Bus Queries...
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Originally posted by SBS3688Y:
Normally they will need around 7 days. This is one of the requirements when having a full bodied advertisement. You can take a look at the Motions Ad website.
[b]Does anyone has any idea how long SBST and Tibs take to fix a full-bodied advertisement on its buses??
What abt the time needed to remove a full-bodied advertisement and repaint it back in SBST/Tibs design?
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I dont think it takes 7 days... it can be as fast as one or two days. I have seen even bendy buses with an old ad on one day, went missing the next day and re-appear with a new skin two days later. For example TIB1019Z changed its old ITE ad skin to a new HUFC/Air Emirates skin about a week ago. It went missing from 854 for only 2 days or so.Originally posted by off_service:Normally they will need around 7 days. This is one of the requirements when having a full bodied advertisement. You can take a look at the Motions Ad website. -
but would it take longer to strip the full-advertisement and re-paint it back to SBST and Tibs design??
I've seen somewhere from a TV programme many years back, the painting of a Tibs Merc O405bus, and looked tedious. A Spray painter had to mark out the positions and cover up each layer of different colour before doing the spray painting bit by bit. Even the frames of the doors have to be painted on.
But I find that the paintwork finish of Tibs buses are far better than SBST buses, prob coz they are spray painted. I think most SBST buses(except the very new ones) are painted with brushes or rollers instead?? -
That is advance notice. Only 2 days are needed. For 9178M, it had a Qoo ad one day, disappeared the next and came back on the third with a HPB ad.Originally posted by off_service:Normally they will need around 7 days. This is one of the requirements when having a full bodied advertisement. You can take a look at the Motions Ad website. -
Just to update...Originally posted by AntiDennisLance:I dont think it takes 7 days... it can be as fast as one or two days. I have seen even bendy buses with an old ad on one day, went missing the next day and re-appear with a new skin two days later. For example TIB1019Z changed its old ITE ad skin to a new HUFC/Air Emirates skin about a week ago. It went missing from 854 for only 2 days or so.
According to Motions Ad website, a 12m bus needs 3 days notice and 4 days for an articulated bus. -
i'm very curious, how did u all get so much information on buses? does TIBS or SBS Transit really entertain phonecalls asking abt bus and bus routes details?
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That is for booking purposes. They need the three days just to print the ad. Pasting it on just takes 1-2 days!Originally posted by off_service:Just to update...
According to Motions Ad website, a 12m bus needs 3 days notice and 4 days for an articulated bus. -
Tibs Bus Assembly
I understand that SBST buses are assembled locally, in Kim Chuan Rd Depot. and I've witnessed a convoy of un-assembled Superbuses without any walls, windows, roofs being driven into this depot for bus assembly. Its quite interesting though, but I know they would be built into Superbuses, as there are 3-axles and a skeletonal structure of the staircase.
-But what about Tibs?
-Are the buses assembled locally or from abroad?
-Are they shipped or flown into Spore?
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Originally posted by SBS3688Y:
None of the TIBS buses are assembled locally. The Jap buses were all CBU'ed in Japan before being brought over. The Hispano-Mercedes are all completely assembled in Zaragozza before being sent over. The first finished bendy was airlifted here by Aeroflot. I believe most O405's and O405G's were shipped.
[b]Tibs Bus Assembly
I understand that SBST buses are assembled locally, in Kim Chuan Rd Depot. and I've witnessed a convoy of un-assembled Superbuses without any walls, windows, roofs being driven into this depot for bus assembly. Its quite interesting though, but I know they would be built into Superbuses, as there are 3-axles and a skeletonal structure of the staircase.
-But what about Tibs?
-Are the buses assembled locally or from abroad?
-Are they shipped or flown into Spore? [/b] -
Aeroflot? Or was it Volga-Dnepr?Originally posted by AntiDennisLance:None of the TIBS buses are assembled locally. The Jap buses were all CBU'ed in Japan before being brought over. The Hispano-Mercedes are all completely assembled in Zaragozza before being sent over. The first finished bendy was airlifted here by Aeroflot. I believe most O405's and O405G's were shipped.
Anyway, to add on to AntiDennisLance post, the Volgren Bendies was assembled in Johor Baru.
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I knew it was a Russian freight airline because it was probably the cheapest quote.Originally posted by Superbus:Aeroflot? Or was it Volga-Dnepr?
Anyway, to add on to AntiDennisLance post, the Volgren Bendies was assembled in Johor Baru.
Cheers and warm regards
The DM Lance 245's were also assembled in JB. The DM Lance 211's were assembled in the UK. -
Anyway, most of the things that have wings and can fly are all tied in some way or another to AeroflotOriginally posted by AntiDennisLance:I knew it was a Russian freight airline because it was probably the cheapest quote.
The DM Lance 245's were also assembled in JB. The DM Lance 211's were assembled in the UK.
This includes Volga-Dnepr....correct me if i'm wrong, but i think that Volga-Dnepr is just another subsidiary of the Russian Government or Aeroflot after the splitting up of the USSR to form the Russian Federation in early 1990s. Hence, it is both correct to say that the Bendy was carried by Aeroflot or Volga-Dnepr.
Volga-Dnepr specialises in out-sized cargo and weird loads such as a 17m long Bendy.......it requires a front loading to get that into the aircraft...and of all the commercial airliners, only the B747F offers such a alternative, but it mainly accepts palletised cargo, not a 17m cargo with wheels. Thus, i remember that there are 2 main competitors for it...one is the Russian ( or isit Ukraine? ) Volga-Dnepr and the British HeavyLift, but Volga-Dnepr won the contract eventually.
The aircraft used should be the monstrous An225 Ruslan or the smaller An-125, but i have no memory of the aircraft used..anyone have info? I know that both had visited SIN a couple of times on cargo charters. These aircraft do not have actual Volga-Dnepr titles, but rather "owned" by Antonov Design Beareu in Ukraine today, and leased out to Volga-Dnepr -
I guess most military airlifters can take such a large cargo except that they dont ply commercial lines. Volga won the contract most likely due to price. Singapore mentality as always is the cheapest wins when buying a service as long as insurance covers it properly.Originally posted by TIB1186Z:Volga-Dnepr specialises in out-sized cargo and weird loads such as a 17m long Bendy.......it requires a front loading to get that into the aircraft...and of all the commercial airliners, only the B747F offers such a alternative, but it mainly accepts palletised cargo, not a 17m cargo with wheels. Thus, i remember that there are 2 main competitors for it...one is the Russian ( or isit Ukraine? ) Volga-Dnepr and the British HeavyLift, but Volga-Dnepr won the contract eventually.
But it is still too expensive for the main deliveries - surface mail is still more sensible for bulk deliveries. The main bendies were driven to the port at Zarragoza and loaded onto freighters. -
I won't sleep in 1688k because of that stupid door closing sound!Why do they want to make the door closing sound when the front door closes and repeat it many times????Originally posted by SBS9818A:I like that loud buzzer, as it helps me to keep awake especially if I fall asleep aboard a Lance 211 or Volgren O405. -
They used the AN-124 Ruslan. The AN-225 is termed Mriya I think.Originally posted by TIB1186Z:Anyway, most of the things that have wings and can fly are all tied in some way or another to Aeroflot This includes Volga-Dnepr....correct me if i'm wrong, but i think that Volga-Dnepr is just another subsidiary of the Russian Government or Aeroflot after the splitting up of the USSR to form the Russian Federation in early 1990s. Hence, it is both correct to say that the Bendy was carried by Aeroflot or Volga-Dnepr.
Volga-Dnepr specialises in out-sized cargo and weird loads such as a 17m long Bendy.......it requires a front loading to get that into the aircraft...and of all the commercial airliners, only the B747F offers such a alternative, but it mainly accepts palletised cargo, not a 17m cargo with wheels. Thus, i remember that there are 2 main competitors for it...one is the Russian ( or isit Ukraine? ) Volga-Dnepr and the British HeavyLift, but Volga-Dnepr won the contract eventually.
The aircraft used should be the monstrous An225 Ruslan or the smaller An-125, but i have no memory of the aircraft used..anyone have info? I know that both had visited SIN a couple of times on cargo charters. These aircraft do not have actual Volga-Dnepr titles, but rather "owned" by Antonov Design Beareu in Ukraine today, and leased out to Volga-Dnepr -
OpppsOriginally posted by SBS9818A:They used the AN-124 Ruslan. The AN-225 is termed Mriya I think.
yes i think its Mriya....normally reserved for air shows after being retired from the space programme -
Yep, now I vaguely remember. It was Volga-Dnepr An-124 which brought in those Bendies.Originally posted by TIB1186Z:Oppps yes i think its Mriya....normally reserved for air shows after being retired from the space programme
However if I'm not mistaken, only quite recently that Volga-Dnepr and Heavylift 'broke up'. They were in a tie-up for a decade or so, I think. I also remember that apart from Volga-Dnepr, Antonov Airlines operates the An-124.
Anyway, the Mriya 'Dream' An-225 is now back in commercial service. The most recent event involving this beast is the airlift in Afghanistan. The second unit is due for flight test soon, but dunno how soon.
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Not surprising....keep the An-225 any longer and it would turn it into a large metal beast with 6 engines....and i never fail to amaze myself at the variety of airlines that Russians can cook up that means the same company...Antonov airlines is the manufacturer of that An-124.Originally posted by Superbus:Yep, now I vaguely remember. It was Volga-Dnepr An-124 which brought in those Bendies.
However if I'm not mistaken, only quite recently that Volga-Dnepr and Heavylift 'broke up'. They were in a tie-up for a decade or so, I think. I also remember that apart from Volga-Dnepr, Antonov Airlines operates the An-124.
Anyway, the Mriya 'Dream' An-225 is now back in commercial service. The most recent event involving this beast is the airlift in Afghanistan. The second unit is due for flight test soon, but dunno how soon.
Cheers and warm regards
I think they bring the first bendy in for impact only, nothing else... -
Show off. According to an external source news of SBST's B10MA being built leaked out to TIBS, so they specifically flew in 838H so they would be the first to operate an artic. It's ANTONOV DESIGN BUREAU, not Antonov Airlines!Originally posted by TIB1186Z:Not surprising....keep the An-225 any longer and it would turn it into a large metal beast with 6 engines....and i never fail to amaze myself at the variety of airlines that Russians can cook up that means the same company...Antonov airlines is the manufacturer of that An-124.
I think they bring the first bendy in for impact only, nothing else...