The model
- to
mark the 10th anniversary of Model 1 in October 2020, the company commissioned
advertising on two buses, one being New World First Bus Wright Eclipse Gemini
2 bodied Volvo B9TL 4503 and the other being Citybus 12.8 metre ADL 'facelift'
Enviro500 6419. Having previously released both these buses in
model form, the company re-issued these with the addition of
decals to mark this anniversary. The quantity for this model
and the original are a combined 688 pieces. Details of the Citybus
model can be found here (63347B) whilst details of the original release of 4503 can be found here (63603).
Owing
to a shortage of models of the original release of 4503, Model 1
subsequently altered the fleet number number of 63601, which was originally 4523, to 4503, enabling them to represent the actual bus and this model was allocated a product code of 63601A.
Just to add confusion, a few models were released with the
original fleet number of 4523, but with 10th anniversary decals - see 63601C.
After
several years of not featuring a photograph of the actual model on this
page, other than the Network Shuttle post below, I was very grateful to
Emma West who, exactly five-years to the day after the model's release,
sent me a full set of photographs!
The bus -
New World First Bus took delivery of thirty 11.3 metre Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
bodied Volvo B9TLs between May 2015 and February 2016, allocating them
the fleet numbers 4500-4529. 4503 was first registered 22nd June 2015. |
