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An interesting piece
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:45 am
by matchboxrw
Re: An interesting piece
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:01 pm
by Tinman
Any chance of copying and posting the text?
Re: An interesting piece
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:55 am
by SMS88
Nice to see a 1960s custom or is it actually a Lesney colour trial? The choice of gray for the cab rather than red or white is an odd one.........
Re: An interesting piece
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 2:44 pm
by CrazyDave
Is that gray or silver? I'd like to make some like that. I'm already making ESSO tankers with the red stripe.
Re: An interesting piece
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 5:40 pm
by CrazyDave
Re: An interesting piece
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 1:38 am
by kwakers
Very nice work Dave on an interesting Lesney ad clone. It is bit scary to see how quickly you have duplicated even the Tanker logo on yours. I am left speechless at both the original ad and now your talented re-creation of it's star........kwakers
Re: An interesting piece
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 2:34 am
by CrazyDave
What I want to know is the history of the Bronner Truck. Could it have been a mock up to get ESSO to sponser it?
Lesney could have done a million other variations (not BP) with the Bedford Tanker. Guess it's up to us repainters.
Re: An interesting piece
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 2:46 am
by gpwcollector
Dave, I think the silver would be a good color as Joe said...I think you should put that on your list
Re: An interesting piece
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 1:19 pm
by kwakers
It is strange that Esso was the product featured on the Tanker in this picture. A mock up done by Bronner here in the U.S. is certainly the most logical explanation for it. If that used custom were found today in a Toybox, it would be sold for a song and no one would ever have it in their collection. Now that we have seen this Bronner ad, how many other Bronner Specials may still be around for us to ignore and brand as fakes? I bet we will all be looking a bit closer now.........Very Interesting point Dave! kwakers
Re: An interesting piece
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 3:08 pm
by matchboxrw
It could have been done by Lesney and not done by Fred Bronner. This would explain the ESSO piece. Maybe someone can figure it out or knows something about it. The scrap books have all kinds of interesting pieces. I will get them scanned as soon as I can. If you are having trouble reading the material, click on the slide show button at the top right. This will blow it up, and you can control how fast the pages turn.