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...

With my interest in the present-day bus and coach scene on the wane, I've started researching some of the many firms who used to ply...

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...

I hope my readers had a good Christmas and got the gifts they wanted. I'm a difficult person to buy for so the majority of my presents w...

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...

I imagine most bus enthusiasts will know the name of Roger Burdett as he is one of the country's leading preservationists and has a larg...

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...

Please don't set fire to your models! Something I've noticed recently that is spreading among the younger members of the model bu...

Today's post focuses on a company with the strangest business practices I have ever encountered. You may have heard of Atlas Editions as...

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 ...

Rather later than anticipated due to other commitments, here is the promised second part of my review of this year's Showbus rally at Wo...

A tale of woe from Woburn... Showbus has firmly established itself on bus enthusiasts' calendars and claims to be Britain's bigges...