Matchbox Routemaster Bus 60th Anniversary Series CHASE MODEL

So one of my "Holy Grails" of diecast collecting arrived in the mail today. I was never able to find one of these back in 2013 when this series was out, and have wanted one every since. And today is the day!! It's a stunning model, love the "spectraflame" look of the paint and the greatly detailed tampos. If you don't have this one in your collection, do yourself a favor and spent the $20 or so and grab one.

Lesney #5d-Routemaster Bus Restoration

This one has been kicking around on the workbench for quite a while. I have very bad luck with double decker buses it seems like, as much as I love them, and this one suffered a few setbacks. The paintwork didn't come out very nice the first time, I ended up having to redo it twice! But it's finished now, and looks pretty decent. Here's what I started with:

I decided to replicate a very rare version of this bus. I made it into a promotional handout for Pegram Shopfitters Ltd., which was an incredibly rare model in its day. According to the Vintage British Diecast site, authentic versions of the Pegram buses are worth more than 500 pounds! So I'm happy to have one on my shelf, fake or not. A big thanks to Rick's Toybox for suppling the decals. They do great work, though these might could use with a bit of trimming down to size. Onto the pictures:

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Project Wrap Up: Lesney #74b Daimler Bus

Wow what a bear of a project this has been. I really thought it should be easy but it wasn't!! I dropped it while painting and had to start over. Then when I got it painted what I thought was a close-to-original shade of green, it wasn't even close, so I had to start over. So I decided to go with the classic red. But on the second coat, I grabbed the wrong can and started painting it green again! But I finally got it finished. Paint is not quite flawless, but after getting very annoyed with it, I'm very glad to have it off the workbench and onto the display shelf...

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New Segment: The Travelling Bus

Hello all! I'm sorry for the severe lack of posts lately. It's spring break for me, and I've been extremely busy doing absolutely nothing! But I'm back now, and will hopefully be finishing up some projects this weekend. It's been a relaxing week. Got some flying time in, caught up with the family, it was a good week. Now I'm looking forward to playing with my toys a bit more before classes start back!

I thought it was about time to spice this blog up a bit. As a pilot, I get to go to some pretty cool places, and why not take my little hobby along with me? I chose this old Lesney #5D Routemaster to take with me to some of these cool places and start photographing it. I've seen this sort of thing done before, but I hope to throw my own spin on it. So enjoy! Hopefully I'll be able to start throwing up some interesting pics with the old bus soon!

It rode along with me at work, keeping a close eye on my rev counter. 

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