The model - this model is one of
eleven Kowloon Motor Bus 'BL' class Olympians released on 24th November
2012. They represent a selection of types with differing front grilles.
The bus
- following
the successful trial of three 10.5 metre ECW bodied two-axle Leyland
Olympians in 1981 (fleet nos. BL1-3), Kowloon Motor Bus ordered a
further 120 examples, but to a reduced length of 9.5 metres and with
Alexander bodywork. The first twenty (fleet nos. BL4-23) were delivered
in 1983 with a second batch of thirty (fleet nos. BL24-53) being
delivered in 1984. A third batch of forty (fleet
nos. BL54-93) arrived in February/March 1985 and a final batch of
thirty (fleet nos. 94-123) arrived in August/September 1985.
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