I announced they were due on a post on Moonbase Central about three years ago, since when they've done them again, twice, I think (I'll try to find the links) and Ed Berg has posted some too. While the article folders have been on the desktop 'ready to go' several times and quietly put back in 'My Pictures'!
But under the most tenuous of links with the previous post, we're kicking off with these Huilor premiums. Huilor is a manufacturer/seller of cooking oil, and issued various premiums back in the day. These were made for them by Cle, Del and Injectaplastic, with one or two still debatable, but the similarity between the vehicles, suggests co-operation of some kind between the three makers/lines, who are all, also, connected to other 'novelty' stuff.
Fully marked on the undersides of the chassis (another connection between them all), and with me not knowing much else, further blurb would be superfluous, and strained, so I've just annotated the images with the base markings . . .
Not there wasn't a lot of copying, we'll see some in the subsequent posts! I'm not sure if they came assembled or as kits? Another connection all these have is being polystyrene rather than the Polyethylene of some others, or the die-casts just mentioned (which we won't be looking at). And the French for 'Old Fashioned Cars' is Vieux Tacots (old clunkers) . . . Bonux next!
From your tags, I see they are all sized differently. They aLL look great, especially considering they are made from plastic and at the time probably weren't all that expensive. Nice finds!
ReplyDeleteWhat it is Jan, I don't know exactly what scale they are, so I tagged them for what they might go with? They are smaller than 1:48th, but not as small as the HO I've seen them described as, however US HO can be 1:64th (slot racing) so I took that as a marker!
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Also - some of them need a bloody good clean!
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Mercer, S-N and Renault are 1/43 to my knowledge.
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Yes Hugh, please try to give us some idea of the scale - just putting a coin next to the model can really help :)
I can't get too excited about the exact scale of old crocks! See my note on the next post - Bonux - They (the Bonux) are about the same size as Yesteryear's, but again - apart from having a few when we were kids - not something I follow, and for gaming, it shouldn't matter; they are all only markers, after all! These Huilor are several different scales.
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I understand Hugh, just that I have about 1000 old racing cars in 1/43. Many early models are only represented by these plastic models, and they are just as good as old John Day models. With some experience and effort they can be taken to state of art level. But, scale matters before you decide to spend months before you reach the result. Yesteryears are each one in different scale and somewhere I have a list for each set. Most French and Spanish plastic cars are exactly in 1/43, while Polistil are in 1/45 (yes, Polistil='POLITOYS PLAST' also had some plastic kits. Look: https://www.carmodel.com/politoys-plast/polpl102/1-45/alfa-romeo/f1-60-cv-n-3-1911-missing-figures-and-gear-shift/63343).
ReplyDeleteI understand too, but this stuff is just not a priority for me! You know;
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Sci-fi/Space/fantasy figures
Cowboys & Indians
Farm & Zoo
Circus & Clowns
Other Civil Figures
Dinosaurs & Cavemen
TV/Movie figures/Cartoon Characters
Cake Decorations
Figural Novelties
AFVs
Space Ships
Scenics
Militaria
Civil vehicles
Other Toys, Games and pastimes
Other Cultural/Social Nostalgia
They're right down the list! And a coin would ruin the images! It would make them all look like fleaBay sales shots!
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