Andy Y Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Rapido Trains Inc. - Canada's foremost manufacturer of model trains and buses - has recently expanded into the British model market. Its recent offerings in OO and N gauge have each won "Model of the Year" in the British Model Railway Awards. Rapido's recently-announced 1/87 scale "Fishbowl" New Look Bus has turned the North American model bus market on its head, offering a level of detail never before seen in a small-scale bus, including full interior with individual seats, separate grab poles, steerable front wheels and working lighting. Now Rapido is turning to the British model bus market with its first 1/76 scale British bus model. The model will be announced at the Rapido Bus 3D Scanning Event on 16 July 2017 at the Transport Museum Wythall. Rapido will be doing a 3D scan of a real classic British double-decker bus in order to ensure that the model matches the actual shape precisely. Rapido Managing Director Jason Shron will be on hand to answer questions about the model, the model making process, and the history of the Canadian firm. Classic Birmingham City Transport and Midland Red buses will be operating on the day and rides are complimentary to all museum visitors, who will also receive complimentary badges and other Rapido swag. Complimentary tea and coffee will be provided, and light refreshments will be available to purchase. Where: The Transport Museum, Wythall. Chapel Lane, Wythall Worcestershire B47 6JX When: Sunday 16 July, noon to 3pm Cost: Regular admission prices - Adult £4 child £2 and Family (2+2) £10 including free bus rides Web link: http://www.rapidouk.com/rapido-bus-3d-scanning-event/ Rapido Trains Inc. and the Transport Museum Wythall look forward to seeing you at the Rapido Bus 3D Scanning Event. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamperman36 Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 so now starts the frothing, the image is a halfcab, so would put it out of the running for many modern modellers. Personally I'd prefer a Leyland Atlantean. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) Rapido will be doing a 3D scan of a real classic British double-decker bus in order to ensure that the model matches the actual shape precisely. That's much less of a surprise than other announcements we've seen in recent years. I am confident that the final result will be fantastic and that people will complain about the price. Personally I'm looking forward to the announcement one day of the Bill Schneider Models LLC, GWR B-Set. Edited April 24, 2017 by Ozexpatriate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted April 24, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 24, 2017 ...a real classic British double-decker bus... Er... Routemaster...? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2017 OOOH Jason ----Midland Red D9.....you know you want to.... http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=midland+red+d9&id=F961EB3606244C12C223FDA38B8D4D484C844F60&FORM=IQFRBA Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wamwig Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Hmmm from that silhouette it looks like it could be an RT to me! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2017 Would be a logical choice I guess.... Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley Melrose Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Don't forget Jason lived (and studied while there) in Birmingham so something from that area is quite likely. . . Stan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2017 I don't think you junket near the West Midlands to announce a London bus model. Cobham would be more appropriate. Something local for sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted April 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2017 AEC Bridgemaster, with Park Royal bodywork.The forward entrance version. There hasn't been such a model before, as far as I know. My fingers are crossed. Regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 The outline shows an exposed radiator half cab, which narrows down the candidates among the Midland Red vehicles to a very early SOS or something acquired secondhand, which seems unlikely. The outline looks very much like a Bristol KSW, but as there isn't one resident at Wythall, that would seem unlikely also. That leaves one of the West Mids PTE constituent vehicles most probably, perhaps one of the non-natives as an outsider. A Barton Duple would be nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted April 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2017 Don't forget that Rapido have form on silhouettes that don't match what they are actuall working on! Now Jason has said on this forum that he thinks the world needs a super-detail Birmingham bus - and named it. I think that the truth is out there. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSG Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Wythall isn't that far away from me. I've half a mind to go along just for the sake of it, even though I can't really claim to be a bus fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted April 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) Hmmm from that silhouette it looks like it could be an RT to me! A Bristol K? The roof profile, if the silhouette is accurate, looks a bit flatter than an RT. Edited April 24, 2017 by phil_sutters Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 24, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 24, 2017 I'm looking at my Wythall guide and reckon 1685 I suppose I could pop in as it within walking distance! Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Here we go again. Descibing a bus (or rather its looks) by the chassis, largely unseen. The body manufacturer would be a better way of describing it. In model form, saying a Leyland PD2, or Atlantean, or Guy Arab, etc is really meaningless. If Park Royal built the body, it would look different to a Weymann, or a Northern Counties or whatever. Very few buses usually had the same combination of manufacturers. Bristol/ECW is one, due to their unusual partnership through being nationaliosed and not permitted to trade on the open market. Even the, there were exceptions though. Others include LT Routemaster, and other LT classes (though again different builders built some bodies that had differences). Stewart 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Stewart is right; buses generally need to be described by chassis and body builder. Even then, some body manufacturers had more than one style available. East Lancs seemed to change their body styling for every batch of buses they built.Integral buses are a different story, with all Routemasters looking very similar (except the FRM!), all Leyland TN series Titans looking very similar to each other, and so on. Even there, there can be exceptions to the rule; MCW Metrobuses could be bodied by MCW themselves (the majority were), or by external coach works, such as Alexanders, who did produce several Metrobuses with their R type bodies.Sorry to get bogged down with detail, but I hoped to show that the story can be complicated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davknigh Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 One thing you can bet on, nobody will have done this one before, or at least not properly. Once again, Rapido has form. Cheers, David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted April 25, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2017 Will it be motorised ? :-) Last week I saw a coal truck, with motorised steering driving down a OO gauge road after being loaded with coal from a loader, which had wagons discharge their loads into it.. Fantastic, looked like model helicopter technology added to the trucks front wheels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 AEC Bridgemaster, with Park Royal bodywork.The forward entrance version. There hasn't been such a model before, as far as I know. My fingers are crossed. Regards, Rob. The demonstrator did not last long in Birmingham although it did receive BCT livery. The best known preserved one is YJG807 ex-East Kent and resident far away from Wythall. Nice kit produced by Little Bus Company. http://www.little-bus.com/bus-kits/bmr2.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Here we go again. Descibing a bus (or rather its looks) by the chassis, largely unseen. The body manufacturer would be a better way of describing it. In model form, saying a Leyland PD2, or Atlantean, or Guy Arab, etc is really meaningless. If Park Royal built the body, it would look different to a Weymann, or a Northern Counties or whatever. Very few buses usually had the same combination of manufacturers. Bristol/ECW is one, due to their unusual partnership through being nationaliosed and not permitted to trade on the open market. Even the, there were exceptions though. Others include LT Routemaster, and other LT classes (though again different builders built some bodies that had differences). Stewart Whilst I agree with the sentiment, having spent 30+ years in road transport I would have to say its exceptionally rare for a bus to be referred to by its body builder and even when it is, its usually coaches which are referred to as such. Where operators have their own model references - RM, TD etc - they would be used but this now seems to have fallen out of fashion. More often than not its a Dennis, Volvo etc. More modern vehicles may be referred to by their model name - Pointer, Enviro etc - but very rarely is it anything else. As I think I'm right in saying you could count the number of KSWs bodied by anyone other than ECW on the fingers of one hand, and still have enough fingers left to accurately keep tally of the number of rings on the Olympic flag, I think its fair to say KSW pretty much says what it is! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 25, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 25, 2017 Will it be motorised ? :-) Last week I saw a coal truck, with motorised steering driving down a OO gauge road after being loaded with coal from a loader, which had wagons discharge their loads into it.. Fantastic, looked like model helicopter technology added to the trucks front wheels. You can do that with Faller: https://www.faller.de/App/WebObjects/XSeMIPS.woa/cms/page/pid.14.18.39.48/lg.en/ecm.p/car-system.html You can have "pointwork" to change route stop start etc. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 I'd take plenty of no notice of the silhouette, as others have said Rapido have form for throwing out red herrings that are redder than anything BMMO could produce. I suspect it's a 50-50 chance of it being a Rotmaster (Wythall have a Green Line version in their collection) in which case I'm out (can't stand the things, they are the Flying Jockstrap of the bus world where every half cab is now a Rotmaster) or a D9, in which case I'm bankrupt. Whatever it is it will be a good excuse for a day out at Wythall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 25, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 25, 2017 I'd take plenty of no notice of the silhouette, as others have said Rapido have form for throwing out red herrings that are redder than anything BMMO could produce. I suspect it's a 50-50 chance of it being a Rotmaster (Wythall have a Green Line version in their collection) in which case I'm out (can't stand the things, they are the Flying Jockstrap of the bus world where every half cab is now a Rotmaster) or a D9, in which case I'm bankrupt. Whatever it is it will be a good excuse for a day out at Wythall. Maybe it will be the BMMO/BCT Tilling? Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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