it ' s pleasantly busy here ! Some special photos in relation to the Tracteur Panhard avec semi - remorque citerne ' Esso ': [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / IMG_7060.jpg [/img] [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / IMG_7046.jpg [/img] [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / IMG_7047.jpg [/img]
And finally in the company of its never born British articulated brother: [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / IMG_5355.jpg [/img]
A 1284 Crescent Mercedes - Benz W196 racing car
and the 237 Dinky Toys version of the same car.[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / Crescent_and_Dinky_Mercedes_Racing_Cars.jpg [/img] The Crescent version is slightly longer than the Dinky version
and is better detailed.More importantly it is in the correct colour of Silver rather than the Dinky in White.The 1950s Mercedes - Benz racers were known as the ' Silver Arrows ' this was because they did not paint them in order to save weight
and the colouring comes
from
the plain,
polished,
aluminium body.Dave
[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / 23c_MercedesW25.jpg [/img] Mercedes W 25 1934.Engine 8 cylindres,
capacity 3.3 litres,
double compressor,
350 cv 175 mph.David,
The story does not
go
quite like this.As all the racing Mercedes,
this car with an aluminium body was painted white.Before a race,
it was one kilo to heavy.to reduce the weight,
it was decided to strip the paint overnight.The first Silver Arrow was born,
it won the race
and this colour became the national coulour of Germany.Photographed at the Mercedes Benz Museum at Untertrkheim near Stuttgart on January 30,
2008.This is the prototype for the Dinky Toys 23 c.
Dave --Thanks for showing the Crescent Mercedes Benz. When I was a young collector back in 1959, I bought several of the Crescent models, including the Mercedes, the D-Type Jaguar, and the Aston Martin. I thought all of them were very well done and as you pointed out, they were also done in the correct colors. The Crescent D-Type Jaguar is not only a much better, more accurate model, but they also wisely painted it in the factory racing color of British Racing Green, which reflected the Le Mans winning car of 1955. The Dinky Jaguar is not very well done and I have never, ever seen a D-Type painted that color..........marketing aside, it would have seemed appropriate to model that seminal, very famous British race car as most would remember it. Terry
According to our dear president who is a Jaguar expert,
the green colour of the Dinky Toys D type is the colour used by the factory for delivery of the cars to the customers who then repainted them in their own colour.I do agree,
a nice British racing green
and racing number would have been nicer.
Thanks for you contributions Dirk
and welcome to the site.I have to
go
to an AGM today so I will try to
add
some bits either tonoight
or tomorrow morning.Dave
Jacques -- I beg to differ with you and our president...I have a copy of a definitive book on competition Jaguar's, 'Jaguar Sports Racing & Works Competition Cars from 1954', by Andrew Whyte (1987). In it, he not only gives a very comprehensive history of the development of the D-Type, but also an individual history of each of the cars produced, including the factory 'works' models. In each individual history, he lists the original Jaguar serial number and the British registration number, along with the original color the car was delivered with. In looking over the listing, the overwhelming use of color is BRG, or British Racing Green....this for both factory racing cars and those purchased. Also used are cream, ivory, red, French blue, blue, battleship grey, pastel green, black, primer, and unfinished. There is no mention of them only coming in one color and finished by the customer. Also, as a lifelong Jaguar and D-type fan, I have looked at hundreds of color pictures of D-Types and also seen them in racing here in the states in the 1950's and I have never, ever seen one the same color as Dinky produced. My best guess is that was purely a marketing decision, made by the same folks who decided to make the Mercedes W-196 Streamliner in white, instead of the well-known and correct silver. Terry
Whatever the correct colour,
I like the turquoise finish the way it is.So I ' ll just continue with this D - type photography special: [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / dte238.jpg [/img] [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / dte238_1.jpg [/img] [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / IMG_5009 -20140208.jpg [/img] By the way,
looking at this company,
Meccano may have thought it would have become too (British Racing) green here ! Kind regards,
Jan
