Rusty Old Rubbish

A Happy New Year and Happy New Decade to all my readers. As has become customary, I'm starting 2020 with a review of Corgi's recentl...

A Happy New Year to all my readers. It's become traditional at this time of year to review Corgi's newly-announced bus models so 201...

I've previously bemoaned the lack of interest in the modern-day bus scene on this blog. Thanks to accessibility legislation, all the int...

I've been meaning to write this for several weeks now but the announcement coincided with my busiest period at work and life has just go...

Travel on any modern low-floor bus and you'll soon notice a fundamental design problem. With the engine mounted at the rear, a flat floo...

More about Quest 80 I haven't had much time for blogging lately as the show season is now in full swing. Last Sunday I was back at Ga...

Most of the unsung heroes I have featured so far are cars, but the very first one was a bus and today I return to that theme. It's fair...

A bad combination?   I have previously discussed my feelings towards the Equality Act as it applies to buses on this blog, and a recent ...

It's the beginning of a new year and a good time to look at what may be in store for 1/76 scale model bus collectors such as myself in t...

Six months ago I bemoaned how disappointing Corgi's release schedule for the first half of this year was, and predicted that the Origin...

Quest 80 and the U-drive I'm sure I'm not the only one who finds the failures of the motoring world so much more fascinating than...

Today was the day that Corgi revealed details of their new model release programme for the first six months of next year. Once upon a time t...

The United Counties Omnibus Company is one of those fleets that although significant in terms of size and area covered doesn't have the ...

A couple of months since my last visit to Gaydon for the truck show, I was back again on Sunday, this time for the Buses Festival. Organised...

My recent post " Is DDA killing the bus industry? " has proved to be by far the most popular and controversial piece on this blog ...

This may be my most controversial bus-related piece yet but I firmly believe the Disability Discrimination Act, for all its good intentions,...

Today I pay tribute to a type of coach that was a familiar part of my childhood but seems to have been overlooked by many enthusiasts: the h...

Having previously described the worst model kit I have ever had the misfortune to encounter, here to redress the balance is a fine example ...

Having previously bemoaned the dominance of Routemasters on the classic bus scene, here I explain why my interest in modern-day operations i...

Following neatly on from the sad story of The Point, I have recently discovered that not only is the Milton Keynes shopping centre a listed ...