SF#45 BMW POLIZIE NO DOME?

[motorman]

Is this genuine, it certainly looks a genuine piece however

It has no dome and no hole for a dome? and yet has all the correct bonnet and boot colours. Is it a Pre pro??
I cannot recall ever seeing a #45 polizie with no dome before and i am interested to hear the thoughts of the members.

link below:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Matchbox-Supe ... 259b6264de

[fixer]

as I said in the other thread I am not convinced knowing the seller and his dubious descriptions as in this one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Matchbox-Supe ... 541855386d

[motorman]

Agreed Reg......and yet it cannot be easy to take a standard #45 Polizie, remove the dome and refill the roof hole.

Has a playworn "Manhalter" been used as a donor.....just a thought??

[motorman]

Mick where are you when we need you?..........oooops it's 1.30 in the morning, probably in bed. Sorry Mick.

Shooosh eveyone!!!

[mbox75]

Hallo Alex

Some few were already so in the trade, mainly in Germany, it is the original model Manhalter Austria.

Cheers Mathias

[mbox75]

Hello fixer

The Carabo is bleached by the sun.

Cheers Mathias

[nickjones]

Another well known faker, avoid at all costs.

[Idris]

Is this genuine, it certainly looks a genuine piece however

It has no dome and no hole for a dome? and yet has all the correct bonnet and boot colours. Is it a Pre pro??
I cannot recall ever seeing a #45 polizie with no dome before and i am interested to hear the thoughts of the members.

link below:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Matchbox-Supe ... 259b6264de

I somehow seem to have missed this post when it first came on.
Although I cannot say whether this particular example is genuine or not, this variation does exist as a pre-production/development version of the Polizei BMW. (I know because I have one, bought in the early 1980s at the LMC.)

[fixer]

You haven't missed it Idris it was just a passing comment elsewhere. Not saying that it is fake just wouldn't be confident to pay that sort of money from that source