This photograph shows the production version of this model

Photograph © S & D Models

This photograph shows the production version of this model

Photograph © Mr J P Chen

This photograph the production version of this model

Photograph © Donald Grant

Photograph © Creative Master Northcord Ltd

This photograph shows fleet number 506 in the revised Harlequin livery. Please see the press release below explaining about the vehicle and livery that will feature on the model when released.

Update on UKBUS2004 – Lothian Buses

Creative Master Northcord Ltd Press release dated 25 March 2004

Since the launch of Creative Master Northcord’s ukbus model replica range on the UK collectible market, it has received much praise and has won many awards in magazines and on the ‘net. The ukbus range has been successful because it has presented ‘modern image’ models of the latest, low-floor buses that are currently seen on the streets of the UK and Ireland.

As part of the company’s policy of presenting the most up to date models, reflecting reality, CMNL decided to delay the production of UKBUS2004 (Lothian Buses) for aesthetic reasons. Because Lothian Buses required a slightly different body style – with a forward-placed centre exit immediately behind the front axle rather than immediately in front of the rear axle – for its deliveries from W-registration onwards, it only left the older Tridents in the fleet to be modelled accurately. With the agreement of Lothian Buses, CMNL agreed to defer production of UKBUS2004 until late Spring 2004 to coincide with the introduction of the newer, revised ‘Harlequin’ livery on the T and V-registration dual-doored Plaxton President Tridents.

To date none of this batch has received the revised livery, whilst retaining the dual-doored layout.

As a result, the UKBUS2004 model will now feature a SINGLE-DOORED example from the Lothian Buses fleet, and will represent fleet number 601 and will carry registration SN51 AXF. This vehicle is one of the Airbus fleet that will receive ‘Harlequin’ livery during April/May 2004 and has already been produced in replica form by CMNL as its UKBUS2002 model. CMNL has decided to alter the specification of the UKBUS2004 project in order to maintain its aim of producing the most up-to-date models possible.