NOVEMBER 2025 Releases

Photos are courtesy of Model Bus Zone or the manufacturers

EFE Road   Model 1   Northcord Model Company
Clydeside Scottish AEC Routemaster Park Royal
EFE E42301 Clydeside Scottish AEC Routemaster Park Royal
ER900 (WLT900) on route 36 Kilbarchan.
Southend Transport AEC Routemaster Park Royal
EFE E42304 Southend Transport AEC Routemaster Park Royal.
Registration CUV256C actually started life as a Green Line RCL coach in June 1965, complete with twin headlights and rear platform doors. As RCL2256 it was converted to a bus layout by London Transport in 1980, and received an RM type platform following an accident that same year. The model depicts this unusual hybrid in its circa 1991 guise as working for Southend Transport 121 on Service 1 to Southend Central Bus Station.
London Transport AEC Routemaster Park Royal
EFE E42306Z London Transport AEC Routemaster Park Royal.
This model is of the final RML to be built: RML2760 (SMK760F) depicted in its current preserved condition with London Bus Museum advertising, and working on Route 462 with a Brooklands destination. The model features bespoke packaging, and available from the London Bus Museum’s shop.
Metroline Optare Solo SR
MODEL 1 63894 Metroline Optare Solo SR OS2502 (YJ68FXC) on route H2 due 2025.
GMS Buses Alexander Dennis Enviro400
NORTHCORD UKBUS6207B GMS Buses (Manchester) Alexander Dennis Enviro400 19532 (MX09KTT) retro livery.
19532 was new to Stagecoach in 2009. Stagecoach Manchester had painted 19532 in the orange, white and brown livery with dark grey window surrounds on both decks and blue GMS Buses fleetnames in the third quarter in 2024. Greater Manchester Buses South Limited was incorporated on 12th May 1993 to acquire the bus operations in South and East Manchester which had been part of GM Buses since 1986, and it adopted the fleet name GMS Buses. GMS was one of two companies formed to prepare for privatisation following the 1985 Transport Act. GMS was sold to a partnership of employees from 1st April 1994 and continued as such until 29th February 1996 when it was acquired by the Stagecoach Group and became Stagecoach Manchester. The livery on 19532 commemorates the short period of employee ownership. Stagecoach continues to operate as a provider within the fully-franchised Greater Manchester bus system, taking on the yellow livery of the Bee Network. Alongside buses in other commemorative liveries, 19532 was used on 4th January 2025 from Hyde Road depot in the hours leading to the handover, and thereafter became a training vehicle based at Little Hulton then. 19532 carries full GMS Buses livery, including 'HE' code at the front and the rear for Hyde Road depot, together with the circle showing 'HYDE ROAD DEPOT' on the first window in the nearside and below the cab window in the offside. The blue 'GMS Buses' with 'A STAGECOACH SUBSIDIARY' is carried on both sides, on the front panel below the drivers’ windscreen, on the upper front screen and on the rear, upper emergency exit. The model features excellent detailing, inside and out, such as realistic-looking handpoles and handrails. The Enviro400 model is a one-piece casting whose clean lines accentuate the windows and livery application on which all logos and lettering are clearly legible. Another main feature on the model is its dual individual tree protectors at the front. The front dome on the model is significant, with its curved windscreens on both upper and lower deck. The headlights at the front are made of individual components to look more realistic.


Newcastle Busways Alexander Dennis Enviro400MMC
NORTHCORD UKBUS6542 Newcastle Busways Alexander Dennis Enviro400MMC 10646 (SN66WKB) retro livery.
New to Stagecoach North East in 2016 based at Slatyford depot with registration SN16OYM. Bus 10646, as replicated is working route 62, heading to North Walbottle, via Cowgate & West Denton. Stagecoach North East has recreated the local liveries of Busways Travel Services in August 2024, to mark 30 years since it acquired the former PTE bus operations in Tyne & Wear from their employee owners. 10646 has the Newcastle Busways version. It attended the 2024 North East Bus Preservation Trust rally at Seaham Park on 26th August together with 11297 (SN69 ZRC) which has the retro City Busways fleetname. Both these Alexander Dennis Enviro400MMCs share the maroon, yellow and white colours. This a one-piece casting whose clean lines accentuate the square, gasket-mounted windows and the livery application on which all logos and lettering are clearly legible. Another main feature on the model is its tree protector at the front. The front dome on the model is significant, with curved windscreens on both upper deck and lower deck. Interior features represent the real, outstanding layout of the Enviro400MMC, such as the extensive portrayal of handrails on upper deck and lower deck, etc.