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I have this morning received sets of photographs, from 80M Bus Model Shop, of the two retro liveried Kowloon Motor Bus MCV bodied Volvo B8Ls and these will be added shortly - now added. Just a reminder, they are V6B206 (ZX3091), which is on route 265B with a destination of Tin Shui Wai (Tin Heng) (KMB2025014) whilst V6B204 (ZX2717) is on route 58M with a destination of Kwai Fong Station (KMB2025015) - each is limited to 1,000 pieces.
The two Long Win Bus 'retro' liveried ADL 'facelift Enviro500s entered service today and pictured above, operating route E36A, is UE6X83 (WE5243). 30th June
2025
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I am grateful to Anthony's Bus Homepage for allowing me to share this photograph of two 12.8 metre Kowloon Motor Bus retro liveried ADL 'facelift' Enviro500s, but with Long Win Bus logos!. Both were registered on 24th June, receiving Long Win Bus fleet numbers - UE6X82 (WE5645) is on the left and UE6X83 (WE5243) on the right. These buses had been sat idle in Tuen Mun since late 2023, and further details can be found here. 29th June
2025
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two retro liveried MCV bodied Volvo B8Ls were released in Hong Kong
today. Each is limited to 1,000 pieces and they are 80M Bus Model
products. V6B206 (ZX3091) is on route 265B with a destination of Tin Shui Wai (Tin Heng) (KMB2025014) whilst V6B204 (ZX2717) is on route 58M with a destination of Kwai Fong Station (KMB2025015). Both have now disappeared from the KMB online shop.
The Citybus 'Big C' liveried Wrights Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B8L from Model 1 (63638) will be available on Monday (30th) to those customers who have pre-ordered through Network Shuttle. 28h June 2025
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The news from 25 years
ago today!!
27th June
2025
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© Kowloon Motor Bus
The two retro liveried MCV bodied Volvo B8Ls went on sale on the KMB e-shop this morning. When I went to look at the site around 8.00am UK time, the website was down, so I am grateful to Ernest Chang who had managed to access the site earlier, and who provided the two product codes for the models. The top image shows V6B206 (ZX3091) on route 265B with a destination of Tin Shui Wai (Tin Heng) (KMB2025014) whilst the bottom image shows V6B204 (ZX2717) on route 58M with a destination of Kwai Fong Station (KMB2025015). Having accessed the site this afternoon, not surprisingly, both models are showing 'Out of Stock'.
Following on from yesterday's news update, my thanks to Showbus.com for allowing me to share this photograph of Ritchies Volvo B12 fleet number 530, taken in 2008. This is the vehicle represented by the model from B&B (Brilliant) Buses (BB008). 26h June 2025
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I
am very grateful to Craig Bell, with whom I exchanged several e-mails
yesterday, for providing further information on the resin
Jonckheere Monaco bodied Volvo B12s that were issued by B&B
(Brilliant) Buses last September.
© Craig Bell
Firstly, Craig has confirmed the existence of a further example in full Citybus livery, this featuring fleet number 2005. It displays route number 553 and has a destination of Kowloon. I have assumed a product code of BB007 for this model, making the six models with full Citybus livery BB001 - BB006. Previously, I had assumed a product code of BB005 for one of the two plain yellow examples, but I have now revised this assumed number to BB008, making these plain yellow examples BB007 - BB008. The assumed product codes have now been revised to actual product codes - 1st July 2025 Furthermore, Craig pointed out that the photographs I had for a plain white example, which I assumed to be BB009, did in fact feature two different models and further investigations confirm this. I have therefore updated the page for BB009, and confirm that this plain white model carries a registration number of RUI2470. Further investigations reveal that this registration was carried by a Jonckheere Monaco bodied Volvo B12 owned by North East Coach Travel, based in Newcastle, England and thanks to David Green, I am able to provide a photograph of this vehicle taken in 2021.
David's Flickr site includes almost 35,000 transport related photographs and is well worth a look. I have now assumed the second plain white example to be BB008, and again thanks to Craig, realise that this model carries a very small fleet number of 530 on the nearside and offside of the front panel immediately below the windscreen - and so the story continues....... !!
© Craig Bell
As detailed in the page featuring the actual coaches, which can be found in the XTRA section of the site, 530 was the fleet number allocated by Ritchies, a New Zealand based operator, to one of several examples they acquired from Citybus - and guess what, here is a model of that same vehicle, again thanks to Craig. I have updated the B&B (Brilliant) Buses page, the Volvo B12 page and the Citybus page accordingly but would welcome any further information - just e-mail me. 25th June
2025
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contacted B&B (Brilliant) Buses today to enquire about whether
they
could provide an update on the various
models previously
announced, I have received the reply 'Not yet'.
24th June
2025
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They
are finally on their way!!!
Kowloon Motor Bus has today announced a number of new models. Only two are in 1/76 scale and both these feature retro liveried MCV bodied Volvo B8Ls. The top image shows V6B206 (ZX3091) on route 265B with a destination of Tin Shui Wai (Tin Heng) whilst the bottom image shows V6B204 (ZX2717) on route 58M with a destination of Kwai Fong Station. No further details are presently known.
Two Hong Kong Yearbooks are set for publication shortly.
The first (left) is the Hong Kong Buses Yearbook 2024-2025, by Danny C Y Chan, and published by Northcord Transport. It contains 180 pages and will retail for HK$240. The second (right) is the Hong Kong Bus Review 2024 published by New Overground Publishing. It contains 232 pages and will retail for HK$240.
My thanks to Keith Wood for sending me the above photograph of Dave Roger's former Citybus Van Hool Alizée bodied Volvo B10M fleet no. 1273 taken at the London Bus Museum Summer Festival at Brooklands yesterday. As always, well done to Dave for all his hard work in presenting such an immaculate vehicle. Further details of this vehicle can be found in the XTRA section of the site, just follow this link. 23rd June
2025
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My thanks to Cheow Yi Jian for providing updates on several recently released 1/110 scale models from Masterpiece Collectibles, full details of which can be found on the Masterpiece Collectibles 1/110 scale model page. 22nd June
2025
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© Tiny
Continuing the Toyota Coaster Public Light Bus theme from the last update, pictured above is a model that was released back in May 2021, and one that I somehow missed! My thanks to Robin Bennett for bringing this to my attention. This Toyota Coaster carries 'Line Friends' decals and has a destination of Tsuen Wan - the registration reads 'LINE'. A new page and further photographs have now been added (ATC65155). 21st June
2025
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a week's holiday, it is now time to open the computer and see what has
happened - well, it appears that I haven't missed much!! I can, however, confirm that the two models of Citybus 12.8 metre Alexander Dennis Enviro500 6300 (SV9154) were released in Hong Kong today. Details of these models can be found below along with links to their respective pages, which will be updated shortly
16th June
2025
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© Citybus
Citybus has today announced that it is to release two versions of its very first 12.8 metre Alexander Dennis Enviro500. Fleet number 6300 (SV9154) was first registered on 30th July 2014 with subsequent deliveries (from December 2015 onwards) being facelift examples. The first (top photographs) is on route 969 to Tin Shui Wai (CM199), whilst the second (bottom photographs), is on route 10 to North Point Ferry (CM200). UPDATE - 7th June 2025
Each version is limited
to 800 pieces and they are produced by Tri-Face - new pages have now
been added
During a visit to Hong Kong in November 2014, I came across 6300 at Moreton Terrace Bus Terminus, where it was undergoing testing. 6th June 2025
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Announced today is a further 1/43 scale 11 metre Leyland Olympian, this time in standard China Motor Bus livery. It features LM3 (FW736) on route 106 to Chai Wan and is limited to 900 pieces (CMB14303). 2nd June 2025
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