This particular model has a roof mounted destination display while the NXL Shuttle version has its destination display position behind the windscreen. The version reviewed has a tiny destination display reading "Happy St Patrick's Day from all at National Express", an alternative version of the model with a more standard "420 London" destination was also produced.

The headlights are clear plastic inserts that have the combined indicator lenses picked out in orange. The lower side lights on the front bumper are only represented by silver paint that is applied to a slight recess in the casting, compared to the real vehicle these could have done with being more deeply recessed.
A feature that has in my opinion been slightly underdone is the pair of thin air intake slits that appear between the number plate & Scania badge on the front grille, these black slits are quite noticeable on the real coaches but although present are hardly noticeable on the model, picking these out with black paint could be an option on future releases.

The cast metal roof features a detailed air conditioning unit that extends over the front half of the roof, the rear half has cast panel ribbing and two emergency exit hatches. The aforementioned destination display is a plastic component that fits very neatly onto the bulbous front end of the air-con unit

The sides have flush glazing and as with previous OOC coach models the glazing bars are represented using black tampo printing, the large curved feature windows towards the front are also produced in this way with the bottom edge of the plastic glazing component being over painted in the white body colour to produce the correct shape, this process has also been used below the front windscreen.

Side marking lights, indicators and luggage locker access handles are all tampo printed onto raised areas of the casting, a detail which enhances their appearance greatly. A large engine air intake grille is also nicely cast into the near side lower rear panels.
A feature that does appear slightly overdone is the beveled recess on the waistband below the side windows, this looks rather deep and as a result appears far more prominent on the model than is the case on the real vehicle.

The glazing detail is also notable in terms of the tinting which is present on all but the windscreen and forward most side windows which are in fact a separate glazing component. The joint between the two pieces of glazing is extremely well executed, you really can't distinguish the joint!

Moving on to the rear, large plastic inserts have been neatly used to represent the dominant rear light clusters, the separate indicators & reversing lights are realistically incorporated into the single piece mouldings. The rear engine cover is a separate plastic component that I presume is glued into place to hide the models fixing system. From a choppers point of view it should be noted that there are no visible fixing points on the fairly detailed metal baseplate, the model is also devoid of any internal fixing poles which suggests this could be a tricky model to disassemble.

The internal detailing consists of a single light grey plastic moulding which incorporates the dashboard and all the seats, although this might sound a bit bland its not really a big problem as the tinted glazing does a good of obscuring interior features.

The wheels have silver plastic hubs with black painted centers, standard OOC soft plastic tires are fitted and as with the recent Plaxton coach castings the front wheels are fixed suggesting the once popular poseable steering feature may have dropped by Corgi on OOC models at least. The general paint finish is extremely good, the main white base is evenly applied and thin enough not to obscure any of the finer cast details. All the tampo printed details have been crisply & accurately applied right down to the tiny legal lettering and vehicle's unladen weight.

Despite the very minor niggles mentioned above, this if anything actually surpasses the excellent Plaxton Panther & Paragon models. This new model is without doubt one of the best OOCs released to date and if this standard continues under the stewardship of Corgi's new owner Hornby we can certainly look forward to some high quality future OOC models.