There were three figures in two poses, and
variations exist in painted (it wasn't just the dray master) and non-painted
figures, a batch of washed-out blue (middle left)* polymer (properties of a
nylon or polypropylene) and a frame-runner variation with 'ears' on (upper pair
of arrows), possibly due to a change in the production cycle, they look like
they were to be grabbed by someone or something, but whether they was later
added or earlier removed I don't know. The same runner looses a small tab found
at the bottom of the other type - lower arrow.
* The brighter-blue ones in the previous
post were created by my colourising the photo's which were washed-out by
shooting them through glass.
I have two still boxed and this is - I'm
pretty sure - the earlier (1983'ish) one, following the general pattern of the Matchbox model which Jack Odell would
have been only too familiar with. Some of the limited edition sets also had the
manes and tails painted on the hoses and/or the collars.
Numbered engine 27 of the Chicago Fire
Brigade (it's not only 'Engine'-v-'Appliance', there's been a move away from
'Brigade' to 'Service'?) and showing only six models in the line, on the back
of the box, which has windows both sides to better display the complete assembly
with painted figures.
Both my machines are of American subjects; Lake City is in Florida. By 1986 you had to fit your own unpainted
figures which were tucked behind, where one of the windows used to be, but the
range had increased to 16 with plans for three more. I quite like this version with
the steam-pump painted red.
An older shot (2014) which has been sat in
Picasa waiting for the main chance, only to be overshadowed by the 'storage
lot'! In both sets of photo's the colour variation is not clear, but the
greyer-blue is the lower runner here.
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