TONKA #7018 1913 Model T "Four-Alarm Call" 1/24

[Mike999]

13 hours ago, Modelbuilder Mark said:

Makes me think of this IMC. I wonder if there is shared tooling at all. 

No.  I have a couple of the ICM 1/24 scale Model T kits.  They are all new tooling, with much more detail.

I really like their 1912 Model T Commercial Roadster.  It had a lockable storage compartment under that "mother-in-law seat" on the back. The ICM kit includes the hinges and lock detail on the compartment.  

[Modelbuilder Mark]

7 hours ago, Mike999 said:

No.  I have a couple of the ICM 1/24 scale Model T kits.  They are all new tooling, with much more detail.

I really like their 1912 Model T Commercial Roadster.  It had a lockable storage compartment under that "mother-in-law seat" on the back. The ICM kit includes the hinges and lock detail on the compartment.  

 

Good to know. I had not given these kits much consideration over concerns about quality. 

[tim boyd]

The "Classic Kits" column on the Tonka Model T Four Alarm was in the March/April 2018 issue of Scale Auto....TB 

[stavanzer]

Thanks, Tim.

(Opens big Can of Worms).....Since you know many of the players in the Industry, any Idea who tooled the Tonka kits? Any chance the are tools still around? Could Atlantis, or Moebius, or Somebody "rescue" them? Would it even be worth the trouble to do so?

Cheers, Alan

[tim boyd]

1 hour ago, alexis said:

Thanks, Tim.

(Opens big Can of Worms).....Since you know many of the players in the Industry, any Idea who tooled the Tonka kits? Any chance the are tools still around? Could Atlantis, or Moebius, or Somebody "rescue" them? Would it even be worth the trouble to do so?

Cheers, Alan

Now that is a really good set of questions, and I don't have the foggiest idea of the answer to any of them.  

As we know, most kit tools have survived over the many years, but this one?  Who knows?  TIM 

[stavanzer]

Thanks, for the Candid Answer Tim.

I'll leave it lay for now.

[Faust]

Alan told me about this line the other day, and I have to say I'm impressed with the choice of subjects that Tonka tackled.

I think reissues of these could do well today!

I love the looks of these, and will be keeping my eyes peeled for them at shows and the like. I'm unlikely to find one but hey, you never know!

Thanks for bringing these out of the shadows!