Great to see so many Buicks. I attach mine with an Atlas Packard behind; the Atlas construction comes in a little lighter in weight. Whoops photo too big, will resend.

Only got the maroon myself, must try harder!
Lovely model
CW

My only example, in maroon, as presently on display in the replacement set box base (with original box lid):

And below the picture in the USA catalogue of 1952.

The scan looks lowres, but it isn't, actually I made the picture resolution some 15% higher than in the catalogue. Besides, the model is still illustrated in the pre-war state.

Kind regards, Jan

Jan--Looks lovely in maroon. The Buick sure had a nice style to it.....a very handsome car!
Terry

gentleman

Has te Buick been issued at anytime without a baseplate and in militry colours?

Dirk

Dirk -- that military Buick is a repaint.

Dirk -- there are some Dinky Toys that inherently have no base plates, and they are generally identified by having Dinky Toys and Meccano Ltd. marked as part of the main body casting. I am not aware of any that were first issued without any baseplate and later gained one. If any do exist another member is welcome to correct me on this!

There is at least one model which started off with no base and later gained one, the 25h fire engine.

And here it is, pre-war 25h on top, post-war 25h below. Pre-war 25k, with firemen, however, had a base plate right from start. The one without base plate shows the supports (front and aft) for the base plate, if in use. Kind regards, Jan 

A fine example, and thanks for the photos of the underside, Jan. Photos showing that of the early model are not easy to obtain.

Salut camarade

This is about models which were first issued without a baseplate and on which a baseplate was added later on. The ref 23 and 23a MGs and the ref 23b Hotchkiss never hasd a baseplate..

It's very interesting to see that the prewar fire engine in Jan's photo has the baseplate supports on its casting but no base.  Does this mean that the 25h carried on without a baseplate after the 25k with firemen had been introduced?

It started without base plate in 1936 but from 1937 25h had a base plate too. Kind regards, Jan 

The point I meant to make is that those little supports (which were not on early castings) presumably would not have been added before the baseplate was introduced.  If the 25k appeared in 1937 with a baseplate and the 25h gained its baseplate at the same time then it is surprising to see an example with the supports cast in but with no baseplate fitted.

I understand your point, but I cannot explain. Are examples known without the supports?

See also the Emergency Vehicles >25h -thread for this. Regards, Jan 

A very nice fawn Buick Viceroy Saloon joined my maroon example the other day. The latter was the only 39d in my collection for 37 years! Kind regards, Jan 

Jan--A lovely example!  The Buick Viceroy was my very first 39 series acquisition and still my favorite.  I love those two fender mounted spare tires.  I just found out a few years ago that the Viceroy name was for export models, as I had never heard of it in the US.

    Best regards, Terry

Three remarkable Buicks in the (late) Pieter Soellaart collection (picture taken by Bart van den Acker in 2005).