AEC Regent RT1045 JXN73 (1948) in Green (1:24 scale)
- Traditionally, AEC was London Transport"s major supplier of buses but, at the end of the war, it became apparent that they had insufficient capacity to meet the future dem&. So, in the summer of 1946, Leyland Motors Ltd was approached to supply 1, 500 of its new standard 9.8 litre engine, 1, 000 for RT"s which would now be called RTL"s & the remaining 500 for RTW"s, the wider-bodied version.