40e and 153 Standard Vanguard Saloon (1948-60)

Dear Joan Congratulations on your first post. You've been a member longer than I have so I'm sorry that you've waited so long to do so. Regarding the Vanguard, bearing in mind that I'm very much a tyro, I have some concerns with it. In some of the photos there appears to be some paint in the ends of the axles. This would not be there from the factory and can only have been added later, during a full or partial repaint of the model. In the view of the underside there appear to be two different colours of red inside the edge of the wheel arch, one being much lighter than the other. Whether this is an actual difference or a trick of the light I can't say. it's true that wheel colours do differ from body colours so that is perhaps an explanation but I believe that the wheels were painted separately from the bodies so should not be a cause for overpaint. Again I must say that I'm no expert but other members may have something further to say about it. Perhaps I am unjustifiably being negative about the model so a more expert opinion may offer you a more positive appraisal. I hope so as it will teach me something new. Kind regards John Powell

The axle ends on my closed-wheelarch models are plain, like the Austin A40 van and Studebaker tanker - the wheels can come off if the baseplate is loose.

Many thanks Kevin.

This is the last change made to the Vanguard, WHY ?