OXFORD DIECAST
A new livery of C J Copner’s ice cream has been produced by Oxford Diecast on their 1/43 scale Bedford CF ice cream van [1], the fifth version of this popular model to be issued, retailing at £19.95. Although a traditional style white and pastel pink livery, the ice cream business was started by Chris Copner in 2009 in Abergavenny in South Wales. The body of the van is by Whitby Morrison and the model represents a 1979, V-reg example. Make mine a 99!
The latest version of Oxford’s 1/43 Land Rover Series, also for £19.95. MFS 345P was one of a batch of eleven such Land Rovers delivered in 1975 and converted to PSVs at Lockerbie, this one operating throughout its working life on a route between Invergarry and Kinlochourn in Scotland until it was decommissioned in December 1981. It did have the name Kingie mounted above the front bumper, with the number plate on the grille, as on the model, although it’s a shame that the white GPO-spec wing mirrors and bonnet-mounted spare wheel weren’t added to the model.
