07 Jan 2018, 12:14 pm
#91
(07 Jan 2018, 7:30 am)Dan It was 6064 (I was close!)
6061 branded 15/12/2017, 6056 18/12/2017, 6060 and 6063 between Christmas and New Year, 6062 on 04/01/2018 and 6064 yesterday.
6066 should be branded on Monday, following repaint this week, along with another Angel double-deck.
Saltmeadows Road don't fit the vinyls to branded buses, just the small amount of vinyl on buses in fleet livery.
An external company, local to us based in Pelaw, fit the vinyls to branded buses - they received a small mention on the Daft as a Brush livery, as they designed the livery and fitted the vinyls together in partnership with Go North East and Daft as a Brush. The designs are usually done by another local company whose portfolio contains a lot of work for Disney, Nickelodeon and Coca Cola, based near the Tyne Bridge.
The length of time it takes to fit the vinyls depends on how detailed the design is, and how many fiddley bits there are! The recent Angel double-decks also contain more vinyl inside (covering the two back windows, and a blue sky vinyl along the upper-deck ceiling) which adds to the time. I would expect that the team of fitters would have been at Saltmeadows for around 10-12 hours to fit an Angel and a Coaster yesterday.
Oh ye, i forgot a different company applies the branding!
(07 Jan 2018, 11:24 am)Tom Getting through them quickly then! Hopefully they will be out on the 1 soon.
Aye hopefully, hopefully Monday or Tuesday.
With confirmation that the Eclipses are staying on the 19, here is the allocations of the Omnicities, i think will happen: (Some are already on the routes but to make it easier, I've added them)
Toonlink: 5234 – 5242, 5250, 5253
Whey-Aye-Five-0 – 5243-5247, 5254- 5261
Blue Arrow – 5262 - 69
Spares:
5249 – Stanley
5251 – Stanley
5270-72 – Percy Main
5252 – Washington
5273 – Washington
5274 – Washington
Shame they can't all be repainted and put in to batches. (So all of Toonlink etc is together)
How much of a chance will the 5/50 be giving WIFI?
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