Revell 1/24 AEC Routemaster concepts

[NARSES2]

It's at moments like this that I realise just how old I am - I can remember them doing that on TV dressed in full evening attire  Those were the days when the BBC had standards of course 

[Weaver]

Perhaps by "six wheeler" they're referring to the fact that it had double wheels on the back axle. I know when I was small and vehicle spotting I used to have endless arguments with my dad about whether double wheels on one axle counted as one or two. He used to refer to a 3-axle truck with double-wheels on the back pair as a "ten wheeler" and this seemed to be quite common.

[Weaver]

Leyland Cub C bus with Park Royal bodywork. Apparently, some of these were used as control vehicles by the Fire Service:



There are models of it too:



Info: http://www.countrybus.org/C/Cub.html

[McColm]

You could use the top deck for a cinema .

[martinbayer]

Perhaps by "six wheeler" they're referring to the fact that it had double wheels on the back axle. I know when I was small and vehicle spotting I used to have endless arguments with my dad about whether double wheels on one axle counted as one or two. He used to refer to a 3-axle truck with double-wheels on the back pair as a "ten wheeler" and this seemed to be quite common.

In the US it's standard to count all individual wheels on trucks, hence the name Eighteen Wheeler for tractor-trailer trucks with five axles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-trailer_truck

Martin

[Mossie]

Got a tip-off from a Google doodle that the Routemaster is 60 today.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Routemaster+bus&oi=ddle&ct=60th-anniversary-of-the-unveiling-of-the-first-routemaster-bus-4922931108904960&hl=en&biw=1680&bih=858&dpr=1

[NARSES2]

I never realised they were that old. My earliest memories of London Transport would have been RT's I would have put money on RM's being a 60's thing. I do remember how "modern" RM's looked compared to RT's.

[PR19_Kit]

Don't forget the RLs, the Leyland engined versions. You could tell them by the extra smoke and more noise. 

[Mossie]

Apparently today is the anniversary of the unveiling of the prototype, according to wiki they entered service with London Transport in February 1956.  Only four prototypes operated until 1958 and I'm guessing it took a little while to build up a fleet, so I'm guessing that's why you remember them more from the 60's Chris?

[Martin H]

You could tell them by the extra smoke and more noise. 

How very Leyland LOL

[NARSES2]

Apparently today is the anniversary of the unveiling of the prototype, according to wiki they entered service with London Transport in February 1956.  Only four prototypes operated until 1958 and I'm guessing it took a little while to build up a fleet, so I'm guessing that's why you remember them more from the 60's Chris?

Cheers Mossie, memory isn't going as quickly as I thought 

[McColm]

Had my first bus ride on the new Routemaster route 9. The outside looks big and the inside looks small. It tries to keep the old style bus pleasing to the eye. The roof lighting is suttle and the wrap-around upper windows are a clever idea. Apart from the heater there isn't any noise.