Can you tell what it is yet.

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Now we have a better picture, its a 'Perspective Roller'.

In the early days of "Matchbox" models, to get all of them to fit in a standard 'Norvic' type matchbox, a lot of the taller models had to be flattened with one of these 'Perspective Roller' units, they did not realise it was cheaper to make the boxes bigger, until the early sixties.........!

GHOSTY.

[johnboy]

Now we have a better picture, its a 'Perspective Roller'.

In the early days of "Matchbox" models, to get all of them to fit in a standard 'Norvic' type matchbox, a lot of the taller models had to be flattened with one of these 'Perspective Roller' units, they did not realise it was cheaper to make the boxes bigger, until the early sixties.........!

GHOSTY.

But what about the blue chalk?

[zBret]

Or an over polished Jobby!

Motorman- I should preface this by saying, that I am not at all familiar with your, Scottish terminology-

Out of an abundance of caution, prudence, common sense, and downright FEAR .
I could not bring myself to ask you, what a "jobby" is
However, curiosity got the better of me ....
Upon finding the definition of the word in the "urban dictionary"
I am now counting my blessings, that I did not ask you directly ! lol

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Jobby

zBret

[Idris]

It's a "pint level", probably used on his lunch break, at the local pub

That would certainly help explain the 1 - 75 series cartoon cars we had to suffer in the early 1970s.

[tjlglass]

I was going to post a serious answer but I'm enjoying some of your more obscure guesses lol

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Sorry johnboy, I was distracted by four Yorkshire men, reminiscing,

What was you saying....................oh yes, "but what about the blue chalk?"

The blue chalk is there because they ran out of white chalk.................

Cheers,
GHOSTY.

[Tinman]

So ... tell us already.

[tjlglass]

It's called a Bottle Square and is turned around to make sure the mould is absolutely flat with no raised or lowered edges, hence the blue chalk.

[nickjones]

A bottle square ?.
Tim, the person you got this from.
Did he also try and sell you any spirit level bubbles or tartan paint ?.

[tjlglass]

Nick let me level with ya (level get it lol) it really is for this purpose mate and I probley never explained it right and the bottle square also has Lesney Products embossed onto it both ends so there is no denying it came from the factory & who am I to argue with a former toolmaker, this gizza was on the level (another joke lol) and knew loads of names that I recognised from past conversations and he even knows Paul Carr who worked in the room next door to him.