Tuesday, November 20, 2012
M is also for Metro, Miles, Magister, Master and Monarch
Three quick posts this evening, the other two are below this one, which gives us a new tag, although I don't anticipate adding to it any time soon, as I suspected this was a desk/ash-tray ornamental, not a toy and a quick Google revealed that to be the case: Metro Novelties are their name, and they seem to have made a series of these.
This one is a Miles Aircraft type and seems to most closely resemble the M7 Monarch communications aircraft in R.A.F. service, although it's probably supposed to be an M14 Master/Magister trainer. Your guess is as good as mine! Die-cast, single casting and given a matt/egg-shell silver finish.
This is a Miles Falcon Six which was the airplane that won the King's Cup in 1936. I would like to know more history on the the company that cast these.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tom, SANDMAN OVERHAUL, Valparaiso, IN
That's fascinating Tom, and thank you for it, but Google will be more help to you than me . . . I'm a toy & figure sort of guy and Infantry by God, so crab-air is a mystery to me!
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