Progress Report: 670
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- Lemon
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Progress Report: 670
Over the weekend the bus was painted into a hybrid ACTION livery, here are the pictures I took on Saturday. Between the two of us (at times three) I think it was a pretty good effort to get this much done.
After we finished painting on Sunday we took it for a drive, pictures later, you may have seen it around.... anyway, onto the pictures.
Blue on, ready for the Orange
The rear all masked up, black on, ready for the orange.
Black wheels
Onside after the first coat of Orange
From the front
The rear with the orange applied
Offside receiving a spray
The front all masked up
Sunday Afternoon Outing
First up seen at Fraser West Terminus
Belconnen Community Bus Station
Offside
670
PUMPARSE PLATINUM?? (doesn't want to direct link)
After we finished painting on Sunday we took it for a drive, pictures later, you may have seen it around.... anyway, onto the pictures.
Blue on, ready for the Orange
The rear all masked up, black on, ready for the orange.
Black wheels
Onside after the first coat of Orange
From the front
The rear with the orange applied
Offside receiving a spray
The front all masked up
Sunday Afternoon Outing
First up seen at Fraser West Terminus
Belconnen Community Bus Station
Offside
670
PUMPARSE PLATINUM?? (doesn't want to direct link)
One of the last member of the General public to set foot in Belconnen Interchange, 24 May 2009
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Re: Progress Report: 670
really good vern maybe we could do that with 134 down here?
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Re: Progress Report: 670
Nah,leave 134 as she is, as that is her original liverymetro_tas wrote:really good vern maybe we could do that with 134 down here?
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Re: Progress Report: 670
Is farebox going to be retro fitted?
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- Lemon
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Re: Progress Report: 670
As far as I know we are not in possession of a fare box....so no, not at this stage.
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Re: Progress Report: 670
The Ex-ACTION Fare Boxes are really hard to find. Every now and then one will come up on Ebay, but that is from experience where one or two have popped up in the last 7-8 years. We could probably fashion a replica, of crap quality, but better than nothing.
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Re: Progress Report: 670
Did this bus get re-skinned or just rubbed back, primed and painted again? Just on a curious note, we the Tasmanian Bus and Coach Society are looking to give #134 a respray back to original livery wich is basically what is at now minus the green skirt I was wondering what it would approximately cost to respray a bus?
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Re: Progress Report: 670
Shouldnt be much work to spray the bottom white and bring the green stripes down going by the photos of original livery I have.metro_tas wrote:Did this bus get re-skinned or just rubbed back, primed and painted again? Just on a curious note, we the Tasmanian Bus and Coach Society are looking to give #134 a respray back to original livery wich is basically what is at now minus the green skirt I was wondering what it would approximately cost to respray a bus?
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Re: Progress Report: 670
Looking good... What's the latest update on this Mighty Merc???
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Re: Progress Report: 670
It is getting a respray in the next week or two with some better quality orange paint.
And after a slight....incident whilst visiting an ACTION depot the white panel where the corner window should be has being replaced with a corner window.
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Re: Progress Report: 670
Regular updates here: http://bit.ly/670restoreCordes Express wrote:Looking good... What's the latest update on this Mighty Merc???
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Re: Progress Report: 670
Lookin good. I've saved your ACT Bus page to my favourites so i can have a look see.
Re: Progress Report: 670
Saw it parked up out at Parkwood the other day. Does look good indeed.
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Re: Progress Report: 670
Hi there, whats the latest update for 670? We haven't had anything for a few months
- Lemon
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Re: Progress Report: 670
All the threads with photos of it can be found here:
http://actbus.net/forum/index.php?board=17.0
Latest Updates Here
http://actbus.net/forum/index.php?topic=2736.50
http://actbus.net/forum/index.php?board=17.0
Latest Updates Here
http://actbus.net/forum/index.php?topic=2736.50
One of the last member of the General public to set foot in Belconnen Interchange, 24 May 2009
"Even if it's free, I'm not buying it"_'Irisbus Rider'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zacmathes
"Even if it's free, I'm not buying it"_'Irisbus Rider'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zacmathes