A little history
Built by Morris Commercial, the commercial vehicles division of major British auto manufacturer Morris, the Z-Type was introduced shortly before World War Two as a nimble ¼-ton van. These vehicles proved immensely popular, and after being chosen as Royal Post Office vans, were everywhere to be seen around Great Britain.
The Z-Type was built until 1952, when it was replaced by the van version of the popular Minor car.
About the models
Model: Morris Z-Type "Mackeson"
Year: 1950
Maker: Vanguards
Scale: 1/43
Distributed by: Vanguards, "Days Gone" series
Acquired: second hand in box from a friend and fellow collector, in April 2006, in Manila, Philippines
It’s a model from Vanguards’ Days Gone series - most is said. This die-cast as the rest of this series is made for collectors of attractively painted trucks, not amateurs of quality scale models. Proportions are correct but details are awfully crude. Headlights are made of a single piece of black plastic, not very realistic even if you try to convince yourself that Vanguards’ intention was to reproduce wartime “blackout” lights – the model is supposed to be from 1950, anyway. Vanguards didn't reproduce any of the windows, even the windshield is conspicuously absent. Main interests of this model are its originality and its low price, but my rating won’t be more than 6/20.
Model: Morris Z-Type "Blue Gillette"
Year: 1950
Maker: Vanguards
Scale: 1/43
Distributed by: Vanguards, "Days Gone" series
Acquired: second hand in box from a friend and fellow collector, in April 2006, in Manila, Philippines
Same model, different paint – tens of them have been released by Vanguards for this model only, from the rather nice to the extremely tasteless. My rating is slightly higher because of two major differences with the "Mackeson" version: this one has a registration plate at the front and more importantly benefits from windows, hence a 8/20.
Built by Morris Commercial, the commercial vehicles division of major British auto manufacturer Morris, the Z-Type was introduced shortly before World War Two as a nimble ¼-ton van. These vehicles proved immensely popular, and after being chosen as Royal Post Office vans, were everywhere to be seen around Great Britain.
The Z-Type was built until 1952, when it was replaced by the van version of the popular Minor car.
About the models
Model: Morris Z-Type "Mackeson"
Year: 1950
Maker: Vanguards
Scale: 1/43
Distributed by: Vanguards, "Days Gone" series
Acquired: second hand in box from a friend and fellow collector, in April 2006, in Manila, Philippines
It’s a model from Vanguards’ Days Gone series - most is said. This die-cast as the rest of this series is made for collectors of attractively painted trucks, not amateurs of quality scale models. Proportions are correct but details are awfully crude. Headlights are made of a single piece of black plastic, not very realistic even if you try to convince yourself that Vanguards’ intention was to reproduce wartime “blackout” lights – the model is supposed to be from 1950, anyway. Vanguards didn't reproduce any of the windows, even the windshield is conspicuously absent. Main interests of this model are its originality and its low price, but my rating won’t be more than 6/20.
Model: Morris Z-Type "Blue Gillette"
Year: 1950
Maker: Vanguards
Scale: 1/43
Distributed by: Vanguards, "Days Gone" series
Acquired: second hand in box from a friend and fellow collector, in April 2006, in Manila, Philippines
Same model, different paint – tens of them have been released by Vanguards for this model only, from the rather nice to the extremely tasteless. My rating is slightly higher because of two major differences with the "Mackeson" version: this one has a registration plate at the front and more importantly benefits from windows, hence a 8/20.
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