Oxford Diecast - NBL003 - Bus, Bristol Lodekka - Company - OTT 4

Specific Item Information: Tilling green with cream masking is the body colour for this great little double decker in Western National livery on Service No. 55 and registered OTT 4, taking passengers to Pentire via Narrowcliff/East Street. It is advertising key tourist attractions in Torquay on the near side and the Royal Blue Express Coach Services on the offside. Finely detailed touches include the black foothole for the driver to climb into the cab and fine black lines along the length of the bus above and below the advertising panels.

Prototype History: The Bristol Lodekka was a half-cab low-height step-free double-decker bus built by Bristol Commercial Vehicles in England. It was the first production bus design to have no step up from the passenger entrance throughout the lower deck. Bristol manufactured over 5,200 Lodekkas from 1949 to 1968, as a standard double-deck vehicle for the UK state-owned bus sector

Road Name History: This entry is a placeholder for when readily available information on the correct company is not available. or not worth the effort of creating an entry for.

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.