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25/09/2021 11:23 am
Buccaneer Models.
Around 1975, Brian Harvey introduced a new series of white metal models called Buccaneer Models to replicate both old Dinky Toys and Tootsietoys. These were sold as both kits and hand built models. The master patterns were created by Colin Flannery.
Brian had permission form Meccano , then owners of DINKY TOYS to make white metal copies.
DINKY TOYS 36F BRITISH SALMSON 4 SEATER MODEL SPORTS CAR
The original Dinky was first issued in 1937 with a driver, spare tire and tin windscreen. It was reintroduced in 1946, this time without a driver or spare tire, and deleted in 1948. This final post war model is the one copied by Buccaneer Models in 1975.
British Salmson was a British based manufacturer of cars, from 1934 to 1939. An offshoot of the French Salmson company, it was taken over by local management during WWII.
Production did not return after the war.
The British S4C had the same twin-overhead-camshaft, 1471 cc, four-cylinder engine and chassis as its French parent, but the gearbox was updated to include synchromesh on the top two ratios. The coachwork was to a British design and was available in four-door saloon, sports saloon, open tourer and drophead coupé versions bought in from Ranalah or Newns. Two engines were offered, the single carburettor 12/55 and the tuned, twin carburettor 12/70. The latter was claimed to take the car to 80 mph). About 230 were made.
Here is the Buccaneer copy of the Dinky Toys British Salmson Sports Car.
Here it is in white metal kit form.
25/09/2021 11:40 am
I had a few Buccaneer kits back in the 1970s. They were among the first wm kits I built - MG Ex135, MG TF, and Chrysler Airflow. Also about this time I got one or two of Dave Gilbert's DG kits, including the MG YA. These kits were sold in a plastic bag with a printed card folded over and stapled to the top of the bag - so the kit versions are impossible to find "mint boxed".
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