Network Spare Midis
238 has the opposite problem to most of my NCT network models in that its green is too light, but considering it’s mainly yellow I don’t really mind. Here it is alongside 202, in the first meeting of these two models since completion of the latter, representing blue line and pink line in my aim to get a model for each NCT route colour.
202’s blind shows off how better it looks when a photo of a real bus blind is used compared to 238’s computer drawn blind. The only issue is the 30 blinds are made off a Solo SR photo and they have Mobitec blinds, so incorrect for an Omnitown that had Bright Tech displays. But Bright Tech basically never came out on photos anyway so the chance of a ‘good’ 30 one existing is low. 238’s blind is also based off a Solo SR’s Mobitec, but in actuality the Solos had a strange LED retrofitted where the font was similar to the Mobitecs but just a bit ‘off’.
I mean, there’s also the issues of 202 only bearing a passing resemblance to an actual Omnitown and 238 being the wrong length, but I’m just gonna fixate on the LED blinds for some reason. I was going to write about them both being early 2000s NCT midis surviving until 2019 but I got distracted!
Network Spare Midis
238 has the opposite problem to most of my NCT network models in that its green is too light, but considering it’s mainly yellow I don’t really mind. Here it is alongside 202, in the first meeting of these two models since completion of the latter, representing blue line and pink line in my aim to get a model for each NCT route colour.
202’s blind shows off how better it looks when a photo of a real bus blind is used compared to 238’s computer drawn blind. The only issue is the 30 blinds are made off a Solo SR photo and they have Mobitec blinds, so incorrect for an Omnitown that had Bright Tech displays. But Bright Tech basically never came out on photos anyway so the chance of a ‘good’ 30 one existing is low. 238’s blind is also based off a Solo SR’s Mobitec, but in actuality the Solos had a strange LED retrofitted where the font was similar to the Mobitecs but just a bit ‘off’.
I mean, there’s also the issues of 202 only bearing a passing resemblance to an actual Omnitown and 238 being the wrong length, but I’m just gonna fixate on the LED blinds for some reason. I was going to write about them both being early 2000s NCT midis surviving until 2019 but I got distracted!