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A list of
variations,
errors,
perceived
errors,
numbering anomalies
and
general errors
associated with die-cast model buses
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Livery/Model |
Issue Date |
Variations |
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|
Britbus AS2-003 |
London Transport/AEC Swift |
2006/05 |
A small number are known to exist the with base-model's registration of EGN 163J as well as the correct EGN 317J |
|
Corgi 96895 |
Birmingham/Morris J van |
1993/12 |
Legal lettering shows Genetal (rather than General) Manager: also issued correctly |
|
EFE 10113 |
Dundee/RT |
1991/08 |
A number of models released with black on white destination blinds – mainly released correctly with white on black |
|
EFE 10121 |
London Country Green/RT |
1995/04 |
Allsorts base model without tampo printing bar off-side Dulux advert. Not generally issued by Allsorts |
|
EFE 10121 |
London Country/RT |
1996/06 |
RT 3148 incorrectly issued with reg. no. LLU613: mainly issued correctly with reg. no. KYY 877 |
|
EFE 10121 |
London Transport /RT |
1998/03 |
(EFE Collectors Club) 216 issued as 321 Croxley LT Station, and only 24 issued as 325 Newgreens Estate |
|
EFE 10123 |
London Transport/RT |
1997/05 |
A very small number found their way onto the open market completely devoid of tampo printing |
|
EFE 10132C |
London Transport/RT |
2004/07 |
A small number were issued as a re-working of 10130 with closed rear wheel hubs rather than the more generally available re-working of 10132 with open rear wheel hubs |
|
EFE 11104 |
Lockeys/RTL |
1990/11 |
A very small number of models were issued with LT red, rather than Lockeys black, wheels |
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EFE 11110 |
Stevensons/RTL |
1996/03 |
Approximately 24 models known to have AEC radiator fitted in error |
|
EFE 14002A |
Eastern National/Bristol FLF Lodekka |
1993/08 |
Known to exist with side averts fitted the wrong way round, i.e. with Golden Jubilee Rally on the off-side and Bristol Festival on near-side |
|
EFE 15608 |
London Transport/RM |
1993/12 |
Very small number of models (48-96?) issued as RM 966 on route 141 rather than the intended RM 1768 on route 7 |
|
EFE 15802 |
East Kent/Leyland Titan PD1 |
1994/04 |
Also released with upper deck from 16003 East Kent Leyland PD2 |
|
EFE 15628 |
London Transport /RM |
2000/07 |
Two variants of offside adverts - no current indication as to quantities of each made available. The black variation is believed to have been a private release. |
|
EFE 16001 |
Todmorden/LMS/PD1 |
1993/11 |
Incorrectly showing Hebden Bridge rather than Summit on side blind – mainly issued correctly |
|
EFE 16003 |
East Kent/Leyland Titan PD2 |
1994/04 |
Also released with upper deck from 15802 East Kent Leyland PD1 |
|
EFE 16305 |
Tilling Red/Bristol LS |
n/k |
Not issued, though a very small number of models have found their way onto the open market without any tampo printing in error |
|
EFE 16503 |
Devon General/Atlantean |
1994/04 |
Ribble on engine bustle in error: mainly issued correctly |
|
EFE 20410 |
Southdown/Bristol VRT III |
1996/12 |
Originally 20410A with a Stagecoach logo on the offside, the logos were removed from most of the model before they went on sale. |
|
EFE 23703 |
Bradford/Alexander Fleetline |
1998/02 |
A small number of models produced with a plain, rather than fluted, roof dome |
|
EFE 26404 |
East Yorkshire/Daimler Utility |
2003/08 |
Initial batch fitted with Guy Arab II radiator and chassis in error – about 600 were subsequently issued re-registered, and with a fresh fleet number and destination, and corrected labelled as 16313 |
|
EFE 28602 |
First Pennine/Leyland Atlantean |
2002/11 |
A small number of models released with the original 005 route number and First Pennine destination as well as the intended 350 Hey Farm |
|
London Transport/AEC RM |
2009/05 |
Known to exist without any blinds depicted - quantity unknown |
|
|
OOC 40305 |
Yelloway/Seagull |
1997/02 |
Destinations vary between Torquay and Rochdale (possibly deliberately?), Rochdale believed to be the rarer |
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OOC 40406 |
Oxford/AEC Regent III |
1997/05 |
Variation issued with a red roof, rather than the more general maroon roof |
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OOC 41901 |
Southdown/PD3 |
1999/12 |
Some models noted as having the silver horizontal bar missing from drivers window |
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OOC 42501 |
Royal Blue/Bedford OB |
1996/12 |
Variation issued with seats raised rather than the generally issued and more correct seats level |
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OOC 42502 |
Trossachs/Bedford OB |
1996/12 |
Variation issued with seats level rather than the generally issued and more correct seats raised |
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OOC 42601 |
MacBrayne/Bedford OB |
1996/12 |
Variation issued with seats raised rather than the generally issued and more correct seats level |
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OOC 42701 |
Shearings/Volvo B10M |
1996/11 |
Variation issued with seats missing |
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OOC 42805 |
Plymouth/Dart Pointer |
1997/08 |
Variation showing fleet number 104 and registration number L104 YOD – ‘almost certainly’ never officially released, though a small number have found their way onto the open market |
|
OOC 42906 |
Crosville Cymru/Delta |
1997/10 |
Some models issued without route number (possibly deliberately?) |
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OOC 43004 |
Keighley/Olympian |
1997/04 |
Line variation (yellow line missing between decks) on some models |
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OOC 43205 |
Citybus/Olympian |
1998/06 |
Hong Kong issue models had an additional Dragon motif (as used on model 43222) |
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Livery/Model |
Issue Date |
Errors |
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ABC TRA5101 |
Stockport Corporation Tramways/Leyland Lion PLSC |
2000/12 |
Box incorrectly indicates Southport rather than Stockport |
| ABC TRA5301 | Fife Scottish/Daimler Fleetline | 2001/03 | Insert misspells re-classified as re-cassified, and classification as calassification |
| Britbus AS2W-14 | London Transport/AEC Swift | 2007/01 | Garage code incorrectly showing SW - should be either EW or W |
|
Britbus DL-01 |
Aldershot & District/Loline III |
2005/12 |
Incorrectly showing modern black on yellow rear number plate – official stickers made available to correct |
|
Britbus DL-001A |
Aldershot & District/Loline III |
2006/03 |
Incorrectly showing modern black on yellow rear number plate – official stickers made available to correct |
|
Britbus DL-001B |
Aldershot & District/Loline III |
2006/03 |
Incorrectly showing modern black on yellow rear number plate – official stickers made available to correct |
|
Britbus DL-03 |
Aldershot & District/Loline III |
2006/06 |
n/s advert showing Ash Read, instead of Ash Road |
|
Britbus ES-05 |
Ipswich Buses/Scania Omnidekka |
2007/02 |
Registration PJ54 YZU coupled with incorrect fleet number 60 - should be 61 |
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Britbus LH-01 |
London Transport/Bristol LH/ECW |
2007/12 |
Incorrectly showing registration KJD 480P instead of KJD 408P– official stickers made available to correct |
|
Britbus LH-03 |
London Transport/Bristol LH/ECW |
2008/02 |
Incorrectly showing silver handrails across the windscreen - should be black as LH-01 and LH-02 |
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EMMS/Bristol LH/ECW |
2008/08 |
Legal lettering incorrectly showing S40 2J2 instead of S40 2JZ |
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|
Britbus ME1-02 |
London Transport/AEC Merlin |
2008/06 |
MBS/MBA style glazing strip incorrectly applied to offside |
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Britbus MRL-01 |
Westlink/MCW Metrorider |
2005/09 |
Incorrectly showing black on white rear registration rather than black on yellow |
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Britbus MRL-02 |
Kentish Bus/MCW Metrorider |
2005/12 |
Incorrectly showing Stanwell Buses in legal lettering; should be Kentish Bus & Coach Co. Ltd. |
|
Britbus N6101 |
Greater Manchester/Metropolitan |
2003/11 |
Front registration shown as GNC 277N, rear registration shown as GNS 277N |
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Britbus N6102A |
Greater Glasgow/Metropolitan |
2004/03 |
Legal lettering shows G25 TR - should be G2 5TR |
|
Britbus N6102B |
Trans-Clyde/Metropolitan |
2004/03 |
Legal lettering shows G25 TR - should be G2 5TR |
|
Britbus N6108 |
GMT/Metropolitan |
2004/10 |
Via blind shows Dunkinfield instead of Dukinfield |
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Britbus N6201X |
Leicester/MCW Scania Metropolitan |
2003/09 |
Destination should read Beaumont Leys Centre instead of Beoumont Leys Centre |
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Britbus N6202 |
Black Prince/MCW Scania Metropolitan |
2003/09 |
Incorrectly showing Metroplitan rather than Metropolitan on engine cover, and Capacitey instead of Capacity in the legal lettering |
|
Britbus R401 |
London Buses/Scania N113 |
2009/12 |
Box states Olympian rather than Scania N113 |
|
Britbus R402 |
London Buses/Scania N113 |
2006/12 |
Box states Olympian rather than Scania N113 |
|
Black Prince/Scania N113 |
2005/08 |
Incorrectly shows a drivers weekly wage of Ł3.60 rather than Ł360, and Capacitey instead of Capacity in the legal lettering |
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|
Britbus R812 |
Demonstrator/Scania N113 |
2006/11 |
'Auenue instead of Avenue, and 'ES1' instead of S81 in the legal lettering |
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Britbus R906 |
First Capital/Alexander Olympian |
2006/03 |
Aldwich shown instead of Aldwych |
|
Britbus R907 |
First Leeds/Alexander Olympian |
2006/04 |
Batter instead of Battery below driver's window, and Engwe instead of Engine on Emergency Engine Stop |
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Britbus R908 |
First PMT/Alexander Olympian |
2007/04 |
'Batter cut off binside' instead of Battery cut off inside' below driver's window |
|
Britbus R9-001 |
First Capital/Alexander Olympian |
2008/03 |
Batter instead of Battery below driver's window, and Engwe instead of Engine on Emergency Engine Stop |
| Corgi 35009 | Blackpool /Routemaster | 2000/01 |
Side blind shows Tolbot instead of Talbot and Squire instead of Squires |
| Corgi 35009 | Blackpool /Routemaster | 2000/01 |
Side blind shows Tolbot instead of Talbot and Squire instead of Squires |
| Corgi CC25907 | Arriva London/Routemaster (Last Day) | 2006/12 | Fleet number missing from offside |
| CMNL UKB0026 | EYMS/Enviro400 | 2009/07 | Incorrectly showing Puel Oil rather than Fuel Oil on the off-side |
|
CMNL UKB1016 |
A1 Service/ALX400 |
2004/06 |
montored instead of monitored on CCTV notice, Hosspital instead of Hospital and Kilmarmock instead of Kilmarnock on upper deck windows |
|
CMNL UKB1021 |
First Midland Red/ALX400 |
2006/06 |
Worester rather than Worcester in the legal lettering |
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CMNL UKB1022 |
Cheltenham Stagecoach/ALX400 |
2006/01 |
Cheltengam rather than Cheltenham in the legal lettering |
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Lothian/Plaxton President |
2003/07 |
EMERGENCY incorrectly spelt on rear boot lid, and beneath rear upper-deck window |
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|
Lothian/Plaxton President |
2005/01 |
Incorrectly showing PEAR instead of PEAK in front windscreen, EMERGENCY incorrectly spelt on rear boot lid, and beneath rear upper-deck window |
|
|
Arriva London/MPD |
2005/08 |
towand instead of towards and wtlb instead of with on window adverts |
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|
CMNL UKB2006 |
Bright & Hove/President |
2004/02 |
Incorrectly showing Brightom in main fleetnames: AGGESS instead of ACCESS on door |
|
CMNL UKB3014 |
Arriva London/MPD |
2005/08 |
towand instead of towards on near-side window advert |
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Lothian/London United (Airbus) |
2006/01 |
Tampo printing on off-side rear corner upside down |
|
|
CMNL UKB4011 |
Lothian/Alexander Royale Olympian |
2007/06 |
Box incorrectly indicates registration P431 PSX - model correctly shows P431 KSX |
| CMNL UKB5003 | First Slough/Citaro | 2006/01 | Four different spelling errors in the Vacancies advert |
| CMNL UKB5009 | Solent Blue Line/Citaro | 2006/12 | Incorrectly Showing Mardhwood instead Marchwood in route-branding |
| CMNL UKB5010 | First Manchester/Citaro | 2007/01 | Inverted 'e' in offside '10 minutes' circle (most of the day) |
| CMNL UKB6005 | Stagecoach Manchester/Enviro400 | 2007/08 | Vehicle modelled never ran in service on route shown - showing traver instead of travel in n/s and o/s window adverts |
| CMNL UKB6021 | First Devon & Cornwall/Enviro400 | 2009/08 | 'SCREEN WASH' printed upside down |
|
CMNL UKB7004 |
First Hants & Dorset/Scania Omnicity |
2007/03 |
Incorrectly showing Public Trabsport Info on rear and offside windows |
|
CMNL UKB8001 |
Selkent/Enviro200 |
2007/10 |
Kenr rather than Kent in legal lettering |
|
First Hants & Dorset/Enviro200 |
2010/01 |
Breax Glass rather than Break Glass on Emergency exit notice |
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EFE 10128 |
London Transport/RT |
2000/02 |
Registration shown correctly as FJJ 738 on front, and incorrectly as 738 FJJ on rear - issued as part of the Cobham/Ramblers gift set 99920 |
|
EFE 10123B |
London Transport/RT |
1997/10 |
LCBS Flying Polo logo printed upside down |
|
EFE 10123C |
London Transport/RT |
1997/10 |
LCBS Flying Polo logo printed upside down |
|
EFE 10132C |
London Transport/RT |
2004/07 |
Showing Cheshan instead of Chesham shown on via blinds |
| EFE 11107 | Barton/RTL | 1992/08 | Showing Ilkestone instead of Ilkeston on front blind |
|
EFE 11111 |
Walsall Corporation/RTL |
1998/06 |
Showing Fleet 205 and Reg. OLD 601 – should be either 204/OLD 601 or 205/OLD 603 |
|
EFE 11902 |
Yelloway/Harrington Cavalier |
1991/08 |
Side-blind incorrectly showing showing Ryle instead of Rhyl |
|
EFE 12106 |
Valiant/Harrington Cavalier |
1993/05 |
Destination shows Chedder Gorge rather than Cheddar Gorge |
|
EFE 15610 |
London Transport/RM |
1994/04 |
Blinds incorrectly show Kesington instead of Kensington |
|
EFE 15610A |
London Transport/RM |
1994/04 |
Blinds incorrectly show Kesington instead of Kensington |
|
EFE 15610B |
London Transport/RM |
1994/04 |
Blinds incorrectly show Kesington instead of Kensington |
|
EFE 15613 |
Blackpool/RM |
1994/09 |
Side blind shows Tolbot instead of Talbot and Squire instead of Squires |
|
EFE 15628C |
London Transport/RM |
2001/05 |
Registration incorrectly applied as ALB 1B - should be ALM 1B |
|
EFE 15905 |
Ribble/PD1 Highbridge |
1994/04 |
Irwins correctly shown on side advert, Erwins incorrectly shown on box |
|
EFE 15905 |
Salford/PD1 Highbridge |
1995/05 |
Lowheight upper deck bench seating fitted in error |
|
EFE 15910 |
Southdown/PD1 Highbridge |
2001/05 |
Showing Hertsmonceux instead of Herstmonceux |
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EFE 15911 |
Barton/PD1 |
2002/08 |
Showing Chillwell instead of Chilwell in the legal lettering |
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EFE 16301 |
United/Bristol LS |
1993/12 |
Showing Haltwiste instead of Haltwhistle |
|
EFE 16407A |
London Transport/Roofbox RT |
2000/06 |
Showing Farringdon instead of Faringdon on all three blind boxes |
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EFE 16701 |
London Transport/Leyland National |
1994/02 |
Showing London General legal lettering instead of London Transport Executive |
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EFE 18606 |
Bristol VRTIII O/T/Cumberland |
2001/01 |
CRCULAR instead of CIRCULAR on both side adverts |
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Bedford SB/Southern Vectis |
1995/05 |
Map of the island incorrectly shown reversed on both sides |
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|
EFE 19801 |
Daimler CVG6 MCW Orion/Manchester |
1995/04 |
Fleet number should be 4480-4489, not 4400 which was MCW but not Orion |
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EFE 19807 |
Daimler CVG6 MCW Orion/Lancashire |
1998/02 |
Should not have route number box on back |
|
EFE 20122 |
Bedford OB/Skills |
1999/03 |
1950’s model with post code in legal lettering – post codes were not introduced until 1966 |
|
EFE 20303 |
Bristol VRII/Southdown NBC |
1996/01 |
Legals incorrectly showing Steine St. address - should be Freshfield Rd. |
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EFE 20438 |
Bristol VRIII/Southdown NBC |
2006/06 |
Legals incorrectly showing Steine St. address - should be Freshfield Rd. |
| EFE 22512 | Western/Alexander Y Type | 2003/04 | Showing Main Swatch instead of Main Switch on off side |
| EFE 22703 | Lincs Road Car/Alexander Y Type | 1997/12 | Incorrectly showing an ambitious 63 seat capacity |
| EFE 23202 | Green Line/AEC RF | 1998/05 | Showing Stains instead of Staines on the roofboards |
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Lancaster/Manchester Atlantean |
1998/12 |
Showing Morcambe instead of Morecambe on front blind |
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|
EFE 24902 |
First Capital/MB 709 Minibus |
2003/01 |
Showing Walihamstow instead of Walthamstow in legal lettering |
|
EFE 25207 |
Southdown/Bristol RELL |
1999/12 |
Showing Steine Street rather than Freshfield Road in legal lettering |
|
West Riding/Bristol RELL |
2001/07 |
Showing Read instead of Road in legal lettering |
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|
EFE 25506D |
London Buses/RML |
1999/08 |
Showing Hide Park Corner rather than Hyde Park Corner of rear and side blinds |
|
EFE 25512 |
Stagecoach/RML |
2002/07 |
Incorrectly coloured ‘Stagecoach in London’ logos |
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EFE 25602 |
London Country NBC/RCL |
1999/02 |
Garage code showing DG instead of DS (interestingly the model is otherwise correctly based on a picture showing the route blind incorrectly set to 449 rather than 439) |
|
EFE 25806 |
Midland Fox/DMS |
2001/07 |
Gold logo and fleet name should have been yellow |
|
EFE 26322 |
London Transport/Guy Arab Utility |
2009/10 |
Incorrectly Showing LTPB legal lettering rather than LTE |
|
EFE 26313 |
East Yorkshire/Guy Arab Utility |
2003/10 |
Re-worked version of 26404 detailed as Guy Utility |
|
EFE 26402A |
Green Line/Daimler Utility |
2001/10 |
(Ramblers) A model with the errors listed on each of the 100 Limited Edition Certificates – it should have been D173, but ended up as D73, resulting in a bus in a fictitious livery – to cap it all the registration applied was that of D61 |
|
EFE 26404 |
East Yorkshire/Daimler Utility |
2003/10 |
Incorrectly issued with Guy Arab Radiator. |
|
EFE 26806 |
Bere Regis/Leyland Tiger/Duple |
2006/07 |
Incorrectly shows Bere & Regis District rather than Bere Regis & District in legal lettering |
|
United Welsh/Plaxton Paramount |
2003/01 |
Incorrectly shows Swancea rather than Swansea in legal lettering |
|
|
EFE 27303 |
Yorkshire Traction/Leyland TD1 |
2001/02 |
Showing Manger instead of Manager in legal lettering |
|
EFE 27502 |
First Eastern National/Wright Scania |
2000/12 |
‘First’ logo back to front on the offside |
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EFE 27607 |
Lancashire United/Wright Renown |
2002/05 |
Incorrectly showing Burnley & Pendle legal lettering |
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EFE 27609 |
First Manchester/Wright Renown |
2002/09 |
‘First’ logo back to front on the offside |
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Keighley/Wright Renown |
2004/01 |
Paid, concessionary and tendered all spelt incorrectly on front near-side advert |
|
|
EFE 27801 |
London Transport/STL |
2001/05 |
LTE legal lettering – should be LTPB |
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EFE 27807 |
London Transport/STL |
2001/09 |
Pre-(1939) war livery, but British Rail (1947 onwards) Holiday advert on side |
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EFE 27807B |
London Transport/STL |
2004/05 |
Beauity instead of Beauty on off-side advert |
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EFE 27809B |
London Transport/STL |
2003/10 |
Garage code EN was never used by London Transport - should show E for Enfield |
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EFE 28801 |
London Transport/Titan |
2002/07 |
Brodway instead of Broadway (legal lettering) |
|
EFE 28801 |
London Transport/Titan |
2002/07 |
Off-side LT Roundel should be above the cab rather than the stairs |
|
EFE 28802 |
London Transport/Titan |
2002/02 |
Brodway instead of Broadway (legal lettering) |
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EFE 28803 |
London Transport/Titan |
2003/04 |
Rear registration white on yellow: should be black on yellow |
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EFE 28804 |
London Transport/Titan |
2002/10 |
‘1’ missing from 101 route number on side destination blind: Brodway instead of Broadway (legal lettering) |
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EFE 28818 |
Oxford/Titan |
2009/04 |
Black on white rear registration plate in place of black on yellow |
|
EFE 29406 |
Lincolnshire Road Car/Bristol RELH |
2007/07 |
Legal lettering shows Lincolin instead of Lincoln |
|
EFE 29504 |
Royal Blue/Plaxton Panorama |
2004/11 |
Cream base livery should be white |
|
EFE 29602 |
Southern Vectis/Leyland Olympian B |
2003/10 |
Registration should be F711 SDL not F11 SDL |
|
EFE 29614 |
East Yorkshire/Leyland Olympian |
2007/02 |
Incorrectly showing 'Screen wash' beneath entrance door control - should be on front nearside corner beneath the screen wash filler cap |
|
EFE 30303 |
London Transport/Routemaster |
2004/09 |
Garage code incorrectly showing W instead of V |
|
EFE 30303SB |
London Transport/Routemaster |
2004/09 |
Garage code incorrectly showing W instead of V |
|
EFE 31701 |
London Transport/RMC |
2006/12 |
Incorrectly shows Unladen Weight in metric rather than Imperial measures |
|
EFE 31701A |
London Transport/RMC |
2007/04 |
Incorrectly shows Unladen Weight in metric rather than Imperial measures |
|
EFE 31703 |
London Transport/RMC |
2007/10 |
Incorrectly shows a three piece blind set on front, rather than two piece |
| EFE 31902 | London Transport/RML | 2006/11 | Side adverts are incorrectly too long |
|
EFE 31904A |
London Transport/RML |
2007/09 |
Incorrectly shows Sinshiem instead of Sinsheim on the sides, and has the EFE website address incorrectly stated on the rear |
|
United/Bristol RELH Coach |
2006/09 |
Automoble instead of Automobile in legal lettering |
|
|
EFE32401 |
Bristol/Bristol RELH Coach |
2008/11 |
'Bristol' scroll applied to the rear should not be present |
|
EFE34302 |
AEC RT 2RT2/London Transport |
2010/01 |
Incorrectly showing a route number in the rear roof box: rear roof boxes not used on 2RT2s post-war, except briefly on RT129 |
|
EFE34904 |
Southern Vectis/Leyland Olympian |
2009/11 |
Incorrectly showing Osbourne instead of Osborne on front blind |
|
London Transport/Daimler DMS |
2006/02 |
BAGAGE instead of BAGGAGE, and AVIOD instead of AVOID on internal lettering |
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|
EFE 99202 |
London Transport/Daimler Utility |
2005/05 |
LTE legal lettering – should be LPTB |
|
EFE AT1001 |
Melbourne Tramways/W6 Tramcar |
2008/08 |
Incorrectly showing destination as East Coborg rather than East Coburg |
|
London Transport Volvo Ailsa V3 |
2009/09 |
Broardway instead of Broadway in legal lettering |
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|
OOC 41104 |
Plymouth/PD2 Orion |
1999/12 |
Incorrectly showing Starky's rather than Starkey's on nearside advert |
|
OOC 41901 |
Southdown/Leyland PD3 |
1999/12 |
Showing Porchester instead of Portchester on via blind |
|
Lancaster/Leyland PD3 |
2000/08 |
Limitod instead of Limited and Morecombe instead of Morecambe in legal lettering |
|
|
OOC 42707 |
Citybus/Van Hool Alizee |
1998/07 |
Seats missing from Hong Kong issue models only |
|
OOC 42809 |
VFM Buses/Dart Pointer |
1998/01 |
Incorrectly showing destination of South Sheilds rather than South Shields |
|
OOC 42903 |
Blackpool Transport/Optare Delta |
1997/02 |
Front registration plate should be black on white, box incorrectly states fleet no. 130 rather than 129 |
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OOC 43013 |
Ribble NBC/Leyland Olympian |
2000/01 |
Rear registration plate should be black on yellow |
|
PMT/Leyland Lynx |
1999/02 |
Wrong heritage branding – Pottries rather than Potteries |
|
|
Oxford/Guy Arab II Utility |
1999/09 |
Seating capacities printed upside down and back to front |
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|
OOC 45101 |
Yorkshire Rider Leeds/Metrobus |
2000/05 |
Legal lettering should be Swingate Leeds, not Skircoat Road Halifax |
|
OOC 45109 |
Stagecoach East Kent/Metrobus |
2000/10 |
Four-fold doors should be two-fold, as 45104 |
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OOC 46013/1 |
EYMS/Wright Eclipse Urban |
2009/11 |
Destination of Endike Lane incorrectly shown as Endike Lake |
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OOC 97813 |
Brighton, Hove & District/BUT Weymann Trolleybus |
1995/06 |
'&' symbol missing from fleet names |
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OOC OM42405 |
Ribble/Leopard Panorama |
2002/02 |
Ribble logo (not wording) upside down on front panel |
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OOC OM40203 |
Aldershot/BET Federation |
2002/10 |
Aldershot OR Reading should show in the top ‘destination’ box, the lower box is for the ‘via’ blind |
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OOC OM40501 |
London Transport/Feltham |
2001/02 |
Originally distributed without certificates in error – certificates subsequently available via dealers ‘on request’ |
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OOC OM40505 |
LUT/Feltham |
2002/12 |
Destination miss-spelt Sheperds Bush – Corgi issued stickers to correct showing Shepherds Bush |
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OOC OM40506 |
Metropolitan/Feltham |
2003/06 |
Two upper deck windows (one front, one rear) wrongly obscured with white paint |
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OOC OM40802 |
Brighton, Hove & District/Bristol FS |
2002/07 |
Post amalgamation Southdown fleet number: should have Southdown not BH&D legal lettering |
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OOC OM40817 |
Western SMT/Bristol FS |
2007/07 |
Certificate incorrectly shows model available as either 18 to Largs Local or 91 to Langholm: the latter was actually released as 20 to Kilbarchan Wheatlands |
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OOC OM40904 |
Exeter/Leyland PD2 Orion |
2005/09 |
Issued in unlabelled white box in error |
| OOC OM41003 | London Transport/AEC 4Q4 | 2002/10 | London Passenger Executive legal lettering should be London Transport Executive |
| OOC OM41004 | London Transport/AEC 4Q4 | 2002/11 | London Passenger Executive legal lettering should be London Transport Executive |
| OOC OM41008 | London Transport/AEC 4Q4 | 2003/10 | London Passenger Executive legal lettering should be London Transport Executive |
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OOC OM41102 |
Huddersfield/Daimler CVG6 |
2003/07 |
Factory applied Poppy Red in error for Post Office Red |
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OOC OM41112 |
Burnley/Colne/Nelson/Leyland PD3 |
2008/02 |
Route X28 on the certificate, route 50 on the model |
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London Transport/Leyland RTW |
2006/08 |
Tranport instead of Transport in legal lettering |
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OOC OM41703 |
London Transport/Leyland RTW |
2007/07 |
London Transport Board legal lettering should be London Transport Executive |
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OOC OM41905 |
Southdown/PD3 open |
2002/02 |
NBC symbol should follow the fleet name, not precede it |
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OOC OM41907 |
Southdown/Leyland PD3 |
2003/01 |
Incorrectly showing Steine Street rather than Freshfield Road in legal lettering |
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OOC OM42507 |
Brighton & Hove/East Lancs Lolyne |
2004/03 |
Holllingdean instead of Hollingdean on side blind |
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OOC OM42518 |
Transdev/East Lancs Lolyne |
2008/01 |
Both A and B variants should have a red roof - white roof not applied at the time of release. (when applied it should have TGD VLE18 security lettering shown) |
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OOC OM43601 |
Harris Bus/Palatine II |
2002/01 |
Crdyford rather than Crayford in the route branding on rear |
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OOC OM43703 |
London Transport/Q1 |
2002/06 |
Fleet number belongs to another class of vehicle |
| OOC OM43907 | Maidstone & District/Daimler Utility | 2001/11 | Towbridge instead of Tonbridge on via blind |
| OOC OM43911 | Coventry Corporation/Daimler Utility | 2003/12 | Guy Arab Utility bonnet and wings used in error |
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OOC OM44108 |
Burton/Optare Solo |
2005/08 |
Issued in unlabelled white box in error |
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OOC OM44109 |
Strathtay/Optare Solo |
2005/11 |
Scoish instead of Scottish in the legal lettering |
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OOC OM44701 |
Lothian Buses/Plaxton SLF |
2004/01 |
Packaging incorrectly states Lothian Regional Transport. Lothian also only ran SPDs not SLFs |
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OOC OM45701 |
London Transport/Q4 |
2001/11 |
White roof should be silver |
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OOC OM46103 |
First Eastern/Plaxton Paragon |
2007/09 |
Fleet 20500 should have registration AO02 RBX, not AO02 RCX as modelled - Eastern Countries incorrectly stated on the box label |
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London Transport/Routemaster RM |
2010/01 |
Certificate incorrectly shows RM164, model correctly shows RM1164 |
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OOC OM55603 |
West Midlands/BMMO D9 |
2001/08 |
Missing the 4871 fleet number on rear route number box |
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LT Green Line/Routemaster RMC |
2005/08 |
Incorrectly carrying polished front wheel trims (ref. Blacker: RM Vol 1 p90) |
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Sunstar 2907 |
LT Shillibeer/Routemaster RM |
2006/03 |
Incorrectly showing rear registration as CUV 191 - should be CUV 191C |
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Trux TX7F |
Leyland Tiger OPS2 |
2008/11 |
Showing fleet no. 2660 on the nearside and 2662 on the off-side |
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Livery/Model |
Issue Date |
Perceived errors known to be correct |
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EFE 16607 |
Hobart/Leyland National TRUX |
2006/02 |
Leyland Atlantean badge on front |
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Livery/Model |
Issue Date |
Numbering anomalies |
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EFE 15107 |
Surfside/Leyland National TRUX |
2005/01 |
Should be in the 150xx (short pod) series |
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EFE 16605 |
Cardiff/Leyland National |
2002/09 |
Should be in the 150xx (short pod) series |
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EFE 16702 |
Melbourne/Leyland National TRUX |
2005/02 |
Should be in the 166xx (short pod) series |
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EFE 17401 |
Eastern Counties/Leyland National |
1998/09 |
Should be in the 177xx (mk. II) series |
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EFE 17901 |
London Transport/Routemaster O/T |
1994/08 |
Should be in the 178xx (no blind box casting) series |
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EFE 18306 |
Western Welsh/Leyland Tiger TS8 |
1995/12 |
Should be in the 184xx (small blind box) series |
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EFE 18306DL |
Western Welsh/Leyland Tiger TS8 |
1999/02 |
Should be in the 184xx (small blind box) series |
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EFE green RT models 10103,
10103A, 10103B, 10123, 10123A, 10123B, 10123C, 101001, 101003A,
101003B, 101003D, 101005 all incorrectly have black wings.
London Transport Country Area RTs and London Country RTs always
had green wings. Only London Transport's Central Area red RTs
ever had black ones All EFE London Country models of every type have incorrect legal ownership lettering which reads "London Country Bus Service Ltd" instead of "London Country Bus Services Ltd" All EFE Plaxton Panorama Elite II 157xx and 295xx series models with Panorama Elite II wording have Panorama incorrectly spelt Panarama All EFE Prototype Routemasters have the fuel filler cap on the wrong side of the vehicle All EFE 'Routemaster Series' model boxes incorrectly state that the last Routemaster model will be RML2575 All EFE RCLs are fitted with the wrong radiator grill - they should be as found on the new EFE 31701 RMC model |
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