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1. Three Snap kits included!
2. Great for the Begginner Modeler
3. Comes with M3 Half Track with trailer, Huey Chopper and Sherman Tank with Rocket Launcher
4. Peel and Stick Decals! Includes 2 army Men!
5. Ages 8 and Up!

1. Assembly Required Skill Level 2. Ages 12 and up.
2. Glue and Paint sold separately

List Price: $190.56

List Price: $265.00

1. Japan 21 Jewels Automatic Movement by Seiko (Calibre 7S26)
2. Stainless Steel Case and Band with Fold-Over Clasp
3. Day/Date Display with Spanish Option, Luminous Hands and Markers, Hardlex Crystal for Duability
4. Transparent Screwdown Caseback
5. Water Resistant - 30M

1. Highly detailed plastic model
2. 5 minute build up time
3. Includes stand

List Price: $4.19

List Price: $10.50

1. Plastic Model Kit-Assembly Required
2. Glue and Paint sold separately

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There is quite a long history of craftsmen building detailed miniature models of transport vehicles and machinery, but it was not until nineteen thirty-four that die cast model cars and trucks arrived on the scene in any great numbers.

At that time the replica cars and trucks were not looked on as collectable items in their own right - they were produced to lend extra realism to model railways.

Since the early nineteen twenties Frank Hornby had made ever more complex train sets. One of these sets, Meccano Set No 21, came with six die-cast models, consisting of a sports coupe, a motor truck, a sports car, a delivery van, an army tank and a farm tractor. These were the first Dinky models, issued under the “Meccano Modelled Miniatures” label, as Set No. 22.

These early diecast models were fairly crude by modern standards, seeing as they were cast from an alloy with high lead content which didn’t lend itself to a high level of detail. What is more they did not intend to depict genuine automobiles, although the sports car looked a bit like the S.S.1, a popular make at that time and a forerunner of the Jaguar.

In terms of size, they were not well suited to the railway sets which they were intended to adorn.

It soon became apparent, however, that there was a healthy market for models like this, and it was not long before individual die-cast replicas based on real cars and trucks were produced and sold on their own. Dinky Set 30 was modeled on the famous Rolls Royce, Set 36A on the Armstrong Siddely, 36B a Bentley, and 36F was a Salmon sports car.

With the passage of time the quality of detail and reproduction hugely improved. The Dinky sets had die-cast alloy bodies and tin-plate radiators and rubber tyres. The later replicas also came with passengers and drivers. The Armstrong Siddely had a footman and chauffeur. Just prior to the Second World War some superb military models were produced, including tanks with catterpillar tracks and rotating turrets.

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