Diecast Model

TIB1224Y

13 Apr 10, 22:27

Yup correct, Keisei Bus (äº¬æˆ�ãƒ�ã‚¹) is part of the railway operator group Keisei Electric Railway (äº¬æˆ�é›»é‰„) in Tokyo area. Their new Euro 5 Citaro G buses (10 units ready, total 15 units) are brought in to replace the KC-B10MC (KC- is Heisei 6 emission code, MC is internal coding from FHI, the former importer for Volvo Truck and Buses in Japan; B10MA Euro 2/DH10 344 PS) buses which have their 12-year lifespan up in August 2010. The first of these buses were introduced earlier this year and will be placed into service gradually.

When August comes, there will be 19 Citaro G in Japan, 4 with Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu (ç¥žå¥ˆå·�ä¸å¤®äº¤é€š) and are Euro 4 models, introduced in 2007. Additionally there are also 4 Neoplan Centroliner articulated buses in service with them.

Currently i am doing tracking on imported buses in Japan (and buses in Japan) so anything pertaining you can drop me a message...

sbst272

16 Apr 10, 09:53

Source from "KMB Today (ä»Šæ—¥ä¹�å·´)"

New scania K230UB 'aka ASB' (10.6M) bus model were release soon!

Made by "Cars workshop"

Bus Route: 2C

Total: 2,500 pieces

Price: HK$298

Photo:

Acx1688

16 Apr 10, 10:20

Originally posted by TIB1224Y:

Yup correct, Keisei Bus (äº¬æˆ�ãƒ�ã‚¹) is part of the railway operator group Keisei Electric Railway (äº¬æˆ�é›»é‰„) in Tokyo area. Their new Euro 5 Citaro G buses (10 units ready, total 15 units) are brought in to replace the KC-B10MC (KC- is Heisei 6 emission code, MC is internal coding from FHI, the former importer for Volvo Truck and Buses in Japan; B10MA Euro 2/DH10 344 PS) buses which have their 12-year lifespan up in August 2010. The first of these buses were introduced earlier this year and will be placed into service gradually.

When August comes, there will be 19 Citaro G in Japan, 4 with Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu (ç¥žå¥ˆå·�ä¸å¤®äº¤é€š) and are Euro 4 models, introduced in 2007. Additionally there are also 4 Neoplan Centroliner articulated buses in service with them.

Currently i am doing tracking on imported buses in Japan (and buses in Japan) so anything pertaining you can drop me a message...

Did you check the originality of the buses?!
Its PROBABLY BUS REDUCTIONS from london as more wright gemini 2 n Scanias get on board...
The new version RM will come in nex year...

TIB1224Y

16 Apr 10, 10:39

Originally posted by Acx1688:

Did you check the originality of the buses?!
Its PROBABLY BUS REDUCTIONS from london as more wright gemini 2 n Scanias get on board...
The new version RM will come in nex year...

These are new units to the operators... Japanese operators with a certain capital would not take in second hand buses, even so, would only choose their local/company group operators to take in.

The Citaro G buses in Japan are so far brand-new vehicles from Mercedes-Benz.

Acx1688

16 Apr 10, 15:49

Originally posted by TIB1224Y:

These are new units to the operators... Japanese operators with a certain capital would not take in second hand buses, even so, would only choose their local/company group operators to take in.

The Citaro G buses in Japan are so far brand-new vehicles from Mercedes-Benz.

Is there any written confirmation coz Tfl are unloading their bendys to other operators...

TIB1224Y

16 Apr 10, 17:30

Originally posted by Acx1688:

Is there any written confirmation coz Tfl are unloading their bendys to other operators...

Written wise unfortunately I am unable to confirm any as there are many sources out there. I know I may sound doubtful without actual source but yes, the sources that I have gotten my Japanese bus information from are so far reliable and these buses are built to include Asian standards especially these Euro 5 vehicles which need to meet the stringent Japanese emission standards.

Anything that TfL and/or European company owns that are below Euro 4 (Euro 3 and below) cannot enter Japan as export vehicles since 2006.

PDF from Keisei Bus on the new bus starting operations (2010) Feb 19th highlighting the stringent emission (Euro 5) conformation: http://www.keiseibus.co.jp/pc/news/2010/100217.pdf

Come 1st September 2010 even Euro 5 diesel vehicles cannot be imported to Japan under the new Heisei 22 Emission Regulation.

I shall update after I can get the chassis numbers for the units sent to Keisei Bus. Stay tuned.

http://halfzero.sakura.ne.jp/upld/5730.html

Acx1688

16 Apr 10, 18:08

Originally posted by TIB1224Y:

Written wise unfortunately I am unable to confirm any as there are many sources out there. I know I may sound doubtful without actual source but yes, the sources that I have gotten my Japanese bus information from are so far reliable and these buses are built to include Asian standards especially these Euro 5 vehicles which need to meet the stringent Japanese emission standards.

Anything that TfL and/or European company owns that are below Euro 4 (Euro 3 and below) cannot enter Japan as export vehicles since 2006.

PDF from Keisei Bus on the new bus starting operations (2010) Feb 19th highlighting the stringent emission (Euro 5) conformation: http://www.keiseibus.co.jp/pc/news/2010/100217.pdf

Come 1st September 2010 even Euro 5 diesel vehicles cannot be imported to Japan under the new Heisei 22 Emission Regulation.

I shall update after I can get the chassis numbers for the units sent to Keisei Bus. Stay tuned.

http://halfzero.sakura.ne.jp/upld/5730.html

MB have occasionally overhauled their old buses before reselling them...
N Japan buying MB buses rather than homemade will piss everyone off esp the politicians and keidanren...

TIB1224Y

16 Apr 10, 18:21

Originally posted by Acx1688:

MB have occasionally overhauled their old buses before reselling them...
N Japan buying MB buses rather than homemade will piss everyone off esp the politicians and keidanren...

Well that is one of the case but for this I guess its a historical reason. If you read up on why they introduce these articulated buses, the unhappiness factor won't be that big either. Of course buying home-grown is always the policy of Japanese operators, we cannot rule out the sheer amount of import vehicles especially during the 1980s when local manufacturers cannot build suitable double-deck and Vee engine coaches to cope with the demand.

Of course Bro I do not rule out the possibility that these are second-hand. Information from Japan is scarce and even for a person like me who knows how to read Japanese its tough.

TIB1234T

16 Apr 10, 19:24

OT abit:

Below are the 3 drawings I drawn,

- MB O530 (facelifted - 10.6m version)
- Scania Truck (Evil design)
- Mercs Benz Low-Entry Truck (Travego & OC500LE designs)

SGCar

17 Apr 10, 23:03

Blog of my collection, inspired by some bros here.

http://mybusmodel.wordpress.com/

Will keep on updating, currently still struggling with Wordpress, not used to it.

Cheers.

TIB1234T

18 Apr 10, 21:27

SMB137A [WL X26].
Former: SMRT livery
Current: L: Palpit8 R: Look Out for Gr8 Days Ahead

**This bus will be "chartered" tomorrow for the official new 8Days magazine.

sbst272

19 Apr 10, 22:07

HK Bus Models Shared Show 2 (é¦™æ¸¯å·´å£«æ¨¡åž‹åˆ†äº«Show)

http://www.hkitalk.net/HKiTalk2/viewthread.php?tid=504394&extra=page%3D1

Ngweitong

23 Apr 10, 22:46

Originally posted by sbst272:

HK Bus Models Shared Show 2 (é¦™æ¸¯å·´å£«æ¨¡åž‹åˆ†äº«Show)

http://www.hkitalk.net/HKiTalk2/viewthread.php?tid=504394&extra=page%3D1

hey bros the pictures in the above link is so cool man... they have a bigger B9TL enviro 500 and some of those buses in different liveries were not found in the catalogs and were so well done... it will be good if they can come singapore and exhibit...

TIB1083L

24 Apr 10, 23:41