They are also some of few non-figural toys
which have survived from childhood, I can well remember getting them, but I
can't remember who gave them to us, however I do recall the instruction "You'll have to share them with each-other",
so they must have come from a friend of the family, or a distant relative with
no idea of children!
Of course - the fact they are still in MY
possession, might be taken as evidence of a nefarious theft from my little
brother! A big-wheeled Ferret, a Stalwart (Airfix
did a bigger one, but you all know that!) and a DUKW. And while technically all 1:43rd, they seem to be a bit 'box scale'...'ish to me!
I believe the reason it's blue is because
post-war, the Royal Corps of Transport (RCT) retained a few for harbour work at
NATO-resupply ports like Fleetwood as part of the Army's 'navy', they were
actually fitted with built-up superstructures - if memory serves; looking more
like the yellow ones which were doing duck-tours for tourists in London, I
don't know if they still are, following the fire/sinking a few years ago?
The reason the Ferret has a burnt-out
passenger compartment is down to the fact that my brother and I found it made
an excellent crucible for the disposal of left-over black-powder after whatever other
nefarious (twice in one article?) use for the stuff we'd previously been
indulging in!
Three generations of wheeled AFV from
Dinky, I painted the one in the middle as a child, it came from a church-fete
stall and its factory coat was quite chipped, although looking at it, it could
do with a third go!
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