveried model to be released is this Q-type KMB Olympian from Cars Workshop. It retails for HK$46. 23rd
January 2007
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A further selection of photographs have been received from Jotus.com of the Hong Kong Bus Rally held on Sunday and these are currently being added to the Xtra section of the site. Whilst on the subject of the Hong Kong Transport Society Bus Rally, the above photograph, kindly supplied by Tim Sham, shows the latest Qb-bus model issued by the Hong Kong Transport Society during the Rally. It features CMB's DA92, the company's very last air-conditioned Dennis Condor being put into service. 16th
January 2007
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The annual Bus Rally, organised by the Hong Kong Transport Society, was held at Fan Lin yesterday. Thanks to Jotus.com, I have tonight added a new page to the Xtra section of the site featuring further photographs of this event. 15th
January 2007
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Two new pages have today been added to the Xtra section of the site. Although not directly connected to Oriental Model Buses, I am sure they will be of interest. The first features the newly released Wilts and Dorset Mercedes-Benz Citaro from Creative Master Northcord. With Wilts and Dorset being my 'local' operator I just couldn't resist! The second, which is probably of greater interest to those visitors to the site who live outside of Hong Kong, features photographs of the Ngong Ping Skyrail. As always, my thanks to Donald MacRae for providing the photographs. 13th
January 2007
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Following the news report on 30th November of the three China Motor Bus models being offered in Spain with a collectors magazine, further details and photos have been added to the following pages:- X1003 - Guy Arab Mk V Tree Trimmer registration number DE7930My thanks to Andrew Shirley for providing the information and photographs of these models. 10th
January 2007
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A new page featuring the two recently released resin KMB Duple Dominant bodied Albion Vikings has now been added to the Resin section of the site. 8th January
2007
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My thanks to
Philip Chan for sending me a
'daylight' shot of KMB's 'Year of the Pig' liveried Olympian. A larger
resolution image can be found on the Xtra
page
Pictured above are the two versions of the recently released resin KMB Duple Dominant bodied Albion Viking EVK55CL - one with a destination that reads 'Training School', the other 'Training Unit'. Both are limited to just 60 pieces each. A new page, with additional photographs, will be added shortly. 6th
January 2007
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Following the
counting of votes cast in
the recent competition, I am now able to publish details of the
results,
which are as follows:-
FAVOURITE NEW CASTING OF 2006 1st place - Drumwell - MCW Metrobus 2nd place - Cars Workshop - Volvo B9TL/Enviro 500 3rd place - Cars Workshop - Volvo B10TL/Volgren Twenty-three of you matched the votes of the overall result, and these names were put into the hat, with Chan Yu Sang being drawn as the winner. He will receive the Drumwell air-con MCW Metrobus, when released from 80M Bus Model Shop. FAVOURITE LIVERY OF 2006 1st place - Year of the Dog - Citybus/New World First Bus 2nd place - Year of the Dog - Kowloon Motor Bus 3rd place - Shanghai Shen Xin With only 4 choices, it was not surprising that the votes of 74 of you matched that of the overall result. These names were put into the hat, with Steve Mills of the UK being drawn as the winner. He will receive the Cars Workshop Alexander-Dennis Enviro 500 in all over white livery from 80M Bus Model Shop. Special mention must be made of Andrew, Andrew Gilchrist, Chan Yu Sang, Curt, Keung Kin Wai, KV5952, Lee Sing Leung, Louis Kung, Nganki and Ronald, whose votes in both categories matched those of the overall results - well done! The full results can be found by following this link. I would like to thank
everyone who took part in the vote, and special thanks to 80M
Bus Model Shop
I am grateful to regular contributor Andrew Shirley for advising me that the Concorde Hobby Model website is now advertising another two P&T Albion Viking/Duple coaches, this time in Driver Training/Driving School liveries. It would appear that the quantities are as low as 60 models, and the retails price is HK$488. 4th January
2007
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Voting has now closed for your Favourite models of 2006. The results will be published as soon as possible. A new page has been added to the Xtra section of the site for the 'Year of the Pig' liveries, the only one so far being KMB's example! 1st January 2007 |
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