Little Bus Company produced its first kit in 1993. The objective was to produce a model bus kit, in the best possible quality resin, with a minimum number of parts, which was easy to assemble.The word ‘assemble’ is used instead of ‘build’ because, in terms of the body, the kit is already built when purchased.To achieve this, the body had to be in one piece, as did the seating unit and chassis base, giving a maximum of 3 main parts (4 in the case of double deckers). The only remaining parts include the wheels, with axles, the steering wheel and glazing.
Apart from the single seating unit mentioned above, the kits include specially designed, push-fit, composite-rubber wheels and ‘mix-and-match’ systems to achieve a personalised model, with correctly-profiled destination screens, number plates and fleet names and numbers. These are also suitable for many die-cast models available on the market.Since 1993, a number of developments, unique to Little Bus Company, have been included in the kits. LBC kits were the first bus kits to have:One-piece resin seating units,Half-cab models, in one piece, including drivers cab, bonnet and bulkhead,Seating and chassis unit combined, including wings,Push-fit, true-running, composite-rubber wheels,Optional printed-glazing, to create flush-glazing, as required.