| There is quite a long history of
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| | replicas based on real cars and trucks
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| craftsmen building detailed miniature
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| | were produced and sold separately. Dinky
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| replicas of transport vehicles and
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| | Set 30 was based on the Rolls Royce, Set
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| machinery, but it wasn't until 1934 that
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| | 36A on the Armstrong Siddely, 36B a
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| diecast model cars and lorries arrived on
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| | Bentley, and 36F was a Salmon sports
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| the market in any great numbers.At that
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| | car.With the passage of time the quality
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| time the model cars and trucks weren't
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| | of detail and reproduction greatly
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| regarded as collectable items in their
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| | improved. The Dinky sets had diecast
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| own right - they were produced to lend
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| | alloy bodies and tinplate radiators and
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| added realism to model railways.Since the
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| | rubber tyres. The later models also came
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| early 1920s Frank Hornby had been making
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| | with drivers and passengers. The
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| increasingly complex train sets. One of
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| | Armstrong Siddely had a footman and
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| the sets, Meccano Set No 21, was
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| | chauffeur. Just before the Second World
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| embellished with six diecast models,
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| | War some superb military models were
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| consisting of a motor truck, a sports
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| | produced, including tanks with
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| coupe, a delivery van, a sports car, a
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| | catterpillar tracks and rotating
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| farm tractor, and an Army tank. These
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| | turrets.Few models from that era have
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| were the first Dinky models, issued under
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| | survived in acceptable condition, and
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| the "Meccano Modelled Miniatures" label,
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| | examples in good condition are extremely
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| as Set No. 22.These early diecast cars
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| | collectable - pre-war Dinkies can fetch
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| were fairly crude by modern standards,
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| | prices up to $1000 in auction.In the
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| being cast from an alloy with high lead
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| | 1950s, new production techniques heralded
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| content which didn't lend itself to a
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| | a new era in the history of diecast model
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| high degree of detail. Also they didn't
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| | cars. Lesney, famous for their splendid
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| attempt to depict genuine vehicles,
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| | Coronation Coach, and Corgi, ("the ones
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| although the sports car bore a
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| | with the windows"), entered the market to
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| resemblance to the S.S.1, a popular make
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| | provide competition to Dinky.This new
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| of the period and a precursor of the
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| | generation of diecast vehicles, with
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| Jaguar.In terms of scale, they were not
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| | finer detail, better running gear, and
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| very well suited to the train sets which
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| | better color finish, leads up to the
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| they were intended to adorn.It soom
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| | present day, where millions of precision
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| became apparent, however, that there was
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| | diecast replica models are produced, at
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| a healthy market for such models, and it
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| | quite affordable prices for the
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| wasn't long before individual diecast
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| | collector.
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