Independent Bus/Coach Operators, Lanarkshire. 1/76 scale.

            Because of my recent travels, giving me my first opportunity to use the excellent Citylink Air service, I was unable to attend this months meeting of the Model Bus Scotland group, of which I am one of the admins. The meeting theme was “independent operators” and so, to make up for missing the meeting, I had a little photoshoot of some of my independent’s coach models. Featuring a majority of Code 3 (officially manufactured models, altered, repainted etc without the makers knowledge), these pictures include models of; Henderson Travel (Hamilton). Stuarts of Carluke, Hutchison of Overtown. McKindless (Newmains)

This picture focuses on YIB 4528, a Plaxton Premiere in McKindless of Newmains, Glasgow Shuttle/Express livery and depicted on the X1 service between Glasgow’s Buchanan Bus Station and West Crindledyke in Newmains. I have made some very small changes to the base model, adding the SPT Zonecard pennant to the door window with another on the windscreen. I also added a simple destination sign to the windscreen, a small square with hi-visibility/dayglo orange background and “X1” written in bold black. Both these changes add realism as the real coaches featured them. The real coach was also used on the X2 service between Buchanan Stn and Cleland, North Lanarkshire. 

McKindless coach fleet livery, silver & blue with red stripes, was based on that of British Airways. The basis for this model was previously registered as J711CWT, then changed to YIB1189 in June of 2001 before eventually receiving Vehicle Registration Mark YIB 4528 later that same month.

Taken on: April 27, 2023

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