City of Nottingham Transport Fleetline
The only first generation rear engined bus available in OMSI is a Hong Kong derived Leyland Fleetline which doesn't really look like any UK bus. This means to create different representations of Fleetlines and Atlanteans some creativity and imagination is needed. I've had a pretty basic NCT repaint for this bus for quite a long time, tweaking it now and again when I think I can make improvements. The many windows and single width entrance door do at least do something to make it look a little like an NCT bus.
This time around I had a bit of a go at making the front panel look a little more like those on NCT Atlanteans along with other livery and detail alterations. There are now two variations, one on the semi-automatic bus and the other on the fully automatic one.
I have changed the interior from CMB blue to a yellowy beige on all the repaints because blue looked terrible - the seat backs still need doing. When I get round to it I'm going to remove all the Chinese writing I can find, much like I did on the E200. Another thing I did was make up some fleet numbers and registrations to replace the CMB ones.
This time I almost got the front and side stripes to line up too!
The automatic bus is meant to look a little like RNU 433X with black painted around the lower deck windows and the black rectangles in which the headlights sit. Unfortunately, while I can't make the bus have a Firestone HELP bumper, I can plaint the metal one black. The semi-automatic bus is meant to look like a slightly older bus, before the HELP bumpers came in with cream-painted steel bumper and no black around the windows or headlights. The difference between the two is helped by the models having different front number plate locations. The CMB Fleetline has a very flat front with slight indentations around the headlamps and a triangular one in the centre that aren't very easy to see - so I have added on the texture the illusion of depth where the square panels containing the headlights are set slightly back from the centre panel and area below the windscreen (which extends over the headlights to reduce glare from the lights at night/in fog).
Hopefully in future I'll get round to creating more variants - perhaps in one of the older livery versions, with fake lower fog lights or no front bumper.
City of Nottingham Transport Fleetline
The only first generation rear engined bus available in OMSI is a Hong Kong derived Leyland Fleetline which doesn't really look like any UK bus. This means to create different representations of Fleetlines and Atlanteans some creativity and imagination is needed. I've had a pretty basic NCT repaint for this bus for quite a long time, tweaking it now and again when I think I can make improvements. The many windows and single width entrance door do at least do something to make it look a little like an NCT bus.
This time around I had a bit of a go at making the front panel look a little more like those on NCT Atlanteans along with other livery and detail alterations. There are now two variations, one on the semi-automatic bus and the other on the fully automatic one.
I have changed the interior from CMB blue to a yellowy beige on all the repaints because blue looked terrible - the seat backs still need doing. When I get round to it I'm going to remove all the Chinese writing I can find, much like I did on the E200. Another thing I did was make up some fleet numbers and registrations to replace the CMB ones.
This time I almost got the front and side stripes to line up too!
The automatic bus is meant to look a little like RNU 433X with black painted around the lower deck windows and the black rectangles in which the headlights sit. Unfortunately, while I can't make the bus have a Firestone HELP bumper, I can plaint the metal one black. The semi-automatic bus is meant to look like a slightly older bus, before the HELP bumpers came in with cream-painted steel bumper and no black around the windows or headlights. The difference between the two is helped by the models having different front number plate locations. The CMB Fleetline has a very flat front with slight indentations around the headlamps and a triangular one in the centre that aren't very easy to see - so I have added on the texture the illusion of depth where the square panels containing the headlights are set slightly back from the centre panel and area below the windscreen (which extends over the headlights to reduce glare from the lights at night/in fog).
Hopefully in future I'll get round to creating more variants - perhaps in one of the older livery versions, with fake lower fog lights or no front bumper.