. . . top left, I bought it. I got home to find a parcel from Chris Smith, which had another (top right), and they were different, so I dug-out the third (bottom-middle, to find the driver was fine!), and found more differences, not great, but they are there. Chris's on the left here has the Hong Kong in a sort of 'postmark' cartouche, the Charity shop purchase has added carpet-wheels, while the old one is a hybrid of the two, sans wheels but with the same mark as the wheeled one.
Like I say, not great differences, but they confirm the evolutionary nature of such things, as we looked at previously with the pencil sharpener/tourist figurines. I have no idea which order they go in, so it's only for curiosity's sake . . . and 'completism'!
The current iteration of these common-enough tourist trinket/gift shop/museum novelty pencil sharpeners, as far as armour goes, is an M1 Abrams I believe, but there was also an M60 with an ERA (Explosive Reactive Armour) suite, and I've picked-up one of those at some point. Its running-gear is not much better to be honest, having more in common with those cheap Pioneer knock-offs of Matchbox 1-76 type die-casts. The two together, they're 'box-scale', but might suit 1:100th scale war-gaming? I won't bother with branding on these; there are maybe 20+ boxings around the world, most of the main importers/jobbers and some odder firms more normally associated with dolls house accessories, games and such-like have also had a go, although Play Me in Spain (tag'able) may have been originator on some?While the superstructures on my three are the same, when we get on to the canons (yeah . . . one day!), we'll see that there are different versions as well as variations within one version, with two or three different Mortars, Naval Guns, Catapults, Trebuchets or Battlement canons, so it's quite complicated!
Thanks to Chris for my third [different] M4 Sherman pencil sharpener!
5 comments:
I think they're fun, but can't go with the Luchs wheel system- its such an obscure vehicle that I suspect something more mundane (and there are few small models to rip off, as far as I know! Perhaps a German half track?
Sorry Andy, but it really is the most esoteric combination they culd come-up with, it's not just the arrangement it's the six-spoke cast-iron wheels, the half-tracks all have stamped discs!
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Hey, the lynx has unpierced road wheels with radiating (rounded, not distinct) ribs!
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm . . . . I think the Bellona guide had various low-run 'Luchs' one of which looked like this . . . but, now you've got me wondering if they've used the Atlantic 1:32nd Kettenkraft's running gear!!?
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Very nice blog you have heere
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