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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Tiny
Tiny has
unveiled a 1/43 scale Leyland Victory Mk 2 - no further details are
presently known.
APEC are
to
release a second Albion Chieftain Recovery truck in Kowloon Motor Bus
colours (55902).
I note that despite news of the first version
(55901)
being reported back in May 2018, an individual model page
was never created - so work is underway to correct this!
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APEC 55901 - Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Ray Ng
30th
March 2019
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
Two
further pages have tonight been added to the  section
of the site, this time for the Wrights Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B8L and
the MCV bodied Volvo B8L.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
David Rowe
A new feature
to remind motorists!
28th
March 2019
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A
new page has tonight been added to the section
of the site - this featuring the new Kowloon Motor Bus Gemilang bodied
Volvo B9TLs operating route 59X. Tomorrow will see a further page added
for the new Wrights Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B8Ls.
27th
March 2019
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The above two models, from BR Bus Model, were released on 19th March.
Both feature ME19
(DF9520) carrying
a black 'The Samaritans' livery. The top photograph shows a later version of the
livery, and is
on route 71K with a destination of Tai Wo - Tai Po Market
Circular (BR-011). The bottom photograph shows the bus
carrying an earlier livery and this is on route 54 to Sheung Tsuen
(BR-012). Whilst each has a limited edition certificate of 388, it is
understood only around 180 pieces were actually issued for each
version. New pages with additional photographs will be added as soon as
time allows.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of NP
Model
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of NP
Model
NP Model,
a new name to the model bus scene, is to release a set of Neoplan
Centroliner N4426/3 models. They are expected in the 2nd
quarter
of this year. Four models have been announced, as follows:-
NP 1001 - champagne
colour - quantity 1,000
NP 1002 - believed to be pearlescent green - quantity 1,200
NP 1003 - Orange/white - quantity 1,100
NP 1004 - Fleet no. 6008 wave colour - quantity 800
All will retail for HK$438
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Philip Chan
Citybus
Volvo
Olympian 965 is the last remaining example in service and was
noted operating on route 88R on Saturday 23rd March. It expected to be
retired very shortly (possibly today!).
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
Kowloon Motor Bus has
allocated it's new Wrights Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B8Ls the fleet nos
V6Bxx - V6B1 (WA4799), the first of a batch of eight registered
to-date, entered service on 22nd March.
26th
March 2019
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New pages with full sets
of photographs have tonight been added for the
above three new releases - thanks to 80M Bus Model Shop - just click on
an image..
16th
March 2019
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of WingHim Chiu
My thanks
to WingHim Chiu for sending me a set of photographs of this Gemilang
bodied MAN A95 from Model 1 in Gemilang Coachwork livery (63207).
15th
March 2019
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80M
Bus Model Shop are now accepting pre-orders for this Kowloon Motor Bus
Mercedes-Benz 0305 with all-over advertising for Ma Pak Leung. It
features ME22 (DG2612) on route 68X to Un Long and will be limited to
400 pieces (CR188003).
Kowloon
Motor Bus registered its first Wrightbus Gemini 3 bodied Volvo
B8L today - allocating it fleet number V6B1, it was registered WA4799.
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Photographs courtesy and copyright
of Apple Daily
The first
day of
operation of the new Gemilang bodied Volvo B9TLs doesn't appear to have
gone well with AVG2 failing and eventually being recovered. Slightly
larger images are available by 'clicking'.
14th
March 2019
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Kowloon
Motor Bus is introducing the second stage of its new
branding
with the launch tomorrow of a trial with these new Gemilang bodied
Volvo B9TLs and MAN A95 on route 59X. They are from left to
right
:- AVG2 (VT3923), AMNF21 (VT3317), AVG3
(VT4112) and
AVG1 (VS9188).
The
quantities for the two 11.3 metre New
World First Bus Enviro500s announced yesterday have been confirmed as
1,154 for each.
13th
March 2019
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Announced
today is
the proposed release of two 11.3 metre New World First Bus Enviro500s -
fleet no. 4047 (SK8763) is on route 23 with a destination that reads
'via University of Hong Kong' (63393/20082) whilst 4051 (SM239) is on
route
970X
to So Uk (63394/20083).
Released
in Hong
Kong today are these two Toyota Coaster 16-seat Public Light Buses from
80M Bus Model - the red version carries registration BN9327 and has a
destination of Kwun Tong (22074) whilst the green
version has
a registration of BS6882 and is on route 89 with a destination
of
Tsuen Wan (22075). New pages will be added shortly.
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Photographs courtesy and copyright of
Man Fai Wong
Further
arrivals in Hong Kong today, including what looks like an Austin 1100 -
my thanks to Man Fai Wong for allowing me to share these photographs.
My thanks,
once again, to Ray Ng for providing me with a set of photographs for
Citybus MAN NL262/R 1546 and to Shun for providing a similar set for
1502. Just click on the above images.
12th
March 2019
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Photographs courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
The FIA
Formula E
Championship returned to the the streets of Hong Kong this weekend,
resulting in road closures in Central and many bus routes being
terminated early. New World First Bus operated a
free bus service between Exchange Square and the Central Ferry Piers.
My thanks to Bobby Liu for providing the above news and photographs,
which are clickable.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Raymond T
My
thanks to Raymond T for sending me photographs of Cityflyer
liveried MAN NL262/R no. 1565, which have now added to the appropriate
page (63269).
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Philip Chan
Citybus
258, the
'heritage' liveried ex New World First Bus Volvo Super Olympian entered
service today and my thanks to Philip Chan for sending me the above
photograph.
10th
March 2019
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product codes for two of the three recently commissioned coaches from
Model 1 have been corrected - the Argos Bus liveried MAN
RR2 is numbered 63901A (changed from 63091)
whilst the CT Bus
liveried Scania is 63902A
(changed from 63092). Limited numbers are now being offered for sale on
the Network Shuttle website. - for around £78. It remains unclear if
any carry limited edition certificates.
8th
March 2019
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The
first bus in Hong Kong to carry a 'W' registration plate is Kowloon
Motor Bus MCV bodied Volvo B8L, which according to the excellent Across
website, was registered WA756 yesterday - it has been allocated the
fleet number
AVBML1.
A big
'Thank You' goes to Ray Ng for providing photographs of
Citybus MAN NL262 63264,
63265,
Discovery Bay Dennis Dart 63124
and New World First Bus Volvo Super Olympian 63661, to
Steve Walsh for providing detailed information on the Tiny 1/110 range
of buses (and for answering lots of my questions!), to Nixon Lo for
providing photographs and details on a couple of the recently released
Citybus MAN NL262s and finally to Peter
Harrison for keeping me on my toes!!
6th
March 2019
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I today
purchased
the March edition of Buses magazine, which not only contains a
four page article on my local bus operator, Go South Coast, but also
features three articles by Dave Rogers - one on the retirement
of
the last Citybus Olympians, one on the bus services operating on the
Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macau bridge and finally one featuring the Sydney
Bus Museum's Australia Day running day. This is in addition to
a
feature giving details of the recent Wrightbus order from
Kowloon
Motor Bus.
5th
March 2019
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Sadly
two people died and 16 people were injured earlier today in Hong Kong
when a Citybus 'facelift' Enviro500 on route 967 crashed into the back
of a stationary lorry which had broken down on the West Kowloon
Highway. The drivers of the bus and lorry were killed and the injured
were passengers on the bus. I would like to offer my sincere
condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the two drivers
and wish a speedy recovery to those injured.
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I
am still playing
catch up following the recent spate of new releases and tonight new
pages have been added for the five Model 1 Citybus MAN NL262s released
earlier this week.
| Fleet
No. |
Reg.
No. |
Livery |
Route
No. |
Destination |
Quantity |
Product
codes |
| 1546 |
HU6297 |
Standard
(single-door) |
88R |
City One Shatin |
800 |
63266 |
CM146 |
| 1501 |
HP6440 |
Stagecoach
(dual-door) |
85 |
North Point Ferry Pier |
900 |
63267 |
CM147 |
| 1561 |
JL8180 |
Cityflyer
(single-door) |
A10 |
Ap Lei Chau |
800 |
63268 |
CM148 |
| 1565 |
JL7599 |
Cityflyer
(single-door) |
A10 |
Airport |
800 |
63269 |
CM149 |
| 1569 |
JL8007 |
Cityflyer (single-door) |
A21 |
Hung Hom KCR |
800 |
63270 |
CM150 |
Images would be welcome
along with confirmation as to the certificate details for the three
Cityflyer liveried examples.
Tonight's update sees
the number of pages, files and images that make up the site pass the
40,000 mark!
2nd
March 2019
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The above photographs are subject
to copyright
New pages
have now been added for the three recent commissioned models from Model
1 - they
are, from left to right, Argos Bus liveried MAN (63901A), CT Bus
liveried Scania (63902A)
and Hang Po liveried Jit Luen bodied Isuzu (63933).
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Terence Tong
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
China
Motor Bus Memorial Page
Further
information and photographs of former Citybus tow car no. 05
(GU
9585) have just been added to the section of the
site.
1st
March 2019
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