The last blog on the website for two weeks , however I may put some on Facebook direct while away. I still haven't got to grips with taking any pictures with the blessed computer phone, bad enough turning it on and off and even if I did take a picture how would I get it on the Facebook post. I think I'm light years away from that tech. More shots from the truck visit on the A50 and a few more from Preston. It took a lot of time getting the car ready for the garage to work on it while I'm away. Last year they had it 2 weeks and forgot about it! Packing is just finished although a couple of bits to go in my camera bag. I'm certainly quite exhausted and ready for the heat and a partial rest although I've got a three day breakaway from the girls for transport and two one day excursions ditto. I have progressed the Bangladesh trip, just need to get the train tickets, flight ticket and book hotels other than Dhaka which my guide Hasan insists on booking himself. The pre orders are coming in for the Enviro 400EV, all sent on as soon as they land to China but not while I'm away, I'll catch up as soon as I can after returning. New 1/76 4mm scale model buses announced by Brilliant Buses and updates of the previous releases. BB020 - Route 43 Metroline - BB021 - Route 94 RATP GROUP - BB022 - Route 173 Stagecoach - BB023 - Route 180 Stagecoach - BB024 - Route 212 Go Ahead These are very much the earlies pre production models and much work remains to be done. The models will not have branding , fleet names or adverts but these are supplied as water slides ( transfers, decals) which are easily applied to the models. It will assist fleet modellers to vary the finish or even apply their own fleet identity and exchange between buses to give them individual finishes. They will be priced at £100 plus postage from China to UK and I would suspect that the buyer will be liable to import duty ( like VAT). BB are hoping to get the models out this year ( 2025) . The Wright Fusion is waiting for production line space before that there will be the Singapore Enviro500 3 door version which is hope to be one of the first post spring festival holiday models to appear. I will help facilitate ordering the models via the PMP site shop but I am not selling them and make no gain other than try as a model bus collector to get more models out there for us all.
We have a lot of news coming out of China about the latest Brilliant Buses new editions and updates on production in 2025. We wishes all our Chinese friends a wonderful Spring Festival and Lunar New Year. Today I filmed on the A50 Uttoxeter roundabout and tomorrow I'm hoping the weather is ok to film buses in Preston. The NWVRT have decided all money raised on the day will be donated to The Elsie Dot Trust, set up by the patents of one of the three children sadly fatally involved in the Southport incident last year.
The incident has touched so many of us and it just seems the right thing to do, for such a worthwhile cause. Hope you can join us. Lots of yellow from Warrington's Own Buses, Bee Network and Metro Merseyside. Still enough of random odds and ends Warrington picked up while they waited for the electric buses. Standard 8 cine with sound takes you straight to the cine enthusiast as it wasn't really sold as sound film. you had to have the stripe added by an agent or do it yourself. So it isn't that surprising that sound projector are a bit thin on the ground. I've been running off the sound from several reels from all over the world, all with real sound. With the films already scanned in advance it is a matter of putting them back together picture and sound and making sure it sits in the correct position to ensure a synchronised result. I did all I had to do from my friend Tim in Croydon, fingers crossed my efforts live up to the finish to the projected images. I also had to do a bit of chasing around for lads I know over in China who need a few details to add to a model they are making and I did a little blurb in English so they can let people know what might be coming. I hear that a couple of models are almost at full production just as soon as Chinese spring festival in over. We have also had quite a few orders the last couple of days, tomorrow I need to do the advert for Buses magazine and if it is hazy or light clouD I'll pop over to Warrington and see their electric fleet. Meanwhile some past shots at Warrington A busy time as ever, the weather looks to be getting worse again but we are off the RNCM for the Festival of Brass, with the Brighouse this afternoon and Cory this evening. I've bashed my way through a heap of digital download films and now battling with Youtube. As soon as I got a clash of copyright I knew it was the mechanics radio in the background. Just a few seconds but re-edit, save, reload etc. Still there are lots of things appearing. I'll try and give you an update on the new model buses coming out of China. To my knowledge Brilliant Buses have three batches going through the system. I'll try to update tomorrow
Creating as many new digitised versions of films gives us the opportunity of putting watermarked versions on our Youtube channel. There are quite a few and I like to give them a dose of our magic 'NEAT' which is so simple to use but sparingly. So we shall have a few different films going on but well up front in the queue is Thamesdown 100th . So to keep that trend going lets have a few shots of a previous trip to Swindon. I've also received the bulbs for the new projector with st8 sound capability. Monday I hope to get the first films processed and match up sound and picture exactly. Tomorrow we are at the RNCM for the annual international brass festival. |
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