DrJeep wrote:So what's in the railway box? I can see a red plastic car that might be a Cresta or Zephyr, but that can't be the gem, surely?
This was the item that made me bid on this lot,so you are correct but not on the actual make/model,neither was i ,i saw the red car as well and thought i knew what it was but i was 50% correct ,it was a capri not an escort,there are three rarer green escorts in there so i am not complaining,the other models are a lotus f1 car and a gt70,all in different colours as you can see.The interesting bit is these are from the early 1970,s and were i think cereal give aways at the same time the cars were being made,the escort has the reg number fev 1 h just like the escort corgi rocket.I am sure i have a couple of the red escorts somewhere and maybe a green one but the f1,capri and gt 70 are new to me,interestingly someone is trying to sell the gt70 for £29 on ebay at the moment so you see the potential of the find
.The austin van is by eko and dates from the same period,my guess these were to be part of a model railway.
If anyone can recall where these models came from i would be very interested,so far apart from other examples i have found out nothing of their origin
dave
,you are correct about the lone star models ,quite a presence in this collection,the slush cast car i have shown with a base shot,next to a tootsietoy ,both i would say are 1940,s,perhaps someone will know.
