K15 Bus Ghost Models

[DaveO]

Hi Sven,
The base of the Berlin K15 I have shows 'Matchbox' Superfast Made in England @ 1972 Lesney Products & CoLtd Pat No. 1238927, can try and send you a picture if you like. I do not know if there are any variations on this base, maybe other members of this group could answer this.

David

[matchboxmarcel]

Hi Marcel,
great collection of busses you have, it would be very nice to see this as a lineup.
I have another question, is the "Berlin" Bus a Lesney product?
I've just begun to collect busses.
Regards
SF (Sven)

Ups, sorry Marcel, I didn't see the any photos in this thread. Now I reopened this and
I can see the complete lineup. May be an error with my explorer or an error by myself.
But my question again: Does the Berlin Bus have a Lesney base or a Macao base?
I've seen some Berlin Busses on eBay and I would buy one, if it had a Lesney base.
Sven

It has a made in England base. The base can be seen in 1 of the photos in this posting.

https://www.etsy.com/nl/listing/4595154 ... lijn-super

Hope this helps. It is a very nice casting.

marcel

[charliep]

Some additional pictures of the K15B The Londoner "Berlin ist Reise wert". Interesting - the bus is LHD.

[Idris]

Some additional pictures of the K15B The Londoner "Berlin ist Reise wert". Interesting - the bus is LHD.

Yes, I remember this being mentioned in U.K. Matchbox.

[SuperFast]

Thanks Marcel, Dave and Charlie for the additional informations and fotos.
Yes interesting, doors on the right and driver on the left (because Berlin is left hand driven)
SF

[matchboxmarcel]

Thanks Charlie.
I only have one so will check which one and start a search for the other one !

and.... found one.
Prooved that I had variation 1. I checked eBay and both variations were on sale in about the same quantities.
So found now issue 2 with simpler doors.

Any more variations you know off Charlie ?

marcel

[charliep]

Hi Marcel,
The only variations I have found of this particular London Bus are:
1. Base variations (with or without K15 The Londoner).
2. Side doors (with or without cast line).
3. Side labels "Berlin ist Reise wert" (centered or off center to the right).

Charlie

[matchboxmarcel]

Hi Marcel,
The only variations I have found of this particular London Bus are:
1. Base variations (with or without K15 The Londoner).
2. Side doors (with or without cast line).
3. Side labels "Berlin ist Reise wert" (centered or off center to the right).


Charlie

But do you know if there are any variations for the other K15 busses ?

[SuperFast]

Thanks for the advices, could manage to find the Berlin Bus.
It matches perfectly in my Bus fleet.

SK15_Fleet.jpg (212.22 KiB) Viewed 8505 times

SF

[matchboxmarcel]

according to this Vectis lot from some years ago the cdmc bus exist with white or yellow interior.
I have none of these 2.

https://www.vectis.co.uk/lot/matchbox-s ... ses_633593

marcel