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22/10/2008 9:47 am
Has a model been made of the 1966-67 M-B "Heckflosse" (Fintail) Universal Station Wagon?
From a scene in 1969's "On her Majesty's Secret Service," from the IMCDb website.
A '67 230S Universal from www.stationwagon.com
'66 230 that sold last year for under $20K; this is the one that got my
juices flowing after watching it fail to make its ebay reserve. Link
From the '66 M-B brochure.
They were built at Benz's IMA assembly works in Belgium and were official 1966-67 M-B catalogued models in 190, 200, 220, & 230 series. I recall reading somewhere that @ 1,000 were produced in all ranges. I've seen a few listed for sale in the last year, and think they'd be a very cool Benz to have, regardless of scale.
Link to Heckflosse Club's model page, quite light on 1/43rds.
Just curious,
TG
22/10/2008 9:53 am
As I've said before - I learn something new every day on this Forum!
I always thought the W123 series was Mercedes first official wagon and that anything earlier had been made by outside agencies - Crayford for example made a small number of M-B Heckflosse wagons, my cousin owned one once. As for a model I'm fairly certain nobody has made one. This would be an ideal subject for Graeme....unless he's already made one!
22/10/2008 10:44 am
How about it Graeme, wanna make two? One for you, one for me?
I can't even imagine how much one would cost, much less two!
It's nice to dream, though,
TG
22/10/2008 11:29 am
No chance.
Looks a bit boxy and boring to me, like they took the top off a contemporary Opel Rekord estate and just welded it on. The sort of simple chop that can safely be left to the likes of Mr Roberts (whom God preserve).
If you really twisted my arm, I'd reckon on 10 weeks, 6 days a week, three and a half hours per day, that's about 200 hours at, oh, say 40 dollars an hour. Hello? Hello? Is anybody still listening? OK, so get JR to do it instead. (He's really cheap).
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
22/10/2008 11:36 am
Ouch! Can't blame a guy for trying...
I guess that means you won't settle for $10 down, then 10 cents a week?
Gibson IS a Scottish name, ya know.
LOL,
TG
22/10/2008 11:47 am
And I am an Aberdonian if that means anything to you. Basically it means that if I were guaranteed to live for another 1500 years I would gladly take up your offer. But statistically the odds may be against me. Strewth, I didn't join this forum to be cruelly reminded of my own mortality. Can't we discuss something more cheerful?
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
22/10/2008 12:08 pm
You Aberdonians! Always with the mortality thingy!
22/10/2008 1:21 pm
The Granite City! Jewel of the East Coast. Handy for a dram too!!
22/10/2008 1:21 pm
Very cheap...but not good enough to work with diecast, unlike you!
22/10/2008 2:56 pm
Wow! I had almost forgotten about drams!....er.....I mean.....what are they?
22/10/2008 4:10 pm
There is such a model, made in Russia by a pro-builder.
A diecast model was used, of course, as a base for the conversion. I am not sure how many were made.
22/10/2008 6:21 pm
If Aberdonians aren't from Aberdeen, then I'm skewered.
Pardon my ignorance, but over here we're
still trying to get used to saying the name
of a fine young actor named Ioan Gruffudd,
a Welshman whose name they say translates in American to John Griffiths. But just for fun, I'll Google Aberdonian 'cause I'm willing to broaden my knowledge base, such as it is.
In the meantime, what's not to like about a cute little Opel Rekord Caravan?
On the outside looking in,
TG
23/10/2008 1:18 am
Super little model...with a damn good handbrake! Who made it?
23/10/2008 8:36 am
That is a Minichamps John - I think the casting is about 10 years old
23/10/2008 8:58 am
Tom, Ioan's surname is spelt Gruffudd - with a double d at the end
Although, in the Welsh alphabet, "dd" is considered to be one letter - the sound it makes does not occur in English - the same goes for "ll" - another Welsh actor is Llyr Ifans.
Also the "ff" in the middle is a separate letter - much the same as "f" in English - a single "f" in Welsh sounds like an English "v".
The Welsh alphabet goes : a b c ch d dd e f ff g ng h i l ll m n o ph r rh s t th u w y.
Too much information?
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