Oxford Diecast 76WFA004

Weymann Fanfare AEC Bartons - 1:76 Scale

Manufacturer catalogue image - please note that pre-release images may be CAD renders or CGI images rather than photographs

Prototype Eras
Era 5 (1956 to 1966) British Railways Late Crest
Era 6 (1967 to 1972) British Rail Blue (Pre-TOPS)
Era 7 (1972 to 1982) British Rail Blue (TOPS)
Era 8 (1983 to 1994) British Rail Sectorisation

Manufacturer description

Barton of Nottingham is another favourite amongst bus collectors with their familiar maroon, red and cream colour scheme and Barton flag and legendary Robin Hood logo decorating the sides of their vehicles. Here, this well-known company is remembered on Oxford's latest Weymann Fanfare AEC single deck coach, registered SNN 609. Barton was a bus company that operated in Nottinghamshire between 1908 and 1989. The company founder Thomas Henry Barton used a Durham Churchill charabanc to start the company's first service between Long Eaton and the Nottingham Goose Fair. The Robin Hood figure was added in the early 1960s when Barton took over Robin Hood Coaches and kept the colourful character.

Decorated in red with maroon roof and cream finish to front flash, window surrounds and wheels, the interior seating and floor is also moulded in red. Three silver bands run round the lower front, sides and rear of the bus and you can also see the well detailed AEC badge on the front above the radiator grille. The Metro-Cammell-Weymann badge appears on the back below the Robin Hood logo. Additional colourful decoration sees the Barton flag, together with Robin Hood on both sides, rounding off a very detailed and authentic model.

Catalogue listing

Oxford Diecast Weymann Fanfare AEC Bartons is a 1:76‑scale model (manufacturer part number 76WFA004) depicting an AEC single‑deck coach in the British Rail Blue livery used before the TOPS system was introduced.

The coach is illustrated in the traditional Barton of Nottingham colours – a red body, maroon roof and cream‑coloured front flash, window surrounds and wheels – with interior seating moulded in red. Silver bands run around the lower front, sides and rear, and the model features detailed AEC and Metro‑Cammell‑Weymann badges, as well as the Barton flag and the Robin Hood logo on both sides.

Barton operated passenger services in Nottinghamshire from 1908 until 1989; the company adopted the Robin Hood figure in the early 1960s after acquiring Robin Hood Coaches. This model commemorates the firm’s iconic livery and branding, replicating the registration SNN 609 as it would have appeared in the pre‑TOPS era.