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Ik ben al enige tijd in het bezit van dit Texaco tankertje. Er zijn meer modellen uitgebracht door deze Brazilliaanse fabrikant, maar er is niet veel over te vinden op het net.
Onderzijde vermeldt: Caminhao Tanque Mercedes Benz - Roly Toys - Industria Brasilera

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Om een idee van de grootte te geven, naast een Majorette CX gezet

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Wel vond ik nog een fotootje van de diverse modellen uit dezelfde reeks op Flickr.

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Leuk model, lijkt me wel een repaint om eerlijk te zijn.
Kende ze niet, maar een zeer interessante serie  :hello2:.

Dat woord Brasilera intrigeert me, even op Google gezocht, de afbeeldingen...  :downtown:

Heel interessant spul, zeker die Willys Interlagos (Alpine-licentiebouw)! ;)

Er zijn van dit merk ook recasts verkrijgbaar; casts genomen van oude casts.

De modelletjes zijn echter allemaal typisch Braziliaanse modelletjes, zoals de Scania Torpedo, de Willys Interlagos, de Volkswagens en de DKW Vemag Universal, dus lijkt me eerder een Braziliaans dan Argentijns merk.

Deze site rept over Roly Toys uit Rio de Janeiro:

http://www.kbickford.com/AlphaR.html

Op die site staat de naam BRASILEIRA met een I ertussen, lekker duidelijk zo...

modellen op de site lijken verdacht op schuco modelen misschien oude mallen van

Roly (Brazil)
 Roly Toys of Brazil started in in Rio De Janeiro in 1965, founded by Kurt Adolf Hamberger and Mauricio Nhuch (son-in-law of Arno Kikoler of Kiko). They manufactured Matchboxes under license with the Inbrima name, as well as their own cars. The model I have is a truly beat up Willys Interlagos (Renault Alpine A108) in street and racing livery. The bottom of the car says "Roly Toys, Industria Brasileira, No. 1, Willys Interlagos Berlineta. The models I know of are: (#1)Willys Interlagos Berlineta, (#2) DKW Vemaget (a DKW estate/station wagon, also in fire and police livery), (#3) VW Kombi (bus), VW Kombi mail truck, VW Kombi ambulance, (#4) Scania Vabis, (#5) VW 1200 Beetle (some with doors which open, and some without), (#6) Willys Jeep, (#7) Mercedes Benz Tanker (in Texaco, Shell and Esso livery). Although a Centurion tank is often mentioned, it appears this was actually a Matchbox copy, and didn't have a number. I've also found on the Internet owners claiming to have a Scania Vabis truck with #11 on it instead of #4. There also seems to be a rare Karmann-Ghia convertible, Centurion tank, Camaro, and Karmann-Ghia. Production ceased in the early 70s.

In 1967 the company imported Matchbox cars from England instead of manufacturing them due to increased demand. I think that the source below (remember, I'm working from a bad translation) states that Matchbox production for Brazil then moved to Manaus, a city along the Amazon river. The bottom of the car may say "Alfeme Norte, PZF Manaus," which means "Produzido na Zona Franca de Manaus (made in the duty-free zone of Manaus)."

Much of of this history came from what I could understand from a poor Google translation (it definitely has problems with Portuguese) of Die-cast Cult Virtual Magazine. Definitely take a look at the site -- there are some great pictures of Roly Toys cars.

Strangely, the site recounts a story of one of the owners getting help from a local dealer in measuring a Ford Galaxie, yet there is no mention of such a model. It also discusses a Chevy Camaro (incorrectly called a Ford Camaro at one point), and shows a picture of it -- yet maintains that it wasn't ever manufactured. Curious.

I also found an article written by a Robert Tumminelli (introduced as webmaster of www.minaturesbrasil -- but the link was dead when I tried it) on another Protugese-language site. This site concentrates on the plastic airplane model activities of Kiko, but it does also have an interview with Mauricio Nhuch. Good luck with the Google translation!

Toch wel wat gevonden  ;) googel
Roly toys  :notworthy:

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Die REI modelletjes uiteraard wel, Olaf! Dat zijn idd oude Schuco-mallen. Deze Roly Toys modelletjes zijn echter unieke castings, zonder Europees voorbeeld.

@TheoTaxi, die link had ik hierboven al gepost ;)

Je was sneller dan ik  ;)
Was nog bezig met de foto's  ;)

Foto's van meer variaties! :occasion14:

Maar wel lastig te dateren. Vanaf de jaren 60 had ik al gezien, maar de mijne lijkt toch nieuwer.

Theo, Dries, bedankt voor de tip... was deze bijna vergeten in de andere topic over model fabrikanten

greetz Henk

the Texaco looks like a repaint  
Besides on real Texaco trucks the logo would be on the doors or on the rear with TEXACO on the sides of the tank ;)   
Also they look like a Matchbox copy too almost

Since Dries posted another photo (taken from the internet) with the same Mercedes LP Texaco tanker there are at least two, so that makes it more plausible that it's an  original ;-)

Well, they're recreating these casts as well, so it might be a 2013 or so edition.