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Wishing you a happy, peaceful and prosperous New Year
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Paddy Cheong
Owing to the expansion of
the MTR Island Line, today was
the last day of Citybus route M47 and to mark the occasion the
company allocated several special buses to the route, including 2700 (the 10.6m trident
demonstrator), 2800 (the sole Volgren bodied Scania K94UB),
7000 (the first Enviro400 in
the fleet), 7500 (the sole B9TL in
the fleet at this moment) and 9042 (the Volvo Olympian acquired from
CMB).
27th December 2014
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New pages and
photographs of the two recently released KMB Volvo Olympians
have now been added - 3AV109 (DW11307)
and and 3AV104
(DW11308).
It appears that each model carries the other's fleet number!
A summary of the releases
for 2014 are as follows:-
| Operator |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
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Manufacturer |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
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| Big
Bus |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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52
Bus |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| China
Motor Bus |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
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80M
Bus Model Shop |
8 |
7 |
14 |
12 |
25 |
9 |
| Citybus |
3 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
9 |
5 |
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Best
Choose |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
| Kowloon
Motor Bus |
15 |
26
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37 |
32 |
45 |
47 |
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Bus
Factory |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Long
Win |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Buses
Model |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
| MTR
Bus |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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BusMe/T.680 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| New
World First Bus |
5
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1
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2
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3
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6 |
2 |
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Cars
Workshop |
6 |
14 |
21 |
14 |
13 |
25 |
| Chinese
operators |
2
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9
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0
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0
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2 |
0 |
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Creative
Master/Northcord |
5 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
| Japanese
operators |
3
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1
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0
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0
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0 |
0 |
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Drumwell |
9 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
13 |
12 |
| Singapore
operators |
0 |
0
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0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
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Model
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
| Others |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
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Model
Bus Evolution |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Venus
Collectibles |
1 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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35 |
43
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47 |
45 |
71 |
64 |
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35 |
43 |
47 |
45 |
71 |
64 |
26th December 2014
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May I take this opportunity to wish you all
a Merry Christmas
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The two Kowloon Motor
Bus Volvo
Olympians with route 100 'Cross Harbour Shuttle' decals are
set
for release tomorrow. Produced by Drumwell, 3AV109 (DW11307) (top) and 3AV104
(DW11308) are each limited to 800 pieces.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
Benefiting from the
green transport fund of the government, Dbay introduced its first two
electric buses, supplied by GDEV. These new buses commenced revenue
earning service yesterday and replace the Dennis Dart SLFs which
entered service in 1997.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Kevin Kei
The above 1/87 scale MTR
train was made available to MTR staff last week. Produced by 80M Bus
Model is is limited to 2,750 pieces. It looks to be an excellent model,
with a sliding drivers door and detailed interior. My thanks
to Kevin Kei for advising me of this issue and for the excellent
photos. A new page will be added to the 
section
of the site as soon as time allows.
23rd December 2014
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Today saw the release of
four new models
from Best Choose. From left to right, they are :- Kowloon Motor Bus
Duple Metsec bodied Dennis Dragon 3N123 (DJ9757) on route 89C to Hang
On (180101),
limited to 800 pieces, sister vehicle 3N126 (DJ9860) on
route 1A to Star Ferry (180102),
limited to 600 pieces, a Toyota Hiace
departmental van for the Fire Department, (F839) and finally a Police
Hiace (AM6583).
19th December 2014
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Keith Wood
Following yesterday's
news I am
grateful to regular contributor Keith Wood for sending me the above
photograph of 3AV109 in Route 100 livery.
18th December 2014
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Two further Kowloon Motor
Bus
releases are planned for Christmas Eve. Volvo Olympians 3AV104
(GP7748) and 3AV109 (GP8309) carry Route 100 Cross
Harbour
Shuttle decals. It is believed each will be limited to 800
pieces.
My apologies to
Kevin Wong for incorrectly crediting yesterday's photograph of the new
Kowloon Motor Bus Yutong single-decker - this error has
now been
corrected.
17th December 2014
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Kevin Wong
Whilst I reported the
fact that Kowloon Motor Bus registered their Yutong
ZK6128 single-decker
on 27th November, this is the first photograph I've published showing
the bus carrying its registration. It has been allocated fleet
number AYT1. My thanks to Kevin Wong for allowing me to use
his
photograph.
16th December 2014
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Set for release in Hong
Kong
tomorrow is this KMB 11 metre Leyland Olympian in Christmas
livery. S3BL330 is on route 1 to Star Ferry and is produced by Buses
Model Co., with a quantity of 1,200 pieces (BLK33001).
A new page and
further photographs are currently be added.
15th December 2014
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As from
tomorrow (13th December),
the New World First Bus Rickshaw Bus service will be restructured.
Route H2 will be cancelled and route H1 extended to Kowloon side. The
price for a one-day pass increases from HK$50 to HK$200. It is believed
the buses will carry a slightly revised livery, removing the old price
and reference to route H2.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of 'The Inspector'
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of 'The Inspector'
I
don't
apologise for featuring another new Australian bus, this being a
Volgren bodied Volvo B9TL for Hills Bus. My thanks to 'The Inspector'
for the above photographs.
12th December 2014
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Set for release
next Tuesday, 16th December, is this Christmas liveried
Kowloon Motor Bus 11-metre Leyland Olympian.
A US spec Alexander
Dennis
Enviro500 is currently on trial in the South Korean city of Seoul, a
city looking for a solution to its crowded buses. It is
planned to be used on three inter-urban routes into Seoul
station
during December. It will operate route 7770 from the 8th
-12th,
route M6117 from 15th to 19th and finally route 8012
from 22nd to 26th.
Further details can be found at the following links:- (6th October 2022 - both links have since
been removed)
10th December 2014
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Movies link a
couple of today's photographs.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
Former Citybus Leyland
Olympian no.330 was in as a prop in a movie, having had its roof
removed and upper deck seating replaced. In addition it received a
banner advert for SPD bank, thought to be one of the main sponsors of
the movie. The bus is now parked at Stonecutters Island awaiting
scrapping.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Warner Bros
My thanks to David
Howlett for sending me the above screenshot taken
from the Hollywood movie 'Contagion' (2011). It shows a disguised Shek
O Bus Terminus masquerading as within Guangdong Province of mainland
China.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
These two Scania K280UD
demonstrators were noted today at the Scania dealership awaiting
handover to Kowloon Motor Bus.
7th December 2014
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The two Buses Model Co.
China
Motor Bus MCW Metrobuses were released in Hong Kong today. ML3 (top) is
on route 112 to North Point (BMC03112),
whilst ML11 is on route 105
to Lai
Chi Kok (BMC11105).
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Plaxtonl's Bus Page
As reported yesterday,
KMB has registered its third hybrid Enviro500, allocating it fleet no.
ATH3.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Plaxtonl's Bus Page
Meanwhile Enviro500 ATENU300
has received this attractive Captain KMB livery, wishing
everyone
a 'Merry Xmas' and 'Happy New Year'.
Vehicle Model Studio are
please
to announce that they will hold the Bus Model Exhibition and Bus Model
creative competition on Sunday 7th December. Details are:-
Date
: Sunday 7th December 2014
Time : 1230 - 1830hrs
Venue : Sheung Wan Civic Centre 5/F
Charge : Free
Visitors are welcome to
bring along their own models to share with fellow model bus fans.
Some
visitors may have noticed the larger image sizes used on this current
News page, which I aim to continue, unless I hear otherwise!
3rd December 2014
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I have today
been advised
that the Vehicle Model Studio 2nd Anniversary
model, China Motor Bus Dennis Condor DM28 (VND001/80904),
will be released on Monday 8th December.
Citybus
has registered its second hybrid Enviro500 (8400 - TB2893)
whilst Kowloon Motor Bus has registered its third (ATH3 -
TB5034).
2nd December 2014
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Keith Wood
I have received an unconfirmed report that a further Captain KMB model
is to be released, this featuring ATENU130 (SH1334).
Still no release date has
been confirmed for the Buses Model Co MCW Metrobuses.
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Photographs courtesy and copyright
of Transit Graphics
Whilst Australian buses
fall outside of the scope of this site, I have in the past
featured some more of their unusual vehicles in the section of the site, and one
such vehicle has recently been modelled by Australian company Transit
Graphics. OZBUS2004 is a Bustech CDi double decker operating for
HillsBus
whilst OZBUS20007 is operating for Forest Coachlines.
Further details of the actual buses can be found at this page
of the section of the site.
Further models are
planned. These models are 1/76 scale resin with diecast components.
1st December 2014
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