| EFE Zone News May 2009 |
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Thursday 28 May |
| Confirmed Releases |
The following models have now been released by EFE.   36801 Showerings of Somerset - ERF KV Articulated Flatbed Lorry 36901 Devon General - AEC Regent V Double Deck Bus |
Tuesday 19 May |
| Planned Releases For Late May |
| The following models are due to be released during the week ending the 30th May. 34103 London Transport (Last RT in service) - AEC RT3 Double Deck Bus 36801 Showerings of Somerset - ERF KV Articulated Flatbed Lorry 36901 Devon General - AEC Regent V Double Deck Bus |
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Saturday 16 May |
| Confirmed Releases |
The following models have now been released by EFE.   29407DL United N.B.C. - Bristol RELH Dual Purpose Coach 30103 Pickfords - AEC Mark III 4 Axle Oval Tanker Lorry The following pair of commissioned models were released by the London Transport Museum last weekend. 36501 AEC Routemaster RM - London Transport RM5 (route 8B) 36501A AEC Routemaster RM - London Transport RM5 (Arriva Heritage Fleet blinds) |
Wednesday 6 May |
| Nine New EFE Models For The London Transport Museum |
| The latest standing order customer's newsletter has arrived from the London Transport Museum today, it confirms the release of the RM5 models mentioned in yesterday's news report and gives brief details of nine further EFE models that are being commissioned as Museum specials this year. All the models are provisionally priced at £29.99 plus £3.00 P&P per model, there is no indication of the expected release dates for any of these models at present. Pre-war RT LT pre-war red livery Route 28 Post-war RT LT red Route 94 RLH LT green livery Route 336 10T10 Green Line Pre war Version A 10T10 Green Line Pre war Version B Bristol RELH Coach United Version A (Victoria Coach Station Series) Bristol RELH Coach United Version B (Victoria Coach Station Series) Bristol RELH Plaxton Panorama Royal Blue (Victoria Coach Station Series)(VERY LIMITED) RML Arriva Route 38 (Last weeks of service) Details of the museum's next Bus Set (no.15) will be announced during the Summer. A number of commissioned EFE models announced last year remain outstanding and as yet have no firm release dates. 25710A Daimler Fleetline London Transport DMS1644 Route M1 25710B Daimler Fleetline London Transport DM1238 Route 207 9970xx Bristol RELH ECW Coach Western National 9970xx Bristol RELH ECW Coach Red & White 9993xx 1938 Stock Tube Train Set (4 Carriages) - LT Museum Preserved 1938 Tube Stock The museum newsletter also lists three future standard issue EFE models: xxxxx 6 Bay BET Single Deck Bus Maidstone & District xxxxx Leyland National Long Mark 2 with luggage trailer Sealink 163xx Bristol LS ECW bus Green Line Route 447 |
Tuesday 5 May |
| First Dennis Dart SLF Models Announced |
The latest EFE subscriber's newsletter contains details of the first three releases of the brand new Dennis Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer 2 models. As yet no confirmed release dates or photographs have been issued for these three models.  36701 Bus Eireann - Dennis Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer Mk II Single Door 36702 First Western National - Dennis Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer Mk II Single Door EFE have kindly supplied PDF versions of their latest Release sheet and these can be downloaded using the PDF links provided below. Please note the PDF files are quite large at around 1MB each and will take dial up users sometime to download, smaller scans of the sheets can also be viewed by clicking the thumbnails below. |
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| Next EFE Releases | The following EFE models are due to be released during the week ending 16th May. 29407DL United N.B.C. - Bristol RELH Dual Purpose Coach 30103 Pickfords - AEC Mark III 4 Axle Oval Tanker Lorry |
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| RM5 Routemaster Models |
| Arriva have recently completed the full restoration of the lowest numbered production Routemaster RM5. The bus has now joined several other Routemasters in the Arriva Heritage Fleet and to mark this event a special exhibition is being held at the London Transport Museum over the weekend of the 9th & 10th May. The exhibition will show vehicles history and the various stages of the painstaking restoration process, during the event RM5 will be on show outside the Museum on the piazza. To coincide with this event two special EFE models have been commissioned for sale in the Museum's Shop. The models are based on a new variation of the Routemaster tooling that has a revised radiator grille without the familiar AEC triangle badge at the top and non opening upper deck front windows, these features were only found on the earliest London Transport Routemasters. The two versions of the RM5 model produced are 36501 with route 8B Old Ford destinations and 36501A with Arriva Heritage Fleet blinds, the A version will only be available in limited quantities at the event and it is believed a quantity of both models have been reserved for sale to the Museum's standing order customers. |
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