Hello Woodsy
Seeing the Minic Ambulance again, I looked at the tantalous vase post once more.
In the bottom left of the photo, behind the rowing boat is probably a red Tri-ang Minic Farm Tractor.
Since Arto found the partial Tri-ang Minic catalogue helpful in identifying Barnacle Bill here's the complete version.
The red Farm Tractor in the top photo of the Vase post seemed too big to be the Minic and remained a mystery ..... in scanning this I noticed there is also a large scale Farm Tractor, so that confirms the large tractor in that box is also a Minic, the Nuffield Tractor.
Terranova47
NYC
USA
Loch Ness Monster is there too!
ReplyDeleteThank you. That is a great catalogue, full of very interesting models. I never had any of the Minics.
ReplyDeleteWhen the range began in the 30's the models were clockwork. Very weak clockwork, guaranteed to overwind and break. By the late 50's they were 'Push & Go' Gyro motors which lasted longer in play.
DeleteUseless bit of trivia for you - The Minic Sherman tank in the bottom picture was kitbashed into 'the Granatoid Tanks' in Fireball XL5, and also in the episode 'Dangerous Cargo' it became a transporter with the Eldon Polythene tank transporter toy cab stuck on top. With a very slight modification to the trailer this model also became the transporter that carries Stingray across land in the episode 'In Search of the Tajmanon'.
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