The box has only minor shop wear to it, and is in Very Good to excellent Condition. 

Features.

* All wheels turn freely of course.

* Great detail internally with wheel, plus dash, seating etc all shown.

* Great detail  externally.

* quality Heavy White metal used.

* 1:43 scale by Brooklin. .

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Brooklin Models

Brooklin Models Limited, started in 1974, is the largest producer of handmade 1:43 scale miniature models of vintage American cars, trucks, and other vehicles. Brooklin Models is located in Bath, England, and all models are currently produced there (Mateo 2007). Unlike high-volume, mass-produced models, all of Brooklin's models are hand-built in small quantities, and most of its models are made using white metal.

History

The first home of Brooklin Models was the Canadian town of Brooklin, Ontario about a half hour northeast of Toronto, thus the name of the brand. From the beginning, Brooklin Models specialized in models of cars not generally produced by other manufacturers, including cars produced by smaller 'independent' marques (e.g., Studebaker and Hudson) and 'orphan' marques (e.g., Edsel and DeSoto). The very first Brooklin was the 1933 Pierce Silver Arrow, followed by a Tucker Torpedo, and a Ford Model A (Olson 2006, 105)

In 1979, John Hall, the founder of Brooklin Models, decided to move his wife Jenny and family back to England where he had been born and raised. This is where Brooklin Models continues business to this day. The impact of the move made models previously constructed in Canada instantly more valuable and sought after. In 1998, after John Hall's retirement, Nigel Parker and Tim Fulford purchased the company (Olson 2006).

The Brooklin factory has been enlarged to now cover 5,000 square feet (460 m²) on two floors and employs 21 people in Bath (Brooklin, 1994).

Making white metal models

The Brooklin website discusses the process for making a white metal model. Whereas diecast cars come from an automated process where molten metal is injected into machined dies, white metal models are hand-built, thus produced in far fewer numbers. As the Brooklin website states, this process works better for producing hundreds of vehicles, not hundreds of thousands, or millions. The average run for a Brooklin Model in the 1990s was about 3,000 pieces, though special issues are produced of 1,000 cars or less (Brooklin 1994). A few, however, were produced in higher numbers. Between 7,000 to 10,000 of the 1953 Chevrolet panel sedan delivery, were produced (Olson 2008, p. 130). It appeared in many different liveries, like Gulf Oil, Sunoco, and Trans-Canada Airlines (Olson 2008, pp. 131-132). Most Brooklin models are produced over a five-year period. Steps in the white metal production process follow.

A brass master is carefully made by hand out of sheet brass by a skilled model maker taking hundreds of hours. When the brass master is complete a rubber mold is made for the various parts that will be needed in making the finished model (also see Route 66).

A special alloy of white metal, based heavily on tin but containing some lead, is used. Exacting measures are followed. The alloy is brought to a specific temperature, poured into the rubber molds at a specific speed, to set for a specific time. Models are cast one at a time.

After being cast, the parts are carefully removed from the molds. Flashing, the excess metal around the molded figure, is carefully removed and the parts are then prepared for either painting or chrome plating. The windows are vac-u-formed. Tires are made of a special rubber compound and all parts are readied for assembly. The models are assembled by hand and any additional painting such as tail lights is done.

Vehicles produced

Brooklin makes cars, trucks, boats, trailers and a few other special order vehicles and items. The main Brooklin line is almost always American makes. Since most parts are hand cast in white metal, without plastic parts, models are notable for their weight. According to the Brooklin website, John Hall, an engineering instructor at the University of Toronto, left teaching to make white metal models of cars. His first creations were fairly crude, without plastic windows, few details and with white rubber tires (Sinclair's 1978). Despite the simplicity, not many companies in the 1970s were producing early American auto models and David Sinclair, one of the earliest importer's of scale models to the United States, reported that models were commonly sold to collectors in Germany and Japan (Sinclair's 1978; Levine 2009).

As time passed, windows were added and many details impressively reproduced. Brooklins, however, were always unique because of the models chosen. Though some were the same models seen elsewhere, often those chosen for production were makes or models which had never been reproduced in miniature, such as the 1939 Graham Sharknose, 1941 Hupmobile Skylark, the 1954 Dodge Royal 500, the 1953 Airstream Wanderer RV trailer, and the 1941 Chrysler Newport Phaeton concept that paced the Indianapolis 500 (Sinclair's 1983). Unlike many models posed for photos, Brooklins often look more impressive in person.

In 1996 a promotion was announced where if a collector bought eight Brooklin Models, and completed a collector card, a special limited edition 1946 Lincoln Continental redesigned by Raymond Loewy, could be purchased for the same price as a standard issue.

In 2004, the company celebrated its 30th anniversary with several special edition vehicles. One of the celebration vehicles was the 1936 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow.

As of the end of 2006, over 120 different American cars, light trucks and trailers, in over 600 varieties, have been created by Brooklin Models, representing American cars and light trucks of the 1930s through 1960s (Mateo 2007).

Ranges developed

Starting a trend in developing different lines, Brooklin added the Lansdowne range of British vehicles in 1993. These were seven distinct models designed by John Martin and John Hammick, including such vehicles as the Austin Healey Sprite (John and Jenny Hall's first car), the Vauxhall Cresta, and MG Magnette, thus cars of traditional British marques became important to Brooklin in addition to American cars. Ten more Lansdowne models were introduced by 1996 (Brooklin 1994; Brooklin 1996). Sporting as well as saloon models appeared in the Lansdowne range, which was made to reminisce classic 1950s models made by Dinky Toys.

At the same time, the Robeddie line was introduced, consisting of twelve separate replicas of Swedish Volvos and Saabs, from a 1946-1950 Volvo PV60 sedan to a 1973 Volvo 144GL (Brooklin 1994, 20-22; Brooklin 1996; Johnson 1998, 31-32;). According to the Brooklin website, as of 2010, this range has been discontinued.

About the turn of the century, several different lines were introduced which mainly represented a breaking of the extensive and complex numbers of vehicles into convenient groupings. These were 'Brooklin' (the traditional American vehicles range), 'Lansdowne' (British vehicles), 'Robeddie' (Swedish vehicles), 'The Buick Collection' (Buicks from 1934-1939), 'The Pontiac Collection' (1937 models), 'US Model Mint' (Pickups, trucks, and trailers from the United States), 'Community Service Vehicles' (Fire, Ambulance, and hearses), 'International Police Vehicles', 'Rod 43rd' (selected vehicles customized as Hot Rods - a surprising departure from the regular Brooklin style).

Custom Variations

Over the course of Brooklin's history, many customizers have emerged who take commissions from Brooklin customers to paint and detail standard Brooklin models into specialized one-of-a-kind renditions. These "Code II" and "Code III" models are treasured by collectors and valued on the marketplace. Prominent Brooklin customizers include John Arnold, John White and John Roberts. Arnold, the son of well-known model builder Bruce Arnold in California, offers his models through eBay and White works exclusively with distributors of 1:43 scale handbuilts. Roberts (2003) is based in England and converts mostly models from Brooklin lines with factory approval. An example of Roberts' creativity are his alterations of the Brooklin 1967 Ford Thunderbird into limosines and hearses (John Roberts 2003).

Brooklin today

Where many revered white models makers like Western Models, Durham Classics and Elegance Models have come and gone, Brooklin, one of earliest in this collector's genre, not only perseveres, but thrives. At the turn of the century, Nigel Parker with the help of talented patternmaker Ian Pickering, has done a remarkable job taking old issues and modeling them into new releases. Examples are a 1939 LaSalle 2 door touring into a 2 door five window coupe, a 1938 Cadillac 60 Special Sedan into a phaeton, and a 1954 Chevrolet 2 door hardtop into a handyman station wagon (Olson 2008, pp. 138-139). As of 2008, Brooklin continued to produce approximately one new model every month - with a total of one thousand models produced (Olson 2008, p. 138).

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