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Photographs courtesy and
copyright of Philip Chan
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Disneyland Car Park - Photographs
courtesy and
copyright of Philip Chan
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Photographs courtesy and
copyright of Wang Chan
The coronavirus
crisis in Hong Kong is having a severe impact
on public transport patronage as a result of people
staying at home. This has resulted in the bus companies using single
deck buses for Western Harbour Tunnel routes to save the tunnel fee.
Consequently, large numbers of buses are being stored - Citybus has a
number of Cityflyer buses parked at Disneyland Car Park. There also appears to
be a slow down of Transport Department vehicle
registrations, resulting in new buses being stored pending
registration. The above photographs were taken on 25th Feb at
the Citybus Ocean Park depot. New 'Cityflyer' liveried buses up
to fleet number 6871 were noted (6860 was the last
registered). Fleet numbers between 6474 and 6488 were also sighted
(6473 being the last registered).
29th
February
2020
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Holiday over
and now time to catch up with the news in my absence ...............
The
three New World First Bus Wrights Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs from Go
Idea were released on 20th February. They
are, from top to bottom, Fleet no. 5200
(UH7961) on route 2 to Central (Macau Ferry) (20089),
fleet no. 5209 (UJ405) on route 701 to Mong Kok (20090)
and fleet no. 5221 (UL3677) on route 109 to Ho Man Tin (20091).
New photographs for each will be added shortly.
Automodel released four Macau liveried Mitsubishi Fuso Rosas on 25th
February
Top left - R324
(MQ-70-91) on route 28C - Euro 4 version (36627)
Top right - R348 (MT-11-84) on route 16 Lower Wan
Market -
Euro 5 Version (36629)
Bottom left - MW-39-06 on route 6B (36630)
Bottom right - 1090 MW-37-22
on route 28B (36631)
New pages will be added as soon as time allows.
Tiny
have now released the Kowloon Motor Bus champagne liveried 12.8 metre
'ADL 'facelift' Enviro500 (Box 63 - KMB2019099), the 'Yan's
Ice
Cream' Leyland Victory Mk 2 (ATC64602) mentioned in the News update on
31st January and finally a 'Red A' liveried China Motor Motor Bus
Daimler Fleetline (DMS), which features XF119 (CW2863) on route 5B to
Causeway Bay (Box 64 - ATC64806). All are to 1/110 scale.
Three
new 1/110 scale models announced include two 11 metre Alexander bodied
Volvo Olympians (unlicenced), one in Citybus livery featuring
9041
(HP9730) on route 85 to North Point (Box
L21 - ATC64891) whilst
the other features New World First Bus VA51
(HN8481) but
whilst on loan to KCRC - it carries a fleet number of K216 and is on
route 506 (Box L20 - ATC64890). The third model features a
Kowloon Motor Bus Mercedes Benz 0.305 (KMB2020008).
My thanks to Steve Walsh for providing the above information on the
Tiny models.
28th
February
2020
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Released
in Hong Kong today is this Tiny 1/110 scale New World First Bus
liveried ADL 12m 'facelift' Enviro500. It features 5778 (VW9857) on
route 722 to Central (Ferry Piers). It is an unlicensed product and
therefore carries no fleetnames or logos (L14 - ATC64756). The Tiny
Index Page has been updated accordingly.
13th
February
2020
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Photographs courtesy and
copyright of Bob Belcher
Following
my appeal below (see 10th Feb) for further information on former China Light and
Power Volvo Olympian 316, which has recently returned to Hong Kong, I
am grateful to
Bob Belcher for sending me the above shots - that on the left was taken
on 10th April 2011 at the London Bus Museum Cobham Gathering whilst
that on the right was taken on 18th April 2018 operating a school run
in Burford (images are 'clickable').
12th
February
2020
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Two new
YouTube
videos have just been posted by Simon Ayres which feature the model
buses of Citybus (approx. 45mins) and New World First Bus (approx. 36
mins). In each video Simon
gives a detailed background of the bus company before moving
on
the the models themselves, when he provides information about
the
actual bus type modelled, with of course excellent
photography, and details of the model itself. Below are screenshots
from each. Just click on either of the above images.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of YingJun CaroLine
Recently
released is this Tiny 1/110 scale Kowloon Motor Bus Wrights Gemini
bodied Volvo B9TL with all-over Aeon advertising. It
features AVBU58 (PS 9654) on route 243M to Mayfair Garden
(KMB2019060).
.... and here is the
real bus!
Released 20 years ago
this month is this Collector's Model Kowloon Motor Bus Pokémon liveried
Duple Metsec bodied Dennis Dragon
a super
model that remains one of my favourites (DA102B)
New World
First Bus ADL Enviro500 fleet no. 5550 (RK4924) is believed to be
undergoing conversion to part open-top.
11th
February
2020
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Another
former
Hong Kong bus arrived back in Hong Kong yesterday from the UK. This
time it is a 12-metre Alexander bodied Volvo Olympian, new
to China Light & Power in October 1994 as fleet no.
316
(GE5021). It was acquired by Citybus in 1997 and returned to the UK in
2006.
It appeared at
the 2006 Showbus event in the attractive livery of Beestons,
having been registered M129 BNO. It was
subsequently acquired, in 2009, by Kinchs of Minety before
passing to Mortons of Chineham in 2011, where is was
registered
D17 BUS. Subsequent owners were Steve Stockdale and Pulham's Travel.
Any further information on this bus would be welcome.
10th
February
2020
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Set for
release
on 8th February is the second 1/110 scale 'metallic finish' 12.8 m ADL
'facelift' Enviro500 from Tiny, this time in Long Win Bus livery. It
features 1551 (WA9954) with a destination of 'LWB' (KMB2019117).
6th February
2020
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Photographs courtesy and
copyright of Brian Chan
I
am grateful to Brian Chan for advising me of four Automodel releases
not previously recorded on this site. All feature champagne
liveried Wrights Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs and all are
believed
to have been issued during 2018. Being unlicensed products they carry
no fleetnames or logos.
They are, top to bottom:- AVBWU395
(TF6492) is on route 5R with a destination of Kwun Tong
apm, AVBWU415 (TM3362) is on route 30X to Whampoa Garden,
AVBWU388
(TE4351) is on route 74X to Tai Po Central and AVBWU340 (SX3428) is on
route N260 to Tuen Mun Pier Head. New pages for each will be added
shortly.
Another
Tiny 1/110 scale release is this unlicensed Citybus 'Cityflyer'
liveried ADL Enviro500NG. It features 8057 (ST9234) on route A22 to Lam
Tin MTR (ATC64723).
5th February
2020
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A very
recent publication, which I received today, is the above book by Gary
Seamarks. It is published by Amberley Publishing
and comes in softback form, measuring approximately 160mm x
284mm
with 96 pages and 180 colour photographs. Further details and
photographs will be added shortly.
Totally
off-topic is news of
two plastic 1/87 scale Routemasters from Brekina, one open-top and one
closed. Green and red liveries are planned for the closed-top
whilst the open-top will feature a sightseeing livery. My thanks to omnibus.news for this
information - take a look at their site for details of other news from
the Nuremberg Toy Fair.
3rd February
2020
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of
Ka Ho Kung
Some historic Kowloon
Motor Bus vehicles on display today in Hong Kong (all images are
'clickable').
2nd February
2020
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On general
release today is this 1/43 scale Kowloon Motor Bus Leyland Victory Mk 2
from Tiny. It features G127 (CD4320) on route 70 to Jordan Road Ferry
and is limited to 1,000 pieces (KMB2019120).
A full set of photographs has been received from 80M Bus Model Shop
and these have now been added.
The first
'quality' photographs of Tiny's 1/110 scale 12.8 metre Kowloon Motor
Bus ADL 'facelift' Enviro500, which went on sale today and, I am
reliably informed, promptly sold out.
1st February
2020
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