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BIG Tanker!!
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 7:48 pm
by starni999
Hi all,
Couldn't resist this, got it from a mate,
Made by Poplar Plastics of Bridgend Wales, it's a Corgi copy, La France cab and Bedford Tanker rear...
Reg Wheels for size comparison....it's Huge!
Cheers
CW.
Re: BIG Tanker!!
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 8:03 pm
by cOO7rgi
Wow, you really have a diverse collection!
But the cab is not an American LaFrance - it's a Ford C series which was never produced by Corgi (I think the oldest Ford truck from Corgi was an H series, used e.g. for the Holmes wrecker). So if this tanker is indeed a copy I have to leave it to others to identify the source model for the Ford C.
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Re: BIG Tanker!!
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 8:54 pm
by GHOSTHUNTER
As far as I know, the last company to market that Tanker was TUDOR ROSE (also based in Wales!), who had business connections with POPLAR PLASTICS and POPLAR TOYS with some cross pollination of tooling.
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The same cab moulding was also used by Tudor for a type flat bed delivery truck, find a picture for you later if you want.
Ghosthunter.
Re: BIG Tanker!!
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:07 pm
by starni999
Hi all,
Course you're right, it's a Ford Cab.
I'd love to know anything more about it, when was it made?
Cheers
CW
Re: BIG Tanker!!
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:26 pm
by johnboy
Nice one Chris, I don't want to highjack your thread but I love my big tanker, from West Germany. Space is the problem though
Re: BIG Tanker!!
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:37 pm
by GHOSTHUNTER
Sorry John, that's not a big tanker...
- HAMMER Deutz Tanker.JPG (171.41 KiB) Viewed 512 times
...this is a
BIG TANKER!
Ghosty.
Re: BIG Tanker!!
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:40 pm
by johnboy
Now your just boasting. Hang on a minute, there's nothing to show the scale, it could be a tiddler
Re: BIG Tanker!!
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:48 pm
by Miller
Magirus Deutz Saturn or later D-Frontlenker (Frontlenker means COE)
BTW - both Magirus are made from the same company.
Here is a smaller vehicle, but also BP
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Re: BIG Tanker!!
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:49 pm
by GHOSTHUNTER
johnboy wrote:Now your just boasting. Hang on a minute, there's nothing to show the scale, it could be a tiddler
If I posted something to show you the scale, I'll be banned from the site...
Ghosty.
Re: BIG Tanker!!
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 9:57 pm
by johnboy
GHOSTHUNTER wrote:johnboy wrote:Now your just boasting. Hang on a minute, there's nothing to show the scale, it could be a tiddler
If I posted something to show you the scale, I'll be banned from the site...
Ghosty.
I wouldn't want you to ban yourself Ghosty, so we best leave it to the imagination.
