| AEC Regal/Harrington Coach: A Fanfare Transport Models resin kit, built by Mike Pannell, of Hastings, and arranged through Fanfare. This was a kit that had, for a long time, been on my 'wish list', since seeing a similar 25-year-old vehicle, still in regular use in the mid-1970s, alongside early Dominants and Supremes. To me, it is probably the ultimate in a coach of its era - a front-engined chassis with half-cab coachwork, by master coachbuilders Thos. Harrington of Hove - every operator's dream! Pictured to show the flamboyant Harrington streamlining, sunshine roof and the rear-end dorsal fin - an optional styling and ventilation feature. The model portrays a vehicle recently-delivered to 'Richardson's, in 1950. |
