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Hello Gerrit and Kevin

Great photos Gerrit

What I find interesting about this is the paint transferred from perhaps the previous model on the tool has stayed in the first strike rivet well impression on the base plate undisturbed all this time. The other is the amount of pressure required to shape the impression in the base plate but very little paint loss resulting to base plate.
I like this type of find, a great pick up.

I think I knew Mary, her surname was Rivet, she was a single young lady at the time so would have gone by the title of Miss M Rivet.

Regards
Bert

Hello Bert, I think you'll find the previous model would be another 24c anyway because the jig or cradle to hold the model would be put in place at the start of a worker's shift and stay there until She had completed a batch of models, in this instance the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow saloon.

Midday or at the end of the Day (anybody know of the shift patterns at Lesney-Nick!), a different jig for a different model in the range could be placed ready for another batch of models.

GHOSTHUNTER.

Hi Kevin, Yes I was actually referring to the 24c model she had just done prior to this. ( I perhaps could have worded it differently) Interesting that we don’t see many pics or references to the jigs used. Do you know of anyone who has any jigs in their collections?

yellowfoden wrote: I think I knew Mary, her surname was Rivet, she was a single young lady at the time so would have gone by the title of Miss M Rivet.

Regards
Bert

According to Kevin's first contribution to this thread there was also a Miss Hit working at Lesney's.

Yeah, Miss hit used to sit next to Miss stake...

Ghosty.