| EFE Zone News December 2010 |
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Friday 24 December |
| Something To Do! |
| Here's a little wordsearch puzzle to keep you amused during the current holiday period. The words can go up, down, left, right and diagonal.
Just click and drag the mouse pointer over the words if you can find them! There are more puzzles on my other sites, each one with words relevant to the manufacturer. Requires a Flash enabled browser. Can you spot the 10 differences? Click picture to enlarge, three more can be found on my other sites.  Can't find all 10? Here's the solution. |
Friday 17 December |
| Four Confirmed Releases |
The following items have now been released by EFE and bring the total number models released this year to 96.
    30006 London Transport (route 205) - AEC 10T10 Bus 31505 East London (Platinum) - AEC RM Class Routemaster 36602 Metrobus - Dennis Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer II Dual Door |
Monday 13 December |
| Latest EFE Newsletter |
| The final subscriber's newsletter arrived today along with Release sheets 11 & 12 and the annual subscriber's calendar. Frank Joyce mentions how sad it has been to see so many small model shops disappear in the past year and learn that collectors are having difficulty purchasing EFE models. In an attempt to rectify this EFE are now selling the standard release models directly to the general public, when asked. "At the end of the day it is only collectors & the general public purchasing our models that keeps us in business, producing our range of detailed, quality models. This service does not include special Subscriber models, which are still only sold direct to Subscribers only". There is a brief mention of just one previously unannounced model in this newsletter. 24203 Maidstone & District - Alexander Fleetline Type B |
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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) |
Thursday 9 December |
| Confirmed Releases & A Milestone |
| The following pair of models have now been released by EFE. Peter Harrison notes that this batch of models brings the total number of EFE code 1 or code 2 model releases to 2000. You can view Peter's comprehensive set of model lists on The Modelbus.com site.   35303 Ribble - Long 6 Bay BET Bus (Twin Lamps) The release of the following model will now occur next week. 36602 Metrobus - Dennis Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer II Dual Door |
Monday 6 December |
| More December Releases Announced |
| EFE have announced a further batch of releases for December, these will be released during the week ending the 18th December. 30006 London Transport (route 205) - AEC 10T10 Bus 31505 East London (Platinum) - AEC RM Class Routemaster A reminder that these models are due to be released later this week. 20450 Eastern Counties - Bristol VRT Series III 35303 Ribble - Long 6 Bay BET Bus (Twin Lamps) 36602 Metrobus - Dennis Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer II Dual Door |
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| Details Of Seven New Models Announced |
| EFE's latest trade release sheet gives details of seven new models including the two models mentioned in the last subscriber's newsletter and two new lorry variations. There's also an update on the East Yorkshire AEC Duple Coach revealed at Cobham in late October. Note also the pre-production STL bus sample illustrated has the registration & fleet numbers transposed, I'm sure this will be corrected on the final production models. |
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| A scan of trade release sheet for the eight models below can be viewed at |
Saturday 4 December |
| Latest Subscriber Models Released |
| The pair of special Christmas models offered in the last EFE newsletter mailing have now started to be posted out to EFE subscribers who ordered them. The prototype Routemaster is the first re-tooled example of this variant of the model although unlike the other re-tooled Routemasters it hasn't been given a new series number to note the change.   30304 London Transport (green livery / route 406) - AEC RM Prototype Routemaster |
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