AEC Routemaster RCL2256 Southend Transport 121, Service 1 Scale_OO-Gauge Heljan's model depicts the class

Heljan's model depicts the class after refurbishment in the early-1980s

Even small details such as the pipework

reliable power is provided by Alpha Power

unable to follow the family tradition and find employment as a butler

The Black 5 success story led to 18 of the class entering preservation

AEC Routemaster RCL2256 Southend Transport 121, Service 1 Scale_OO-Gauge Heljan's model depicts the classRegistration CUV256C actually started life as a Green Line RCL coach in June 1965, complete with twin headlights and rear platform doors. As RCL2256 it was converted to a bus layout by London Transport in 1980, and received an RM type platform following an accident that same year. The model depicts this unusual hybrid in its circa 1991 guise as working for Southend Transport on Service 1 to Southend Central Bus Station.