Model bus collecting; KMB Leyland Olympian and CMB MCW Super Metrobus
Ah, it's a very British/ European/ Hong Kong and Singapore thing that many people (mostly boys and men, but they are girls and ladies too) are bus enthusiasts. I'm one of those nerds and I'm a minor one compared with many who know buses much better than me.
Left: a Leyland Olympian 11-meter, non-aircon, dual-door, tri-axle double-decker with Walter Alexander RH body, in Kowloon Motor Bus livery. (Buses Model Co. product ID: BLS30101)
Right: Metro-Cammell Weymann (MCW) Metrobus (Super Metrobus), 12-meter, non-aircon, dual-door, triaxle double-decker in China Motor Bus (a Hong Kong bus operator) livery. (ABC Models product ID: 000803)
Mostly such models are built to a very high precision in 1:76 scale, which is also known as the OO-scale -- the British model railway scale. Continental Europe tends to use the 1:87 HO-scale.
Model bus collecting; KMB Leyland Olympian and CMB MCW Super Metrobus
Ah, it's a very British/ European/ Hong Kong and Singapore thing that many people (mostly boys and men, but they are girls and ladies too) are bus enthusiasts. I'm one of those nerds and I'm a minor one compared with many who know buses much better than me.
Left: a Leyland Olympian 11-meter, non-aircon, dual-door, tri-axle double-decker with Walter Alexander RH body, in Kowloon Motor Bus livery. (Buses Model Co. product ID: BLS30101)
Right: Metro-Cammell Weymann (MCW) Metrobus (Super Metrobus), 12-meter, non-aircon, dual-door, triaxle double-decker in China Motor Bus (a Hong Kong bus operator) livery. (ABC Models product ID: 000803)
Mostly such models are built to a very high precision in 1:76 scale, which is also known as the OO-scale -- the British model railway scale. Continental Europe tends to use the 1:87 HO-scale.