And now for something completely different

I have the Dinky Commer wrecker in my collection and love it.

That Altaya truck looks good. Is it made of  resin with metal detail parts?

...and there is this Crown Coach 1967 Heavy Utility...

produced by Fire Replicas

They are absolutely beautiful models !

Posted by: @mg-harv

The only minor quibble I have concerns the roof-mounted warning lights, which should be amber, not red.

...hmm, in your pics, those lights do look like they're painted amber.  🤔 🤔 🤨     Will you re-paint them anyway?     All the models in Altaya's American truck series are excellent, your PB 359 is no exception.

All of those look excellent. Each of them looks ready to tow any small model in for a repair. I have a blue 1953 Chevrolet tow truck in 1/38 scale from Kinsmart and it's set if one of my autos needs to go in to get fixed at the garage !  

I had a relatively small Corgi collection from my childhood and, about 35 years later, my first vintage Corgi purchase as an adult was the Holmes Wrecker. It is a tremendous model and IMHO one of the great examples of the golden age of Corgi.

@ed-davis Ed - Part diecast, part plastic. Ixo has farmed out some of its production to Bangladesh, which is where this one was made.

@mg-harv 

Thanks. IXO is not the only company moving some production to Bangladesh. I recently purchased some diecast 1/72 scale model planes (Blue Angels A4 Skyhawks) from Hobby Master, which are now made in Bangladesh. For those not familiar with Hobby Master, they are one of the largest producers of diecast model airplanes.

An Altaya wrecker and the 1:1 inspiration. Got this one on eBay from a private seller in Portugal a few years ago.

@daveg  Awesome!   😎 😎 😎

@chris +1

@ed-davis +2 I like that one and the photo of the real one makes it very special.

BTW, anyone watch The World's Most Dangerous Roads? The Canadian episodes on the Coquihalla highway show a lot of these beasts in action.

@ed-davis +3.