| Britbus Zone News July to September 2010 |
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September 2010 |
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Saturday 11 September | ||
| Two Confirmed Britbus Releases | ||
The pair of Leyland Atlanteans announced last month have now been released.  AN1-28 London Country NBC - Leyland Atlantean | ||
Wednesday 8 September | ||
| Metroline Olympian Details Published | ||
Details have now been issued regarding the Metroline Olympian R504 announced last month, this is now confirmed as a Volvo rather than Leyland example and will feature AV9 on route 4 to Waterloo. It's worth pointing out that the registration shown on the sample model in the photograph released is incorrect and it should be P489MBY rather than NBY! Two further future Britbus models have also been spotted, the first LLB-08 is an East Midland Alexander bodied Leyland Lowlander which is featured in a John Ayrey advertisement placed in the October edition of Model Collector. Melvyn from Mel's Collectables in Leeds reports that he saw a pre-production sample of a Walter Alexander Guy Arab in the operator's traditional blue livery with white bands when he visited wholesaler John Ayrey Die-casts recently.  | ||
August 2010 |
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Thursday 26 August | ||
| Confirmed Base Toys Releases | ||
The following three Base Toys models have been released in the past week.  
D-85 HY Whittles Ltd / Sunblest - Leyland FG Bakery Van D-93 Pickfords (1950s) - AEC Matador 2 Axle Flatbed & Trailer | ||
Thursday 19 August | ||
| Confirmed Britbus Release | ||
The following model has now been released by Britbus. | ||
Wednesday 18 August | ||
| Model Alterations & Email Problems | ||
| David Rowe has emailed me to tell me of two modifications that will be made to two of the recently announced Britbus models.
The London Country Atlantean AN-28 will have grey wheel hubs rather than silver as shown in the pre-production picture. Secondly the Metroline Alexander bus R504 should in fact be a Volvo rather than Leyland Olympian. David has informed Britbus of these points and has been told these points will be changed on the final production models. Apologies to David for not responding to his email and others sent from the Britbus Zone Contact page since the start of August. To be honest I made a bit of a mess of setting up the mail sorting rule in Outlook Express and the mail ended up in the wrong folder, everything is now working as originally intended and I hope to have cleared all the outstanding replies by this evening. Please note when using the contact page form, if no email address is entered in the box provided I will not be able to send a reply. | ||
Wednesday 4 August | ||
| Four New Models Announced | ||
| John Ayrey's have announced four new Britbus models today. These are currently expected to be released in August & September. AN1-001X Nottingham City Transport - Leyland Atlantean (revised tooling) - Sep 2010 AN1-28 London Country NBC - Leyland Atlantean - Aug 2010  R504 Metroline - Volvo Olympian Alexander R - Sep 2010  R505 Arriva London / Leaside Buses - Leyland Olympian Alexander R - Aug 2010 Thanks are extended once again to Melvyn at for passing on this news from Britbus' UK importer John Ayrey Die-casts. | ||
July 2010 |
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Tuesday 27 July | ||
| Picture of Base Toys Model D-85 | ||
The first picture of the Leyland FG Bread Van in HY. Whittles Bakery livery has been issued by John Ayrey Die-casts. D85 Leyland FG Bakery Van - HY Whittles Ltd / Sunblest | ||
Wednesday 21 July | ||
| More Britbus Models Being Worked On | ||
| I'm sure many collectors have been worried recently that Britbus appear to have been winding down it's bus related releases, with nothing new announced since early March and currently no outstanding models things haven't been looking that promising. The good news I've received is that Britbus are still working on further new bus releases, two new liveries are currently being worked on and these will be publicly announced once everything has been finalised. Sadly as yet no release dates or clues as to what the models will be. for passing on this news which came from Britbus' UK importer John Ayrey Die-casts. | ||
Saturday 17 July | ||
| More Model Releases | ||
| Following on from Thursday's report I can now confirm that the Brighton & Hove Scania Omnidekka has also been released along with three Base Toys models. There have been no further announcements regarding any future Britbus model releases and I don't know whether this marks the end of the range or is just a planned pause in production.     D-87 National Benzole - Albion Caledonian 8 Wheel Tanker D-90 Somerset Wire - Bristol HG 'MO' 8 Wheel Tanker D-91 Leyland FG 4 Wheel Van - Railfrieght | ||
Thursday 15 July | ||
| Two Confirmed Britbus Releases | ||
The two outstanding Leyland Atlantean models announced back in early March have finally been released. The general release of the only other currently outstanding Britbus model, the Brighton & Hove Scania Omnidekka (ES-11), is still awaited although reports suggest a limited quantity of the model were available from the Brighton & Hove Bus Company at the operator's 75th Anniversary Rally held last month.  AN1-26 London Links - Leyland Atlantean | ||
Monday 12 July | ||
| Two Base Toys Model Revisions | ||
| I reported on the 8 July that the Mobil Thames Trader Van had been withdrawn, I've now received information of another model which has been revised and a replacement for the cancelled model. D-85 Leyland FG Van - WHITTLES BAKERY - SUNBLEST (replaces Thames Trader Mobil Boxvan) D-92 Leyland Comet 4 Wheel Tanker - POWER - BP ENERGOL (replaces Leyland MO 8 Wheel Shell-BP Tanker) Further photographs have been issued showing two forthcoming models for the first time.  D87 Albion Caledonin 8 Wheel Tanker - NATIONAL BENZOLE  D91 Leyland FG 4 Wheel Van - RAILFREIGHT | ||
Thursday 8 July | ||
| Another New Base Toys Model Picture | ||
Another new model photograph has been published by John Ayrey. The latest newsletter from The Model Store advises that the release of the following Base Toys model has now been cancelled, I understand this may be because of licensing issues involving the use of the oil company's logos. D-85 Mobil - Thames Trader 4 Wheel Boxvan | ||
Tuesday 6 July | ||
| New Base Toys Model Picture Issued | ||
John Ayrey have published a photograph of a another of the forthcoming Base Toys releases. | ||
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