Great Manufacturers from an Earlier Age... DUGU of Italy

Great car - great photo!  See the full story here that I edited: https://www.maronline.org.uk/dugu-143-models-part-i/

Brumm v Dugu!  😉 

I have a few Dug's too David including this FIAT lorry.

@karl

Thank you for the forward to the MAR article on DUGU. Excellent read and well written.

I have somewhere that 1923 Fiat Eldridge Mephistopheles. It was, I think issued about the time DUGU stopped producing. Seems to me the box also had another name on it. I'll have to look.

I bought most of my DUGUs along with some Rios and Mercurys from FIAT through a Toronto dealership in as special deal for $3 each in the 1970s. All were Fiats. I bought all that they had and traded many at the Canadian Toy Collectors Society at that time.

@chris-sweetman

Nice to see that one again Chris. I had it in several variations but swapped them for cars that I wanted. Sorry now, but tastes change.

Seems to me that mine came in awful unboxed dull plastic cases. The cars, on the other hand, came boxed with a very nice plastic case.

@david-green My FIAT lorry came in a card box without any reference to the manufacturer. The model has amazing details and looks good on a base of slate. 

A few more images:

#10 Bernadi 

#4 FIAT GP

@chris-sweetman

Hi Chris,

I never got the Bernadi. Love that chain drive. It and the canvas sides are great features of the Fiat F2 also.

Thank you for the added extra detail go the 1907 Fiat F2 here.

A few of my DUGU models got chemical reaction between the tire rubber and the plastic wheel.I replaced these wheels with Dinky Toy ones from the Morris Oxford. Right size but different spokes. Do any of yours have that problem?

Posted by: @david-green

@chris-sweetman

Hi Chris,

I never got the Bernadi. Love that chain drive. It and the canvas sides are great features of the Fiat F2 also.

Thank you for the added extra detail go the 1907 Fiat F2 here.

A few of my DUGU models got chemical reaction between the tire rubber and the plastic wheel.I replaced these wheels with Dinky Toy ones from the Morris Oxford. Right size but different spokes. Do any of yours have that problem?

 

Hi David

Yes, unfortunately a few of mine had chemical reaction between the different types of plastic used for the tyres and hubs. Also I have a couple with metal fatigue.

Earlier Dugu's were made by the firm that produced the Rio range.

My Fiat came broken in half - very brittle metal! 😥 All fixed (for now)! A few have the dreade

 d wheel/tire melt also...

@karl Which is why I ditched all my Dugus. The wheel melt issue was intolerable. I hope someone does a nice Lancia Lambda someday - I miss that one but it was my worst offender.

Here is a  #24  1911 Fiat S-76 which illustrates well the problem that some DUGU models have with reaction between the plastic wheel and its tire. Thankfully, few of my DUGU models had this problem.

Posted by: @david-green

Here is a  #24  1911 Fiat S-76 which illustrates well the problem that some DUGU models have with reaction between the plastic wheel and its tire. Thankfully, few of my DUGU models had this problem.

 

 

The Beast of Turin!!!   That is a very rare DUGU.  Been looking years for it for a reasonable price!

@karl

Hi Karl,

Here is what it looks like right now. If it is that rare, I guess I should have left it intact, instead of trying to replace those chemically damaged wheels,

 The Dinky Toy wheels that I am in the process of adding, while the same diameter, just don't look quite the same.

As seen below, the real Beast of Turin had wire wheels.

It is just a thought, David, but might a respray of the original wheels not 'contain' the problem, or build a block between the original plastic and the rubber?  I'm not a modeler so am not sure.