Base Toys/B T Models
Cars, Coaches & Commercials
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1/76 MODELS: Bus & Coach Models (B Series)  -  Lorries Plain Liveries  -  Lorries Plain Liveries (A Series)
Branded Lorries (D/DA/DB Series)  -  Lorry Trailers (T Series)  -  Lorry Loads (L Series)  -  Cars (C Series)
N SCALE MODELS: Bus & Coach Models (NAN/NB Series)  -  Branded Lorries (N Series)  -  Lorries Plain Liveries (NP Series)

The Base Toys range of OO scale road vehicles originally started in 2007 with a mixture of both car and lorry models, all the models are plastic mouldings although the lorries do have a metal chassis.

Initially all the lorries were produced in plain unbranded liveries, a number of different cabs covering the period from the 1940's to 1990's were produced along with a range of different bodywork and axle layouts.

Since September 2007 the range has been enhanced with a growing focus on lorries carry more complicated livery applications used by a number of well known British operators and brands. British Road Services & British Railways liveries have both featured in high numbers, perhaps reflecting the attraction of these models to those with an interest in model railways.

These more detailed models also adopted a new catalogue number series which saw all the models issued with a D prefix number and saw the end of the somewhat haphazard system used for the earlier releases.
A further enhancement introduced in late 2010 was the inclusion of loads with some of the models. Most of these loads have also made available as sperate items and it seems likely that the range will see further expansion in the future.

A range of eight cars was also produced in the early days but no further new models have been added to this side of the range for several years now, the growing range of more detailed die-cast models now available from both Oxford & Classix Pocketbond may have something to do with this. Most of the Base Toys cars have been produced in plain colours, but a number of police cars and a London Transport traffic control Ford Cortina were was produced.

Several of the Base Toys models were re-issued in June 2008 in the Bachmann Scenecraft range, the early releases were identical to the Base Toys originals with the only difference being the Bachmann branded card sleeve and different product codes. During 2010 a further list of models was published by Bachmann and these appeared to be totally original models based on the existing Base Toys tooling. However to date none of these have ever been released.

In August 2011 Base Toys announced it was to change it's trading name to B-T Models and would also be expanding it's range of plastic bodied models with the introduction of a Duple Dominant Coach. A new range of N scale lorries was announced in October 2011, the majority of these models have been copies of earlier OO scale releases.

The release dates shown below are not guaranteed to be 100% accurate but I believe they are still a good indication to when these models were released in the UK.
The release information has been collated from my archive of weekly email newsletters sent out by Hattons Model Railways, these included details of all the latest model releases.
If anyone believes they have more accurate dates, can correct any errors or can provide any of the remaining missing information please email me.

Special thanks also goes to Hattons Model Railways for kindly allowing me to use many of their photographs to illustrate this section. You'll find a good selection of the models below are still available on their website.

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Click the catalogue number to view a larger picture of the model.
OO Scale Models (1/76th Scale)
Bus & Coach Models
B0xx - Duple Dominant Mark II Coach (1/76 Scale)
(N scale versions also produced see NB0xx series below)
Thumbnail Cat No. Chassis Type Operator Fleet No. Registration Route Released
B1xx - Bristol Lodekka LD1 Double Deck Bus
Thumbnail Cat No. Chassis / Body Type Operator Fleet No. Registration Route Released
B2xx - Bristol MW Single Deck Bus
Thumbnail Cat No. Vehicle Type Operator Fleet No. Registration Route Released

Lorry Models
Commercial Vehicles In Plain Liveries (1/76th Scale)
Thumb Cat No. Vehicle Dscription Operator Livery Fleet No. Registration Released
A Series - Commercial Vehicles In Plain liveries - 1/76th Scale
D/DA/DB Series Commercial Vehicles In Branded Liveries (1/76th Scale)
Lorry Trailers (1/76th Scale)

Lorry Cargo Loads & Fork Lift Trucks (1/76th Scale)
Thumbnail Cat No. Load Description Colour Quantity Released
Cars (1/76th Scale)

N Scale Models (1/148th Scale)
Bus & Coach Models (1/148th Scale)
Thumbnail Cat No. Vehicle Dscription Operator Fleet No. Registration Route Released
NAN0xx - Leyland Atlantean Double Deck Bus (N Scale)

NB0xx - Duple Dominant II Coach (N Scale)
Thumbnail Cat No. Vehicle Dscription Operator Fleet No. Registration Route Released

Lorry Models (1/148th Scale)
Thumb Cat No. Vehicle Dscription Operator Livery Fleet No. Registration Released
Commercial Vehicles In Branded Liveries - N Series (1/148th Scale)
Commercial Vehicles In Plain Liveries - NP Series (1/148th Scale)