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Posted on 20/01/06 09:52:54 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
Those of you unfortunate enough not to live in London won't be aware of this, but a couple of weeks ago the faithful old Routemaster double decker bus was retired from service, to be replaced by an ugly modern design with doors at the front and no charm. So here's the original. What should we do with this? Consign it to the scrap heap? Or find some way to send it on its way with a flourish? The choice is yours. High res is here.  |
Posted on 20/01/06 6:45:34 PM |
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Born2Run
Digital Dude Posts: 132 Reply  |
Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
Maybe a certain group of vigilante crime fighters could use it!  _________________ Now the hardness of this world slowly grinds your dreams away, Makin' a fool's joke out of the promises we make! |
Posted on 20/01/06 8:05:23 PM |
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stefan
Detail Demon Posts: 401 Reply  |
Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
Throw them all together, rebuild and use as sightseeing busses I would say.  |
Posted on 20/01/06 8:23:23 PM |
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kenney
Detail Devotee Posts: 46 Reply  |
Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
not the place to leave your bus over night  |
Posted on 20/01/06 10:55:12 PM |
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stefan
Detail Demon Posts: 401 Reply |
Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
Wasn't really happy with my previous entry so had another try.  |
Posted on 21/01/06 00:15:41 AM |
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Lexus
Persistent Pixellator Posts: 623 Reply  |
Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
Might do another yet, dont know. Good challenge this week!  _________________ 3 Radio Visit http://www.3-radio.co.uk and listen! You will love it! |
Posted on 21/01/06 3:57:42 PM |
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paul 2005
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Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
Hmm, I'm not a bus spotter or anything, but that looks suspiciously like a "Guy" bus to me and not a Routemaster. I thought I'd "cheat" a little and get some other bus perspectives from this site www.busphotos.co.uk when I noticed none of the Routmasters looked like yours  |
Posted on 21/01/06 5:40:09 PM |
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Lexus
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Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
Paul, its not a guy bus, but it doesn't seem to be a routmaster either! the routemasters on that site share the same body, just have a different front to it _________________ 3 Radio Visit http://www.3-radio.co.uk and listen! You will love it! |
Posted on 21/01/06 7:27:19 PM |
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paul 2005
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Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
Well, the bus on the right is definately a Guy. The coachwork is slightly different, but the grille is identical. The "Guy" name from the top centre of the grille is missing on both busses. 
Maybe Maiden could help here? She's probably a little too young though to have driven one of those
EDIT: Apparently "The bus is certainly not a Routemaster. It is a Guy Arab with Northern Counties bodywork originally with LUT (Lancashire United Transport) based in NW Manchester, dating from early 1960's. So it is totally different in terms of both chassis and bodywork, as, apart from RMC4 all Routemasters had AEC chassis and Park Royal bodywork. For information RMC4 had an ECW (Eastern Coach Works) body. ." I asked the webmaster of that site. OK so I have nothing better to do presently
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Posted on 21/01/06 8:25:49 PM |
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kenney
Detail Devotee Posts: 46 Reply |
Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
its summer holiday, but no sign of clif who are these people.  |
Posted on 22/01/06 00:19:37 AM |
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Dek_101
Apocalyptic Artisan Posts: 175 Reply  |
Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
Fingers crossed my spell checker worked this week! 
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Posted on 22/01/06 02:15:44 AM |
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paul 2005
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Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
Your spell checker seems fine, but you have a couple of things reversed. The number on the left hand skip and the AIR FRANCE just showing on the Concorde 
I like how your bus shadow on the skip lid shows the window detail. |
Posted on 22/01/06 03:54:26 AM |
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G. E. Sutton
Visual Virtuoso Posts: 35 Reply  |
Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
Fear not my friends across the pond; I have made the bus right at home here in the states. Mind you, I did need to make a few minor changes to satisfy the locals. Moving the steering wheel to the “proper” side was the toughest part. We have a long tradition of turning our old vehicles into diners—from train cars to airplanes and now double decker buses. Going by the clientele we are attracting, I think we have a hit on our hands.  |
Posted on 22/01/06 05:50:34 AM |
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Whaler
Visual Viking Posts: 330 Reply  |
Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
Very good idea and nicely carried out, but why don't you make a double diner, now that you have to stories to play with. By the way, the light in your picture seems to come from several directions, judging from the shadows on the building, on the bus and under the bus. |
Posted on 22/01/06 06:49:43 AM |
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Dek_101
Apocalyptic Artisan Posts: 175 Reply |
Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
Cheers Paul .. You know .. I stare and stare at my pictures when I think they're finished, looking for any errors .. so why can't I see these things for myself!?   |
Posted on 22/01/06 07:22:40 AM |
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pixelmonkey
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Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
This one washed up on the shores of Cancun and one of the locals gave it a new paint job and put it to use.  |
Posted on 22/01/06 07:31:54 AM |
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pixelmonkey
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Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
By the way, Kenney and Lexus, my original attempt at this challenge had my bus abondoned and beat up as well... and when i saw how nice both of yours turned out, i had to change my way of thinking! keep up the good work. |
Posted on 22/01/06 3:26:30 PM |
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G. E. Sutton
Visual Virtuoso Posts: 35 Reply |
Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
Thanks for the feedback Whaler; the upper level is reserved for private parties 
The shadow under the bus is caused primarily by the bright lights streaming out of the diner windows, but that is not to say that there aren't inconsistencies in the shadowing  |
Posted on 22/01/06 4:58:50 PM |
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mguyer
Incisive Incisor Posts: 799 Reply  |
Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
Send it across the pond. There is always a photoshop addict wanting to take pictures of it.  |
Posted on 23/01/06 08:59:20 AM |
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Whaler
Visual Viking Posts: 330 Reply |
Re: Contest 80: Bye bye, beautiful bus
Evolution! From a great doubledecker to a bus greater than Mini. Maybe I stretched the subject a little too far time.  |
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