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More wagons! Just been looking through my photos....
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Should have captioned these in case anyone looks...
Most are Brooklin/Lansdowne-based - the Austin A95 Countryman and Ford Zodiac Abbot Estate were cast in very small numbers for me by Brooklin from masters I made. The La Salle used 'wood' panels from the Lea Francis woody. The early-type Bedford Dormobiles are modified from the later Lansdowne version although to be strictly accurate the doors are shorter on the early vans. The Packard was based on a Clipper with rear roof taken from a Studebaker Connestoga. It's slightly too long in the body as the real car was based on the President not the Champion. The Radford Bentley - not the most attractive car ever built - is based on the Sun kit. The Rolls-Royce is a K&R Replicas with scratch-built body and the Rover is based on a Lansdowne. The rather unusual and ungainly body was built as a one-off by an enthusiast but owned by someone else by the time I made the model for the then owner. The Slumbercoach was scratch-built in wood and after this Rod Ward asked me to make a master which I did, and which Rod subsequently had resin kits produced. The Consul Estate was made from a Lansdowne saloon with the wagon bit taken from one of the castings I had made by the factory, referred to earlier.
I could have posted more but I think these are enough for anyone to stand!
More evidence of your fine work, John. Many thanks for posting.
The Slumber Coach is really outstanding.
Very nice! My faves are the Consul Estate, Austin Countryman and the Zodiac Abbott Estate. I was disappointed that Brooklin/Lansdowne never made them.
I really like the Austin Countryman pair
Who did these? One supplier indicates Brooklin is planning one to go with the Austin A105 saloon but it will probably be mega-bucks.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
Ref: my description - I made them. In those days BRK ..
had a little room in the schedule and Nigel kindly cast them for me from the master I made which was based on the A105 saloon. I think I had about 12 done, the same as the Ford Abbott station wagon. It was the original intention to make the Countryman and Zephyr wagon in the Lansdowne range and this may still happen if the forthcoming new Ford Consul does well. No decision has been yet made. There are some recolours of three Lansdownes due in the coming months.
Please post more!
Love the last pic with the travel trailer. What is the car and who made the trailer?
see 26264.1 Tom...details there. Thanks, John
Car is an old Brooklin Packard Tom
Thanks all for your kind comments!
John, what about the color on the Packard wagon...it that close to Iris??
AWESOME to say the least