| EFE Zone News December 2008 |
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Friday 19th December |
| Confirmed EFE Releases |
The following six models have now been released by EFE, these are the last releases of 2008.      23319 AEC Regal IV RF Single Deck Bus - London Transport (Green / route 432) 28007 Daimler Fleetline DMS Single Door Double Deck Bus - Bexleybus 29621 Leyland Olympian Double Deck Bus - Arriva Serving the Shires (route 142) 32701 Ford Thames Trader Flatbed Lorry - Bass Worthington 34102 AEC RT3 Double Deck Bus - London Country (route 402) 36201 AEC RMA Routemaster & Luggage Trailer - British European Airways |
Thursday 18 December |
| Two EFE Subscriber Models Announced |
EFE have posted out order forms for two special "New Year" subscriber only models which will be released in late January, numbers of both are described as limited.  18205 Daimler Fleetline Park Royal - London Transport (green / route 271 Moorgate) 20447 Bristol VRT Series 3 - Western National N.B.C. |
Friday 12 December |
| Four Models Issued By The LT Museum |
| The London Transport Museum has begun the process of mailing out four commissioned models to it's standing order customers. These models were originally released at three special events held earlier in the year. The supplies of the STL model & the Arriva Heritage Routemasters were very limited and were allocated on a first come first served basis by the Museum.     15633A AEC Routemaster RM Bus - Arriva London Heritage Fleet (gold) 27702A AEC STL Bus - London Transport (red / route 8A) 31701B AEC Routemaster RMC Coach - London Transport Green Line (route 716) 31703A AEC Routemaster RMC Coach - Arriva London Heritage Fleet (red) |
Saturday 6 December |
| Details For Five New Models Announced |
EFE has announced details and released pre-production photographs of five new models, four of these were briefly mentioned in the last subscribers newsletter. There are also details of the Eastern Scottish Bristol FLF which has had its green livery revised since first shown at the Showbus Rally back in September.      Click the thumbnails above to view hi-res pictures or the links below for full model details. 14014 Bristol Lodekka FLF - Eastern Scottish (Due Feb) 27624 Wright Volvo Renown - First Aberdeen (Due Jan) 29620 Leyland Olympian - Northumbria (Due Feb) 32902 Ford Thames Trader Dropside Lorry - Eldridge Pope & Co Ltd (Due Jan) 34204 AEC RLH Double Deck Bus - London Transport Red / route 178 (Due Jan) 36301 Bedford TK Dropside Lorry - G.M. Buses (Due Feb) |
The trade release sheet for these models can be viewed at |
Tuesday 2 December |
| Four New Models Announced & First Shots of the new 36 Foot B.E.T. Single Decker |
| The latest Subscriber's Newsletter lists four new models, no further details are known at present, additionally two special subscriber models are being prepared and details of these will be given in the next newsletter. 27624 Wright Volvo Renown - First Aberdeen 34204 AEC RLH Double Deck Bus - London Transport (Red) 32902 Ford Thames Trader Dropside Lorry - Eldridge Pope & Co Ltd 36301 Bedford TK Dropside Lorry - G.M. Buses |
| Photographs have been released of the first shots of the new B.E.T. single decker, there are four variations of this new casting and they are, 6 window bay bus and coach seating with single of twin headlamps or 4 window bay coach seating with single or twin headlamps. The Dennis Dart SLF 10.7 metre Plaxton Pointer mould tooling is also currently being fine tuned and the model should be ready for release in the early spring of 2009.  
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