Ryedale Wolf Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 OK being as my bus attracted so much attention elsewhere, rather than hijack Perdu's thread, here it is. For those who were asking about the paint I use Hycote car sprays. I can't remember exactly which ones they were, but basically a cream and a dark blue! And yes I know about the typo! I'm not from Brum even if my mam is. 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Look's superb.beautifully finished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 It has a great authentic look to it. Is this the Revell kit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Beautiful job. I have one to I need to make. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Excellent model and paintwork.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old John Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Great work Like the paintwork/ decals Just finished converting my second one to a RM open top 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Very nicely done, guess who needs those paints? 😆😆😆 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Beautiful model well done 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Smith Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Lovely model Wolfie! I remember seeing it at Gaydon (I think) a few years back. Remember you telling me that it was modelled on the bus that your mum used to take to work each day. I had a look to see about making a Reading Corporation one from my home town but then discovered that they never ran Routemasters so that put paid to that idea! I think that they ran Dennis buses that looked slightly similar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryedale Wolf Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Noel Smith said: Lovely model Wolfie! I remember seeing it at Gaydon (I think) a few years back. Remember you telling me that it was modelled on the bus that your mum used to take to work each day. I had a look to see about making a Reading Corporation one from my home town but then discovered that they never ran Routemasters so that put paid to that idea! I think that they ran Dennis buses that looked slightly similar. You are absolutely right Noel. It was built as an 80th birthday present for my mam so it would have been in 2016. It represents the bus she took to work in the 1950s. They were never Routemasters neither, but I don't care, it looks like a Brummie Bus! And she likes it...85 in April! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Looks absolutely splendid! but what about scale? is it a kit? is it scratch? Did I miss the info (wouldn't be the first time)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 On 12/22/2020 at 11:52 PM, Moa said: Did I miss the info (wouldn't be the first time)? You missed the bus! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryedale Wolf Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 Revell 1/24 kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 VERY good modeling on this bus. Thing is just awesome!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Much more interesting that the red London buses, and beautifully built. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR2Don Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 I like that, I like that a lot. Now...hmmm...the complete set of Edinburgh Corporation double deckers of the mid '60s - spent a lot of time on them. Not sure of the body builders, but they had Leyland, Guy and Daimler chassis and they all looked different. Very partisan livery as they were painted in Hearts colours! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 17 hours ago, Natter said: Much more interesting that the red London buses, and beautifully built. Couldn't agree more on both counts! This colour scheme makes it look more like the older, pre-Routemaster double deckers to my eye & thus far more of a period piece. However, perhaps that is because as someone who has lived in London previously, I didn't know that anywhere else had used the Routemasters & thus always associate an open rear platform red double decker as a London bus and since it wasn't that long ago that they were finally phased out, I don't see the red London ones as especially interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny akes Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) Lovely model Wolf, very nostalgic for me as I used to get these to school in Brum in the early 70’s; it was pretty rare to see one this clean though, or so it seems looking back over so many years now. sorry to be pedantic though but the Pype Hayes - Tyburn route was the 28; the 79 ran from West Brom to Wolverhampton. Edited December 26, 2020 by johnny akes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Smith Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 I might be looking out for a couple of the Revell Routemaster kits to convert into a Reading Corporation Sunbeam S7 Trolleybus. (That is, when the shows get going again and I will be looking around the tables). Ah Well.......Let's See! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomkil Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 On 12/26/2020 at 10:20 PM, johnny akes said: Lovely model Wolf, very nostalgic for me as I used to get these to school in Brum in the early 70’s; it was pretty rare to see one this clean though, or so it seems looking back over so many years now. sorry to be pedantic though but the Pype Hayes - Tyburn route was the 28; the 79 ran from West Brom to Wolverhampton. Well said that man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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