buses 1/150

bluedepot · February 08, 2012, 07:21:00 PM

some 1/150 n gauge buses available from here. they are in hk liveries but could be repainted...

http://www.80mbusmodel.com/eshop/

nice looking daimler fleetline here:

a few of the other models would be suitable for british layouts...

tim

Pete Mc · February 08, 2012, 08:05:47 PM

Bloomin heck,60 dollars for a tiny bus.I know they are more to scale than the farish ones,but good grief,I'm not sure if they are worth six times as much as the farish ones.
Theyy are even over twice as expensive as the lorries I boughtt from TINGS which are made by herpa.

Pete

Sprintex · February 08, 2012, 08:06:22 PM

I notice you didn't mention that bus alone is £32.63 including shipping

Paul

EDIT: Posted at same time

Adam1701D · February 08, 2012, 08:40:22 PM

Bob Davis (N-Train) of this parish often sells these through his eBay shop.

BernardTPM · February 08, 2012, 09:12:55 PM

Quote from: Pete Mc on February 08, 2012, 08:05:47 PM
Bloomin heck,60 dollars for a tiny bus.I know they are more to scale than the farish ones,but good grief,I'm not sure if they are worth six times as much as the farish ones.

Those are sixty Hong Kong dollars - whioch makes a big difference. I bought some a couple of years back and, including postage, they cost less than the Farish buses. Using Google, the current rate makes thast £4.89 (plus postage of course).

Sprintex · February 08, 2012, 09:19:23 PM

There's a mixture of cheap plastic buses and horribly expensive diecast ones on there

Paul

BernardTPM · February 08, 2012, 09:38:46 PM

Incidentally, the bus shown at the top of the thread actually was a British bus, a London Transport DMS sold to KMB of Hong Kong.

red_death · February 08, 2012, 10:15:31 PM

I think people are getting confused with Hong Kong dollars and USD! I make it just over £7 with postage!

BernardTPM · February 08, 2012, 10:31:18 PM

Quite, as I mentioned above! Incidentally, the postage on these doesn't seem to diminish per item if you order more than one. Given that orders totalling under £15 won't be hit for import duties, it's best to order just one at a time as you need them!

Mustermark · February 08, 2012, 11:25:09 PM

I bought mine from Bob at N-Train. They are very nice little models and H has done tutorial thingys in N'spirations about converting to UK prototype.

bluedepot · February 09, 2012, 09:31:30 PM

well it was just an idea.... they are fairly cheap so someone on here might like to repaint one!

tim