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Citybus
organised a mini heritage bus exhibition in Chai Wan Depot today.
Island Vintage Bus and the owner of a former
KMB Olympian also joined the event.
Whilst
I am currently unable to confirm the identities of the two 1/43 scale
11-metre Kowloon Motor Bus Leyland Olympians set for release shortly, I
can, thanks to Keith Wood, provide the above photograph of one of the
type displaying the route number and destination to be featured on
one of the models.
My
thanks to Simon Lee for sending me a selection of photographs of his
resin Citybus Jonckheere Monaco bodied Volvo B12 fleet number 2003 on
route 502 to Dong Guan with appropriate backdrops (BB005).
12th July 2025 |
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© Kowloon Motor Bus
Kowloon
Motor Bus has today announced several new models in varying scales.
Included are two 1/76 scale models, both featuring 12.8 metre ADL
'facelift' Enviro500 registration WA4616. The first features the
bus with KMB decals and carrying route P960/P968 route
branding. It is on route P968 to Yuen Long West. The second
features the bus after being transferred to the Long Win fleet
and is on route A33X to the Airport.
The
two 1/43 scale models feature unidentified 11 metre Leyland
Olympians, one on route 66 with a destination of Sham Shui Po (Yin
Chow Street) whilst the other is on route 70 to Jordan (Hui Cheung
Road).
11th July 2025 |
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© eurasia_model_collection
My thanks to eurasia_model_collection for allowing me to share photographs of the latest Citybus model presented to retiring staff (63636).
This features a Wrights Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B8L in the latest livery
and a new page with further photographs has now been added - just
follow this link.
7th July 2025 |
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Kowloon
Motor Bus has deployed its retro liveried MCV bodied Volvo B8Ls on
to additional routes. The first photograph, taken yesterday,
shows V6B210 (ZZ6552) operating route 98D, running
between Hang Hau (North) (Tseung Kwan O Hospital) and Tsim Sha
Tsui East Bus Terminus. The second photograph, taken today,
shows V6B204 (ZX2717) operating route 203E, which runs between
Kowloon Station and Choi Hung.
This Kowloon Motor Bus BACo bodied Leyland Fleetline (39901) was released by Cars Workshop 20 years ago today - you either love them or you hate them 🤣.
Another
Kowloon Motor Bus all-over livery promoting 'Free Ride Days for Kids'
has been applied to BYD B12D fleet no. BED41 (ZC1590).6th July 2025 |
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A random selection of Citybus models.
This new advertisement promotes “KMB Go”, a bus stop hunt challenge which will take place on 17th August.
4th July 2025 |
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China Light & Power launched the first of its four ADL Enviro500EVs today at a ceremony at Kai Tak.
2nd July 2025 |
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Well,
the two Kowloon Motor Bus 'retro' liveried MCV D123 bodied Volvo B8Ls
appeared on the 80M Bus Model Shop website this morning for Overseas
customers to purchase and, not surprisingly, they showed 'Sold out'
soon afterwards!
Upon
further investigation and having made some additional enquiries, I now
believe that there were ten resin Citybus liveried Joncheere Monaco
bodied Volvo B12s along with three white versions. These were all
produced by B&B (Brilliant) Buses. In addition, accurate
product codes have also been confirmed, and in this respect I have
updated the various lists to reflect this latest information, which is
detailed as follows:-
Model
no.
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Operator
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Vehicle
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Livery
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Fleet
(reg.) no.
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Route
no.
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Qty
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Date
issued
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| | | | | | | | | BB000-629 | Citybus1 | Volvo B12
Jonckheere Monaco | Yellow with red/
blue stripes | 2004 | 629 | no
cert. | 09/24 | | BB000-62R | Citybus1 | Volvo B12
Jonckheere Monaco | ? | ? | 62R | no
cert. | 09/24 | | BB000-79R | Citybus1 | Volvo B12
Jonckheere Monaco | ? | 2003 | 79R | no
cert. | 09/24 | | BB001 | Citybus1 | Volvo B12
Jonckheere Monaco | Yellow | 2001 | - | no
cert. | 09/24 | | BB002 | Citybus1 | Volvo B12
Jonckheere Monaco | Yellow | 2005 | 888 | no
cert. | 09/24 | | BB003 | Citybus1 | Volvo B12
Jonckheere Monaco | Yellow with red/
blue stripes | 2001 | 550 | no
cert. | 09/24 | | BB004 | Citybus1 | Volvo B12
Jonckheere Monaco | Yellow with red/
blue stripes | 2002 | 88R | no
cert. | 09/24 | | BB005 | Citybus1 | Volvo B12
Jonckheere Monaco | Yellow with red/
blue stripes | 2003 | 502 | no
cert. | 09/24 | | BB006 | Citybus1 | Volvo B12
Jonckheere Monaco | Yellow with red/
blue stripes | 2004 | 534 | no
cert. | 09/24 | | BB007 | Citybus1 | Volvo B12
Jonckheere Monaco | Yellow with red/
blue stripes | 2005 | 553 | no
cert. | 09/24 | | BB008 | - | Volvo B12
Jonckheere Monaco | White | 530 | - | no
cert. | 09/24 | | BB009 | - | Volvo B12
Jonckheere Monaco | White | (RUI 2470) | - | no
cert. | 09/24 | | BB010 | - | Volvo B12
Jonckheere Monaco | White | - | - | no
cert. | 09/24 |
Unfortunately,
many of the previous links to pages which used assumed product numbers,
no longer work. I am still updating the site so hope to rectify this
over the coming days.
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