| Model Bus Zone News January 2012 |
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Monday 30 January |
| Next EFE Releases & Release of Second EFE Subscribers Model |
The following pair of models are scheduled for release during the week ending 11th February.  28009 Maidstone & District N.B.C. - Single Door Daimler Fleetline DMS 36203 British Airways - AEC RMA Routemaster & Luggage Trailer |
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The following model is now being posted out by EFE to Subscription Service Members who ordered it. 35704 London Transport Green Line - AEC Reliance RC Class Coach |
Wednesday 25 January |
| eBay Sellers Sponging My Bandwidth |
| Its come to my attention that some sellers on eBay are now 'live linking' directly to the model photographs on this site and therefore sponging my bandwidth everytime their model listings on eBay are viewed. One particular seller currently has around 80 models listed, each of which has two photographs that load directly from the EFE Zone, this alone amounts to a fair chunk of extra bandwidth. Please note I'm not a photo hosting service and I have to pay for all the bandwidth used by this site, if you are doing this please cease as I'm now taking action to block any photographs used in this way. My site hosting company provides a handy list of all the possible sponger links so I don't even have to search eBay to identify the offenders! Update: 17 February - I'm now taking direct action against any sellers who continue to sponge my bandwidth on an industrial scale, the picture that shows up on your eBay page will be downgraded in quality and will probably show a completely different model to that being offered. So continue use my bandwidth at your own risk! Please can I also ask you to respect the Copyright of the original suppliers of the photographs on my sites, under no circumstances should any such marked photographs be linked too or posted on eBay or anywhere else. eBay will be informed of any such Copyright infringements on their site. Sorry for this rant but if this gets out of hand I won't be able afford the extra bandwidth costs involved and will have no option but to close this site. Regards Kevin Ellis |
Wednesday 25 January |
| Confirmed EFE Releases |
The following models have now been released by EFE.   13601 Express Dairy - AEC Ergo 3 Axle Tanker Lorry 15807 Scottish Motor Traction - Leyland PD1 Lowbridge 29011 Strathtay Scottish - Daimler Fleetline GM Standard |
Wednesday 25 January |
| Four Confirmed B-T Models Releases |
The following B-T Models have now been released in the UK.    B003 Ulsterbus Tours - Duple Dominant II Coach DA33 Peter Slater Ltd - Albion Reiver 4 Axle Bulk Tipper A005 Karrier Bantam Bottled Drinks Lorry (Yellow) A008 Foden DG 3 Axle Dropside Lorry (Red) |
Tuesday 24 January |
| B-T Models' next Duple Dominant Models |
| The next pair of Duple Dominant II Coaches will be in the following liveries. B007 Maidstone & District (Green & white livery) on route 900 to Gillingham Bus Station B008 East Kent / National (white livery) on route 001 to Ramsgate Further details and pictures will be posted in due course |
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Tuesday 24 January |
| New Model Announcements By Oxford |
A couple of new bus related items have been announced by Oxford Diecast and are scheduled for release in the Spring or Summer. 76AK015 Austin K8 - Midland Red - 1:76  76OWB005 Bedford OWB - Merthyr Tydfil - 1:76 Oxford have also announced a number of other new 1:76 toolings as follows: Cars Austin Atlantic Saloon Bently Mk VI Morris Marina Vauxhall Viva HB Commercials / Vans Austin Tilly Pickup Bedford OX 30 Mobile Canteen Ford Transit MkI Beavertail Car Transporter Reliant Regal Supervan VW LT25 Van VW LT25 Minibus VW LT25 Camper Van Tricycle Van |
Sunday 22 January |
| Next EFE Releases |
| The following EFE models are scheduled for release later this week. 13601 Express Dairy - AEC Ergo 3 Axle Tanker Lorry 15807 Scottish Motor Traction - Leyland PD1 Lowbridge 29011 Strathtay Scottish - Daimler Fleetline GM Standard |
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Wednesday 18 January |
| B-T Models Release Two More Duple Coaches |
B-T Models have now released the second pair of Duple Dominant Coaches.  B002 Green Line - Duple Dominant II Coach B005 Lothian Region Transport - Duple Dominant II Coach |
Monday 16 January |
| Six New EFE Models Announced & A Confirmed Subscriber Model Release |
| EFE have announced details of six new models, all the models are scheduled for release in either February or March. |
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You can view the latest EFE trade release sheet at |
The first of the latest pair of subscriber models is now being posted out by EFE. 29308 Wilts & Dorset (route 110) - Leyland Olympian Double Deck Bus |
Thursday 12 January & Updated Friday 13 January |
| CMNL Loses Major Business Partner |
| The UK Distributor of Creative Master Northcord Ltd (CMNL) models as released a press statement informing retailers that Creative Master Ltd (CML) have been declared bankrupt. Creative Master Northcord Ltd is still trading profitably, but with the loss of the majority partner CML and it's manufacturing facility, further delays to the model production schedule must be expected. The following News Release has been issued by CMNL today. News Release Date: 13th January 2012. CMNL Situation Update Due to the unexpected closure of the manufacturing business of our majority partner, Creative Master Limited, the production schedule of CMNL is being affected seriously. Although CMNL was trading profitably at the time, the failure of CML has impacted upon CMNL's ability to use production facilities. In the meantime CMNL will be actively seeking out other alternative manufacturers. CMNL is independently owned and hopefully the matter will be resolved in the near future. CMNL will release more information in due course, as soon as anything further is known. The World's Miniature Bus Co. |
Thursday 12 January |
| Latest Release From Atlas Editions |
The following model is now being sent out to some Atlas Edition customers GBB22 Hants & Dorset NBC - Bedford VAL Plaxton Panorama Coach |
Wednesday 11 January |
| Six Lorries Released by B-T Models |
The following models have been released by B-T Models      N Scale N002 British Road Services 'Argyll Group' - Albion CX7 4 Axle Flatbed N004 British Road Services 'BRS Bouts Tillotson' - Foden DG 4 Axle Flatbed N005 James Spencer - Albion CX7 4 Axle Flatbed 1/76 Scale A001 Leyland FG Boxvan - Red cab & white body A007 Leyland FG Integral Van - White DA35 Dalmore Distillery with Barrels Load - Commer 2 Axle Flatbed |
Wednesday 11 January |
| Confirmed EFE Releases |
The following pair of models have now been released by EFE.  16012 East Yorkshire - Leyland Titan PD2 Lowbridge 23321 B.E.A. / Greenline - AEC RF Coach |
Friday 6 January |
| Next EFE Releases |
| The following pair of models are due to be released during the week ending the 14th January. 16012 East Yorkshire - Leyland Titan PD2 Lowbridge 23321 B.E.A. / Greenline - AEC RF Coach |
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Tuesday 3 January |
| New OOC Models Announced |
| Corgi have published details of the OOC models which feature in their new Catalogue covering the period April to June 2012. This is a smaller catalogue than normal as Corgi have revised the period covered by their two annual catalogues, in future these will cover the periods January to June & July to December. There are five new individual OOC models, four of which will have dual destination options, Additionally there is a three model gift set, London Then & Now which includes the New Bus for London model. A full preview of the new catalogue can be found on the Corgi Website. |
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