Bedford, Trailer and gun (1956?)

Unmarked set similar to 621-G Bedford 3t Army Truck (1954, which I got when a small boy in the 50's
identified as Kemlows of London in a nice but erased correspondence on Dinky Club here below reproduced

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The Bedford Dinky Toys Fleet


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Christiaan Boland (Bolandpc)
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Post Number: 20
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Monday, January 05, 2004 - 01:54 pm:   
I happen to have a similar "fake", which I got when a boy in the late 50's. It came with a trailer and a gun, that could actually fire. I remember scaring my mother firing burning matches with it through the living room!
Now what's left is the reasonably intact Bedford and a damaged trailer and gun.

Christiaan Boland
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Now I've made a couple of comparing pictures of this "fake" and the real Dinky Toy 621-G Bedford 3t Army Truck (1954)

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obvious differences: The colors and the finer lining, as well as the already mentioned grill shape.

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The rear windows!

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The left side shows bad workmanship on the moulding of the "fake" and the underside of the door on the Dinky.

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The right side shows again better details and rounding off on the Dinky Toy

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Last but not least the bottoms compared:
Clear differences:
"Fake" has 1. bad moulding, 2. smaller ribs, 3. painted cabin bottom,
Dinky Toy has 4. designed rib underneath and of course the spare wheel

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Christiaan Boland
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Dave Fletcher (Dave_fletcher)
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Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 01:05 am:   
I have tracked the manufacture of this bedford to KEMLOWS OF LONDON.
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Ken Gray (Kennygray)
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Post Number: 27
Registered: 05-2003
Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 10:52 pm:   

A nice bit of detective work, Dave, which will be of interest to everyone who's ever seen one of these diecast Bedford Army Trucks. I'm afraid I've never heard of Kemlow's.

I think Christiaan is a bit unfair however in describing it as a "fake" Dinky. I'm sure the skilful pattern maker who created the first wooden mock-up and then the dies had no intention of producing an imitation Dinky. If he'd set out to copy the Dinky 621, he would have produced a closer replica. The toy company probably took their measurements from a real truck (or from Bedford drawings) just as Meccano did.