The winning models will be announced on 1st January.

Photograph courtesy of World of Diecast

ABC Models have announced a new casting, this being a CMB Tilling Stevens K5LA7 long-wheelbase single-deck bus, featuring :- opening driver's window, opening bonnet, detailed chassis, steerable wheels, some windows modelled in the open position. The model is to be a limited edition. Further details to follow shortly! 

The New World First Bus "Millennium" bus is due for release in Hong Kong at any time - it is believed that the quantity for this model is to be 3,888. 

A further Collector's Model Victory Mk 2, in all-over advertising for "White Flower" is also due to be released in Hong Kong at any time. 

Further details of all these models will be published shortly.

200 models of the Citybus Network 26 Atlantean, the UK release (44603), have been bought from Corgi and are available at Citybus's Star ferry kiosk - whilst stocks last!

Citybus are planning a "Millennium" bus, based on a Dennis Trident, due for release in February 2000.

Two Corgi UK releases are now available, namely Citybus Leyland Olympian (43012) in "Ocean Park" livery, and Citybus Leyland Atlantean (44603) carrying "Network 26" livery.

If anyone has already acquired either of these two models, I shall be grateful if they could forward me details, i.e. Fleet No, Reg No., Route No., Destination, etc, etc. (photos would be a bonus!) - thank you.

I believe that an 'Ocean Park' Set is a possibility, with Product Code (45007a & 45007b) already being allocated to it. Quantities are believe to be 4,100 with 1,000 being for the UK.

Citybus's WWW Dennis Trident/Duple Metsec (44507) is due to be released in Hong Kong on Thursday 23rd December. 

The diecast watchman hut and refuse bin, which will be included in ABC's forthcoming release of (lilac) CMB Fleetline, LF116, will be available in the near future- further details to follow!
 

Photograph courtesy of World of Diecast

A new book entitled "Hong Kong Advertising Bus Handbook", written by Danny C Chan, and published by Northcord Transport, is now available in Hong Kong  -  further details to follow.

The NWFB Dart was commissioned through Drumwell and so, as mentioned previously, is the new Neoplan Centroliner commissioned by KMB. The new Trident for NWFB will also be through them, and they do all the liaison and engineering work for whoever wishes to commission them to do so. 

The quantity for KMB's Neoplan (DW10101) will in fact be 5,000, and release in Hong Kong is now expected to be on Friday 17th December. 

Photograph courtesy of Hong Kong Vehicles Network Express

The Citybus "Network 26" set (45006a & 45006b) was released in Hong Kong yesterday.

Photograph courtesy of 80M Bus Model Shop

This model comes from yet another new manufacturer, Drumwell Company, and is due to be released in Hong Kong on 1517th December. Production is limited to 4,000 5,000 models. The model represents KMB's Neoplan Centroliner AP6 (Reg. No. JB 319) on route 296C to Sheung Tak.
 
 

Photograph courtesy of
Cosmopolis Bus Fan Club

Meanwhile, Yardway Limited have printed some Neoplan Centroliner Year 2000 Calendars (Poster size). Production is 2000 and only 1500 will be for sale.

I am grateful to both 80M Bus Model Shop and Cosmopolis Bus Fan Club for the above information 
 

Product numbers for the forthcoming Citybus releases are:-

45005 - The Stagecoach set  - due next Friday, 17th December
(45006a & 45006b) - The Network 26 set - due tomorrow, Friday 10th December
44508 - The chrome Trident - due Tuesday 21st December

ABC have announced yet another new release, their third Leyland Victory 2, this time in the white/green/gold livery of New Lantao Bus. Fleet No. LD7  is of a Kowloon Bus bodystyle with an internal fitted sliding door.  It will be a Limited Edition model, but the exact figure has not yet decided by ABC. 

Photograph courtesy of World of Diecast

ABC's LV 128 has been released in Hong Kong today and LF 48 is due shortly.

The Citybus "Network 26" set is due for release this Friday, 10th December.

Below is a further photograph of the "Stagecoach " set due for release in Hong Kong in just over a weeks' time.
 

Photograph courtesy of 80M Bus Model Shop

Photograph courtesy of World of Diecast

EFE's 25704, CMB's XF1, has been dispatched to subscribers, mine arriving this morning.

Despite listing Hong Kong buses in the "Next Month" category of the December 1999 edition of Model Collector, the January 2000 edition carries no such article! 
In the "Letters" section of the same publication, a reader from Birmingham questions the recent lack of articles by Don Craggs, and the Editor replies that we will see Don returning next month - lets hope so!

Just a reminder of the forthcoming Corgi releases, so you can budget accordingly!:-