My paper bus design

[redbusfan]

very nice cordes

[Cordes Express]

I thought you may like it...

Here is your Classmaster wearing the Proposed Cordes Express Livery...

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[redbusfan]

one day we might see this livery rolling around the street?

Awesome stuff again cordes

[redbusfan]

before I hit the sack, here is one I just completed... a Coach Design in Johnston's livery

[Lifehouse]

Redbus 685 when it started off with Redbus.

[Vitalstatistix]

Redbus 685 when it started off with Redbus.

Wheres the metro strips?

[Lifehouse]

Here you go

[GOBUS121]

Howdy People here is my version for Gobus Bayhopper Tauranga for Tauranga Urban Routes

[redbusfan]

very nice lifehouse and gobus121

[redbusfan]

There is some talent out there so I thought I'd post my single axle template for you all. Soon (maybe, if there is interest) I'll start a forum under "Transport Models" for fantasy liveries where people can show off their creative talents.

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Enjoy...

[Mr OC Benz]

There are some great paper models above! Great work guys! I wish I had a bit more skill to do it!

[Lifehouse]

Redbus 685 in the current livery.

[Vitalstatistix]

I'm curring working on the little Orbiters

[redbusfan]

If only...

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minus the metro pod, of course

Edit: I've taken away the metro branding and made the tyres smaller.

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[Lifehouse]

Thanks for the template redbusfan. Looking at photos of the same bodied buses around Wellington and Auckland I made some improvements and adjustments and also with the livery I made some adjustments.

Here is my version enjoy.

[biqua]

There is some talent out there so I thought I'd post my single axle template for you all.

Clearly I don't have the talent.

Thought I'dd see what the old DCT livery might look like on a modern bus - alas I don't have fancy editing software and I couldn't get the colours right, and also had to hand-do the curves ... couldn't be bothered with the second side.

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Perhaps someone with actual talent can finish the job properly? A real challenge would be to do a Tiger Tea bus.

[redbusfan]

Nice work biqua . How old is this livery?

[biqua]

Probably 60's to 80's - prior to that used the same colours, but in a different layout. Some pics from google (ie not mine) of trolley buses to demonstrate, though the attempted version was carried by buses 140 (or maybe 143) to 207 in the diesel fleet also ...

The livery I was trying for (and failed):
http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl= ... m=1&itbs=1

The older livery with the same colours:
http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl= ... m=1&itbs=1

The classic Tiger Tea bus I mentioned:
http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl= ... m=1&itbs=1

[redbusfan]

The livery I was trying for (and failed):

you didn't fail, I think it might just be the quality of the photo that makes the colour that way. It looks good the way you did it .
Does the rear end of the dark brown curve up in this photo?

It looks like the current PT Dunedin livery without the curve at the front

[biqua]

On the trolley buses it curved up, but I can't recall on the diesels. The second google image I linked to is fairly loyal to the original colours ... I would like to have put the DCT logo on there as well, but without shapes in the editing program it was too hard to try and replicate, and a search of the web didn't turn it up.

I was thinking the same re the PT livery - something about the way the colour turned out.

[redbusfan]

I've done the other side for you

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[Cordes Express]

I've done the other side for you

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That is so close to the current Dunedin/Invercargill passenger transport livery...

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As shown with this photo from Chris Brickell

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Enjoy...

[biqua]

Thanks redbusfan

I've looked through photos someone sent me a while back of the Leyland Panthers, a couple of which retain remnants of the original livery, and as far as I can tell the line is straight at the back - I do wonder if I made the line a bit high though given the low windows (was lazy and just followed the body panel line). Probably I should have done the headlights cream also to be true to the old livery.

There were two liveries between then and Citibus as it is now - I'm not brave enough to try them though http://www.omnibus.org.nz/buslocation/leyland/dct.html

Looks like the Nissans carried the older liver at one point (in the background of one of these pics), but I'm sure they carried this also. The last batch of Leopards were delivered in it.
http://www.omnibus.org.nz/buslocation/n ... .html#d158

[redbusfan]

Here's one with a revised front. I've seen only one photo of it on google but can't seem to find it anymore.

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[Lifehouse]

Good Job Redbusfan.

I'm working on a Orbiter version of the Designline "Bubble" I'll post it when I'm done.

EDIT: Here it is enjoy!