From Spring 2012 BUSKITS are exclusively sold by Mirror Image Models.
BUSKIT 17, Bristol VRT
(as modelled by
Phil Halewood to flat front Mark 2 standard in Ribble livery)
BUSKITS have confirmed
the current availability of their kits. BUSKIT 2 and BUSKIT 7 are re-released to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of Salford City Transport.
Each kit will include a set of specially commissioned Salford transfers
and scale photocopies of the complete Salford destination/number blinds.
All BUSKITS are now exclusively sold by Mirror Image Models and can be purchased directly from their on-line store.
Click on the pictures for more detailed images
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Image |
Model Number |
Model |
Availability |
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BUSKIT
1 |
Bristol LH bus - as NHU
100F |
Sold out |
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BUSKIT
2 |
Salford Daimler
CVG6/Met Cam.
90th Anniversary of Salford City Transport re-release |
Available |
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BUSKIT
3A |
Daimler
Fleetline/Northern Counties
as LUT 137 etc. |
Sold out |
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BUSKIT
3B |
As 3A as Maidstone &
District |
Sold out |
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BUSKIT
3C |
Northern
Counties-bodies Leyland Atlantean low-height as Ribble ECK
951-965E - NEW
IMPROVED MASTER |
Pre-order now |
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BUSKIT
5 |
Leyland Tiger/Duple
Dominant bus 11m as B900 WRN, Yorkshire Rider, Delaine, etc.
- NEW IMPROVED
MASTER |
Available |
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BUSKIT
7 |
Salford Leyland
PD1/ECW.
90th Anniversary of Salford City Transport re-release |
Available |
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BUSKIT
8 |
Bristol SUL-4A 36 seat
bus |
Available |
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BUSKIT
9 |
Plaxton Centro-bodied
VDL SB220
- now
re-issued, and
depicted on the left in the image alongside |
Sold out |
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BUSKIT
10 |
MAN/MCV Evolution
single-decker |
Sold out |
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BUSKIT
11 |
**Alexander
AL Type with peaks as supplied to Bradford and MPTE -
available on Atlantean
or Fleetline chassis, single or dual door, with or without
engine shrouds - front panels for the MPTE and SYPTE shallow
windscreen version are also in stock. This BUSKIT is made up
for your requirements including a thin sheet metal
destination panel as appropriate. |
Available |
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BUSKIT
12 |
Alexander
AD type as supplied to Scottish Bus Group with the later
thick rubber gasket windows |
Sold out |
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BUSKIT
13A |
Bristol Highbridge K |
Sold out |
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BUSKIT
14 |
**Alexander
AL type domes as supplied to Bournemouth (available with
Leyland Atlantean or Daimler Fleetline bonnets) -
available on Atlantean
or Fleetline chassis, single or dual door, with or without
engine shrouds - front panels for the MPTE and SYPTE shallow
windscreen version are also in stock. This BUSKIT is made up
for your requirements including a thin sheet metal
destination panel as appropriate. |
Available |
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BUSKIT
15 |
**Alexander
AL type with
panoramic windows showing the chassis and body shell in dual
door form as delivered to Lothian (available with Leyland
Atlantean or Daimler Fleetline bonnets) -
available on Atlantean
or Fleetline chassis, single or dual door, with or without
engine shrouds - front panels for the MPTE and SYPTE shallow
windscreen version are also in stock. This BUSKIT is made up
for your requirements including a thin sheet metal
destination panel as appropriate. |
Available |
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BUSKIT
16 |
***10m Dominant bus |
Available |
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BUSKIT
17 |
Bristol VRT Mk 1 - Alan
writes: "Customers
should specify whether they require the Scottish 77 seater
on the NBC 70 seat bus. Available with standard 'side by
side' or 'T screen' front dests, with sliders or alternate
deeper sliders and hoppers in the glazing. Scottish ones
get all hoppers where appropriate - please give details of
the bus you want and I will do my best to match it." |
Available |
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BUSKIT
18 |
Bristol LD Type 2 -
now available with various destinations, glazing, and with
or without platform doors. Customers are requested to
specify the bus they want when ordering, and the best will
be done to fulfil requirements |
Sold out |
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BUSKIT
19 |
Bristol FSF Lodekka
with various destination boxes and glazing -
now available with or
without Cave Brown Cave heater intakes. The choice of
destination boxes now includes Tilling (all three types),
Scottish, Midland General and Bristol T shaped box with
four-track number blind box. Give Alan a number and he will
make up the kit accordingly. |
Available |
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BUSKIT
20 |
Bristol MW bus as
United LHN series |
Available |
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BUSKIT
21 |
Leyland PS2/14A Roe as
West Riding 733 |
Available |
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BUSKIT
22 |
AEC Regent V Northern
Counties H64F as Rhondda, Garelochhead but with alternative
Leyland and Daimler bonnets -
because this body
tapered at the front when fitted to a Leyland PD2A chassis,
this kit has four options:
BUSKIT 22A - Leyland PD2A as supplied to A1 Service (TCS
101 etc.) with curved outer corners to front upper deck
windows
BUSKIT 22B - Leyland PD2A as Burnley, Colne and
Nelson with square upper deck front windows and push-out
vents
BUSKIT 22C - Leyland PD2 exposed rad. as Yorkshire
Traction's YHE rebuilds with curved outer corners to the
front upper deck windows
BUSKIT 22D - Leyland PD2 exposed rad. as SHMD 1-6
with square upper deck front windows and push-out vents
BUSKITs 22C and 22D are also available on AEC Regent
V (as Hebble, Garelochhead_ and Daimler CVG6 (as (SHMD 7-12)
chassis |
Sold out |
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BUSKIT
23 |
Leyland PD3 Roe H73R
with platform door alternative. As Leeds. Sheffield. Stevens
and OK Motor Services YUP 487. Alternative bonnets available |
Pre-order now |
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BUSKIT
24 |
AEC Renown/Northern
Counties as supplied to Western Welsh - and City of Oxford
who had the last Renown built |
Pre-order now |
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BUSKIT
25 |
Atlantean or Fleetline
with Roe low-height body with curved windscreens on both
decks. As delivered to West Riding, King Alfred, South
Yorkshire etc. |
Pre-order now |
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BUSKIT
26 |
*Met.
Cam. 'Orion' 27' front-loader
4-bay - as Brighton, Southport, Western Welsh |
Available |
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BUSKIT
27 |
Met.
Cam. 'Orion' 27' front-loader
5-bay - as Salford, Halifax, Devon |
Available |
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BUSKIT
28 |
*Met.
Cam. 'Orion' 27' rear-loader
4-bay - as Liverpool, Brighton |
Available |
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BUSKIT
29 |
*Met.
Cam. 'Orion' 30' rear-loader - as Leeds, Leicester, Bolton,
LUT, Portsmouth etc. |
Available |
Image
not yet
available
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BUSKIT
30 |
*MCW
Orion 30' front-loader as Bradford, Bolton, Yorkshire
Woollen, South Wales, etc. Available with sliding or folding
passenger doors -
now available as Ribble
PCK/RCK full-front vehicle |
Available |
*BUSKITs
26, 28, 29, 30 are available with alternative fronts to match BUSKITs
repertoire of bonnets including AEC Regent exposed or concealed
radiator,
Daimler CVG6, CCG6/CSG6, Guy Arab V, Leyland exposed radiator, BMMO 'tin
front'
or St. Helens fibreglass front.
These fronts - and, on BUSKIT 30, the appropriate passenger and offside
emergency doors -
are fitted to the model prior to packing so that the customer receives
a 'one piece' body shell finished to his/her requirements.
The BMMO 'tin front' Leyland bonnet comes with a separate grille
which makes accurate painting a vast improvement on previous
representations of this bonnet.
The full fronts as fitted to Blackpool and Bolton PD3/PD3As can be
fitted at no extra cost.
Alan will also convert his 'Orion' series of resin kits to unique buses
such as Wolverhampton's Guy Arabs
with centre emergency exits, Bolton's PBN registered PD2 full front
tinfronts and Rhondda's AEC Regents
with irregular window sizes at token additional cost - please contact
him with details of your requirements.
**The
Alexander AL types will be available with Fleetline or Atlantean
bonnets,
single or dual doors, optional engine shrouds and curved or flat windscreens
***Please specify Bedford or Ford wheels
when ordering
Pictured on the left is a Massey bodied Foden double-decker
with eventually entered the PMT fleet as their H812 (XRE 590). Alan
has built this model from scratch using sheet-metal and
resin/plastic interior components and chassis.
Alan is always happy to consider scratch-building, or
conversion work, to enable collectors to have the model they
particularly want. Enquires should be addressed to Alan at 3 Hallwood Avenue, Salford, M6 8WW - please enclose a stamped,
self-addressed envelope for a reply.
Alan Johnson can now supply custom built models using EFE
components to represent any of the Park Royal or Roe Atlanteans and
Fleetlines based on the Park Royal 'Sheffield'
style 1964 body design (see above right). Other
examples so far built include Fleetlines for
Birmingham and West Riding, and Atlanteans for King Alfred, Sheffield,
Ashton, Leicester and dual door buses for
Salford. Prices range from £60 to £80 depending on the work involved.
Please
contact BUSKITS with your enquiries.
Alan
Johnson's
range of 1:24 scale bus wheels.
Each set consists of brass axles 'push fitted' to resin wheels onto
which detailed 'rubber' tyres are mounted. White metal wheel trims are
included in the different sets as follows (pictured from the left):
Set 1: Leyland Atlantean / Leopard with full wheel trims
Set 2: Leyland Atlantean / Leopard with exposed axle covers
Set 3: Daimler Fleetline with front wheel trims and rear hub covers
These are available at £16 per set plus £1.50 UK postage
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please
email BUSKITS for
full details
