| Model Bus Zone Site Updates December 2023 to April 2024 |
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| November 2023 | Site Updates Index | December 2023 |
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| Range | Page Link | Update Description |
Tuesday 16 April |
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News | Official model photographs and copies of the announcement boards for the four EFE Road Routemaster models announced on Sunday. |
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News | MBC Press Release for the Summer 2024 Scania Omnicity Models. |
Sunday 14 April |
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News | Bachmann announced four newly retooled RM Class models to mark the 70th Anniversary of the type . |
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News | MBC commissions for Summer 2024 release will be four Northcord Scania Omnicity models. |
Saturday 13 April |
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News | Bachmann are to announce the latest additions to the EFE Road range at the London Bus Musuem's Spring Gathering. |
Wednesday 10 April |
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News | Next MBC commissioned releases due next week. Summer 2024 models will be announced this coming weekend (14 April). |
Friday 5 April |
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News | Confirmed Northcord Models UK release. |
Wednesday 3 April |
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Duple Britannia Coaches | Oxford Diecast Duple Britania coaches section updated & photo sets for first three releases (76DB001-3) added. |
Sunday 31 March |
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News | Review of the Model Bus Federation's March 2024 Model Bus Journal. |
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Alexander M Type Coaches | Oxford Diecast Alexander M Type coaches section updated & photo sets for first three releases (76AMT001-3) added. |
Friday 29 March |
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News | Oxford Diecast has revealed that the family health issues that caused the Feb-May catalogue postponement were related to the companies founder Lyndon Davis (Taff) |
Thursday 21 March |
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News | Review of the Model Bus Federation's February 2024 Model Bus Journal. |
Thursday 14 March |
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News | Photographs and a video review of the recently released EFE Road Ensignbus Cravens RT Set. |
Tuesday 12 March |
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News | Model Buses Creations delivery update on forthcoming commissioned Northcord Alexander Dennis Enviro400 models, and a warning of future prices rises of over 20% on some models. |
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News | Northcord Models have issued a production update which includes several new models, the return of a previous CMNL model and suspension of preparation work on the new ADL Enviro400 City model toolings. |
Wednesday 6 March |
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E99943 | Ensignbus Cravens RT Set. EFE Road allocated part numbers added for the models included in this set. |
Monday 4 March |
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News | Model Buses Creations commissioned OOC King's Coronation NBfL press release added to news item posted on Saturday. |
Saturday 2 March |
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News | Model Buses Creations have posted an update on the progress of their forthcoming Commissioned OOC King's Coronation New Bus for London. |
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News | Omnidekka Models has been acquired by Transport Nostalgia. A press release has been issued explaining the situation. |
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News | Omnidekka Models index page updated to reflect recent changes mention above update. |
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Sunrise Transfers | Latest Sunrise Transfers product catalogue for February 2024 added. |
Friday 1 March |
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News | Omnidekka Models are producing an second ADL E200MMC model exclusively for Nostalgia Transport which will depict an Abellio London vehicle. |
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News | Bachmann have released the EFE Road Ensignbus Cravens RT Set. |
Tuesday 27 February |
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News | Oxford Diecast's second batch of February releases includes the 1/76 scale Eastern Scottish Alexander M type coach |
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Retailers Links | Retailers links page updated with several new links & updated URLs. |
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Manufacturer Links | Model Manufacturers links page updated with several new links & updated URLs. |
Sunday 11 February |
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News | Omnidekka Models are producing a dealer white ADL E200MMC model exclusively for Nostalgia Transport |
Saturday 10 February |
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News | Model Buses Creations has posted a progress update on their upboming Northcord & Corgi OOC commissions. |
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E99943 | Ensignbus Cravens RT Set. New pages & photographs for set & individual models added. |
Wednesday 7 February |
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News | Northcord Models Press Release UKBUS6203 Stagecoach London Alexander Dennis Enviro400H. |
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News | Bachmann announce new EFE Cravens RT Set. |
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UKBUS6203 | Northcord Models UKBUS6203 Stagecoach London Alexander Dennis Enviro400H Model & packaging photographs addeed. |
Monsday 5 February |
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News | Oxford Diecast's February releases includes one TT scale Bedford OB Coach. |
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120OB002 | Oxford Diecast TT Scale Southdown Bedford OB Duple Vista Coach. Page updated & model photograph added. |
Thursday 1 February |
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News | Review of the Model Bus Federation's January 2024 Model Bus Journal. |
Wednesday 31 January |
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News | Omnidekka Models are now dispatching orders for placed their latest model release a Stagecoach South Wales ADL Enviro200 MMC. |
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News | Oxford Diecast have delayed their usual Feb-Mar catalogue & future model releases announcement. |
Saturday 13 January |
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News | The first issue of the newly motorised EFE Rail 1959 Tube Train Stock is now available from the London Transport Museum Shop. |
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News | Model Buses Creations' delay pre-orders on the OOC King's Coronation New Routemaster due a Corgi factory production delay. |
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News | Northcord Models has announced the next Alexander Dennis Enviro400 release will be based on a Stagecoach London vehicle. |
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UKBUS6203 | Northcord Models Stagecoach London Alexander Dennis Enviro400 double deck bus - New model page added. |
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UKBUS6202 | Northcord Models Stagecoach Bluebird Alexander Dennis Enviro400 double deck bus - Model photographs added. |
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UKBUS9501 | Northcord Models National Express West Midlands Scania Omnicity double deck bus - Model photographs added. |
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UKBUS62xx | Northcord Models/Model Buses Creations commissioned Alexander Dennis Enviro400 models UKBUS0070-0072 orrections to model ref codes (CMNL/NCML UKBUS6000 & 6200 section). |
Tuesday 9 January |
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Corgi CP89201 | A Corgi Premium New Routemaster bus produced as a private commission for the Quattro group - New model page & details added. |
Monday 8 January |
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News | Long established UK model retailer Hattons Model Railways has announced it is to close later this year after 77 years in business. |
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News | As expected there were no Corgi OOC range models in the first catalogue of 2024 covering January to April. |
Sunday 7 January |
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News | Buckie Model Centre has commissioned a new 1:76th scale Holland Oto Plaxton Panorama double deck coach model. The first ten issues depicting three Scottish liveries are expected to be available in late February. |
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Model Fleets Links | The "Model Fleets" links page has been updated with a number of revised sites links and several new entries. |
Saturday 6 January |
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Buckie Model Centre Coaches | Buckie Model Centre section has been updated with all the Scottish & English Coach Collection models released to date and details of the forthcoming 1:76 scale Plaxton Panorama double deck coach models. |
Friday 5 January |
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News | Model Buses Creations has issued a January Production Update that reveals some of their planned Corgi OOC & Northcord Models commissions for 2024. |
Thursday 4 January |
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Model Releases | Model Releases section tidied up with new dedicated pages for 2022 & 2023 added for each of the main manufacturers & All models pages. A number of Britbus Commissions for Irish Railway Models have been missed and will be added in due course. |
Wednesday 3 January |
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News | Omnidekka Models open pre-orders for Stagecoach London Wright StreetDeck model. |
Monday 1 January |
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2023 Review | A look back at 2023 and forward 2024 from a model collectors perspective. |
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News | A review of the MBF December 23 issue of The Model Bus Supplement, this covers members' fictional model fleets in a similar way to Buses magazine fleet news and also contains special feature articles. |
Saturday 30 December |
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News | Latest news update from Model Buses Creations & previous and forthcoming commissioned models. |
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CP46601A/B | Model Buses Creations Go Ahead London King's Coronation livery New Routemaster - Pre-production sample model pictures added |
Friday 29 December |
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News | A review of the MBF December 23 issue of The Model Bus Journal which is a special covering the annual AGM & National Show. |
Thursday 28 December |
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News | Further Updated - 20 photographs of the assembled Airfix Quickbuild New Routemaster model added. |
Wednesday 27 December |
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News | Further Updated - Confirmation of the number parts that should be in the Airfix Quickbuild New Routemaster & photo's of those parts and some assembled model specs. |
Christmas Eve 24 December |
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News | Happy Christmas from the Model Bus Zone. |
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News | Corgi reveal that there are no OOC models planned for their 2024 release programme currently & work has been paused on the planned new Streetdeck model. |
Saturday 23 December |
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News | Better & additional close-up photographs of the final production versions of EFE Road's new Cravens RT models E40301-E40304 |
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News | Airfix has released the Quickbuild kit J6050 the Transport for London New Routemaster bus. |
Friday 22 December |
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News | Updated - Photographs of the packaging & contents of the New Routemaster bus kit added and some uncertainly about the exact number of parts in the kit. |
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News | Better & additional close-up photographs of the final production versions of EFE Road's new Cravens RT models E40301-E40304 |
Thursday 21 December |
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News | Photographs of the final production versions of EFE Road's new Cravens RT models E40301-E40304 |
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News | A review of the November issue of the MBF's Model Bus Journals. |
Tuesday 19 December |
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News | Airfix has released the Quickbuild kit J6050 the Transport for London New Routemaster bus. |
Monday 18 December |
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News | Photographs of the National Express Welsh Dragon models commissioned by Omnidekka models & an update of their planned future models. |
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News | The Stagecoach ADL Enviro400 MMC is Sussex Brains Bus livery is the latest confirmed UK release from Northcord. |
Sunday 17 December |
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News | Two new upcoming kits from Midland Bus Kits & a new range of 1:110 scale uk bus kits. |
Saturday 16 December |
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News | Bachmann have released the first four New Cravens RT models. |
Thursday 7 December |
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News | New Sunrise Transfers catalogue now available. |
Wednesday 6 December |
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News | Two new double deck bus kits due first quarter 2024 announced by Model Bus Scotland. |
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Model Bus Scotland | Two new kits for 2024 added to Model Bus Scotland page. |
Tuesday 5 December |
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News | Another Oxford Omnibus 1:76 model release as just been announced for December. |
Friday 1 December |
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471169 | LT Museum commissioned EFE Rail Motorised 1959 Stock Tube Train Piccadilly Line Set - Added EFE Rail product code E99941 that is used internally by Bachmann. |
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29510A | National Plaxton Panorama Elite coach initailly supplied with the EFE bus garage is currently one of the free model options available to those joining or renewing the Bachmann Collectors Club EFE membership. - Model availability details & offical number 29510A added to page. |
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