Johann Marsbar Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Don't think anyone has made a model of one of these yet..... let alone one of these.... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Talltim said: The bit that really puts me off is the massive gap between the top and bottom decks So the top comes off neatly when driven through a low bridge? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted July 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 7, 2020 16 minutes ago, Johann Marsbar said: Don't think anyone has made a model of one of these yet..... let alone one of these.... Not pretty but then neither are Thompson Pacifics 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted July 7, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 7, 2020 5 hours ago, Nearholmer said: I think I must be getting old, because the thing that’s amazed me wasn’t the livery, or the fact that such a bus never went near their factory, but the price ...... nearly £20 a piece for a 00 bus. Actually according to the Hornby website, these are £38.99 each which is mind boggling for a distinctly average diecast bus... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 What?! Surely not!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted July 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 7, 2020 7 hours ago, Hroth said: There's mugs and pens available already! https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/shop/new-for-2020/centenary-year-collectables-Hornby-centenary-mug.html https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/shop/new-for-2020/centenary-year-collectables-Hornby-pen.html Now you've mentioned it, a hat in a US Loco Engineers style is sure to follow... Anticipating with dread tie-in offerings from Airfix and Scalextric. I must humbly apologise for crediting Hornby with more taste and restraint than they actually have! Mike. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) £38.99 is the normal price for a limited edition Corgi bus (including Wilts & Dorset cream Lodekkas) while a Harry Potter Studio Shuttle bus (not a limited edition) is 50p dearer. Edited July 7, 2020 by Butler Henderson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 5 hours ago, Johann Marsbar said: Don't think anyone has made a model of one of these yet..... let alone one of these.... Ribble: modelbuszone.co.uk/images_model_kits/TinyTK4/Ribble.jpg Actually the last model bus kit I made! Liverpool: I'm sure I've seen one somewhere but can't find it. Model Bus Zone lists everything that has been available if you want to search) (Not sure why everything is underlined, can't get rid of it). Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Harvey Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 I think they have definitely missed a trick here. if they had produced a bus in a genuine livery but plastered with a Hornby advertisement, the bus modellers would have bought it to strip off the ad and use the bus without the non-authentic adverts, and the value of every pristine collectors model would have been enhanced. And there was a real one. Corgi does not have the right casting for it, but a preserved East Kent bus wore Hornby and Scalextric adverts in fairly recent times. Here it is at Herne Bay in 2007:- 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy100 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) Base Toys have a good range of Bristol Lodekka's in a variety of liveries, and look to have a little more detail than the one on offer from Hornby. Hatton's price from £13.00 Edited July 16, 2020 by Bulleidboy100 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) The Base Lodekka is a different bus to the OOC (Hornby) version entirely. Easiest place to look - the bottom of the windows on the rhs of the cab. There are a miriad of other details between the 2 eras of Lodekka as well. The OOC one was almost a super-detailed diecast bus, with some wire handrails and even the blind winders at the front. But they are both good models. Stewart Edited July 24, 2020 by stewartingram 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tomlinson Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 07/07/2020 at 19:10, stewartingram said: Ribble: modelbuszone.co.uk/images_model_kits/TinyTK4/Ribble.jpg Actually the last model bus kit I made! 700.22 kB · 0 downloads Liverpool: 700.22 kB · 0 downloads I'm sure I've seen one somewhere but can't find it. 700.22 kB · 0 downloads Model Bus Zone lists everything that has been available if you want to search) 700.22 kB · 0 downloads (Not sure why everything is underlined, can't get rid of it). 700.22 kB · 0 downloads Stewart 700.22 kB · 0 downloads Ha, the Fanfare Resin PD3/ MCW as used by Ribble was the first bus kit I did. The Liverpool Atlantean was done as a conversion kit by Jon Fitness (he of 7mm signals fame), originally in white metal and later in resin. To be applied to the standard EFE Atlantean/ MCW. Jon did some other conversion kits as well, the full front PD3 as used by Bolton Corporation to adapt the CMC plastic kit, plus another conversion kit to make a rear entrance version of same. All very handy for those of us with Lancashire origins in the mid. 20th century. John. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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