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Topic starter
13/05/2022 11:37 am
Ford Motor Company’s hand crafted Continental was built for two years only selling just over 3000 copies in 1956-57. Continental was actually a separate nameplate during those two years. It was America’s most expensive car with a sticker of $10,000. In today’s money that would be $106,290.07. Brooklin did a run of black Continentals for Accent Models in New Jersey. Mine is #114. Actual car is from the Daniel Schmitt & Co. Classic Car Gallery.
David Knight
Richmond, Virginia. USA
13/05/2022 1:06 pm
I wish the NB Center would get a 1:1 scale version of this car. Then maybe we could get a 1/43 scale model with all the extra detail like other models in the NB Collection. Just a thought.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
13/05/2022 5:47 pm
Franklin Mint made a decent model of this car as well. It has nice under-hood and chassis detail for its reasonable price point back in the day. As an aside, I worked for an aerospace company in Austin in the late '80s and a woman I worked with drove a Continental Mark II as her daily driver! She worked in the publications branch, and would haul boxes of technical pubs around in her trunk for distribution and mailing. Her car was a light blue, with maybe just a hint of turquoise, with white leather inside. It was gorgeous, and I used to marvel that she would drive it to work and around town.
13/05/2022 6:35 pm
IMO the Mark II by Brooklin was not one of their better efforts. The top is so low it looks chopped which distorts the entire image.
13/05/2022 6:43 pm
@bob-jackman Yes, it's pretty bad. I'm happy with the Minichamps, unless something better comes along.
13/05/2022 7:02 pm
Harv, I agree the Minichamps is excellent. I first received it in the 100 years of Ford collection.
13/05/2022 8:16 pm
The Brooklin Mark II is what it is... not the greatest representation of the beautifully designed Mark II. I have the Mini-Champs version in Starmist White, which is awesome. My FM version is decent but has not held up well with time. It looks a bit ragged. I have a couple of GLMs version as well. They are nice but are not quite right either.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
Topic starter
14/05/2022 11:38 am
I would agree with the assassment that this model is not the best from Brooklin. It was released very early as they were a new company. It was only their 11th model and the standards for authenticity certainly have risen. This has been an interesting discussion.
David Knight
Richmond, Virginia. USA
14/05/2022 6:45 pm
I'll chime in and agree it's not a great model. The proportions are off, which is a shame since it's such a beautiful 1:1.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.