Classic & Vintage Commercials

MODEL CORNER

Last month Ilooked at some of the Ergomatic cabbed models that were made while the real vehicles were in production, as well as more recent Corgi Classics fire engines. This time I’ll cover the more recent collectors’ models.

Corgi Classics

From the early 1990s onwards, Corgi produced a lot of 1/50 scale diecast Ergomatic cabbed models –AEC, Albion and Leyland badged versions, as well as the fire engines reviewed last month.

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