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PILOT OVAL VW

PILOT was founded in 1932 by Henning Cortsen. In the pre WWII years they mainly produced lead ship models, airplanes, trams, trains and figures. Due to shortage of lead in the WWII era (needed for the weapons industry) PILOT switched to using zinc. In the early 1950's PILOT started to make plastic m...
Published in: PILOT OW

PILOT SPLIT VW V1

PILOT was founded in 1932 by Henning Cortsen. In the pre WWII years, they mainly produced lead ship models, airplanes, trams, trains and figures. Due to shortage of lead in the war era (needed for the weapons industry) PILOT switched to using zinc. In the early 1950's PILOT start...
Published in: PILOT SW

PILOT SPLIT VW V2

PILOT was founded in 1932 by Henning Cortsen. In the pre WWII years, they mainly produced lead ship models, airplanes, trams, trains and figures. Due to shortage of lead in the war era (needed for the weapons industry) PILOT switched to using zinc. In the early 1950's PILOT start...
Published in: PILOT SW

PILOT VW BUS

PILOT was founded in 1932 by Henning Cortsen. In the pre WWII years they mainly produced lead ship models, airplanes, trams, trains and figures. Due to shortage of lead in the war era (needed for the weapons industry) Pilot switched to using zinc. In the early 1950's PILOT started to make plastic mo...
Published in: PILOT BS

PLASTICOS GACELA MINI CARS OVAL VW

In the 1960s, a company by the name of PLASTICOS GACELA, located in the country of Colombia released a set of plastic models. The plastic Oval VW body came with cut out windows and fair details of front and rear hood, door seams and rear oval window with air louvers. Clear plastic window insert...

REULEIN KdF WAGEN VW GAME SET

The ABC Verlag Georg Reulein, Nürnberg, Germany produced a game set called ‘Mit dem KdF Auto durch Großdeutschland‘. There were 6 KdF Wagen VW game pieces in the game set and the game box measured 26X39cm, the game board itself measured 64X50cm.  The game came in 2 versions. The...
Published in: REULEIN

REX LOWLIGHT KARMANN GHIA VW

The REX PLASTIK company was based in Nürnberg, Germany and was founded by Max Ernst. He started his career at the toy company GÖSO in 1928. In 1935, he married the daughter of Karl Arnold and became manager of ARNOLD together with Karl Arnold. Karl Arnold died in 1946 and Max Ernst became CEO of ARN...
Published in: REX

REX VW BUS V2

The owner of the REX Company, based in Nürnberg, Germany, was Max Ernst. In 1933 he married the daughter of Karl Arnold and from 1935 on he was in the management of the ARNOLD Factory and in 1948 he became the managing director of ARNOLD and stayed until the mid-1970s. REX was a sister Company of AR...
Published in: REX BS

RIBEIRINHO SPLIT VW SMALL SCALE

RIBEIRINHO was founded in 1905 by José Teixeira in Guimaraes, Portugal. It is unclear what they produced prior to WWII but after the WWII, they produced a very large assortment of cheap plastic products such as toys. They manufactured many household appliances and other products as well. RIBEIRINHO...
Published in: RIBEIRINHO

RIBEIRINHO VW BUS V2

RIBEIRINHO was founded in 1905 by José Teixeira in Guimaraes/Portugal. It is unclear what they produced prior to WWII but after the WWII they produced a very large assortment of cheap plastic products such as toys. They manufactured many household appliances and other products. They also copied some...
Published in: RIBEIRINHO BS

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