EFE E28833 OO Gauge Leyland Titan B15 Bus London Forest T82 Docklands Express D1 Waterloo Station

EFE E28833 OO Gauge Leyland Titan B15 Bus London Forest T82 Docklands Express D1 Waterloo Station

Name: Cheltenham Model Centre
Telephone: +44 (0)1242 523 117 or 234 644

Product Code: E28833

Manufacturer Number: E28833
Condition: New
Category: Models, Buses
Brand: EFE
Range: EFE
Era: 1990s
Livery: London Forest
Construction: Diecast Model
Scale: 1:76
Gauge: OO
Model of Bus: Leyland Titan

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Release Date: TBC

Est Price:

£39.90

You can secure this item at NO COST, with the the full balance payable before delivery or collection.

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Here we have registration A827 SUL, fleet number T827, which was built in 1983, although
the model shows it as running a decade later with London Forest, and carrying full Route D1
Docklands Express branding. Waterloo Station destination blinds are carried # Route D1
linking Waterloo with the Isle of Dogs.

The Leyland B15 project was conceived in 1971 as a modern replacement for aging bus types
such as the Bristol VRT and Leyland#s own Atlantean. It was designed to incorporate the
standardised and integral construction techniques so successfully employed on the Leyland
National.

The design was heavily influenced by London Transport#s requirements, such as the option
of dual and single door variants, and two of the five B15 prototypes were extensively tested
in London. Production was initially carried out by Park Royal Vehicles, with the first Titan # as
the B15 was known # entering service in August 1978. However, production was hampered
by delays, including the closure of Park Royal and the transfer of production to Workington,
which resulted in a number of Titan orders being cancelled. As a consequence, London
Transport became almost the sole customer for the new bus.

The Titan would go on to serve the Capital for the next decade, with withdrawals commencing in 1992. Many were subsequently sold off to second users, with some 400 seeing service on Merseyside, while others ended up in different homes around the country.

Many remained in London, although numbers depleted after privatisation, and most had
disappeared from the Capital by the early 2000s.
The four new models are based on the Exclusive First Editions dual door Leyland Titan tooling. Each is finished in a highly detailed livery never before seen on an EFE Titan, and which represent their full-size counterparts as operating during the 1990s, both in and outside of London.

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Welcome

We have been in business for over 40 with the shop located in a few different places around the town in that time. We are now located at the Eastern end of Cheltenham High Street.

As well as stocking the latest plastic kit, diecast and model railway releases we have a big selection of slot cars and modelling tools.

We are able to carry out repairs on radio control cars & model railway locos, including DCC & DCC Sound fitting.

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Cheltenham Model Centre

39 High Street
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 1DX
England

+44 (0)1242 523 117 or 234 644
sales@cheltenhammodelcentre.com

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