Four Birth Caravan.

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Four Birth Caravan.

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G'day,
Can anyone help me find listing Variations of 117?? Four birth Caravan as there are no listing of that No in Dinky VBD.
May be I am looking up the wrong No. as there is no No. on Base Plate.
I have 2 with different colour Carpets or Floor 1 plain plastic tan with Gloss Black Base and the other Blue with Matt Base Plate. :o
Cheers Red.
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Re: Four Birth Caravan.

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Generally speaking...Model 117 has the trasnparent roof panel, large side and front windows and no model number on the matt black baseplate. This has a blue effect carpet on the floor. Model 188 has a tiny square roof window, small side and front windows with the 188 number on a gloss black baseplate. This does not have a representation of carpet on the floor so only shows the colour of the plastic minterior moulding, usually tan colour.

Nice advert below...
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...model number 117, with the transparent roof panel.

Hope that is of some help.

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Re: Four Birth Caravan.

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GHOSTHUNTER wrote:Generally speaking...Model 117 has the trasnparent roof panel, large side and front windows and no model number on the matt black baseplate. This has a blue effect carpet on the floor. Model 188 has a tiny square roof window, small side and front windows with the 188 number on a gloss black baseplate. This does not have a representation of carpet on the floor so only shows the colour of the plastic minterior moulding, usually tan colour.
Ghosthunter.
Thanks
But the Gloss Base (same as the Matt base with blue floor) has no Blue floor as shown below. :?: :?:
117 4 Berth Caravan blue-white.jpg
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The Blue floor same colour exterior just the photos make them look a shade different, is 117.
117 4 Berth Caravan white Blue.jpg
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Re: Four Birth Caravan.

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The blue carpet effect is a thin cardboard insert. With time and any exsposure to the daytime ellements, this card will become subject to shrinkage and the adhesive can dry causing this carpet effect insert to be lose, but rarely able to be removed unless force is used to tug it out of the caravan.

It is ceertainly conceivable a carpet effect insert was not fitted in the first place to all models making for a nice factory error!

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