fire spotter plane

[MOKOSEX]

Bought some diecast today at a car boot,when i looked up this kingsize fire spotter plane transporter online all the images i could find showed a red plane,this one is silver,its made in china,just wondering if its standard or has any rarity,either way its a nice seaplane
dave

[Wolfie Ginsburg]

This is what I know

The K112/2 Peterbilt Fire Spotter Plane transporter was made in England. it is easily identifiable as the cab is plane red with 23 on the cab roof and the front wheels don't steer




K134/1 Peterbilt was a modified version. The cab is red and white (as yours is), it has 12 on the roof and the front wheels steer. I only have one made in Macau, but wouldn't be at all surprised if later models were made in China



You can see both of mine have red planes with different labels

Later, in the "Emergency" series, they issued the plane on its own in silver (as yours is) in a box, opened on one side, numbered EM-50.

Unfortunately mine is packed away

Once again I wouldn't be surprised if some of these silver planes found their way onto K134s.

The plane was also used on the K128 DAF Aircraft transporter - I have versions made in both Macau and China

[MOKOSEX]

hi wolfie
great info as ever many many thanks
glad you are back,and wish you a speedy recovery
dave

[Wolfie Ginsburg]

Dave

Here is the silver plane on the DAF transporter



and the EM-50

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[MOKOSEX]

Thanks Wolfie
i think you have covered everything lol,i still keep getting drawn to the plane,really is a lovely model sea plane and i bet matchbox sold a lot of these in alaska lol
dave