Classic & Vintage Commercials

MODEL CORNER

Last time I looked at Ford D-Series models made in Britain by Matchbox and Dinky Toys. They were not the only firms who made models of these when the real truck was in production, however.

TEKNO

Tekno was founded September 1928 in Denmark making toys, and then toy vehicles from 1935, which included commercial and public service vehicles as well as cars. Production ended when WW2 began and started up again in 1946. After the war 1/43 was adopted as their standard scale. Financial problems meant Danish production ended in 1972. That wasn’t quite

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