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Re: mercedes 46 pre production
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:13 pm
by fixer
looks good to me, rivets are fine in the picture , as I said earlier the boot is cast shut making it the later casting like the one on Christians site
nice find
Re: mercedes 46 pre production
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:58 am
by GHOSTHUNTER
Yep, same here, looks genuine and it has an un-finished baseplate..."MATCHBOX" SERIES ????? and the rivets are spot-on, showing just the sort of degredation from the pressing machine.
I am happy this is a genuine 'Trial' model or 'Pre-Pre' model, very nice catch for you Pierkemimi.
GHOSTHUNTER.
Re: mercedes 46 pre production
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 1:08 am
by motorman
It looks good to me, a very very nice find!!!
Re: mercedes 46 pre production
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 1:55 am
by nickjones
It looks fine to me too, Very nice.
Re: mercedes 46 pre production
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 3:17 am
by jimgallegos
Later large wheel wells and green windows from the 2-pack military variation. I hope this is the real thing. $1000+.
Re: mercedes 46 pre production
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 12:28 pm
by Pierkemimi
Thanks guys, we agreed on the price.
He also has more pre pro for sale. Anyone else interested in models ?
Re: mercedes 46 pre production
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 8:02 pm
by vetrad
Hi Kurt, thanks for agreeing to buy my Mercedes. I offered you those other models because they would be easy to ship with this one. I would prefer not to offer them publically at this point. I'll probably sell them next year when I have more time to offer them properly.
Best,
David
Re: mercedes 46 pre production
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:32 pm
by matchboxuk
Pierkemimi wrote:Have the chance to get one of this model. Can anyone tell me what the value of such a model is so that I dont pay to much.
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I am not sure whether the orange version of the Mercedes shown by Christian is from my collection. It is a known pre-pro.
This model was manufactured some time after the superfast standard version had been withdrawn, hence the casting changes to the base. It was in fact a pre-pro for the military two pack series. Several of these identical models were produced. I am not sure which model in the miniature range was released in this colour but the identical shade of paint was used on several other pre-pro models.
I think that at the same time the silver model was produced which found its way into 5 packs. I have no idea why more of the silver version were produced.
Nigel
Re: mercedes 46 pre production
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:30 pm
by motorman
Thanks for that additional information Nigel. very much appreciated.
Re: mercedes 46 pre production
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:43 pm
by nickjones
Great to see you back and posting again Nigel, Have you finished your travels now?.