tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post984816636858949422..comments2024-03-27T00:38:57.402+00:00Comments on Small Scale World: M is for Mini-trucks, Part 1 - Cab designs and overviewHugh Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-49644048326277707832014-04-11T00:16:13.042+01:002014-04-11T00:16:13.042+01:00Thank you for that Tom, sorry I missed the comment...Thank you for that Tom, sorry I missed the comment at the time.<br /><br />Re. Dinky...the staff car was also a weird vehicle, as I think it's based on a Dutch or Swedish vehicle, not a British or 'Empire' service vehicle.<br /><br />The Humbers must have had the same engine as the Austin Champ? My mother was in the F.A.N.Y. (hence the very rare para wings I posted somewhere on the Hugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794332685653784854.post-55395239566404682252014-03-22T02:00:28.479+00:002014-03-22T02:00:28.479+00:00Hi there Maverick - congratulations on a great sit...Hi there Maverick - congratulations on a great site! I was reading your well-researched posts on the Humber 1-ton truck toys from 2011. I have had a couple of these trucks (life-size) as well as having found the tiny Xmas cracker toy. I thought you may find it interesting to know that, as far as I can tell, the Dinky toy (and hence most of the others)is actually based on the second or third Junkyard Tomnoreply@blogger.com