20 February 2019
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Northcord Model Company Alexander Dennis E400 MMC Bluestar Route 1
Northcord Model Company Alexander Dennis E400 MMC Bluestar Route 1
Northcord Model Company Alexander Dennis E400 MMC Bluestar Route 1
PRICE: £59.99 each
REF: UKBUS 6507A (Winchester) & UKBUS 6507B (Southampton)
Bluestar started life under the Solent Blue Line name, as a subsidiary of Southern Vectis, in 1987. At the time, with its striking yellow and blue colour scheme, it offered the people of Southampton a fresh and new alternative in bus travel. It has changed a lot since then and keeps on evolving, but the current network of bus services in Southampton, Winchester, the Waterside and many places in between makes Bluestar the main inter-urban bus operator in Southern Hampshire.
Route 1 operates between Southampton and Winchester, "in style" according to the sides of the buses, via Otterbourne and Chandlers Ford. It's a seven days a week service, running as frequently as four times an hour from Monday to Saturday with a reduced service on Sundays.
Northcord's latest releases of its Alexander Dennis E400 MMC casting, limited to just 660 of each version, look absolutely stunning in Bluestar's eye-catching livery with the impressive colour scheme beautifully applied to the sumptuous blue paintwork. The interior is very well detailed indeed, which really adds to the overall appeal of this excellent model.