Coming along very nicely Al.

I think wiring issues affect a number of kits. Been reading updates on the spitfire were some people are reporting a dead propellor motor but i think that is down to to poor wiring and not helped by that big “dolllop” of sealant they chucked onto the connection.

There was a posting on one of the facebook groups i look at were someone had changed the bus to a greenline colour scheme.

You have yourself a very nice model on the go there.

Tony

Issues 41-45

Over these issues we fit the drivers headlight electrics and the front vents and cab windows. The radiator grill and wing from earlier in the build were attached to the cab assembly before the dashboard and floor was fitted. This assembly was then attached to the bus and the steering connected up carefully followed by the electrical cables being connected and routed in the frame channels.The speaker unit was then attached underneath the rear floor and the first of the seats built and fitted, lots more of them to come over future updates.

Al

Looks FAB.

The inside is just as I remember as a young child in East London near 60 years ago.

I used to go to the front left hand seat (downstairs)and be the bus driver. I used the transmission tunnel to get up on the seat and much to my parents embarrassment would sit on who ever`s lap was there.(You could do that in those days ).

Waiting to see the future updates on this one.


Regards
delboy271155
(Derek)

Really looking good Al. That must be some size kit.

Mark

Thanks for looking in guys more soon.

Al

Issues 56-60

With these next issues we start by receiving the rear portion of the lower deck ceiling and fitting the handrails and light lenses. The remaining piece of ceiling is fitted and once again the light lenses installed and also the seat rail upright mounts. The stop request cord is then fitted and then the switch added and cable placed in position. The rear platform is shown together with the battery box and on/off switch and we now install the lower deck lighting. We then receive the circuit board and understairs luggage stowage panels. At this point I resisted the temptation of testing some of the electrics now fitted and opted to wait until later in the build once I had received all the electrical items. Reason being Hachette have you plugging and unplugging wires numerous times and sometimes fitting cable extensions which has had a lot of people having switch/battery box and circuit board issues and things generally not working as they should. Sometimes it pays to be a bit behind on a build as you can get the benefit of others experiences.

Al

Amazing build Al
I think you are doing Routemaster subscriptions a world of good, showing just what you get
If you can still get them, that is

Thanks Guys

Gray you can still subscribe to it but I think only from issue 101

Roy, you are rightly correct in noticing that they do look too big because they are I know many others have used a combination of glue, smaller screws and rivets to overcome the problem of screw size. There is also the tendency for the plates to return to there slightly concave shape when glued so in the end i decided to leave as is being as not much of it will be seen if i put the conductor or a passenger in front of them

Al

very impressive al, how did you get on with the front roll blind.

Issues 81-88

We start off by adding a couple more details to the drivers cab ceiling and the wiring for a couple more functional switches, before both panels are fitted to the underside of the top deck. The wires from these switches are connected into an extension loom and carefully positioned into cut outs in the underframe. Next we fit the inner trim panels on both sides and it was time to get a pic of the bus with the upper deck placed on top. The front windows are fitted into the outer panel which contains the destination boards and the rear inner panel is now fitted along with the upper deck poles. We also get the first parts of the upper deck ceiling and some posters.

Al