The
model -
in September 2023
B&B posted a photograph, on social media, of a prototype resin
model of a Jonckheere Monaco bodied Volvo B12 coach asking
visitors' views or comments on the model. In November 2023, the company
posted photographs of a plain white completed example and later that
same month issued an apology over its unlicensed releases stating it
would not be releasing any further Citybus models, just two plain white
examples. No further posts were made on the model.
I
believe ten Citybus liveried models were released in September
2024 along with the three plain white examples.
If you know of any other variants that I
have not listed, do please e-mail
me.
Interestingly, this model carries the registration RUI 2470, which
belonged to North East Coach Travel of Newcastle, UK. My special thanks
to David Green
for allowing me to use his photograph of the actual coach, taken in
2021, and this can be viewed below. David has almost 35,000 photographs
on his Flickr site. Thanks also to emdjt42 for allowing me to share his photograph - one of over 46,000 on his Flickr site.
The bus
- Citybus
registered five Jonckheere Monaco bodied Volvo B12 coaches on 29th
March 1996, allocating them the fleet numbers 2001-2005. They were
originally destined for a Japanese operator, but the sale fell through
and Volvo offered them to Citybus for a reduced price. They were used
to operate cross-border services from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, Dongguan
and Guangzhou.
Further information and photographs of the actual vehicles can be found
in the XTRA
section
of the site, just follow this link.
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