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Re: Made in England
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 3:46 am
by ritchie
GHOSTHUNTER wrote:Made in England...just!
... A prototype was created by painting a normal 'Macau' MB31, in the new colour, but it was painted in a matt Caramel colour, not the metallic 'Gold' as found on full production models and somehow, the index plate was tampo printed with "FROTUNE" instead of "FORTUNE".
The pictures below show the pre-pro model in Caramel, alongside a full production 'Gold' example from Thailand, note the front index plates.
- Pre-pro and Thailand full production model..JPG (45.24 KiB) Viewed 1656 times
GHOSTHUNTER.
YES! This Caramel colour prepro from World Class series is the one I'm still missing. Thanks for showing!
Cheers,
R
Re: Made in England
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:34 pm
by GHOSTHUNTER
- 'WORLD CLASS' Promotional material..JPG (40.91 KiB) Viewed 1641 times
I don't know how many actual examples of these Caramel 'World Class' preproduction models were made, but the one used for photography on this promotional materiel for the range, seems to have white walled tyres, suggesting a slightly later version than the example in my pictures.
So Ritchie, keep looking for it, one day it may appear on the collectors market,
GHOSTHUNTER.
Re: Made in England
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:55 pm
by nearlymint
Very interesting read Ghosthunter, thanks for sharing the info. Do you own any of the trial/prepro models.
Jason
Re: Made in England
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:07 pm
by GHOSTHUNTER
nearlymint wrote:Very interesting read Ghosthunter, thanks for sharing the info. Do you own any of the trial/prepro models.
Jason
I do own the Caramel 'World Class' model shown in the pictures alongside the Made in Thailand 'World Class' version.
I don't normally collect such models, but it was offered to me by a forum member and I thought it would a make change from collecting all the normal production models and I am pleased now that I have it.
Thank's Jason for enquiring.
P.S. Are you going to Sandown Park toy fair?
Ghosty.
Re: Made in England
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:12 pm
by nearlymint
Hi Ghosthunter,
Did not realise it was on this weekend, so I will not be going all booked out.
Jason
Re: Made in England
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 6:42 pm
by David Tilley
Re: Made in England
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 6:52 pm
by nickjones
Nice colour, what good taste they had, it's almost the same colour as my beemer.
Re: Made in England
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 11:12 pm
by motorman
nickjones wrote:Nice colour, what good taste they had, it's almost the same colour as my beemer.
But in much better condition!...............have you changed those bushes yet???
Re: Made in England
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 12:20 am
by nickjones
Yep, front bushes, discs & pads, tyres, battery, rear window, fan belts, radio-dvd player,
I'm turning it into a new car bit by bit.
Actually I just offered it as a part exchange on a live aboard bus, I'm torn between a bus and a yacht, can't decide if I want to explore the UK or explore the whole world.
I wanted to be a new age traveller but I'll just have to content myself with being an old age traveller.
Re: Made in England
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 12:28 am
by GHOSTHUNTER
Er...torn between a boat and a bus, well that's easy, look at what you've had in the past, why not build a boat-bus, that way you can have a bus that floats and take paying passengers!!!!!
Ghosty.
