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News January - March 2011
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March 2011
Monday 28 March
Confirmed Atlas Editions Release
The latest model in the Atlas Editions Great British Buses series is now being mailed out to customers.

GBB08 London Transport - AEC Routemaster Double Deck Bus

It appears a number of customers, myself included, haven't received the seventh model in the series yet, a quantity of the Cardiff AEC Q Double Deck bus model are however known to have been mailed out during January to some customers. I've been advised that Atlas Editions response when asked about this situation is either the model hasn't been issued yet or that not all their customers will receive the models in the same order!
Wednesday 9 March
Coventry Model & Hobby Show
I know the following doesn't really belong on a site dedicated to OOC models but as things have been so quite recently I've decided to post these photographs kindly supplied by Melvyn Grosberg from ACE Models of Leeds, he took the following pictures at the Coventry Model & Hobby Trade Show.
They show several forthcoming 1:24 Sunstar models and the pre-production version of the Revell RML Routemaster kit, the box artwork confirms this model will indeed be 1:24 scale, some sources had reported the model would be 1/32 scale.


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Sunstar H2926: 1946 RTL 501 - Route 91
Sunstar H2927: 1946 RT 1046 - Route 345

Sunstar H2928: 1946 RT 852 - Route 117
Sunstar H5008: 1949 Bedford OB Coach - Royal Blue

Sunstar H5009: 1949 Bedford OB Coach - Southern National
Sunstar H5012: 1949 Bedford OB Coach - Bowles Coaches

Sunstar H5012: 1949 Bedford OB Coach - British Railways
Revell 07651: 1/24 Routemaster RML Kit - near side

Revell 07651: 1/24 Routemaster RML Kit - off-side
Revell 07651: 1/24 Routemaster RML Kit - front

Revell 07651: 1/24 Routemaster RML Kit & box artwork
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Regarding actual OOC model news, I'm afaid there isn't any to report at present, none of the models from the October 2010 to March 2011 catalogue have been released yet and Corgi's latest release update to the end of this month doesn't include any OOC items.
February 2011
Monday 28 February
Confirmed Atlas Editions Release
The latest model in the Atlas Editions Great British Buses series has started to be mailed out to customers. This Daimler CWA model is incorrectly described as an AEC Regent on both the packaging and it's plinth!
GBB11 Douglas Corporation Transport - Daimler CWA Utility Double Deck Bus
Saturday 12 February
OOC Levante Coach at the Nuremberg Toy Fair
Corgi exhibited an updated version of the forthcoming National Express Caetano Levante coach at the recent Nuremberg Toy Fair.
Pictures of this and a number of other forthcoming bus models from various manufacturers including a 1/24th scale RML Routemaster kit from Revell can be found on the German Modelbus.info site.
Here's a rough English translation of the above page courtesy of Google Translate.
Thursday 3 February
Confirmed Atlas Editions Release
The latest model in the Atlas Editions Great British Buses series has started to be mailed out to customers. This particular model unlike previous models in the series doesn't have any registration marks applied.
GBB10 Brighton Hove & District - Weymann bodied AEC Regent
January 2011
Friday 19 January
Confirmed OOC Release
The final OOC model from the March to September 2010 catalogue has now been released b y Corgi. There are currently no OOC models scheduled for release during February according to the latest Corgi Trade Bulletin.
OM41309 Go North East Centrelink - Wright Solor Fusion Bendi-bus
Sunday 2 January Revised Saturday 10 January
Apr-Sep 2011 OOC Releases Announced
Details of most of the models in Corgi's forthcoming catalogue for the period April to September 2011 have been published on the KRW Models site.
There are no photographs of any of the models as yet but there will be seven new liveries for existing OOC castings, five of these will have a dual destination option.
No new OOC tooling is planned and has far as I can see there are no 1/50th scale bus releases planned for this period either.
April - September 2011 Catalogue
All the release dates are those indicated in the catalogue and may be subject to change.
Cat No./ Model Operator Fleet No. Registration Route No. Destination Expected Qty

OM45122A MCW Metrobus MK I Dual Door London Transport (Wandle District) M1085 B85 WUL 109 Croydon Katharine Street Due Apr 2011 Less than 1200
OM45122B Trafalgar Square

OM41225A Wright Eclipse Gemini National Express West Midlands 4511 BU53 UMH 5 Birmingham via Widney Manor Due May 2011 Less than 1500
OM41225B Solihull Station via Sparkhill

OM46212 Scania Irizar PB Coach Grayline / Edinburgh Coachlines
Loch Ness Tour Bus		 -- PSU 698 -- -- Due Jun 2011 1000

NOTE: The fleet number & registration mark depicted on the pre-production model relate to a Daimler CVG6 vehicle with a different front end. There are several pictures of sister vehicle HVH460D on Fotopic. The Corgi Catalogue states the vehicle will be from the batch 241-55 (FKY241-255E)
OM41113A Leyland PD3A East Lancs Double Deck Bus West Yorkshire PTE
(Metro Bradford)		 4459 HVH 459D 16 West Bowling - Sunbridge Road Due Jul 2011 1000
OM41113B 25 Homewood - Heaton

OM46305A AEC Routemaster London Transport (Shillibeer) RM2130 VLT 23! (should be CUV130C) 2B Crystal Palace Due Aug 2011 Less than 1200
OM46305B Victoria

NOTE: There seems to be some confusion as to which destination is being applied to the A & B versions.
The Corgi catalogue indicates they will be as below but the Corgi Website shows them the other way around. (A: Cardiff & B: Swansea)
OM46211A Scania Irizar PB Coach First Greyhound (Sweet Caroline) 23315 YN55 PXF -- Swansea Due Sep 2011 Less than 1500
OM46211B Cardiff

OM46402 Caetano Levante Coach East Yorkshire Coaches 61 A1 EYD t.b.c. None ? Due Sep 2011 1000
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