Oxford Diecast - NMW6002 - Bus, Bristol MW6G - Hants & Dorset - 2689 RU

Specific Item Information: The Bristol MW6G from the 1950s and 1960s period of luxury coach travel appears in 1:148 . The familiar Hants & Dorset cream and pale green livery looks great, complemented with lots of silver and gold trim and featuring a cream interior and green seating. Registered 2689 RU, it is off on a Holiday Tour according to the front destination box below the windscreen. Even in model form, the mass of windows and roof lights create a great feel.

Model Information: This tooling was launched by Oxford in 2019. Features a die cast metal body, window glazing, interior seats and realistic decoration.

Prototype History: The Bristol MW (MW stands for "Medium Weight") is a bus and coach chassis designed and built between 1956 and 1966 by Bristol Commercial Vehicles Ltd (BCV) at Brislington, Bristol.

It had a horizontally mounted engine under the floor between the two axles allowing an entrance ahead of the front axle and a flat floor for its entire length and thus suitable for "one-man" operation. The chassis then had a body mounted upon it by a bodybuilder, either a bus body or a coach body. The MW replaced the earlier LS (Light Saloon), which was designed to be built into an integral bus or coach only by sister company Eastern Coachworks Ltd (ECW) based in Lowestoft. This prevented the sale of the mechanical underframe to other bodybuilders when a change in control of the company allowed this to happen. A few chassis were sent to Alexander at Falkirk to receive bodies to the specification of companies within the Scottish Bus Group.

Road Name History: Hants & Dorset Motor Services[1] was a stage carriage bus service operator in southern England between 1920 and 1983sFrom Wikipedia

Manufacturer Information: Established in 1993, Oxford Diecast is a British Company that specializes in high-quality die-cast metal vehicles. Produced in various scales, the firm's models are marketed as collector items, gifts, and promotional products. Their largest production goes to OO scale (1:76) and in 2015 they introduced railway products under 'Oxford Rail' brand.
Their N-scale collection is using the 1:148 scale ratio as most British manufacturers.