| Model Bus Zone Site Updates December 2024 & January 2025 |
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| November 2024 | Site Updates Index | December 2024 |
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| Range | Page Link | Update Description |
Sunday 11 May |
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News | Transport Nostalgia announce two further Northcord ADl Enviro400 MMC models & issue a press release for the forthcoming Strathtay Heritage livery version. |
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News | Bachmann's Summer quarter model announcements for the EFE Road & Rail ranges. |
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UKBUS6539 | New model page for Northcord Stagecoach Stagecoach “East London Ambassador” ADL Enviro400H MMC. |
Thursday 8 May |
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News | Northcord Models Press Release for Stagecoach East London Ambassador ADL Enviro400H MMC. | Friday 2 May |
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News | Model Bus Federation Model Bus Journal reviews for May 2025. |
Wednesday 30 April |
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News | Bachmann have re-issued the EFE Road/Scenecraft Art Deco Bus Garage which includes a free EFE model. |
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News | Confirmed UK model release for Northcord Models. |
Tuesday 29 April |
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News | New 1:87 scale Holland-Oto McLean's Coach Astromega TX model in part Megabus livery has been produced for the Buckie Model Centre. |
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Transport Nostalgia | New page added for Transport Nostalgia commissioned models. |  |
UKBUS800/MBC1000 | Recently announced models from Model Buses Creation added to list of Alexander Dennis Enviro400 models. |
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UKBUS6200 | Recently announced planned commissioned model from Model Buses Creation added to list of Alexander Dennis Enviro400 models. |
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UKBUS6500 | Recently announced planned commissioned models from Model Buses Creations & Transport Nostalgia added to list of ADL Enviro400 MMC models. |
Monday 28 April |
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News | Omnidekka Models have released two models recently & announced the next livery for their ADL Enviro200 MMC model. |
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UKBUS6535 | New model page for Northcord Stagecoach South Hampshire Bus 40th Anniversary ADL Enviro400 MMC. |
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UKBUS6536 | New model page for Northcord McGiil's Midland Bluebird UniLink ADL Enviro400 MMC. |
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UKBUS6537 | New model page for Northcord Stagecoach South Coastliner ADL Enviro400 MMC. |
Friday 25 April |
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News | Model Bus Scotland have announced two forthcoming public meetings for May 7 July. |
Wednesday 23 April |
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News | Photographs and YouTube Hi-res videos of the production versions of the Ribble, Red Bus NBC & First Glasgow EFE Road Sea Dog Atlanteans. |
Thursday 17 April |
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News | Photographs of the production versions of the Western National & Round London Sightseeing Tour EFE Road Sea Dog Atlanteans. |
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76AMT004 | Photographs of the Oxford Diecast Northern Scottish Aleaxander M type coach added |
Wednesday 16 April |
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News | Transport Nostalgia Press Release for the commissioned Stagecoach East Midland Pronto livery Enviro400 MMC model. |
Tuesday 15 April |
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News | Model Buses Creations press release and a dealer white Enviro200 model announced. |
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E28830/1/3/7 | New model pages added four the four recently announced EFE Road Leyland Titan models |
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Model Errors List | Corrected two incorrect picture links & added some previously missing photographs. |
Sunday 13 April |
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News | The EFE Road Press Release and photographs of the pre-production Leyland Titan B15 sample models. |
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News | Transport Nostalgia has announced three upcoming Northcord ADL Enviro 400 MMC commissions. |
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News | Four new Leyland Titan models were announced at the London Bus Museum event. |
Sunday 6 April |
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News | Model Bus Federation Model Bus Journal reviews for April 2025. |
Saturday 5 April |
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News | The EFE Road Team will be attending the London Bus Museum's Spring Gathering Event on the 13 April. |
Wednesday 2 April |
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News | The Midland Bus Kits April Newsletter is now available and is a bumper issue covering all the latest news & last month Midland Bus Kits Model Show. |
Tuesday 1 April |
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News | Bachmann has taken delivery of the five EFE Road Sea Dog Atlantean models which will be heading to retailers in the coming days. |
Saturday 29 March |
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News | Next kit for Saltire Model Bus kits will be a Solo Slimline 7.1 metre midi-bus. |
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News | Latest kit releases from the Little Bus Company. |
Friday 28 March |
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News | Latest Holland-Otto Plaxton Panorama model releases from the Buckie Model Centre. |
Wednesday 26 March |
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News | Corgi has released the final three Beatles Album Routemaster Buses in its long runing Pop Art model collection. |
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News | Latest press release from Northcord Models covers the upcoming Stagecoach South Coastliner ADL Enviro400 MMC issue UKBUS6537. |
Tuesday 11 March |
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News | Latest press release from Northcord Models covers the forthcoming McGills Midland Bluebird Unilink ADL Enviro400 MMC model UKBUS6536. |
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News | Latest confirmed ADL Enviro400 MMC UK release from Northcord Models. |
Saturday 1 March |
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News | Confirmed N scale Oxford Diecast Omnibus range release.. |
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News | Model Bus Federation Model Bus Journal review for March 2025. |
Sunday 16 February |
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News | Model Bus Federation Model Bus Journal reviews for January & February 2025. |
Thursday 13 February |
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News | Model photographs of the forthcoming Oxford Diecast N Scale Arriva London New Routemaster in retro style Country Area Green London Transport livery |
Tuesday 11 February |
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News | Latest confirmed UK release from Northcord Models. |
Friday 7 February |
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News | Midland Bus Kits latest model coach kit due late February. The Model Bus Show 2025 & the latest Midland Bus Kits Newsletter. |
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News | B&B (aka Brilliant Buses) are planning to produce a highly detailed 1:76 scale resin Enviro E400-city in plain red livery. |
Wednesday 5 February |
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News | EFE Road announce five Leyland Atlantean Sea Dog class open top models for the Spring quarter.& five new BR class 47 locomotives for the EFE Rail range. |
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E40601 | EFE Road Western National NBC Leyland Atlantean Open Top MCW Sea Dog. New Page & model photographs. |
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E40602 | EFE Road Ribble Leyland Atlantean Open Top MCW Sea Dog. New details & model photographs. |
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E40603 | EFE Road First City Tour Glasgow Leyland Atlantean Open Top MCW Sea Dog. New page & model photographs. |
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E40801 | EFE Road Round London Sightseeing Tour Leyland Atlantean Open Top MCW Sea Dog. New details & model photographs. |
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E40803 | EFE Road Red Bus NBC (North Devon) Leyland Atlantean Open Top MCW Sea Dog. New page & model photographs. |
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EFE Rail | EFE Rail section updated with newly announced OO Scale BR Class 47 Locomotives E82006-10. |
Tuesday 4 February |
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OOC Bedford OB Coaches | Larger versions of must of the model photographs uploaded. |
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Model Errors List | Several new pictures to illustrate previously listed errors added. |
Wednesday 29 January |
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News | News article updated with links to YouTube HD videos of the final production versions of the six EFE Road Bedford OB models. |
Tueday 28 January |
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News | Confiemed release of Northcord model UKBUS6206 in the UK.. |
Sunday 26 January |
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News | Photographs of the final production of the EFE Road Bedford OB models E24101-6 add to news page & individual model pages. |
Saturday 25 January |
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News | Bachmann latest batch of EFE Road Models have arrived in the UK and the six Bedford OB coaches are now being dispatxhed to UK model retailers. |
Monday 20 January |
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News | Oxford Diecast Jan-Jun 2025 release plans news article updated with link to new digital catalogue and expected release period for the PCV models. The full Oxford lists also amended with more precise release dates for all forthcoming models (See previous pair of updates below) |
Sunday 19 January |
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Model Lists | Oxford Diecast OO (1:76 scale) all models list (now over 3000 items) updated with latest new models announcements & January release. |
Saturday 18 January |
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Model Lists | Oxford Diecast N, 1:87 all model lists updated with latest new model announcements & January releases. N Scale Bus Model list updated with several new models details, broken links to former Shapeways store front pages for several suppliers removed. |
Friday 17 January |
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News | Oxford Diecast Jan-Jun 2025 release plans include five bus & coach models across the OO, N & TT scale ranges. |
Thursday 16 January |
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News | Press Release for forthcoming Northcord Models UKBUS6535 Hampshire Bus ADL Enviro400 MMC. |
Tuesday 14 January |
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News | Today Hornby are revealing their 2025 model plans across the Corgi, Hornby & Scalextric & Airfix ranges for 2025, they've released details of the 19 new Corgi range models in the first of the three catalogues covering 2025. Spoiler: There's not a single bus or coach item to report so far, Airfix have yet to post their plans. |
Monday 6 January |
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Jan-Jun 2025 Catalogue | Oxford Diecast has announced when they will reveal their new models rleases for the period January-June 2025 & future new tooling plans. |
Friday 3 January |
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SP174 | Oxford Diecast commissioned Falcon Coaches Irizar i6 coach - Previously missing photographs of model now uploaded to site. |
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News(REPOST) | Photographs of the Oxford Diecast commissioned Falcon Coaches Irizar i6 coach. |
Saturday 28 December |
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News | Buckie Model Centre have three forthcoming Plaxton Panoramma coach models in Citylink 900 livery due for release next month. |
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Buckie Model Centre | Buckie Model Centre coach models listing update with forthcoming 2025 Plaxton Panorama coach releases. |
Friday 27 December |
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| Northcord Models | Proposed Northcord & MBC models announced for 2025 added to main & NMCL model releases pages. |
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Model Buses Creations | Model Buses Creations model index pge updated with proposed 2025 model releases. |
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Enviro200 | Northcord Alexander Dennis Enviro200 model index page revised to reflect take over of tooling by Model Buses Creations & MBC proposed 2025 models added. |
Thursday 26 December |
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News | Northcord Models press release for the Stagecoach operated ADL Enviro400 MMC (UKBUS6538) model in Bee Network livery. |
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LT Museum Routemaster Set | Corgi OOC LT Museum Old & New Routemaster Bus Set - New set & photographs added. |
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Set AEC Routemaster | Corgi OOC LT Museum Old & New Routemaster Bus Set - AEC Routemaster model - New model page & photographs added. |
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Set New Routemaster | Corgi OOC LT Museum Old & New Routemaster Bus Set - New Routemaster model - New model page & photographs added. |
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UKBUS0074 | Northcord Models Reading Buses Greenline Express (route 703) ADL Enviro400 MMC - New page & model photographs added. |
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UKBUS6533 | Northcord Models Brighton & Hove Live & Breathe ADL Enviro400 MMC - New page & model photographs added. |
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UKBUS6538 | Northcord Models Stagecoach Manchester Bee Network ADL Enviro400 MMC - New page & model photographs added. |
Wednesday 25 December |
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News | Happy Christmas from the Model Bus Zone. |
Tuesday 24 December |
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News | Bachmann has revised the expected release date for the upcoming six Bedford OB Duple Vista coach models. |
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News | Oxford will be issueing a product update for the Oxford Diecast & Oxford Rail ranges during January and a new catalogue. |
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News | Northcord Models has released the Reading Buses Greenline ADL Enviro400 MMC model UKBUS0074 in the UK. |
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News | The LT Museum exclusive commissioned OOC Routemaster model bus set has been released. |
Saturday 7 December |
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News | Photographs of the Oxford Diecast commissioned Falcon Coaches Irizar i6 coach. |
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SP174 | Oxford Diecast commissioned Falcon Coaches Irizar i6 coach - Photographs of model added. |
Wednesday 4 December |
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News | Northcord Models has issued a model production update that includes ten new models for 2025. |
Tuesday 3 December |
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News | Oxford Diecast has produced a commissioned Irizar i6 coach for Byfleet based Falcon Coaches. |
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SP174 | Oxford Diecast commissioned Falcon Coaches Irizar i6 coach - New model page added. |
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UKBUS6206 | Northcord Models Reading Buses (Green Line Livery) Alexander Dennis Enviro400 - New model page added. |
Monday 2 December |
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News | Midland Bus Kits free Newsletter for December 2024. |
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News | Three Peaks Models will be releaseing a new kit of a Barton Leyland Tiger PS1/1 double deck bus in January in three different scales. |
| November 2024 | Site Updates Index | December 2024 |