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The
two Kowloon Motor Bus 11 metre air-con Dennis
Dragons are set for general release in Hong Kong
tomorrow. Both feature AD359 (HC2437) - one on route 2E to Pak
Tin (KLE16014)
and the other on route 6F to Lai Kok (KLE16015).
New pages have now been added.
Citybus has
registered no less than 30 new 'facelift' Enviro500s over the past few
days.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
The
latest batch of 'facelift' Enviro500s to enter service
with Kowloon Motor Bus are fitted with full-sized
displays both at the rear and
nearside, having sufficient space to show
destination and information as the front display. ATENU971 (UB1329) is one
of this batch, having been registered on 18th April and noted in
service today.
29th April 2016
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
Citybus
has
retired all its MAN NL262 single-deckers, including those in Cityflyer
livery, with 1569 (JL8007) being the last one is service,
having
retired on 18th April 2016.
25th April 2016
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Shop2gather
Two further models are
now available according to the shop2gather.com website, these being two
KMB 11 metre air-con
Dennis
Dragons. Both appear to feature AD359 (HC2437) - one on route 2E to Pak
Tin (KLE16014) and the other on route 6F to Lai Kok (KLE16015). Each is
limited to 900 pieces.
24th April 2016
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
The last Leyland bus
running in Hong Kong, GZ1998, ex-Capital Citybus (G127GEV), delivered
to Hong Kong in 1996 has almost reached the end
of it service life, and it is rumoured that it will be replaced by a
new MAN A95 open-top (TW2523) in
the next few weeks.
21st April 2016
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The
second release of the Model 1 MAN A95 casting is expected to be
released shortly, with pre-orders now being taken. It features KU3998
which carries the special Kwoon Chung Bus Golden
Jubilee decals
(63203).
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Photographs courtesy and
copyright of Chen
Jie Lun
Sentosa
(Singapore) has on sale a new model of their low-floor Volvo B7RLE.
This appears to be a much more accurate model than the MAN
NL263 released in 2005 and is believed to have replaced the
subsequent Volvo
B7R coach issued in 2011. My thanks to Jake Lee and Chen Jie
Lun for providing this information. A new page will be
added shortly.
20th April 2016
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New
pages have just been added for the two diecast Kowloon Motor Bus Albion
Viking
EVK55CL models released in Hong Kong today. Both feature L308 (BM248)
on route 64K, one with a
destination of Tai Po Railway Station (KLE16009)
and the other Un Long
(KLE16010).
Each is limited to 900 pieces.
New
pages have also been added for the three Citybus 11.3 metre
Enviro500NGs released yesterday, namely 63390,
63391
and 63392.
16th April 2016
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Grant Ng
Kwok Kuen
Photographs
of some new 'facelift' Long Win Enviro500s have just been added to the  section
of the site.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Shop2gather
The Sop2gather website gives details of two diecast Kowloon Motor Bus Albion Viking
EVK55CL models. Both feature L308 (BM248) on route 64K, one with a
destination of Tai Po Railway Station (KLE16009) and the other Un Long
(KLE16010). Each is limited to 900 pieces.
The
three Citybus 11.3 metre Enviro500NGs have been released in
Hong Kong today. Left
to right - 9103 on route 85 to Siu Sai Wan
(CM103/63390), 9110 on
route 40 to Wah Fu (CM104/63391) and
9145 on route 973 to Stanley (CM105/63392).
Each is limited to 890 pieces.
15th April 2016
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Philip
Chan
Two
new Kowloon Motor Bus models were announced today at KMB's 83rd
birthday celebrations held at its Kowloon Bay Depot. Both feature a
special livery unveiled at the event, one being an Enviro500 and the
other a Wrights bodied Volvo B9TL.
8th April 2016
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Tiny
Tiny
has just released the above 1:43 scale Toyota Coaster public light bus,
the detail of which appears to be very good. No other details are known.
A
further release of the a Kowloon Motor Bus Albion Victor
VT17AL
from APEC is expected shortly, this representing a vehicle from 1962,
HK4503 is on route 5A.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
New
Era of Macao has recently carried out tests on two buses from Yutong,
one being a 13.7 metre 3-axle single decker whilst the other is the
above 18 metre articulated bus for BRT
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
Meanwhile,
Transmac has received a batch of Higer single-deckers which are
believed to be Euro V standard and which carry a new livery, as shown
above.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
David J Rowe
My
thanks to David Rowe for sending me the above photograph of LX300, a
model of which was released on 28th March, and it carries the same
route number as the model. It was photographed at Sai Wan Ho.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Dennis Chau
And
another photograph of a China Motor Bus vehicle, this being as recent
as earlier this week, and shows Ailsa Volvo AL2 in a sorry state.
8th April 2016
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A
new page has just been added for the recently released China Motor
Bus Guy Arab Mk V (180116).
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Watt Yung
New
World First Bus 12.8 metre MAN A95 6090 finally entered service today
and was noted operating on route 8P. My special thanks to Watt
Yung for providing this news and photograph.
Links
to the
section of the site have been added to the top of the News page to make
access to these pages easier. In addition, updated sections
are
indicated with a bold blue outline.
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Photographs courtesy and copyright of
Go Ahead London
Whilst not
'oriental' news, Go Ahead London has
painted one of its Mercedes Citaro's in a retro livery to mark the 50th
anniversary of the introduction of the Red Arrow buses in 1966. The bus
is expected to be in service in the next few days and it is hoped it
will attend the London
Bus Museum Spring Gathering on Sunday 17th April.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
China Model Bus
A
recent release from Best Choose is this China Motor Bus Guy Arab Mk V -
it again features fleet number LX300 (CX1486), this time on route 14 to
Stanley Fort - it is limited to 300 pieces.
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Photographs courtesy and copyright of
Doug Coster
With
the recent announcement from Cars Workshop that they are to release
several 1:76 scale buildings (see News
for 26th March), Doug Coster has
kindly sent me a selection of photographs of his recently completed
detailed diorama, based I believe on My Tiny buildings. Further
photographs will be added to the 
section shortly.
4th April 2016
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Work
is presently being carried out on the site and as a result
the News Grid page is not working correctly.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Vehicles Model Studio
The
above model was released by Vehicle Model Studio to celebrate the team
entering its 3rd year. It is available to members and is limited to 300
pieces.
The
model included 2 sets of red line, number and destination for the
collectors to add, making the model a sample version of ATR1 which
arrived in Hong Kong in 1997.
2nd April 2016
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