A model of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Vectis" class="extiw" title="en:Southern Vectis">Southern Vectis</a> 300 (HW52 EPX), a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Dart" class="extiw" title="en:Dennis Dart">Dennis Dart SLF</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaxton_Pointer" class="extiw" title="en:Plaxton Pointer">Plaxton Pointer MPD</a>. The model is made by Creative Master Northcord, and was released in April 2005. The bus is modelled wearing its original oxford blue and stripes livery - it was delivered in this livery when new in 2002, as the first and only Mini Pointer Dart in the fleet, it was to be evaluated with a view to purchasing more. A batch of 14 new Mini Pointer Darts arrived in 2005, and 300 was then painted into the green livery that the new arrivals wore. A photo of the real bus in December 2009 can be seen at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_Vectis_300_HW52_EPX_rear.JPG" title="File:Southern Vectis 300 HW52 EPX rear.JPG">File:Southern Vectis 300 HW52 EPX rear.JPG</a>, however by then it had been stripped down to base green livery. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_Vectis_300_HW52_EPX_worn_paint.JPG" title="File:Southern Vectis 300 HW52 EPX worn paint.JPG">File:Southern Vectis 300 HW52 EPX worn paint.JPG</a> shows some of the original blue paint. The bus has since been moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilts_%26_Dorset" class="extiw" title="en:Wilts &amp; Dorset">Wilts &amp; Dorset</a>, and operates on the Salisbury Reds city network. It is modelled on route 1, which at the time ran from Bembridge to Cowes via Ryde and Newport.
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