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18/09/2019 5:16 am
Real aspect hinging in 1:43 - was Marklin first?
I just posted these on Facebook and noted that this Marklin 250SE (introduced about 1969) made no use of dog-leg hinges for the opening parts. Quite well done considering all 4 doors open. Not bad for a toy so old! If only Franklin Mint had used German craftsmen.
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18/09/2019 10:51 am
Good one, Harvey. Here's one that's older (and much more simple!) (pics)
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Made by the Arcade Manufacturing, Freeport, Illinois, 1932-33, of cast iron.
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photo no longer availableFor the younger folks, that's a "rumble seat."
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I don't think I'm going to tell Rover to get out of the rumble seat, not just yet.
Enjoy!
David H
18/09/2019 11:26 am
Was Marklin first
Way ahead of the opposition , another example would be the Russian made Lada Niva which had amazing detail ,doors etc and underbody , when it came out I visited GPM in Radlett ,and Brian Harvey told me the belief at the time was that the tooling had been made in Germany , probably by Marklin
18/09/2019 12:12 pm
Not quite as old but not new by any means.
Jouef Evolution does some great opening components with prototypical hinges.
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18/09/2019 12:19 pm
Marlin got its start in model railroading.
And model railroading has a lot of rivet counters so they had to be highly detailed even in the small stuff.
18/09/2019 8:56 pm
Not quiet as old
The Jouef tooling was made by a prominent French modeller , who worked in 1/43 and other scales
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19/09/2019 4:23 am
I still have the Joueff 911 Carrera RS. It came in a felt box much like that used for watches.
20/09/2019 5:03 pm
Very nice castings. Rumor is that Mercury actually assembled them! -pic
Perhaps the molds were made by the Marklin tool makers; they do resemble their HO scale locomotive castings...
RAK came out in 1968. All 2 doors until the NSU RO80 and Mercedes 250 in 1969!!!
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