| EFE Zone News February 2008 |
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Thursday 28 February |
| Confirmed Model Release |
| The following commissioned model has now been released and is being posted out to customer's who ordered it by London Bus Retail. Orders for the model are still being accepted. 20705A AEC Regal Windover Half Cab Coach - Surrey Motors (Sutton United FC special) |
Friday 22 February |
| February's Six Models Now Released |
| A bumper batch of six models has now been released by EFE and should be available from your normal suppliers. No other standard releases are expected this month. 14604 Leyland National Short Series B - West Yorkshire NBC 16221 Bristol LS Bus (MW Casting) - Southern Vectis 27622 Wright Volvo Renown - Ulsterbus Foyle 28905 GM Standard Leyland Atlantean - London Country South West 30605 AEC Renown Park Royal - Hants & Dorset 34401 AEC Mark V Flatbed Truck & Trailer - Alan Firmin |
Thursday 14 February |
| Delayed Email Replies |
| Apologies if you've sent an email in the last few days and not yet received a reply, unfortunately my broadband modem failed earlier this week and I've been unable to get back on line until today. I will endeavour to clear the backlog over the next couple of days. |
Saturday 9 February |
| Two New Models Announced |
| Two further models have been announced in a mailing to the model trade. These include the first articulated release of the AEC mark III truck. 20632DL Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer - First Leeds - Expected April 34601 AEC Mark II Articulated Boxvan Truck - Monks Transport, Uxbridge - Expected March |
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Friday 8 February & Revised 9 February |
| Six Models Due in February |
| The week ending the Apologizes for any confusion caused by the posting of the wrong release date in the original draft of this item yesterday. 14604 Leyland National Short Series B - West Yorkshire NBC 16221 Bristol LS Bus (MW Casting) - Southern Vectis 27622 Wright Volvo Renown - Ulsterbus Foyle 28905 GM Standard Leyland Atlantean - London Country South West 30605 AEC Renown Park Royal - Hants & Dorset 34401 AEC Mark V Flatbed Truck & Trailer - Alan Firmin |
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First posted on Wednesday 6 February & updated on Thursday 7 February |
| Six New Models Announced |
| A commissioned model 20705A is being produced for Sutton United Football Club based on the Surrey Motors Windover Half Cab AEC Regal Coach. The model will carry a new registration, fleet number and Wembley on the front destination. The model is limited edition of just 240 certificated pieces. Details of how to order this model can be found on the London Bus Retail site.  Above picture shows a production model. Pictures of five new models announced during the recent London Toy Fair have been published on the www.worldwidemodelbuses.com site. Model details and links to the said pre-production pictures can also be found by using the links below. 18611 Open Top Bristol VRT Series III - York Pullman City Tour 20135 Bedford OB Duple Vista Coach - Orange Luxury Coaches 20443 Bristol VRT Series III - Trent Buses 29204 Leyland Titan Single Door - Nottingham City Transport 34501 Bedford TK Short 2 Axle Tipper Truck - Thomas Carey & Sons, London. |
Sunday 3 February |
| Acton Depot Open Weekend Model |
| Peter Coe from London Bus Retail has kindly informed me that a special EFE model has been commissioned by the London Transport Museum and will depict RMC1517 on Green Line route 716 bound for Chertsey. The model will be available to visitors at the next Acton Depot Open Weekend which takes place on the 8/9 March and has the theme of London's Transport in Miniature. |
Friday 1 February & Updated 3 February |
| Toy Fair News |
| The 2008 London Toy Fair is currently taking at the Excel Centre in London, the trade only event is the toy & model manufacturers annual chance to show all those involved in the trade their latest products and plans. Over the last few days various snippets of information have tickled out via a number of web forums and sites. So on to the actual EFE news, firstly in line with the new policy mentioned in the latest subscriber's newsletter there are no new model announcements to report, however an early large scale resin mock up of a luggage trailer for the RMA Routemaster and a block pattern for a dual door East Lancs Olympus double deck bus were present, the Olympus will be produced in both single & dual door versions although only a short wheelbase version was shown.    The dual door DMS appears to have been re-worked and an example was present which now has two instead of the four leaf doors, this change will allow future B20 versions to be modeled more accurately.  Various items of street furniture were also on show including LT bus stops & shelters, several post boxes and a section of an underground escalator, these items will form part of a new range that appears to be aimed at diorama and railway modellers.    A new 1938 stock tube train release is planned and will feature carriages wearing the livery that is currently applied to former LT stock used on the Isle of Wrights line. Apparently little was on show from the other manufacturers, Corgi had some examples of there first half 2008 OOC models on display along with examples of the forthcoming Citylink Irizar PB coach and two early pre-production version of the new Crossley double deck bus which was shown with two different upper deck window styles. More details & pictures on the OOC Zone News Page The was no evidence of any new tooling from Britbus or CMNL although the John Ayreys stand did have a Britbus dual door Leyland Atlantean in Ensignbus livery on display. Sunstar have announced several new 1/24th releases for 2008 with three new RTs and two further Bedford OB coaches on display at the show, details & official pictures of these models have been published on www.britishmodelbuses.com site. |
| 3 February Update |
A further version of Leyland Olympian is also planned and has new interior mouldings featuring high backed coach seating. This mock up based on the Arriva Yorkshire model 29612 was used to demonstrate the new variation. The Southdown AEC Mark V Tanker was on show and this will carry a green and white livery together with NBC Southdown fleet names. This version of the 4 axle tanker differs from the earlier Milk Marketing Board release by having a elliptical instead of oval tank.   |
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