http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/ Oriental Model Buses Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:53:47 GMT orientalbuses http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4565 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4565 Rumour has it that the above is planned for release - no idea on dates yet! Graham Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:40:05 GMT victoryguyuk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4564 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4564 My past three orders from HK have taken around ten days longer than normal for a delivery from Hong Kong, and the two wee eBay extras I ordered from HK for my Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:50:10 GMT marc3037 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4563 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4563 Hi Guys, Another weird and wonderful creation for some movie set in the US: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thekelt/3960821216/in/set-72157622343785949/ Have a Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:18:03 GMT awsnews http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4562 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4562 I see the images are also on the 312 pbase site: http://www.pbase.com/312model/inbox Is AL1 that popular to warrant the production of another model? My Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:58:02 GMT orientalbuses http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4561 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4561 As it happens, Concorde Hobby Shop have details of a resin version of AL1 from 312 on their site today! Graham Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:02:05 GMT albionlowlander http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4560 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4560 You've been very lucky Graham - there's no sign of my example arriving, despite having been ordered around the same time. However I'm still Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:25:37 GMT orientalbuses http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4559 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4559 Chris, They havn't yet been released. Graham Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:22:23 GMT Chris http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4558 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4558 I've tried the "usual" three and I cannot find a supplier with the KMB AL Class Olympians on their website yet despite it being a couple of weeks since they Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:01:18 GMT orientalbuses http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4557 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4557 I received my model today, not bad having placed my order last Friday evening, and the Post Office tried to deliver it yesterday without success! I have posted Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:02:24 GMT busesrusuk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4556 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4556 Thanks again Graham for clarifying - I was sure thre was talk somewhere about these buses being hybrids. Still, whatever they are they will add further Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:35:52 GMT orientalbuses http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4555 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4555 Details of new vehicle orders for the three main Hong Kong operators was announced on my site on 1st March this year. It includes one Enviro400 for both Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:27:49 GMT megabus13601 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4554 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4554 Tyres and tyre wear are also massive cost saving benefits, I was given the impression that a much smaller and lighter air-con unit has been developed, when Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:21:51 GMT busesrusuk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4553 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4553 You're right about the timing with the B7 noise issue, however it effectively canned orders for the B9 for at least 18 months. After we trialled one for a few Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:05:53 GMT Citybus 2500 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4552 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4552 Although TfL did "ban" B7s, they did it when the model was being phased out anyway, so it didn't actually have that much of an impact. There is also a mod now Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:58:03 GMT busesrusuk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4551 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orientalmodelbuses/message/4551 Sorry to spoil the party but our engineers and our opertators (and my experience with my training fleet) is that they (B7's) can be bloody unreliable at times!