TOMTE BIG FIRE ENGINE

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TOMTE FIRE ENGINE 500

*Åsmund S. Lærdal * Stavanger * Norway *

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Tomte Toys - Big Red Fire Engine - 500

TOMTE LAERDAL STAVANGER NORWAY

*Åsmund S. Lærdal * Stavanger * Norway *

TOMANIA - Tom's Toy World - TOMANIA

Tomte Toys - TOMTE TOYS - Tomte Toys

Tomte Toys - Big Red Fire Engine - 500

B-1

Tomte Stor Rød Brannbil Nr. 1. (B-1) (N)

Merket bak med: 500

Trolig med referanse til motorstørrelsen eller volum på vanntanken -

- se. org. amerikanske brannbiler -

Tomte Fabrikk Varenr. 746

Fremstillet av Practoplast!

Disse første modellene hadde en dyp-rød farge!

Verdens Sterkeste Brannbil!

Solid, myk, med lettløpende hjul som sitter godt fast!

Reklamen lovet mye den gangen på slutten av 1950-tallet!

Skala 1:19

1958

(1959-1963)

(I 1963 Nye Modeller i Vinyl fra Norsk Hydro - se B-2 og B-4)

Disse nye modellene hadde perforerte hjulkapsler!

Vinyl og støpemetoder gjorde også disse noe lettere!

*Åsmund S. Lærdal * Stavanger * Norway *

Tomte Toys

Tomte Big Red Fire Engine - B-1

Type 500

Model 1958

Size: Lengh: ca. 25 cm (This one 25,2 cm)

(Soft Rubber Serie 1 - Scale Size 1:19)

These first Models - Made of Soft Rubber

Deep Red Body - Yellow Wheels - Closed Hub-caps

Specifications:

Length ca. 25 cm (25,2 cm) Weight ca. 330 grams

(#Ref. Weights reg. from 330 - 370 grams - on these 1st models)

This First Edition is a Heavy-Duty made - next versions lighter

 

Front: "TOMTE FIRE ENGINE"

Back: Number: "500"

Ref. Engine size and/or Water-tank capacity on the original Fire-Engine

(Real-size Fire Truck)

All wheels marked: "TOMTE TOYS - STAVANGER - NORWAY"

Model B-1 "Heavy 330 Editon"

No. B-1 Great Red Fire Engine 500 Made in Soft Rubber

"1959 Model" - B-1 - "330-Version" "Deep Red"

Description:

Deep Red Sof Rubber with yellow, factory named wheels, with closed metal hub caps

On later Vinyl-models "Ventilated Metal Hub-Caps)

Driving Fire-Fighters - The Fire-Chief in the front and the Second Fire-Fighter in control

with the water-pump in back - both men with red fire-man-helmets

(Often heads/helmets are chewed on and/or missing)

Very detailed with the big red fire-bell on front and fire-hose's

and various tubes equipments in back, really a "American Heavy Duty Fire-Engine"

with all needed fire-equipment on both sides:

Fire-axe, pumps, fire extinguishers and all other tools !

Variation in Colours over the years: Deep Red to Red and later Orange and Yellow

A very commen colour is the "Pink-version" or also often named as "Faded Red"

A quick check underneath - usually revals the original colour! 

Ref. Red/Orange/Yellow is "tricky"

(NB! Number in Tom's Private Collection - New Catalog 2012 - No factory number on the toy)

NB! This first edition is "Heavy Duty" made

First versions: B-1 330 gr. and B-2 315 gr. 

The later versions lighter vinyl: B-3 B-4 B-5 only 238 gr.

These first models where "softer" and "heavy-ier" than later editions,

the factory-production tried and experimented

with different material mixture in the early 1950-ies before

the finally models "The vinyl-models" came in the 1960 and 1970-ties!

They also had som "Stability-problems" in the first years - too soft mixture resultet in deforming og the models, so a stronger mixture and added reinforcement underneath solved the problems!

So "Real Collectors"

always check the underneath for changes and variations in mould and markings etc.

Tomte Toys

Fire Trucks - Fire Engine Models