| EFE Zone News October 2010 |
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Sunday 31 October |
| EFE at Cobham's Last Open Day |
| EFE attended the "Goodbye to Redhill Road" event at the Cobham Bus Museum today, the weather started off rather damp but the rain eased off during the afternoon meaning I didn't get quite as soaked as I did at Showbus! The special Green Line RMC was on sale from the museum's shop and when I left there was still stock. A third party modified code 3 model based on the Museums earlier 2008 STD model 33601B was also available from the shop. This was available in three different versions with destinations for either route 13, 83A or 183. All three versions had sold out by midday however and it appears that all three were only produced in very small numbers.   Single deck RM1368 the subject of a future EFE model made a rare appearance at the Cobham event. Turning to EFE, both Frank & Brenda Joyce were present and attracting a good audience to their display of forthcoming models. Included among the 25 or so models were fourteen new pre-production samples, comprising twelve standard release models and two subscriber's Christmas specials. Please note the details shown below are taken from the sample models and may be subject to change.   16130 Burnley Colne & Nelson - Leyland PD2 Highbridge Fleet number: 56 - Registration: ACW 622 - Route: Harle Syke   16226 Western National NBC - Bristol MW Coach Fleet number: 2906 - Registration: 621 DDV - Route: 310 Lynton   16532 City of Manchester - MCW Leyland Atlantean (apologies for the rather fuzzy front shot) Fleet number: 3626 - Registration: UNB 626 - Route: 40 Albert Sq   20450 Eastern Counties - Bristol VRT Series III Fleet number: 262 - Registration: RAH262W - Route: 726 Hemsby Beach   25306 East Yorkshire - AEC Regal Duple Half Cab Coach Fleet number: 503 - Registration: HWJ 990 - Route will be: Hull   26409 Lytham St Annes - Daimler Utility Fleet number: 23 - Registration: FTD 618 - Route: 11 Blackpool Talbot Rd Bus Station    31505 Platinum East London - AEC RM Routemaster Fleet number: RM1933 - Registration: ALD933B - Route: 15 Trafalgar Square   34906 Western National - Leyland Olympian Coach Fleet number: 1802 - Registration: A752VAF - Route: 83 Tavistock   27315 Wilts & Dorset - Leyland Titan TD1 Enclosed Staircase Fleet number: none - Registration: MW 8753 - Route: Weymouth   29625 Soveriegn (London) - Leyland Olympian Bus Fleet number: L308 - Registration: G308UYK - Route: 13 Golders Green Stn   35205 Devon General - Long 6 Bay BET Bus Production model will carry Fleet number: 9 - Registration: 9 RDV - Route: 9 Sidmouth   37401 Flowers Keg Bitter (Monkton Motors, Uxbridge) - Atkinson Articulated Tanker Lorry Fleet number: 118 - Registration: 6122 ME   30512 Tillingbourne - Guy GS Single Deck Bus (this is a slightly revised version of the model displayed at Showbus & has improved radiator detailing) The two models that will be offered to the EFE Subcription Service members in the next newsletter were also on display, these will be the Christmas specials this year but will be available earlier than is usual to beat the VAT increase in January. Details of how to join the EFE Subscription service can be found HERE   12119 Royal Blue (Yeovil Destination)- Harrington Cavalier Coach Fleet number: 403 - Registration: 540 CFJ - Route: Yeovil    30304 London Transport (green livery / route 406) - AEC RM Prototype Routemaster Fleet number: RM 2 - Registration: SLT 57 - Route: 406 Kingston   The EFE model display |
Friday 29 October |
| Confirmed Model Releases |
The following models have now been released.   13204 Bulwark - Atkinson 4 Axle Round Tanker 16129 Ashton Under Lyne - Leyland Titan PD2 Highbridge The Cobham Bus Museum is due to release the following model at the final open day at the Museum's Redhill Road site on Sunday 31st October. 31704A London Transport Green Line RMC1491 (route 720A) - AEC Routemaster RMC Double Deck Coach The following models were on sale at the London Transport Museum's Acton Depot Open Weekend on the 16/17 October, the DMS models will also shortly be posted out to standing order customer's who placed orders for them back in 2009. 35701A Green Line Express - AEC Reliance BET 4 Bay Willowbrook Coach 25710A London Transport (route M1) - Daimler Fleetline DMS 25710B London Transport (route 207) - Daimler Fleetline DMS |
Saturday 16 October |
| Latest Subscribers Newsletter |
| The ninth EFE newsletter of the year arrived this morning and concentrates on a review of last months Showbus Rally and gives an overview of EFE's main announcements at the event.
Other news includes details of the Green Line RMC that is being produced for the Cobham Bus Museum's final open day at it's Redhill Road site on the Sunday 31st October. EFE will be attending this event and will have a display of some of it's models. The bus museum will be relocating to brand new purpose built premises at the Brooklands Museum Heritage site next year. 31704A London Transport Green Line RMC1491 (route 720A) - AEC Routemaster RMC Double Deck Coach The next batch of model releases due at the end of this month will be: 12308 Barton Transport - Harrington Grenadier Coach 13204 Bulwark - Atkinson 4 Axle Round Tanker 16129 Ashton Under Lyne - Leyland Titan PD2 Highbridge A number of new models are mentioned on the newsletter in the forthcoming releases list. 37401 Monkton 'Flowers Bitter' - Atkinson Articulated Tanker 29625 Sovereign - Leyland Olympian 20450 Eastern Counties - Bristol VR Series III 27315 Wilts & Dorset (Reg: MW 8753 / route 20 to Weymouth) - Leyland TD1 Closed Rear 31505 Platinum East London - AEC RM Routemaster I believe the last item listed may refer to RM1933 that was painted in a special silver & maroon livery to mark the 75th Anniversary of London Transport & the Centenary of Bow Bus Garage back in 2008.  |
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| Click Thumbnails for individual scans of the latest release sheets or the link for the PDF file which contains both sheets. (Courtesy of EFE) Please Note: The colour of the Ashton Under Lyne PD2 illustrated on the sheet is incorrect, EFE are aware of this and have confirmed that the final production models will carry the correct colours. |
| Buses Magazine Model Supplement |
| The November issue of Buses contains a 16 page Diecast & Model Bus supplement, one of the articles takes a look at Exclusive First Editions and reveals some of their plans for 2011. The single deck Routemaster model of RM1368 shown at Showbus will have just one release and this is due to appear in the spring of next year. Also due next spring is the multi bay version of the Alexander Y type which will be followed a little later by a new Bristol RELH/RELL style grille for the Y type. The flat screen Bristol VR will be the next new casting and this is expected around August. The Alexander D type double deck Atlantean & Fleetline announced at the Showbus 2009 may appear in late in 2011. In the longer term EFE are still hoping to produce the Optare Olympus which I know a lot of collectors have been looking forward to. EFE are currently waiting for design details of the recently announced integral version to be finalised before committing this casting for production. Another item which has been put on ice for the foreseeable future is the 1:24 scale RF. The current economic climate has seen the market for these expensive large scale models shrink considerably, sales of EFE's 1:24 DMS Fleetline & MCW Metrobus have not encouraged them to go ahead with the RF. Finally I've been asked if Buses Magazine have announced any new EFE commissions to join the previous five models. New models are usually announced at Showbus but there was no sign of any samples or publicity on the Ian Allan stand at this year's event and to date nothing has been announced in the magazine either. |
Thursday 14 October |
| Confirmed Release of Four Models |
The following models have now been released by EFE.    16608 South Yorkshire Transport - Short Leyland National Mark I 26408 Wilts & Dorset - Daimler Utility Double Deck Bus 32602 Pickfords - AEC Mark V 4 Axle Tanker Lorry The next model release will be a commissioned item for the London Transport Museum which will be available at Acton Depot Family Open Weekend on the 16 & 17 October. Further event details can be found on the Museum's website.  |
Monday 4 October & Updated Tuesday 12 October |
| Eight New Models Confirmed & Next Model Releases |
| EFE have confirmed details of eight new models. These include seven models revealed at Showbus and a previously unannounced London Country RMC Routemaster. |
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       Click thumbnails to view official pre-production model photographs. 16129 Ashton-Under-Lyne - Leyland PD2 Highbridge - Due Oct (PLEASE SEE NOTE BELOW) 17225 Burnley & Pendle - Long Leyland National MkI - Due Nov 30512 Tillingbourne - Guy GS Bus - Due Nov 30709 Red Rover - AEC Renown - Due Nov 35303 Ribble - Long BET 6 Bay Coach - Due Nov 37301 Fridged Freight - AEC Mark V Boxvan Lorry - Due Nov Special Note regarding 16129 - Added 12 October EFE have informed me that the picture they supplied of the Ashton-Under-Lyne Leyland PD2 16129 and which has also been used on the Trade & Ninth Release Sheet shows an early pre-production model that carries incorrect colours. The models exhibited at Showbus and pictured on my model page are correct as are the production models that are due to be released at the end of this month. 16225 Midland General - Bristol MW Coach 16608 South Yorkshire Transport - Short Leyland National Mark I 26408 Wilts & Dorset - Daimler Utility Double Deck Bus 32602 Pickfords - AEC Mark V 4 Axle Tanker Lorry |
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Friday 1 October |
| One I Missed At Showbus |
| Just noticed after checking the photographs I took at Showbus that I missed a further new livery in my orginal report posted last Sunday. Click the thumbnail a view larger photograph |
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