Fox wrote:Yes there were. The brown one fits very well to the green body. I only have brown and black interiors. I have to see if there were some other colors.
I have only seen Black and Brown interiors for this model.
GHOSTHUNTER.
Which make had the flock style interiors? I remember seeing them and thinking "very funky"
Fox wrote:Yes there were. The brown one fits very well to the green body. I only have brown and black interiors. I have to see if there were some other colors.
I have only seen Black and Brown interiors for this model.
GHOSTHUNTER.
Which make had the flock style interiors? I remember seeing them and thinking "very funky"
The original 'POLYTOYS' Silver Cloud III from 1966, had a 'Flock' interior in Red.
'TOMICA' then copied the idea for their Phantom VI in 1984.
An alternative wheel design was fitted to some later versions of the 'MEBETOYS Silver Shadow, shown below and in 1980, a plastic copy of the model came out of Russia under two differnt names...'ABTOWKA' and 'MODEL KOPIA', one of which is shown further down.
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GHOSTHUNTER wrote:An alternative wheel design was fitted to some later versions of the 'MEBETOYS Silver Shadow, shown below and in 1980, a plastic copy of the model came out of Russia under two differnt names...'ABTOWKA' and 'MODEL KOPIA', one of which is shown further down.
2nd wheel design..JPG
GHOSTHUNTER.
Nice wheels variation. I'm affraid I find them too sport for such a car and I prefer the most common spun hubs.
Here is an image shown in an early 'MEBETOYS' catalogue for their Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. Clearly showing the standard Four door saloon, despite their model being based on the Two door saloon by H J Mulliner Park Ward. So when the plastic versions were introduced, they simply based the box artwork on the Mebetoys catalogue artwork!!
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Maybe. Maybe not.
I got this early catalogue but the 1971 too where you can see the two door model.
And modelkopia produced the RR (that's what the RR models bible says) in 1981.
In the 60's Corgi-Toys sold the Mercedes 220 SE coupé in a box showing a four door sedan... And a Ford Consul sedan with two doors coupé illustrated box.
