3B bedford tipper

[numi]

Hi Kurt,please concentrate on the area as per pic by only using the Macro settings & zoom on your digi-cam.Add a few different-angled perfect close-up shots cos we have to wade thru the crinkled bits of thick,uneven paint to decipher the raised ridge as requested.
We are all here to help out so please do not feel despondent by our varying input and views which are welcome and what better way for us all to learn.
numi

It might be easier to determine in hand as noted.

Most appropriately so Tinman,thanks.
numi

[pkp448]

Not sure if I should start a new topic or not, but thought I would keep this with the 3b discussion. Nick, Stannard and AIM all list the trim to grill, headlights and bumper. It looks like I have 3 different styles of trim:



Trim to grill, headlights and bumper


Trim to headlights and bumper


No trim

Sorry about the quality of the pictures. Any thoughts?

Bill

[Idris]

...I have posted what I thought were great finds , 3b red tipper grey wheels ,silver trim to the front ,this is not listed by Nick but mine shows some gold trim to the exhaust...

I had the opportunity to examine the above model at December's NEC toyfair. It definitely does show traces of gold paint on the exhaust box but, strangely, it is on both the inside and outside faces. If the grille trim were also gold, it would make some kind of sense, but it's not.
Gold and silver trim together on the same model is odd enough, but when the gold trim is also present on a hidden face, it is even more peculiar.

[Tinman]

...I have posted what I thought were great finds , 3b red tipper grey wheels ,silver trim to the front ,this is not listed by Nick but mine shows some gold trim to the exhaust...

I had the opportunity to examine the above model at December's NEC toyfair. It definitely does show traces of gold paint on the exhaust box but, strangely, it is on both the inside and outside faces. If the grille trim were also gold, it would make some kind of sense, but it's not.
Gold and silver trim together on the same model is odd enough, but when the gold trim is also present on a hidden face, it is even more peculiar.

Kind of directs one towards the "owner enhancement" side of the theory.