Re: Boxes #44A

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Re: Boxes #44A

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GHOSTHUNTER wrote:Ritchie, I think you have put box number '5' and '6' in the wrong order, I have these two swapped in my collection, because of the steering wheel and mascot was removed from the artwork to allow for exporting the model to more Countries, so they did not have to worry about RHD and LHD cars. The quotation marks were also removed from the name "Silver Cloud"on the 'End-Flaps'.

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Hello Ghosthunter, thanks for your replies. I always learn something new from them.

I just put the boxes just by the box type order. The ordering puzzled me actually. If swapping 5 and 6 like you suggested, by looking at the end-flaps of 4-6, we now have two Rolls "Silver Cloud" in continuous order, then comes the one without the quotation marks, which is logical. But when looking at the artwork of 4-6, we now have two artwork without the steering wheel and mascot continuously, then comes back the one with the steering wheel and mascot, which seems strange for the steering wheel and mascot to appear again.

So for the ordering I would actually suggest 5, 4, 6. For this we would first have the artwork with steering wheel and mascot as continued from 3. Then we have 2 artworks without the steering wheel and mascot assuming they're taken out permanently, and continuing to 7. And the inconsistency of the quotations marks on the end flaps from 3 thru 6 would be an unexplainable action by the Bowaters as suggested by Nick.

And I wonder if there exist a B5 box version with quotation marks on end flaps and also steering wheel and mascot on artwork. This would make a complete picture by adding it to new #4 place.

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Re: Boxes #44A

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I wonder if the type C box also exists with the later illustration seen on the type B5 box above it?

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Taniwha wrote:I wonder if the type C box also exists with the later illustration seen on the type B5 box above it?

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I doubt it, (follow my rationale of 5,4,6 ordering), because on the B5 box the artwork had already changed to now suitable for exporting to more countries . Naturally they wouldn't go back to the old version.

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