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K13B Building Transporter. Issued 1971. All England castings.
Body: Olive green, light green or green.
Base: Light red, red, dark red, fluorescent red, lt.yellow, yellow, dk.yellow or unpainted.
Base legend: K-13 or K-13/20.
Wheels: Four or five spoke star.
Axle cover: Black, blue or white.
Windows: Clear or blue tint.
Interior: White.
Building: Orange, yellow or dark yellow.
Building holder: Red or dark red.

1. PP/Olive green body/lt.red K-13/20 base/clear windows/white int/5 spoke wheels/black open axle cover/orange building.
2. Olive green body/red K-13/20 base/clear windows/white int/4 spoke wheels/black open axle cover/orange building.
3. Olive green body/dk.red K-13/20 base/clear windows/white int/4 spoke wheels/black open axle cover/orange building.
4. Olive green body/red K-13/20 base/clear windows/white int/5 spoke star wheels/black open axle cover/yellow-orange building.
5. Olive green body/red K-13/20 base/clear windows/white int/5 spoke star whls/black open xle cvr/orange building/diff steering wheel.
6. Olive green body/dk.red K-13/20 base/clear windows/white int/5 spoke star wheels/black open axle cover/orange building.
7. Olive green body/dk.red K-13/20 base/clear windows/white int/5 spoke star wheels/white open axle cover/orange building.
8. Olive green body/fluorescent red/K-13 base/clear windows/wht int/5 spoke star whls/black open xle cvr/org building/lt.red holder.
9. Olive green body/unpainted K-13 base/blue tint windows/white int/5 spoke star wheels/black open axle cover/orange building.
10.Olive green body/unpainted K-13 base/blue tint windows/white int/5 spoke star wheels/blue open axle cover/orange building.
11.Olive green body/lt.yellow K-13/20 base/clear windows/white int/4 spoke wheels/black open axle cover/orange building.
12.Olive green body/lt.yellow K-13/20 base/clear windows/white int/5 spoke star wheels/black open axle cover/orange building.
13.Olive green body/lt.yellow K-13/20 base/clear windows/white int/5 spoke star wheels/white open axle cover/orange building.
14.Light green body/yellow K-13/20 base/clear windows/white int/5 spoke star wheels/black open xle cvr/dk.yellow-orange building.
15.Green body/dk.yellow K-13/20 base/clear windows/white int/5 spoke star wheels/black open axle cover/orange building.
16.Green body/red K-13/20 base/clear windows/white interior/5 spoke star wheels/black open axle cover/orange building.

Nice article. One of my favorite models. I did not know there were so many base variations.

Hello Charlie,

Another nice listing and very colourful photo display.

I can see 4 blue doors on the buildings in amongst your fleet but I am guessing you have a red one somewhere. Here is a pic of mine with unpainted base that comes with red doors for the building.
The pocket catalogues show the building doors in either yellow or blue.

What I find interesting is there only being two codes showing the use of base plates with just K13 cast as apposed to K13/K20 cast base plates.

Are there any other differences with the pre-pro apart from base colour of light red please?

Bert

Hi Bert,
Thanks for the additional info. I have revised the post to include the base type; found 2 models with K-13 only. Checked the doors and all I could see was blue.
I do not see anything special on the prepro accept the light red base color. Those pocket or dealer catalogs do show some nice pictures of prepros especially
during the late '60s and early '70s.
Charlie

An amazing collection of boxed models Charlie, I only have a couple boxed. Next time I come across them I will have to cross reference against your superb list.
Thank you for all your hard work on these super kings it is much appreciated.
J

I also have black grill and baseplate on the metallic green and also one with blue rear springs.

Hi Does the black baseplate have K13 or K13 and 20. J

Hi Does the black baseplate have K13 or K13 and 20. J

K13 / 20

Thank you for that info, my one is the same as yours.
I do not have any with the blue plastic so thats one I will look out for.
I do have a poor condition Green model with yellow interior with just K20 on the base and also a K13 only base in Red.
J

I do have a poor condition Green model with yellow interior with just K20 on the base and also a K13 only base in Red.
J

Since I've been collecting these (which isn't long) I found a yellow interior just a couple of weeks ago on a white K34 (blue roof / clear windows) so would it seem that the odd colour interiors were not just a one off production glitch .... or would it indicate the last of the K20 and the first of the K34 ??

I do not have any with the blue plastic so thats one I will look out for.

There was a rough one on eBay a few weeks ago with blue springs for £10 plus post and a chap on Chesterfield Flea Market (Thursdays only) has an even rougher example for £2. They do crop up occasionally and seem (to me) to be more common than the white springs. I've only ever seen the blue springs though on unpainted baseplate examples.
AJR