A lot going on at present, I was up sharp this morning and headed down for the second time in a month to Cannock. I'd already covered the last days of Arriva on the majority of Cannock based routes now I have film of the first working week day of D&G Chaserider. There were plenty of yellow jackets to make sure that all went smoothly. The drivers seemed happy to be leaving Arriva and joining D&G. IT was a slow start but persistence paid and there were some really quality moments when they had buses with several liveries all together. The light was rather difficulty for still photography even with a very high ASA/ISO rating. I got a few shots together which you will see below. More importantly I got a good hour of the action in the bus station, a couple of other people appeared with cameras briefly. The driver shuttle was a Centrebus trainer, Centrebus own D&G, actually they have quite a spread now. I've finished editing the Bus Spot Ultra Accrington at last, it has been a bit of a marathon but it came together in the end. I was puzzled that over a few years I seemed to stop coverage then remembered the bad bits that I'd put to the back of my mind. A few hairy encounters over the years but great footage of the post deregulation era and hopefully I'll get the cover done tomorrow and get it loaded on the PMP shop. I've also started on the remainder of the diorama layout, this is the right hand section and I'm getting the back ground buildings weathered and have completed a bit of instant scratch building for an edifice to fill a void in a cluster of buildings which we partially cover the back scene. I quite like having bits people have to look around or over to get the full effect. I'll post photos on progress when it is a bit further developed, I'll have to share some of the transport over the rest of the scene as it looks a bit too highly trafficked! Here are some shots from this morning, the first weekday of D&G Chaserider Cannock. Comments are closed.
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