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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Philip Chan
Several
new 11.3 metre ADL 'facelift' Enviro500s were noted at KMB's Lai Chi
Kok Depot earlier today awaiting registration.
Tiny has
unveiled
the above image of a 1/110 scale MAN A98 in the lush green livery of SG
Bus. It features SG5757E on route 67 to Choa Chu Kang via Geylang Road.
From the description on the box I am assuming this to be an unlicensed
product with no fleetnames or logos.
31st
May 2020
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Philip Chan
Several
early Long Win Bus Enviro500s have been loaned to Kowloon Motor Bus,
including 8409 (PB7275), seen here earlier today operating route 36A to
Cheung Sha Wan (Sham Mong Road). Further photographs have now
been
added to  section of the
site.
Quantities
for the five Model 1 Carlyle bodied Dennis Darts, released earlier this
week, have now been added, thanks to Network
Shuttle.
New pages
have now been added for the three Neoplan Centroliners recently
released by NP models, namely NP1008,
NP1009
and NP1010
(see News 26th May).
Masterpiece Collectibles
has announced via it's Facebook page that "Our 1/76 Bendy Bus is
all packed & ready to leave our factory soon. We
know it's been a long wait for those who had pre ordered with us, we
would like to thank you all for your patience amidst this Covid-19
situation ( Delays/Stop Work Notice ). We hope to get this shipment
soon in Singapore! We will update again on our page. Thank You".
30th
May 2020
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Five
China Motor Bus Carlyle bodied Dennis Darts from Model 1 have been
released today. They are as follows:-
| Model
no. |
Fleet
no. |
Reg.
no. |
Route |
Destination |
Livery |
Comments |
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| 63152 |
DC1 |
EU
3821 |
260 |
Stanley |
Demonstration |
- |
| 63153 |
DC2 |
EX
1835 |
A20 |
Central
(via Pacific Place) |
Airport
Express Route
A20 branding |
with
luggage racks |
| 63154 |
DC3 |
EX
1241 |
A20 |
Airport |
Airport
Express |
with
luggage racks |
| 63155 |
DC8 |
EX
2604 |
110 |
Jordan
Road (via Tsim Sha Tsui) |
Standard |
- |
| 63156 |
DC20 |
FB
904 |
15 |
The
Peak |
Standard |
the
destination is displayed
in the windscreen |
New pages have now been
added.
28th
May 2020
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Two recent
releases from Model 1 are these 19-seat Toyota Coaster public light
buses. No image of the model is currently available for KC2646 (63815)
whilst JX156 carries all-over advertising for Network Shuttle (63817).
Quantities are presently unknown.
A further
three Neoplan Centroliners have been released by NP Models (NP1008 -
NP1010). They feature AP132 (KC3551) on route 60X to Jordan Wui Cheung
Road (NP1008), AP74 (JU6428) on route 73X to Fu Shin Estate
and
AP75 (JU6496) on route 276A to Tai Ping. All are limited to 120 pieces
and being unlicensed products, none carry KMB fleetnames or logos.
Tiny's
1/110 scale Kowloon Motor Bus Volvo B8L with 87th anniversary decals is
set for release on Thursday (28th).
The Model Bus Zone
has just added a very handy list of model bus related Facebook Pages
and Groups, with links - take a look here
26th
May 2020
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Tiny has
announced yet another new 1/110 scale release, this being in the form
of a Kowloon Motor Bus Duple Metsec bodied Dennis Dragon on route 6C,
as shown in the poor quality image above (Box 35/KMB2020015).
Coincidentally,
I recently posted (23rd May) on the site's Facebook page a couple of
photographs of these colourful buses produced back in 2011 by Cars
Workshop, and below is a closer-up example of that to be modelled.
25th
May 2020
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Bobby Liu
On Thursday (21st May)
Kowloon Motor Bus registered it's first new buses since 8th
January. V6B141
(WT4546) was the first of the batch of eight Wrights Gemini 3
bodied Volvo B8Ls whilst pictured below was the last, V6B148 (WT6088).
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Philip Chan
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Philip Chan
Interestingly,
whilst five of the batch are fitted with white destination
equipment, three are not, including V6B146 (WT5814), pictured above.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Philip Chan
Meanwhile,
Citybus continue to register, rather haphazardly, their Gemini 3
bodied Volvo B8Ls with 8803, 8804 and 8805 being registered on
15th/18th May. Fleet numbers 8806 and 8807 were registered in December
2019 and January 2020 respectively!
My thanks to both Bobby Liu and Philip Chan for providing the above
photographs and information.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Dave Rogers
Dave
Rogers posted the above photograph on his Facebook page just as I was
re-taking photographs of two similar models, so I just had to do it!
Two new
Tiny models have been announced this week - the first is a 1/110 scale
Kowloon Motor Bus Mercedes-Benz 0305 featuring ME24 (DG4601) on route
68 to Un Long (Box 148) whilst the second features a 1/43 scale China
Motor Bus Leyland Victory Mk 2 in the form of LV30 (CH5001) on route 9
to Shek O.
24th
May 2020
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Eddy Sumantri Mohd Talhah
Today's
update features news from Kuala Lumpur, where RapidKL has
received
it's first three Gemilang bodied Volvo B8Ls, these being the first of a
batch of 90. They are to a length of 12 metres, are 4.2 metre high and
2.4 metres wide with a carrying capacity of 114 (88 seated and 26
standees). The above image is 'clickable'.
22nd
May 2020
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Leo
Officially
released today is Tiny's 1/110 scale New World First Bus liveried
Wrights Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B8L (Box L27/ATC64906). It features 5231
(WN4213) on route 116 to Tsz Wan Shan. Being an unlicensed
product it carries no fleetnames or logos.
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Corgi's Alexander bodied Dennis Tridents
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Corgi's Duple Metsec bodied
Dennis Tridents
For those who don't use
Facebook, here are a couple of recently posted images of Corgi models.
21st
May 2020
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The first
of Citybus's 11.3 metre ADL 'facelift' Enviro500 was noted
earlier today visiting the To Kwa Wan Vehicle Inspection
Centre for the first basic inspection procedure. I am grateful
to
Grant Ng Kwok Kuen for allowing me to share these photographs. The
images are 'clickable'.
20th
May 2020
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Corgi's Olympians - well
nearly all of them!!
(image is 'clickable')
18th
May 2020
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It appears that the
release of
Tiny's 1/110 scale Kowloon Motor Bus Mercedes-Benz 0.305 is imminent
with the company having recently posted the above image, as is the
release of the 87th anniversary decorated Wrights Gemini 3 bodied Volvo
B8L.
17th
May 2020
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New World First Bus has
converted Alexander Dennis Enviro500 5550 (RK4924) to part open-top
ready for Rickshaw Sightseeing Bus operations.
16th
May 2020
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The Kowloon Motor Bus
87th anniversary liveried Wrights Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B8L is set for
release today. It
features V6B104
(WH 5413) on route 287X with a destination of Sha Tin (Shui Chun
O) (KMB2020005).
It is limited to just 830 pieces.
Tiny has announced a further 3-door 12 metre Kowloon Motor Bus
Dennis Dragon, which features 3N6 (DA7099) on route 111 to Central
(Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal) (Box 191/KMB2020046). It is expected
to be released in July.
Another release, details of which are limited, is an 'Old Master Q'
liveried ADL Enviro500 (KMB2020009).
Any further information or a photograph would be welcome.
Referring
again to the Gwulo.com
website, whence the 1958 photograph of Shek O
Bus Terminus came (see 12th May), I am grateful to it's webmaster for
suggesting a search of the site where photographs tagged 'bus' are
listed - just follow this link.
15th
May 2020
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Released 10 years ago today was this
Kowloon Motor Bus BUSAF bodied Guy Victory J from Venus Collectibles. (MBG01a).
Network Shuttle is now
accepting pre-orders for the three New World First Bus ADL lowheight
'facelift' Enviro400s announced earlier this week. They will be
produced by Model 1. From top to bottom they
are:-
3800 (UM6755) on route X15 to The Peak (63373/20095), 3803 (UM7773) on
route
14 to Stanley Plaza (63374/20096) and 3838 (UV8933) on route N691 to
Tiu Keng
Leng (63375/20097). They are expected to be released in the 3rd quarter
of the year and each will be limited to 833 pieces. New pages will be
added shortly.
One of a
batch of 11.3 metre ADL 'facelift' Enviro500s for Citybus has arrived
in this retro style livery. My thanks to Ming's
photo bucket for allowing me to share his photograph, which
is 'clickable'.
I
am reliably informed that is one of a batch of ten such buses that will
carry this livery (fleet numbers 9149-9158). These buses are expected
to displace ten of the older style Enviro500's to the
non-franchised fleet which in turn will replace the lowheight NWFB
Tridents which are not emission compliant.
14th
May 2020
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
Andrew Suddaby 367 Association
The above photograph is
believed to have been taken in 1958 and shows Shek O Bus
Terminus in
pristine condition. I am grateful Andrew Suddaby for allowing me to
share this photograph and also to the website "Gwulo: Old Hong Hong",
where I came across the photograph, for
their assistance. The site features over 30,000 pages about
old Hong Kong and I would strongly recommend you take a look.
This photograph has now been added to the Shek O Bus Terminus page in
the section of the
site.
New World
First
Bus staff have been given the opportunity to pre-order three new ADL
'facelift' Enviro400s, two of which are pictured above. There are :-
3800 (UM6755) on route X15 to The Peak (20095), 3803 (UM7773) on route
14 to Stanley Plaza (20096) and 3838 (UV8933) on route N691 to Tiu Keng
Leng (20097). Each will be limited to 833 pieces.
12th
May 2020
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Released
yesterday were the two remaining Automodel Mitsubishi Fusos in Transmac
Macau livery. R323 (MQ-70-85) is on route 17 (36626)
whilst R333 (MS-79-26) on route 9 (36628).
I am very
grateful to Kevin
Cheng Photography
for allowing me to share the above photographs that show the
effect Covid-19 is having on the transport industry in Hong Kong. Just
follow the link to visit Kevin's Facebook page where even more of these
images can be found.
An appeal
Back in
2005,
Eric kindly sent me a selection of photographs featuring Shek
O
Bus Terminus, one of which is pictured above, that I
subsequently
used on a special page featuring this terminus (see here).
I would be very grateful if Eric could contact me, either by e-mail
or via the site's Facebook page. Similarly, Winston Lau also
submitted a photograph of Shek O and I would be grateful if he too
could contact me.
10th
May 2020
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Released
20 years ago today was ABC Models first model of a short Fleetline in
standard China Motor Bus livery (000501).
Following
the announcement below (6th May) my thanks to China Motor Bus
Memorial Page for allowing me to share the above photograph
of the actual bus that is to be modelled by Tiny.
9th
May 2020
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Model 1
has
announced two further releases of it's New Lantao Bus MAN A95 - MDR03
(VG3890) on route B2P to Tin Shui Wai (with NLB lettering) (63222)
and MDR29 (VR4337) on route B4 to Airport (without NLB
lettering) (63223),
the latter being pictured above. New pages will be added
shortly.
Tiny
are planning to release the above 1/110 scale 3-door Kowloon Motor Bus
Dennis Dragon in July (Box L29 - ATC64798). It features 3N115 (DJ8496)
in this advertising livery, although the lettering 'Nippon Express' is
missing, so it is assumed to be an unlicensed product, hence being
allocated in the Lxx series..
6th
May 2020
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Photographs courtesy and copyright
of on.cc
MTR
Bus Enviro500 fleet no.543 (VE2830) was destroyed by fire earlier today
whilst
travelling empty in Tun Muen. It is believed the fire started in the
nearside rear tyre.
The
task of updating photographs on the site continues slowly, and
today's subject was the Leyland Olympians produced by Creative Master
Northcord. Eleven model were issued in the HKBUS2001-11 range, the
first being issued in December 2003 and the last in November 2009.
5th
May 2020
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In
continuing the exercise of comparing Model 1's product list, found on
the Network Shuttle website, with the information on this
site,
below are models where new pages have now been created.
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| 63073A
- details previously included with 63073 |
63111A
- details previously included with 63111 |
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| 63177
- model not previously recorded |
63201A
- model not previously recorded |
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| 63220
- model not previously recorded |
63241
- model not previously recorded |
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Photograph
currently unavailable
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| 63314
- details previously included with 63313 |
63819A
- model not previously recorded |
I am
grateful for the co-operation of Network Shuttle/Model 1 for providing
photographs along with Sfd135gr42gta1473. Just click on an image
to visit the relevant page.
2nd
May 2020
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Ka Ho Ng
I
make no apologies for posting another photograph, this time an aerial
shot, of CMB's soon to be demolished Chai Wan Depot. My thanks to Ka Ho
Ng for allowing me to use his super photographs, more of which have
been added to the feature on this Depot in the section
of the site.
1st
May 2020
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