On Sep 16, 10:57*am, Roy Badami wrote:

On 16/09/10 09:59, wrote:

On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:54:15 +0100
*wrote:

Wrightbus have built a mainly plywood mockup at their factory in

Plywood? Are you sure its a mockup and not a pre-production model?

Just a mockup, the prototypes aren't due until next year. *See the
accompanying article he

http://tinyurl.com/2vt4ezs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/mindthega...nboard_for_a_l...

"This mock-up is fully to scale. It's made of plastic, steel and wood
but it lets the designers work out problems."

To do that, surely they need the gaggle of confused punters at the bus
stop, wondering which door they're supposed to use... or the TfL
accountant, head in hands, trying to work out which budget to purloin
the cash from in order to pay for the conductors... or the stressed
police commander, struggling to rota enough PCSOs to staff the rear
platforms...