I just had the chance to sit down now. These are SO cool! The Delta, UA, AA double deckers are a complete mishmash of models, and to this day, I cant say what they are lol. I still have them in their boxes from when I bought them in the Duty Free section at JFK...early 90s I want to say. 2:29 The other AA bus looks like its an American Eagle AE-05? with the hidden tag axle (though Matchbox didnt include it. I didnt know they made it but its not a bad Eagle. Cute little bus! 1:30 The Majorette bus is awesome too. I had one, almost identical to that. Its split down the middle, the lower part is diecast, the top is plastic. Yours is all white. Mine was white on top like yours, but blue at the bottom, but was also an Air France. Mom bought it for me in 93, from Paris. I liked that it was the same scale as the typical cars Majorette made. Love it. 1:57 is VERY VERY interesting. The TWA bus, is a coach works bus based on the Mercedes O303 13R model from the late 80s early 90s. The body with the funky windows, is tough to tell, but I am 100 percent sure its a Swiss coach works model. So, most likely its a Saurer, though it could also be an FBW, Hess or NAW. They did a LOT of collaborative works (Hess NAW and ABB I believe merged, and still exist today making double articulated trolleybuses). FBW is long gone, and Saurer was bought out (I think my FBW?) Im not up to date on Swiss bus manufacturers these days, but that style is very Swiss for the era. I have a bunch of photos of these out in the wild back then. They made many one of a kind models, based on the O 303, usually the shorter variars like 9R up to 10R, 11R, and rarely 13Rs. All were lower deck models, so no high decks. All of them also had dayton wheels, which is odd for Europe, but the Swiss did their own thing (hence how they still operate double articulated buses) Who makes the TWA bus? That this is really special. Very unique and rare. Great video. I love these oddball ones lol. You knew Id have to write a novel too lol
@@T-JoesModelBusesandMore1210 Thank you! These brought back a lot of cool memories. I love these oddballs, and when I have some info, you know Ill share it!
Awesome video 👍 Super Cool Airport coach busses👌I have that Delta one, i have no idea where i picked it up from. I also have the British Airways version of the Matchbox Airport Coach. That Pan Am Econoline is absolutely gorgeous 😍. Thanks for posting 💯😎
You know, except for the Econoline, I can't remember where I got them from either. A couple were from a bucket of odds and ends that somebody gave me. I have a series of videos on that bucket. Thanks for the comment.
@@T-JoesModelBusesandMore1210 You're very welcome 👍I went ahead and tagged you in the Matchbox bus short of the British Airways one👍. Hope you are having a great day 😀
@@T-JoesModelBusesandMore1210 I used a dry eraser. You apply it heavy and wait a few minutes and remove it and apply again and work the market back and forth gently and the decals will resolve you keep cleaning off the surface so you can see where it s gone and where it's not. Once you get it all off take a wet cloth and clean up the surface good. White is much harder to remove a decal from I use a jelly roll to repair the paint if any comes off.
I just had the chance to sit down now. These are SO cool!
The Delta, UA, AA double deckers are a complete mishmash of models, and to this day, I cant say what they are lol. I still have them in their boxes from when I bought them in the Duty Free section at JFK...early 90s I want to say.
2:29 The other AA bus looks like its an American Eagle AE-05? with the hidden tag axle (though Matchbox didnt include it. I didnt know they made it but its not a bad Eagle. Cute little bus!
1:30 The Majorette bus is awesome too. I had one, almost identical to that. Its split down the middle, the lower part is diecast, the top is plastic. Yours is all white. Mine was white on top like yours, but blue at the bottom, but was also an Air France. Mom bought it for me in 93, from Paris. I liked that it was the same scale as the typical cars Majorette made. Love it.
1:57 is VERY VERY interesting. The TWA bus, is a coach works bus based on the Mercedes O303 13R model from the late 80s early 90s. The body with the funky windows, is tough to tell, but I am 100 percent sure its a Swiss coach works model. So, most likely its a Saurer, though it could also be an FBW, Hess or NAW. They did a LOT of collaborative works (Hess NAW and ABB I believe merged, and still exist today making double articulated trolleybuses). FBW is long gone, and Saurer was bought out (I think my FBW?) Im not up to date on Swiss bus manufacturers these days, but that style is very Swiss for the era. I have a bunch of photos of these out in the wild back then. They made many one of a kind models, based on the O 303, usually the shorter variars like 9R up to 10R, 11R, and rarely 13Rs. All were lower deck models, so no high decks. All of them also had dayton wheels, which is odd for Europe, but the Swiss did their own thing (hence how they still operate double articulated buses)
Who makes the TWA bus? That this is really special. Very unique and rare.
Great video. I love these oddball ones lol. You knew Id have to write a novel too lol
That's great information. I'm glad I kept them.
@@T-JoesModelBusesandMore1210 Thank you! These brought back a lot of cool memories. I love these oddballs, and when I have some info, you know Ill share it!
Awesome video 👍 Super Cool Airport coach busses👌I have that Delta one, i have no idea where i picked it up from. I also have the British Airways version of the Matchbox Airport Coach. That Pan Am Econoline is absolutely gorgeous 😍. Thanks for posting 💯😎
You know, except for the Econoline, I can't remember where I got them from either. A couple were from a bucket of odds and ends that somebody gave me. I have a series of videos on that bucket. Thanks for the comment.
@@T-JoesModelBusesandMore1210 You're very welcome 👍I went ahead and tagged you in the Matchbox bus short of the British Airways one👍. Hope you are having a great day 😀
Cool buses I have that Econoline too. I removed the decals from it. And it's just a pain ol white Econoline pickup now. ✌🏾😎
How did you do it?
@@T-JoesModelBusesandMore1210 I used a dry eraser. You apply it heavy and wait a few minutes and remove it and apply again and work the market back and forth gently and the decals will resolve you keep cleaning off the surface so you can see where it s gone and where it's not. Once you get it all off take a wet cloth and clean up the surface good. White is much harder to remove a decal from I use a jelly roll to repair the paint if any comes off.