My TN VC 10 toy

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This TN VC 10 has featured on the site before I think. Although it has crude wheels the view from the top in particular is great. I missed buying one in Brussels which was actually boxed (a curious black and pink coloured box- has anyone got photos?) and years later got a repainted one at a Toy Fair. Managed to pick this one up on UK Ebay in good condition (no box). Like all tinplates it seems to suffer from little rust spots (thin paint, UK climate).

The toy itself was always shown in ads (such as one for a competition in TV 21 comic) from above which hid the awful undercarriage.

My two will be getting to play with a Budgie Superfueler as soon as I can find where I put it!

[Tone]

The toy itself was always shown in ads (such as one for a competition in TV 21 comic) from above which hid the awful undercarriage.

I didn't know that! Thank you for this information.

Here's mine - it needs the tail wheel strut, though. I've had it for about ten years now. I also have an Air Canada DC-9 and two 727s made from similar tooling.



Jacky Broutin in his book Les Jouets Japonais identifies the BOAC VC-10 toy from a 1968 DSK-Daishin toy catalogue. I have also seen the name "Marusyo" associated with the same plane. My example has no trade mark at all. Come to think of it NONE of these planes (even the one sold as "Cragstan") has a trade mark on the toy - only "Made in Japan."









The Japanese manufacturers got much use from this tooling. There are prop planes that use the fuselage. I still like the Red wing BEA version done up to resemble a Trident !