(item number) 1001
(title) Viscount Airlines Scandinavian Airlines
(maker) Toyama Works
(the date of issue) 1962
(size) 480mm
(Material) Tin , polystyrene, polyethylene , rubber
(power) Battery operated
(detailed) [With box: average condition] [Main Item: good condition]
(starting bid price) 100,000 yen
(comment) The Vickers Viscount passenger plane, which entered service in 1953, was produced by Toyama Manufacturing, which was also known as Toyama for airplanes before the war and Toyama for development after the war.It has a wingspan of 480 mm and uses plenty of plastic that was just beginning to be used in toys. and reproduced it beautifully. The cockpit and part of the cabin are covered with transparent plastic, which not only shows off the detailed prints and elaborate seats inside, but also serves as a mechanism to show off the gimmick.
First, open and close the cockpit canopy using the red lever located at the nose of the aircraft. The three levers installed in front of the captain and co-captain all control independent movements, and when the middle lever numbered 1 is pushed toward the nose of the aircraft, the light bulb in the cabin lights up. , red and green navigation lamps placed on both wings are lit. Originally, the left wing of the lamp was set to be red and the right wing was set to green, which is a strict international standard, but the color scheme is exactly the opposite, just like the box art. The American Airlines product from the same series released at the same time had the correct color scheme on both the box art and the main body, so I wonder if this was a change to differentiate the toy itself, or if the color scheme was based on incorrect materials. Being able to think about things like this is perhaps a way of enjoying old toys. After that, cabin attendants walk back and forth between the aisles in the center of the seats, which are divided into two seats. When they reach both ends of the passage, they turn around from the direction they were traveling and move forward again, which shows off the fine details of the trick.
When the right lever marked "2" is pushed down, the two propellers attached to the right wing rotate, and when the left lever marked "3" is pushed down, the two propellers attached to the left wing are rotated. Since there are only four levers in the visible range, you might think that this is all the action, but when you close the cockpit canopy that was first opened, it becomes a switch and the aircraft begins to move, drawing a circle, which is an extremely complicated operation. It is intricately made. The position of the levers placed on the driver's seat is also exquisite, creating a design that gives the illusion that these two people are actually moving the aircraft.
With its rich and elaborate gimmicks, it's easy to imagine that children of the time who admired the sky would have played with it over and over again. In particular, the plastic parts are easily damaged or missing, and the battery box fixing part [7] and the opening/closing part of the driver's seat have little wear, and the overall condition of the main body shows little signs of use, which would be expected if it came with the box.
This is a Scandinavian Airlines passenger plane, but there were also planes from American Airlines and Lufthansa in the same series (Eda)
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