Stephen-1260829 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 (edited) I must disagree with you @SMR248 I'm not a bus aficionado but they look near damned good enough to trigger my memories of the old Route Masters.Everyone I know will recognise it as a London double decker bus. One of my friends (who actually owns a bus) will not doubt tell me that at some stage the bus should really a RT not RM for the era of the trains being run. Are you being too fussy - perhaps. However, we all have our level of acceptance and if the bus model is a big deal I happily support your view Having just Googled images after reading your comments on the real thing v the model yes, the rake of the bonnet is higher on the model and the radiator is not quie right but it is only a 1:120th scale rendition, measuring 6.6 cm long. The pole at the deck looks like a drain pipe too. If high accuracy rendition is what is desired, then a larger scale would have nowhere to hide on the accuracy stakes. If one takes the example of the Oxford diecast TT120 Dennis fire engine, the ladder assembly is just looks terrible and just a stick of brown plastic (not a wooden ladder at all). I still like it. They are all so much better that the TT scale 3D printed vehicles I have bought, which don't have any glazing either Mod note - amended to scratch out naughty word. Edited September 4 by 96RAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMR248 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 I'll see what it looks like at TT120 scale when I get the one I ordered some time ago. Oxford do seem to be a bit hit and miss. The one certainty is it'll look better than the N scale version. Having lived and worked in the London area the RM is probably etched into my mind and my first reaction was that it looked wrong (and comparison with photos on the internet confirmed this). It's no big deal really but it would take no more effort to make it look right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-L Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 The bonnet slope is definitely wrong on the routemaster, but it’s really not that noticeable in the flesh. The pictures in this thread show the bus in a magnified format. Perhaps Oxford will revise the model for future runs, but in the meantime I’m very pleased with how mine look on the layout. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMR248 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 7 minutes ago, John-L said: The bonnet slope is definitely wrong on the routemaster, but it’s really not that noticeable in the flesh. The pictures in this thread show the bus in a magnified format. Perhaps Oxford will revise the model for future runs, but in the meantime I’m very pleased with how mine look on the layout. That's good to know. Now it's been tooled, I don't think that they'll change it for another 10 years. Perhaps we're due another announcement soon about what's next (a slightly more drab mini perhaps?). The VW van is interesting, since, (ignoring the British number plates) it'd be quite at home in much of the rest of Western Europe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen-1260829 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 3 minutes ago, SMR248 said: That's good to know. Now it's been tooled, I don't think that they'll change it for another 10 years. Perhaps we're due another announcement soon about what's next (a slightly more drab mini perhaps?). The VW van is interesting, since, (ignoring the British number plates) it'd be quite at home in much of the rest of Western Europe. Could possibly be a British Army on the Rhine (BAOR) era vehicle perhaps?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606 Odin Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 15 hours ago, Stephen-1260829 said: I must disagree with you @SMR248 I'm not a bus aficionado but they look near damned good enough to trigger my memories of the old Route Masters.Everyone I know will recognise it as a London double decker bus. One of my friends (who actually owns a bus) will not doubt tell me that at some stage the bus should really a RT not RM for the era of the trains being run. Are you being too fussy - perhaps. However, we all have our level of acceptance and if the bus model is a big deal I happily support your view Having just Googled images after reading your comments on the real thing v the model yes, the rake of the bonnet is higher on the model and the radiator is not quie right but it is only a 1:120th scale rendition, measuring 6.6 cm long. The pole at the deck looks like a drain pipe too. If high accuracy rendition is what is desired, then a larger scale would have nowhere to hide on the accuracy stakes. If one takes the example of the Oxford diecast TT120 Dennis fire engine, the ladder assembly is just looks terrible and just a stick of brown plastic (not a wooden ladder at all). I still like it. They are all so much better that the TT scale 3D printed vehicles I have bought, which don't have any glazing either Mod note - amended to scratch out naughty word. The biggest issue with this bus, is Oxfords picked RM8. This means the grille is totally wrong. RM8’s grille had a straight centre bar, not with the V at the top for the badge. It did however get a standard grille for a short spell towards the end of its service apparently, but not in the livery it is depicted. Oxfords should have picked a standard RM out of the hundreds that there were and the grille would be right 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMR248 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 The biggest issue is that they scaled down the 00 coca cola bus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_watts1 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 @47606 Odin It might be nice if we non bus experts had a picture of what the grill should look like to compare.🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606 Odin Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 5 hours ago, david_watts1 said: @47606 Odin It might be nice if we non bus experts had a picture of what the grill should look like to compare.🤔 Google routemaster bus or look at the model pictures in this thread. I’m not a bus expert, I just googled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_watts1 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Oops, looks like your picture is of the real bus grill, my bad. I guess this shows my point, since if the model is at about 2m viewing distance it will look like a red blob any way.🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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