A number of RMA's passed to other operators, with some even being used on sightseeing tours in the capital, other examples passed to a varied collection of operators including Clydeside, London & Country, Green Rover, & Verwood Transport. A few examples still remain in service today while several others have been restored by preservationist's.

   The correct four leaf platform doors have been reproduced and again look to be pretty accurate as do the handrails either side on which are picked out in white paint.

   Moving to the all important front of the model the distinctive Routemaster snout is captured as are the twin head lamps fitted to these buses. The rather over protruding wing mirrors are once again fitted and like all the other releases so far in the Routemaster Series do tend spoil the models frontal appearance somewhat.

Of note is the way in which the under canopy nearside front window has been reproduced, this angles forward over the engine to allow passengers to gain access to the driver cab, this feature has been modeled using a plastic insert over the normal RM style window casting. To accommodate this unique feature the bonnet on the RMA's was shorter than on other Routemasters types and had a narrow fixed panel between the bonnet and under canopy window, on the model the position of the hinges would make the opening of the bonnet impossible! The under canopy route box is also present on this model a feature not fitted on the real RMA 9 until it was repainted in standard London Transport red livery, in fact most of the RMA's never received these. The reason for the presence of the above features will become clearer later in this review.
The drivers windscreen has a horizontal glazing bar tampo painted across it indicating that it could be opened something which wasn't standard on the RMA's or indeed present in the photograph of the RMA on the back of the EFE box! The windscreen surround has been correctly picked out in black paint but this looks rather too prominent on the model. On my version the front registration plate appears rather on the small side giving the impression that the tab it's printed on is slightly to deep.

   The rear of model includes the towing hook once used to attached the luggage trailers, this is a small plastic insert and it's design suggests a trailer could be clipped on to it if a model was produced in an appropriate livery. The stainless steel protective plate and various electrical connections that should surrounded the hook are not reproduced on this version sadly but the large rear lower deck window looks well proportioned while all the rear lights and various inspection panels are present.

   The base reveals a three quarter length plastic base plate with the rear most quarter cast in metal, this has A.E.C. Routemaster Bus RMA / RMC cast on it suggesting aspects of the same tooling have been used to produce both versions, this probably explains why the bonnet length, under canopy route box and plastic front window insert mentioned above all exist on this RMA version.

   The tampo printing is crisp overall, the destination slip board includes some tiny text which is fully legible, the window vent bars are thinner than those found on the earlier RM versions and look far better as a result. Unless my memory's playing tricks I'd be inclined to say the orange colour chosen for the livery might be a little on the reddish side.
Unfortunately my example has a rather poor joint between the upper & lower deck castings over the front canopy area resulting in a somewhat noticeable gap, hopefully this is just an isolated problem.