#30 Blue with metal wheels

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#30 Blue with metal wheels

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Here are pictures of my #30 Ford Prefect in blue with grey METAL wheels.
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Re: #30 Blue with metal wheels

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We need to repost the instructions on using photobucket for simple resizing and how to resize pic on your own.
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Re: #30 Blue with metal wheels

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I have resized them for you TNT, but do have a read in here...viewtopic.php?f=5&t=21#p117

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Re: #30 Blue with metal wheels

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That's a real beauty! I see Nick is missing the baseplate colour on the variation table for the mw version, the axle carriers look glossy but the rest looks flat black. It's a trick of the light I think, can you confirm?
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Re: #30 Blue with metal wheels

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I would say it was all gloss Black as there are highlights on the text and reflections of the axles on the base behind the axles themselves.
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I would say gloss too, worth double checking though to be sure.
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Re: #30 Blue with metal wheels

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The axles are reflecting the flash. No problem there.
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Re: #30 Blue with metal wheels

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Nice example of this very Rare variation TNT. This Model in Blue with the out of timeline Metal Wheels on it has been on my own "Want List" for over 40 years now. Yours looks very original, so should be of interest to Inspector Numi, who has always argued with me that this variation was never produced by the Lesney factory. Nick has been looking for a nice one to picture at his website of codes, so I know this particular model will also fit that purpose very well. Thank You Very Much for showing this one to Forum members, it is a real beauty. Cheers! kwakers
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Here's my blue example (on the right). Not quite as good of shape but that's because I've sold off all my nice models.

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Re: #30 Blue with metal wheels

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Tinman wrote:Here's my blue example (on the right). Not quite as good of shape but that's because I've sold off all my nice models.
Ummmm....Joe, those are 36a Austins, not 30a Ford Prefects (#seniormoment). :D
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