AEC Bus B-type
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You can build step by step, this wonderful scale model of the AEC Bus B-type. This incredible model of ancient vehicle, will let you long times of pleasant leisure. B-type buses were built in Walthamstow and replaced ...
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AEC B-type: the London bus that went to war (1914)
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You can build step by step, this wonderful scale model of the AEC Bus B-type. This incredible model of ancient vehicle, will let you long times of pleasant leisure.
B-type buses were built in Walthamstow and replaced the previous X-type buses. The B-type had a seating capacity for 34 persons, 16 inside and 18 on the uncovered top deck and is considered to have been the first mass produced bus. The first of these buses began to carry passengers in 1911. By 1913 around 2500 had entered into service.
This model was designed by Frank Searle, who was chief engineer at the LGOC. It had a wooden frame, steel wheels a worm drive and chain gearbox. It had a top speed of 16 mph, which was above the legal speed limit at that time of 12 mph; however some of these buses could reach speeds of around 30-35 mph in the right conditions.
A total of 900 B-type buses were used to move troops behind the lines during the First World War. The Imperial War Museum still conserves one of these buses, B 43, which was affectionately know as Ole Bill after the contemporary cartoon character. The original B 340 is still conserved at the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, and has been restored.
Let you carry, to the times when these vehicles covered the streets, making this scale model.
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- Referencia
- 57000
- Número de piezas
- 580
- Nivel de dificultad
- Intermediate
- Tiempo estimado de montaje
- 100 horas
Dimensiones de la maqueta
- Longitud
- 290 mm (11.42 in)
- Altura
- 157 mm (6.18 in)
- Anchura
- 96 mm (3.78 in)
- Escala
- 1:24
Model materials
- Wood
- Fine hardwoods of several species, chosen according to what each part has to do: structure, hull planking, deck and visible finishes. Laser-cut sheets for a precise fit.
- Photo-etched brass
- Photochemically etched brass parts for the finest detail, impossible to reproduce in wood.
- Zamak castings
- Detail parts such as cannons, anchors and deck fittings, cast in zamak for a solid, realistic finish.
- Cotton
- Sewn sails and threads of different thicknesses for the standing and running rigging.
Contenido incluido
- Placa de latón fotograbado
- Con el nombre del modelo
- Base de exposición
- Soporte básico para la maqueta
