| AEC Regal/Burlingham Coach: This whitemetal kit, from Anbrico, was acquired as a constructed and painted model, which I eventually stripped and repainted in 'Richardson's' colours. The pleasing lines of the Burlingham coachwork depict a vehicle which would have been new in about 1948 and still the pride of the fleet in 1950. The half-cab front-engined configuration was soon to look very dated with the introduction, firstly, of full-fronted coachwork, which was shortly afterwards followed by the first generation of under-floor-engined chassis, such as the AEC Regal IV and the Leyland Royal Tiger. |
