Kitbashing a steam omnibus

[Graeme Dunbar]

Oooh "elf'n'safety". You'll be saying we can't shove small boys up chimneys or stick lads inside boilers and throw red hot rivets at them next!

Steps aint for the likes of us guv. It's fer them toffs wot ride in a coach an' four.

[tedp]

Agh yes Ted, but are the wheels the same diameter  ::) and what about the conductors bad back, he has to bend down to pick the box up from it's resting place, before getting off the bus with it in his hand, which means an awkward jarring jump down, then he has to bend and place it into position, climb back aboard to offer an arm to any lady requiring assistance up onto the bus, because there are no hand rails, step back off and bend to pick up his box, negotiate the unnaturally high step, now with the box in his hand, and no hand rails, bend down again to place the box back in it's unofficial resting place, giving him the dilemma, does he ring the bus away because his driver is getting impatient 'cos the safety valves lifted and is blowing in his ear hole, or does he store the box and then ring the bus away risking the ire of the driver, who will surely give him a jerky ride at every opportunity.

And all this grief, just because a sailor who should never have been employed in the omnibus company in the first place, is cutting corners just so he can purloin a bit of teak flooring to repair his boat.  ;D ;D ;D

Regards, :-*

BrianT.

Corners? You're cutting them mighty fine, I'd say, haha.  :laugh:

Teak flooring to repair the boat? You don't know how close you are. I'm having some teak deck replaced right now.  ;D

Oooh "elf'n'safety". You'll be saying we can't shove small boys up chimneys or stick lads inside boilers and throw red hot rivets at them next!

Steps aint for the likes of us guv. It's fer them toffs wot ride in a coach an' four.

Hear hear.   ;)

[Stephen Clulow]

Lovely model Ted! What were the two starting kits? (I may have missed it, if so apologies). I'm especially interested in the kit that gave you the bus body.
Thanks
Stephen

[Stephen Clulow]

I did miss it :-)  Keilkraft kits of the London 'B' type bus
Thanks

[tedp]

I still have two left to build a rail version - in the future....    ::)