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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1960-68-Match ... 5b0bc0d429
douglas decal on a #1 canopy ?? what do you guys think

another strange one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1968-Matchbox ... 5b0be6d772
seller also has some nice M/B copies and interesting bits

fixer wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1960-68-Match ... 5b0bc0d429
douglas decal on a #1 canopy ?? what do you guys think

I think it's a paper label and not a decal. I'm also sure it was stuck there by the trucks owner and not by Lesney. Same goes for the wreck truck; owner applied labels.

Tinman wrote:[I'm also sure it was stuck there by the trucks owner and not by Lesney. Same goes for the wreck truck; owner applied labels.

Ditto.

I've seen some strange stickers on wrong vehicles in my time and have a few myself but the one thing I always look at is any creasing in the label. If you take a label off of another vehicle there is always a tell tale sign ie: slight crease somewhere. So the moment I see a crease in the paper of any kind it is a no no. Having said that I do know that different labels were applied to other vehicles for trial or promo purposes. I have a few such models that although common I know they come from a good scource.

tjlglass wrote:I've seen some strange stickers on wrong vehicles in my time and have a few myself but the one thing I always look at is any creasing in the label. If you take a label off of another vehicle there is always a tell tale sign ie: slight crease somewhere. So the moment I see a crease in the paper of any kind it is a no no. Having said that I do know that different labels were applied to other vehicles for trial or promo purposes. I have a few such models that although common I know they come from a good scource.

Given the stocks of original decals and labels which were sold off in the early 1980s, even with an (apparently) untampered label, there is always the possibility that the label was applied post factory.
Provenance obviously helps, but we need to remember that there are plenty of (to my mind) dodgy models being offered for sale by people who had connections with the Hackney factory.

Good point Hugh.

If it looks like poo and smells like poo, it's almost always poo

Tinman wrote:If it looks like poo and smells like poo, it's almost always poo

OMG Joe, you dont half talk s**t!!

If it were me I would have preferred it in digital...something like No.1's and No.2's...

Ghosty.