The model
- Details
of this new casting were announced exclusively on this site on 8th June
2013. The first two releases, expected later this month, feature BL27
and BL34 (MBL02). Separate KMB logos are supplied. As at 23rd November 2013 this model was still to be released. 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. BL27 was first registered on 1 May 1984. |