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Three Diesel Locos, a Class 37 and two Hymeks in undecorated and unusual coloured plastic. Dave comments, all three were made in the Margate factory, I was told they sent them in this condition to the box manufacturers |
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| R.150S B12 for the French market with Acho coupling on tender | ||
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Dave comments, here's one for discussion. The above photos are of the Hornby 1973 issue of the ferry van, but in a Tri-ang box The stamped R numbers, on both ends are the same font etc, correct for the Fyffes van |
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Dave Coddington's Brown R.23 Mail Coach Although this coach demonstrates it has had a tough life, repainted etc. It definitely shows it was moulded in brown plastic unlike the normal maroon/red |
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R.59 2-6-2 Tank Loco as sold in NZ. The
close-up photo of the side tank clearly shows that a transfer was never
applied. (The other side is in similar condition) The ends of the box
lid are blank. |
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New Zealand R.103 Series 3 Buffers Box of 6 |
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| The RS601a Goods Set. From the label it was number 3 of 100. Unusually the box inserts are made from cheap plain cardboard. (still to add the missing track & parts of the level crossing) | ||
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The booklet written by Walter Lines. It is
a 76 page document containing photos of their factories around the
world. Also included photos of the munitions made at the Merton Works -
Rocket Jet Propelled Aircraft(1941), ammunition magazines for theHawker
Hurricane & the Mark 111 Machine Gun of which over one million were
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