School Bus

Hello School Bus, Speed Champions or City fans,

This American style school bus was designed originally to Bricklink Designer Program Series 3 and was resubmitted to Series 4. I always loved these type of buses, therefore I decided to design one. It is not actually based on a real vehicle, but it contains many typical details: the black bumper rails and STOP arms on the sides, the crossing arm, the side and rear doors, the rearview and crossover mirrors, the mudguards, the warning lights etc.. The roof assembly can be removed as one piece and in this case the internal details are visible: there is a driver seat with steering wheel, dashboard, gear shift, passenger seats and even a fire extinguisher.

I prefer the brick built solutions to keep the flexibility of the used parts in further builds, and therefore only two types of stickers are used: the "SCHOOL BUS" and the STOP sign. If you have Lego STOP sign parts, then the circular signs can be replaced by them. Standard vehicle registration plate stickers can be added to the white 1x2 tiles on the front and rear bumpers.

It is 8 studs wide, studless build in minifigure scale and fits perfectly to Speed Champions cars or to a Lego City. There are many working details: the front and rear doors, the STOP arms, the crossing arm and windshield wipers. I wanted to create a clean build and tried to fill every unnecessary gaps and hide unnecessary studs, therefore some tricky build techniques are used.

The model has space for 17 minifigures: one driver and 16 passengers. If the passengers are kids with short, rigid legs, then they can stand on the seats. The instructions and parts list files do not contain the minifigures shown on the pictures.

It was built from the palette "BDP Series 3", so there were some color and part restrictions. The color "Bright Light Orange" would be a bit more authentic, but the available parts are restricted, therefore I decided to use "Yellow" and I am satisfied with the result. The STOP sign is very rare part and it is not available in this palette, therefore it is replaced by a simple, white, circular sign with a sticker. The door 43967 is also not available in yellow, therefore it is replaced by a brick built one, however, in this case I was able to add some extra details: a black door handle, bottom window and red lights.

I hope you enjoy the build and the bus. Many thanks for your support!

_TLG_ (Laszlo Torma), Dec, 2023 

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Purchasing instructions for this model you will get the following files:

•     High-resolution, professionally designed PDF Instructions file with a detailed parts list (showing quantity, color, Item No. and images of the parts)
•     Parts list in XML for Bricklink
•     Detailed parts list in CSV (showing details without images)
•     Sticker designs ("School Bus", "STOP sign") in png format

NOTE: Instructions and parts list do not contain any minifigures.