Experienced, HO scale decoders pre-orders
Helping you design success!
Experienced, HO scale decoders pre-orders
Helping you design success!
Helping you design success!
Helping you design success!
There's much to see here. So, take your time, please look... Carrera Designs is a small business consultant, manufacturers representative and on-line sales company. We are located in Minneapolis MN. The sale venue is direct, eBay & Amazon.
EVEN THOUGH PRE-ORDERS ARE CLOSED AT RAPIDO, YOU CAN STILL ORDER FROM CARRERA DESIGNS. SEE MY "MTC ORDERS !" PAGE. SEE THE GALLERY SECTION ON THIS SITE FOR PHOTOS OF MTC BUSES; GM AND FLXIBLE. THE FLXIBLE BUS IS AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THIS TIME/ 2023!
ALSO SEE THE METRO TRANSIT BUSES IN THE CURRENT PAINT SCHEMES FROM ICONIC REPLICAS but exclusive to carrerdesignsmMN.COM. LAST; The Flxible bus is also available for $39.99 ... See orders or contact me via sales@carreradesignsmn.com for more information
The New Look Bus was the face of North American public transit in the latter half of the 20th century, with almost 45,000 built between 1959 and 1986. Everyone remembers the New Look, also known as the “Fishbowl” Bus.
Rapido Trains is delighted to introduce the second release of the New Look Bus in HO scale. This time with a single-width rear door, this bus model has various improvements over the first release from 2017 but still comes packed full of detail and realism that you expect from a Rapido model, right down to every rivet. This model represents the second through fourth generations of the New Look bus, spanning from the mid 1960s right up until the last one was produced in 1986, and comes with agency-specific details from advertising panels to roof hatches .With4 fleet numbers and unique signs available for each.
The Rapido HO scale New Look Bus models include:
• Correct tubular profile traced from a 3D-scan of a real New Look Bus.
• Single-stream rear exit door in either 2-window or 4-window variants.*
• Era-correct rear engine door available in either early (5303) or late (5307) styles.*
• Optional left-side emergency exit door, a trademark of the early production versions.*
• Full interior including separate seats with seat back handrails and grooved flooring.
• Etched-metal interior stanchions, stamped-metal handrails and separate fare box and steering wheel parts installed.
• Steerable front wheels and REAL rubber tires.
• A wide variety of optional detail parts included.*
• Separate advertisement frames included with each model.
• Pre-installed route destination signs for added realism.
* Installed as appropriate
On top of all that incredible detail, the Deluxe New Look Bus models also feature:
• Interior lighting.
• Working headlights and tail lights.
• Illuminated front destination sign.
• Painted seat back handrails.
• Two-tone seats (where appropriate).
Please note a 9-12 volt DC power supply (not included) is required to power the lighting features.
Carrera Design is the exclusive distributor for the Minneapolis St Paul MTC New Look Bus, Available with four route banners: Hopkins 12, Minneapolis;Hennepin Ave 16, St Paul; University Ave 17 and SELBY- LAKE 21A.. We are also exclusive distributor for the Metro Transit new paint scheme Xcelsior buses from Iconic Replicas. First release is A Line route
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