7-stud buses project

[bright22]

I haven't posted it in here for long long time 
I have built so many interesting projects in last 3-5 years

I was growing up in Hong Kong so there are so many double decker buses travelling in this city.

However, these few years when Lego create some buses, there are using 6 studs (like 60407)

Even I have create some 6-stud double decker buses, like this

It looks really odd because the shape of the buses are too "narrow"

so I decide to move create a new project - to upgrade all my 6-stud buses to 7-stud buses
 

See the sample on the left hand side the 7-stud bus is looking much better than the 6-stud bus on the right hand side

Also you can see the interior for the 7-stud bus is far much better than 6-stud bus

You maybe wondering why I decide to use 7-stud bus, not 8-stud bus
It is because 7-stud wide buses can be still fitting in for 80s style road plate.. which 8-stud wide buses are impossible to fix to these road plates (i.e. that's NO 8-stud wide vehicles in my town at all)

So enjoy to see this project

Edited August 1 by bright22

[Jack Sassy]

A great idea! 8 studs would seem too much for the road baseplates, while 7 studs seem like just the right size. Quite often buses are wider than cars. This would make much more sense for the buses in LEGO sets. These models remind me of the newest additions in my city which are far more narrow than the old ones.  Good job! 

[bright22]

 

[lifeinplastic]

8 hours ago, bright22 said:

This must be in London - you wait ages for a bus and then 8 come along all at once!!!

Oh well, at least people won't sit in the aisle seat deliberately so nobody can sit next to them like they do in London!  

I think the seven stud is actually a decent size - your No. 244 is probably my favourite of your creations. The only trouble with 7-wide is those specialist roof pieces don't come in an odd numbered stud width. I would like to try using the rounded/curved sloped pieces to get the roof right for a 7-wider.

[bright22]

5 hours ago, lifeinplastic said:

This must be in London - you wait ages for a bus and then 8 come along all at once!!!

Oh well, at least people won't sit in the aisle seat deliberately so nobody can sit next to them like they do in London!  

I think the seven stud is actually a decent size - your No. 244 is probably my favourite of your creations. The only trouble with 7-wide is those specialist roof pieces don't come in an odd numbered stud width. I would like to try using the rounded/curved sloped pieces to get the roof right for a 7-wider.

There would be the same if you are in Hong Kong during peak hour (everywhere)!

I think the most difficult part for 7-stud vehicle is the windscreen, not roof, because we can use "2 layers" of plates to solve it. Lego hasn't released any 7-stud windscreen so it's really hard to adjust the windscreen in the middle. I am luckily to see someone posts their 7-stud vehicle online so I know how to build this buses in proper way

 

this is how I decide to setup the roof in "2 layers" of plates (upper floor)

Lower floor

Also yes - you could see I have changed all the tyres to 60407 version.. the tyres for all buses before 60407 looks childish and ugly. These new tyres for 60407 (also we can get it in Speed Champions) looks much solid and presentable.
And I don't want to create all these buses to be too details - there would be really bulky - Lego London bus 10258 looks great - however it won't be able to run in Lego City Town/City when we put minifigs - it's out of scale

Edited August 2 by bright22

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

I have the old 4-foot-wide bus shown in the second photo on the left (set 379), a horror compared to your much more realistic models. 

The green and yellow model (both single- and double-decker) is my favorite!