ianmacc Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 All the ones in monk bar model shop were without number plates. Is this a faulty batch (I know they were delayed for unknown reasons just before release)? Or is it a new approach by Oxford diecast and if so it’s a retrograde step. Anyone else purchased one or seen one up close? I still bought one! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelldoc Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Have the Royal Air Force version, it's 88KG61. modelldoc 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Banger Blue Posted September 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2019 I have three of them: Royal Air Force Green: Number Plates in place (88 KG 61) as mentioned above British Rail Yellow: Number Plates in place (GBT 945W) Just taken delivery (ordered direct from Oxford Diecast) of the plain white version: No Number Plates Not that I’m too bothered as this one will be getting reliveried into a Royal Air Force Police Sherpa so would need a military registration applying anyway. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steadfast Posted September 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2019 Is the plain white one intended to be a brand new delivery vehicle for loading on the car flats? Jo 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Banger Blue Posted September 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2019 Looking at all the Sherpas on the Oxford website, if the van is in a specific livery then it has a VRN but the plain white version is the only one without a VRN. Ideal for customising by the purchaser or as Steadfast has suggested, for representing a brand new delivery on car flats. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Steadfast said: Is the plain white one intended to be a brand new delivery vehicle for loading on the car flats? Jo They do plain white versions of several of their models, all without number plates. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilvercoaches Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 The white one is clearly not based on any specific vehicle and actually has a combination of grille and bumper finish that never existed. It has a silver grille with a Leyland badge as used on the earliest examples, but black bumpers that should go with the later black Sherpa-badged grille. AROnline has a very good feature on the evolution of the Sherpa with an illustration of the different front end treatments used over the years. Here's what I did with my white one: And this one is a full repaint (note the chrome bumpers identifying it as an early version): 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 On 03/10/2019 at 15:04, quicksilvercoaches said: The white one is clearly not based on any specific vehicle and actually has a combination of grille and bumper finish that never existed. It has a silver grille with a Leyland badge as used on the earliest examples, but black bumpers that should go with the later black Sherpa-badged grille. AROnline has a very good feature on the evolution of the Sherpa with an illustration of the different front end treatments used over the years. Here's what I did with my white one: And this one is a full repaint (note the chrome bumpers identifying it as an early version): Enjoyed the article thanks for the link. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Banger Blue Posted December 12, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2019 On 28/09/2019 at 21:59, Banger Blue said: Not that I’m too bothered as this one will be getting reliveried into a Royal Air Force Police Sherpa Oxford’s plain white Sherpa now reliveried as mentioned above. Not based on any particular prototype. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 I spoke to the shop that gets my oxford orders in for me and he said at the time that there was a delay on the minibus due to faults with the initial batch. I wonder if the mismatched grille and bumper and the lack of registration plates was the mistake and they just though they’d release anyway as they’d sunk money into it!? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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