Model Buses Creations Press Release April 2024

Hello, we are live at Brooklands Spring Gathering and are pleased to confirm our Ambassador and Driver Training models have arrived and will be processed for delivery next week.

We are pleased to announce our first four Model Buses Creations announcements of 2024. We formally announced these models to the public at the London Bus Museum spring gathering at Brooklands today. We have been working hard on the next run of models and we expect 2024 will be our biggest year for commission projects. We will follow this announcement later in 2024 with our next run of four more releases.

Our first four model releases are in partnership with Northcord Model Company and they are all Scania Omnicity Double Deckers. After the successful sell out release of our dealer white Scania Omnicity Ukbus 0069, we wanted to release some more and especially some London versions. We promised a London Scania in our 2023 range and here it is in the 2024 range with a slight change, which we hope you will all like.

Stagecoach had 174 Scania Omnicities - all delivered during the period that they were known as East London Bus Group - the first arrived at Rainham Garage in November 2008 and entered service on route 248. Subsequent deliveries went to West Ham, Plumstead, Bow & Leyton Garages. They've been progressively withdrawn with the last route scheduled to be operated by them, the 97, converting to Wrightbus Streetdecks from 30th March 2024. A handful remain in service at Plumstead and West Ham Garages as spare vehicles but are planned to be withdrawn within the next month or so.

Ukbus 0075 Scania Omnicity Double Decker Stagecoach London 15041.
- 15041 Will be shown on route 97 to Stratford City and feature the new Stagecoach logos, one of only a few of these Scania to feature these. This models will be limited to 504 units worldwide.

Ukbus 0076 Scania Omnicity Double Decker South East 15047 Driver Training Bus
- 15047 Will be shown in driver training livery with Stagecoach South East after leaving service in London. This model be limited to 504 units worldwide.

Ukbus 0077 Scania Omnicity Double Decker Stagecoach London 15042.
- 15042 Will be shown on route 97 to Chingford Station and feature the old Stagecoach logos, which these buses ran with for most of there lives in service. This models will be limited to 504 units worldwide.

Ukbus 0078 Scania Omnicity Double Decker Plain London Red
- The all red livery shows how these vehicles looked before entering service as well as after they departed their lives in London. Many of these vehicles now exist outside of London in plain red. This model will be limited to 108 units worldwide.

We will be making further updates on these models over the next few months with updates on pre order dates and delivery dates, currently we estimate these to arrive in Q3 of 2024, but this is subject to change.

We would like to thank Kevin Cooper of Stagecoach London, Matthew Arnold of Stagecoach South East and Danny Chan of Northcord Model Company for making these vehicles come to life in 1:76 models.

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