rapidotrains Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxF91SJiz-c Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmotrutta Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Shouldn't it be www.rapidobus.com on the credits? Keep up the bonkers videos! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaym481 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 It needs to be DCC sound. Really. I wonder if a Faller mechanism will work...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted June 21, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2016 Brilliant video, but they didn't buy a ticket for the bus journey. Perhaps I should volunteer for a 3D scan for Colin the bus driver. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 It needs to be DCC sound. Really. I wonder if a Faller mechanism will work...? Walthers have recently released a motorised chassis for their GMC TDH-4512, so in a larger scale anything is possible. https://www.walthers.com/catalog/product/view/id/894847/s/north-american-operating-gmc-tdh-4512-bus-power-chassis-wmb-l01-fits-1-160-n-scale-gmc-tdh-4512-bus-bodies-includes-usb-cable/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted June 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 22, 2016 BMMO D9 in 4mm next Jason, you know you want to... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tetsudofan Posted June 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 22, 2016 ........and halfway between buses and trains Jason should do some Toronto streetcars........ Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 22, 2016 That's the worst looking Routemaster I have ever seen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
srihaggis Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 As a former collector of corgi diecast vehicles, I was only recently thinking to my self, why diecast, why not something in plastic like these model trains, as diecast has limitatioins in tooling and of course cost... then you come along with this! The amount of detail in this bus looks superb, hope it takes off! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapidotrains Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share Posted June 23, 2016 That's the worst looking Routemaster I have ever seen I still think there is demand for a 1/87.1 Routemaster. Let's see how the New Looks do. -Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phatbob Posted June 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 23, 2016 I still think there is demand for a 1/87.1 Routemaster. Let's see how the New Looks do. -Jason Well Jason, if you want a nice original condition Routemaster to scan, I happen to know that Savoyard of this parish happens to own a very nice example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted June 23, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 23, 2016 As a former collector of corgi diecast vehicles, I was only recently thinking to my self, why diecast, why not something in plastic like these model trains, as diecast has limitatioins in tooling and of course cost... then you come along with this! The amount of detail in this bus looks superb, hope it takes off! There are a lot of plastic HO road vehicles but I think the collector market generally prefers diecast. I had quite a few very nice Herpa plastic road vehicles which were excellent models but not cheap (if anything they were pricier than many equivalent diecasts). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsp3970 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 I hope that now that you have 656, ex Calgary Transit 606 you will produce a Calgary Transit bus. Have fun stripping the paint of the aluminium below the windows, the primer is a real pain in the a**e! If you come out to see it in Calgary please let me know, I would love to take it for a spin before you take it east. Don't get to drive too many New Look's for Calgary Transit now Congrats by the way!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 There are a lot of plastic HO road vehicles but I think the collector market generally prefers diecast. I had quite a few very nice Herpa plastic road vehicles which were excellent models but not cheap (if anything they were pricier than many equivalent diecasts). Much of the Oxford/Base/EFE diecast production is actually plastic (at least in part), as I've found when doing conversions. Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davknigh Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Cool, I'm in. A TTC route 71 Runnymede bus please. Oh and in the '60s vintage livery if that's not too much trouble. Cheers, David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted June 24, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 24, 2016 Much of the Oxford/Base/EFE diecast production is actually plastic (at least in part), as I've found when doing conversions. Stewart I think many diecast models are basically a diecast body shell and plastic everything else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Buses from EFE maybe but plenty of plastic elsewhere - I've carved a lot about. Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davknigh Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Buses from EFE maybe but plenty of plastic elsewhere - I've carved a lot about. Stewart Britbus comes to mind as being one that uses primarily plastic and their quality is quite good. Cheers, David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Savoyard Posted June 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2016 Well done Jason, at long last someone is applying all the advances in technology in model trains to model buses. Die cast models look so dated against the latest model trains. RM1152 is available anytime for scanning! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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