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I have no history with these plastic test shots but my guess they were to test the die when new,researching these on the net i also saw a plastic test shot of the bedford cf,looks like they are quite rare,
luckily i just happen to have a citreon model to hand to compare with the plastic test shot.
dave

I am not aware of Corgi making a Bedford CF which is a medium sized Van to compete against the Ford Transit so I think you might mean a Bedford TK truck cab unit as shown below.



Ghosthunter.

GHOSTHUNTER wrote:I am not aware of Corgi making a Bedford CF which is a medium sized Van to compete against the Ford Transit so I think you might mean a Bedford TK truck cab unit as shown below.



Ghosthunter.

Thank you for the correction,you are quite right (i used to drive a cf ,brain freeze lol) and thats the other test shot i saw on the net,
dave

We also have evidence of Lesney using plastic test shots.

Idris wrote:We also have evidence of Lesney using plastic test shots.

Interesting tread,i remember it now because they plastic used on the truck reminded me of the glow range,when i worked in a foundry the nearest thing i saw like this was a new die arriving to make ashtrays with a hard wax first shot on it,so it could be that these plastic shots are the result of toolmakers testing their tools before sending them to the foundry.
dave

I have an example of the plastic Beetle body shell, bought at a toy fair several years ago. The seller described them as being test shots. I remember he had an SM as well, and they weren't expensive, but I preferred the Beetle. I thought the plastic bodyshell would look quite nice mounted on a baseplate and with seats and windows fitted, but I didn't want to remove the sprues, although on my example they have been folded inside the body.

Fred7A wrote:I have an example of the plastic Beetle body shell, bought at a toy fair several years ago. The seller described them as being test shots. I remember he had an SM as well, and they weren't expensive, but I preferred the Beetle. I thought the plastic bodyshell would look quite nice mounted on a baseplate and with seats and windows fitted, but I didn't want to remove the sprues, although on my example they have been folded inside the body.

That interesting he had the same ones,that means there were more than one so i wonder why?
dave

MOKOSEX wrote:

Idris wrote:We also have evidence of Lesney using plastic test shots.

Interesting tread,i remember it now because they plastic used on the truck reminded me of the glow range,when i worked in a foundry the nearest thing i saw like this was a new die arriving to make ashtrays with a hard wax first shot on it,so it could be that these plastic shots are the result of toolmakers testing their tools before sending them to the foundry.
dave

I think the Convoy showed there is much later (late eighties) I don't Lesney used plastic test shots in the early 70ties.

marcel

matchboxmarcel wrote:I think the Convoy showed there is much later (late eighties).

I left the UK in early '87. However, I saw similar plastic test shots of the "big rig" cabs at Philip Bowdidge's sometime before I left.

Idris wrote:

matchboxmarcel wrote:I think the Convoy showed there is much later (late eighties).

I left the UK in early '87. However, I saw similar plastic test shots of the "big rig" cabs at Philip Bowdidge's sometime before I left.

yes that was about the period of those Convoy models. Would have to check but think the 1st one was around 1984.