Y2-1

Y7 - 1 1918 4 TON LEYLAND VAN

ORIGINAL VEHICLE

ISSUED 1957

DESCRIPTION

Scale 1:100

The first issues of this charming model was in a very dark brown paint which became a light brown and finally in a shade of reddish brown. The radiator shells were originally painted silver but later on theis was finished and the shell became the same colour as the body. Early roofs were white but not for long and all reverted to a cream colour and in a lot of cases had a very poor finish to them as though bits of dust had been sprayed over. The earlier roofs were unpainted underneath but halfway through production they also got painted in cream. The wheels were always grey grenodised metal except, like the previous Y6-1, a final run with black plastic wheels and another very rare model.

The decal on the sides is very interesting as a number were found in Nairobi, Kenya by Geoffrey Leake and these models had the middle of the transfer missing (By Royal Appointment). There were around 13 of these found here and a few turned up elswhere. There has been no reasonable explanation for it although a few have been put forward but the decal can have either the two black lines showing or not ( the one I show is No.7 of the original 13) and Geoffrey sent out a letter some years later to try and determine where they had turned up.

For a small model there are some interesting variants to find, albeit a few will make a dent in the bank balance.

BODY COLOUR

WHEELS