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11/12/2021 2:07 pm
Dust & Glory? Or Barney Oldfield? Or the Green Dragon?
1905 Peerless Green Dragon 1:43 Scale (dark green, no number, white tires, driver added, “Green Dragon” on both sides of frame under motor, hood opens from sides to expose engine) by Dust & Glory
From 1904 to 1908, Barney Oldfield drove the Peerless "Green Dragon" at race meets and exhibition events throughout the United States. Some of these competitions took place at local horse tracks.
Just having fun. David H 
11/12/2021 4:26 pm
I remember your three! I have gathered them and everything I know about D & G here:
https://www.hobbydb.com/marketplaces/hobbydb/subjects/dust-glory-brand
If anyone has more info, or more photos, I will gladly improve the hobbyDB entry!
Topic starter
11/12/2021 4:31 pm
Good compilation, Karl. I like your site and refer to it pretty often.
11/12/2021 4:38 pm
Except for the 1911 Marmon, I have all the D&Gs by Phil Alderman. My Peerless has a tendency to sag under its own weight - perhaps the frame rails should have been scaled-up.
11/12/2021 5:37 pm
I don't have one of the magnificient D & G models, but here is Barney in my 1/18 garage...
Ralf Buyer
Wiesbaden, Germany
11/12/2021 6:49 pm
@mg-harv Do you know the ref numbers (1 2 3...) for:
Do you have a photo and ref number for:
We have the rest in the DB already...
John Kuvakas and John Kuvakas reacted
12/12/2021 9:47 am
@karl The Peerless is No. 7. The Simplex Speed car is No. 4. But Phil made some of these as a road car and I do not know if they had a separate number. Are you sure the Christie is a D&G and not a Queens model? I think the post on hobbydb could be bogus - there is no picture and it is called White Motor Co. MCM made the Queens models and also made models for Phil. Perhaps he proposed the Christie and it became a Queens model? I would think this is very questionable unless Phil responds here, or if a picture of the box label can be found.
Karl Schnelle and Karl Schnelle reacted
12/12/2021 10:04 am
@mg-harv Thanks for the info. I saw the Christie on a French forum labeled as a D & G - but you are probably right, it's mislabeled.
https://forum-auto.caradisiac.com/topic/384482-les-tresors-du-musee/page/106/#comment-50960836
12/12/2021 10:26 am
@karl Certainly a model I would like to have though.
Karl Schnelle and Karl Schnelle reacted
13/12/2021 8:17 am
I can confirm that the Walter Christie is a Queens model. It was #8 in a series of limited models that have been produced by C. Gouel starting in 1988. The Walter Christie raced in the 1907 Grand Prix de l’Automobile Club de France.
Karl Schnelle and Karl Schnelle reacted
13/12/2021 8:03 pm
That Golden Submarine is another on my very short list of holy grails…
Karl Schnelle and Karl Schnelle reacted
13/12/2021 9:20 pm
I have the Packard and would love to have the Golden Submarine.
13/12/2021 10:12 pm
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