Stagecoach Manchester

[Mayneway]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester

(12/03/2014 18:47)Polo Mint Wrote:  I did not even think of the size of the set, I just assumed it was to scale.

Often the Weatherfield Wayfarer logo isn't on the front and it still says Stagecoach, and its pretty obvious anyway by the livery. So from all this I always thought it was odd that Stagecoach didn't want to showcase newer buses to viewer.

It is mainly down to the size of the bus. On the old Granada set the roads were very narrow and could only fit one vehicle on at a time and the problem with using something like a Solo was that from the front and back it looked very out of place but 40660 seems to suit the size better, although Stagecoach have used a Solo a couple of times and Bluebird used one of thier Solo SRs a couple of times two, all were either side shots or distant shots.

On the new set the roads have been built a lot wider so a larger mini bus could be used.

40660 never used to carry any Stagecoach fleetnames or even window decals for mega/day riders but rules on product and brand placement on TV has been relaxed so technically they can use a bus with fleetnames etc as if anything it makes the scene more aurthentic.