https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=BTMM+MilanB&feedformat=atomThe Brighton Toy and Model Index - User contributions [en-gb]2024-03-29T04:47:20ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.38.2https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Category:Minic_Vehicles&diff=32701Category:Minic Vehicles2016-05-14T17:38:14Z<p>BTMM MilanB: /* In the Museum */ -small</p>
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<div>{{Box|Tri-Ang_Minic_Clockwork_Toys_(Triang_Minic_Clockwork).jpg|Tri-Ang Minic Clockwork Toys|380}}<br />
{{Box|Area_01c.JPG|Some of the Minic vehicles on the Museum's vintage 1930s model railway layout|380}}<br />
{{Box|Minic_Taxi,_box.jpg|Box, Minic Taxi|380}}<br />
{{Box|Carter_Paterson_and_Pickfords_Removals_Lorry,_clockwork_(Triang_Minic).jpg|Carter Paterson & Pickfords Removals Lorry|380}}<br />
{{Box|Minic_Cars_1939.jpg|A '''Minic Models''' advert from 1939|380}}<br />
{{Box|Triang_Minic_Garage.jpg|Triang Minic garage|380}}<br />
'''Triang's range of [[Minic|MINIC]]-branded clockwork metal model road vehicles''' appeared in the June 1935 issue of [[Meccano Magazine]], and continued to sell through the 1940s and 1950s.<br />
<br />
Anomalously, the Minic range of vehicles doesn't seem to have been given its own name or sub-brand (unlike [[Minic Ships]]), they were simply sold as "Triang Minic", without a qualifier (although "'''Minic Transport'''" did keep appearing as a fictitious haulage company mentioned on some of the models' signage). <br />
<br />
==Construction==<br />
The Minic road vehicles were produced using [[tinplate]], and although it's common nowadays to look down on tinplate cars and to expect them to be more "toyish" than models produced with more modern methods, tinplate allowed more precise scalings for very thin parts such as windowframes and wheelarch edges - areas where a designer creating for plastic mouldings or cast metal would have to make the parts artificially "fat" so that they could be produced reliably and wouldn't be prone to breakage.<br />
<br />
The result with the Minic range was a set of models that were startlingly realistic when viewed up-close, and the pack artwork for the Minic vehicle range stressed the degree of accuracy - '''"All to Scale"'''. The models were even more desirable (and impressive) when one realised that each one managed to incorporate a clockwork motor.<br />
<br />
==Development==<br />
Some of Minic's road vehicle models underwent a few design changes after the war, with some being simplified by the replacement of an occasional metal part with plastic (such as the roller on the steamroller model). Towards the end of the range's life, some of the designs were converted to take "friction" motors ("Push and Go"), and a few pieces even appeared in plastic. However, even some of the plastic pieces were highly respected for their accuracy. <br />
<br />
==In the Museum==<br />
Because the Minic vehicles were originally intended to complement other "gauge 0" pieces, we've displayed them in their natural habitat rather than keeping them in a separate cabinet - all the vehicles scattered around the Museum's large central gauge 0 layout (over sixty in total) are Triang Minics, as are the cars decorating the "Building Sets 2" cabinet. <br />
<br />
'''1M: £100 Ford Saloon''', green, white tyres ...<br />
'''1M: £100 Ford Saloon''', green, black tyres ... <br />
'''1M: £100 Ford Saloon''', blue, black tyres, shell petrol can ...<br />
'''3M: Post Office Van''', all red, white tyres 3M ...<br />
'''4M: Sports Saloon''', red, white tyres ...<br />
'''7M: Town Coupé''', light grey, white tyres ... <br />
'''12M: Open Roof Car''', red, black tyres ...<br />
'''16M: Caravan''', all green, black tyres ...<br />
'''16M: Caravan''', white top, red bottom, black tyres ...<br />
'''16M: Caravan''', white top, red bottom, black tyres ...<br />
'''18M: Vauxhall Town Coupé''', blue, black tyres ...<br />
'''19M: Vauxhall Cabriolet''', black, red stripe bottom, white tyres ...<br />
'''21M: Transport Van''', red front, green back, black tyres ...<br />
'''21M: Transport Van''', all green, black tyres ...<br />
'''21M: Transport Van''', red front, green back, white tyres ...<br />
'''21M: Van''', all brown, white top, black tyres ...<br />
'''21M: Army Van''', camouflage colour, black tyres CF ...<br />
'''21M: Transport Van''', all blue, black tyres ...<br />
'''21M: Transport van''', green front, red back, black tyres ...<br />
'''23M: Tip Lorry''', grey front, red back, black tyres, shell petrol can ...<br />
'''24M: Luton Transport Van''', green back, green front, black tyres ...<br />
'''29M: Traffic Control Car''', black, black tyres ...<br />
'''32M: Dust Cart''', red back, green front, black tyres ...<br />
'''33M: Steamroller''', green, wooden tyres ... <br />
'''33M: Steamroller''', green, plastic tyres ... <br />
'''34M: Tourer with Passengers''', green, with people, white tyres 34M ... <br />
'''35M: Taxi''', blue, black tyres ... <br />
'''35M: Taxi''', blue, black tyres ... <br />
'''35M: Taxi''', blue, black tyres ... <br />
'''35M: Taxi''', blue, black tyres ...<br />
'''35M: Taxi''', blue, black tyres ...<br />
'''39M: Taxi''', green, black tyres ...<br />
'''39M: Open Roof Car''', green, black tyres ...<br />
'''39M: Taxi''', grey, white tyres ...<br />
'''39M: Taxi''', red, black tyres ...<br />
'''39M: Taxi''', green, white tyres ...<br />
'''40M: Articulated Lorry''', grey front, green back, black tyres, with pantechnicon/brokehouse ...<br />
'''42M: Rolls Type Sedanca''', open roof car, pale pink, white tyres ... <br />
'''45M: Open Roof Car (Sunshine Saloon)''', green, black tyres ...<br />
'''47M: Rolls Type Sunshine saloon''', open roof car, brown, white tyres ...<br />
'''48M: Breakdown Lorry''', red front, green back, black tyres ...<br />
'''48M: Breakdown Lorry''', red front, green back, white tyres ...<br />
'''49M: Army Searchlight Lorry''', dark green, red highlights, black tyres ECF ...<br />
'''52M: Single-Decker Bus''', red bottom, white top, white tyres ...<br />
'''52M: Green Line Single Decker Bus''', green, black tyres ...<br />
'''52M: Routemaster Green Line Single Decker Bus''', green, black tyres ...<br />
'''54M: Traction Engine and Trailer''', green, green trailer, disk, postwar (without trailer 44M) ...<br />
'''60M: Bus''', red, white top, white tyres, II version ...<br />
'''60M: Bus''', red, white strips, black tyres, II version ...<br />
'''60M: Bus''', red, white strips, black tyres, I version ...<br />
'''60M: Bus''', red, white strips, black tyres, I version ...<br />
'''60M: Bus''', red, white strips, black tyres, I version ...<br />
'''60M: Double Decker Bus''', red, cream stripe, black tyres, II version ...<br />
'''62M: Ambulance''', white, smallish red cross, black tyres ...<br />
'''62ME: Fire Truck''', red, black tyres...<br />
'''64M: Double Decker Bus''', green, white tyres ...<br />
'''64M: Double Decker Bus''', green, white tyres ...<br />
'''71M: Dairy Truck''', white back, green front, black tyres ... <br />
'''72M: Barrel Lorry''', red back green front, black tyres ...<br />
'''73M: Cable Lorry''', green back, red front, black tyres ...<br />
'''78M: American Jeep''', dark green, black tyres, late version ...<br />
'''80M: L.M.S Van''', front very, very, very dark brown, back is: top black, bottom extremely dark brown, black tyres ...<br />
'''103M: Shutter Van''', all blue, black tyres ... <br />
'''114M: Articulated Lorry''', red front, green carrier, red and white boat ...<br />
'''119M: Barrel Holder''', green, black tyres ...<br />
<br />
==Further reading==<br />
* ''Peter Bartok'', '''The Minic Book''' (New Cavendish Books, 1987) ISBN 0904568490<br />
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{{cars_etc}}<br />
{{Minic}}<br />
{{Tinplate}}</div>BTMM MilanBhttps://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Category:Minic_Vehicles&diff=32700Category:Minic Vehicles2016-05-14T17:33:07Z<p>BTMM MilanB: reformatting</p>
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<div>{{Box|Tri-Ang_Minic_Clockwork_Toys_(Triang_Minic_Clockwork).jpg|Tri-Ang Minic Clockwork Toys|380}}<br />
{{Box|Area_01c.JPG|Some of the Minic vehicles on the Museum's vintage 1930s model railway layout|380}}<br />
{{Box|Minic_Taxi,_box.jpg|Box, Minic Taxi|380}}<br />
{{Box|Carter_Paterson_and_Pickfords_Removals_Lorry,_clockwork_(Triang_Minic).jpg|Carter Paterson & Pickfords Removals Lorry|380}}<br />
{{Box|Minic_Cars_1939.jpg|A '''Minic Models''' advert from 1939|380}}<br />
{{Box|Triang_Minic_Garage.jpg|Triang Minic garage|380}}<br />
'''Triang's range of [[Minic|MINIC]]-branded clockwork metal model road vehicles''' appeared in the June 1935 issue of [[Meccano Magazine]], and continued to sell through the 1940s and 1950s.<br />
<br />
Anomalously, the Minic range of vehicles doesn't seem to have been given its own name or sub-brand (unlike [[Minic Ships]]), they were simply sold as "Triang Minic", without a qualifier (although "'''Minic Transport'''" did keep appearing as a fictitious haulage company mentioned on some of the models' signage). <br />
<br />
==Construction==<br />
The Minic road vehicles were produced using [[tinplate]], and although it's common nowadays to look down on tinplate cars and to expect them to be more "toyish" than models produced with more modern methods, tinplate allowed more precise scalings for very thin parts such as windowframes and wheelarch edges - areas where a designer creating for plastic mouldings or cast metal would have to make the parts artificially "fat" so that they could be produced reliably and wouldn't be prone to breakage.<br />
<br />
The result with the Minic range was a set of models that were startlingly realistic when viewed up-close, and the pack artwork for the Minic vehicle range stressed the degree of accuracy - '''"All to Scale"'''. The models were even more desirable (and impressive) when one realised that each one managed to incorporate a clockwork motor.<br />
<br />
==Development==<br />
Some of Minic's road vehicle models underwent a few design changes after the war, with some being simplified by the replacement of an occasional metal part with plastic (such as the roller on the steamroller model). Towards the end of the range's life, some of the designs were converted to take "friction" motors ("Push and Go"), and a few pieces even appeared in plastic. However, even some of the plastic pieces were highly respected for their accuracy. <br />
<br />
==In the Museum==<br />
Because the Minic vehicles were originally intended to complement other "gauge 0" pieces, we've displayed them in their natural habitat rather than keeping them in a separate cabinet - all the vehicles scattered around the Museum's large central gauge 0 layout (over sixty in total) are Triang Minics, as are the cars decorating the "Building Sets 2" cabinet. <br />
<br />
<small><br />
'''1M: £100 Ford Saloon''', green, white tyres ...<br />
'''1M: £100 Ford Saloon''', green, black tyres ... <br />
'''1M: £100 Ford Saloon''', blue, black tyres, shell petrol can ...<br />
'''3M: Post Office Van''', all red, white tyres 3M ...<br />
'''4M: Sports Saloon''', red, white tyres ...<br />
'''7M: Town Coupé''', light grey, white tyres ... <br />
'''12M: Open Roof Car''', red, black tyres ...<br />
'''16M: Caravan''', all green, black tyres ...<br />
'''16M: Caravan''', white top, red bottom, black tyres ...<br />
'''16M: Caravan''', white top, red bottom, black tyres ...<br />
'''18M: Vauxhall Town Coupé''', blue, black tyres ...<br />
'''19M: Vauxhall Cabriolet''', black, red stripe bottom, white tyres ...<br />
'''21M: Transport Van''', red front, green back, black tyres ...<br />
'''21M: Transport Van''', all green, black tyres ...<br />
'''21M: Transport Van''', red front, green back, white tyres ...<br />
'''21M: Van''', all brown, white top, black tyres ...<br />
'''21M: Army Van''', camouflage colour, black tyres CF ...<br />
'''21M: Transport Van''', all blue, black tyres ...<br />
'''21M: Transport van''', green front, red back, black tyres ...<br />
'''23M: Tip Lorry''', grey front, red back, black tyres, shell petrol can ...<br />
'''24M: Luton Transport Van''', green back, green front, black tyres ...<br />
'''29M: Traffic Control Car''', black, black tyres ...<br />
'''32M: Dust Cart''', red back, green front, black tyres ...<br />
'''33M: Steamroller''', green, wooden tyres ... <br />
'''33M: Steamroller''', green, plastic tyres ... <br />
'''34M: Tourer with Passengers''', green, with people, white tyres 34M ... <br />
'''35M: Taxi''', blue, black tyres ... <br />
'''35M: Taxi''', blue, black tyres ... <br />
'''35M: Taxi''', blue, black tyres ... <br />
'''35M: Taxi''', blue, black tyres ...<br />
'''35M: Taxi''', blue, black tyres ...<br />
'''39M: Taxi''', green, black tyres ...<br />
'''39M: Open Roof Car''', green, black tyres ...<br />
'''39M: Taxi''', grey, white tyres ...<br />
'''39M: Taxi''', red, black tyres ...<br />
'''39M: Taxi''', green, white tyres ...<br />
'''40M: Articulated Lorry''', grey front, green back, black tyres, with pantechnicon/brokehouse ...<br />
'''42M: Rolls Type Sedanca''', open roof car, pale pink, white tyres ... <br />
'''45M: Open Roof Car (Sunshine Saloon)''', green, black tyres ...<br />
'''47M: Rolls Type Sunshine saloon''', open roof car, brown, white tyres ...<br />
'''48M: Breakdown Lorry''', red front, green back, black tyres ...<br />
'''48M: Breakdown Lorry''', red front, green back, white tyres ...<br />
'''49M: Army Searchlight Lorry''', dark green, red highlights, black tyres ECF ...<br />
'''52M: Single-Decker Bus''', red bottom, white top, white tyres ...<br />
'''52M: Green Line Single Decker Bus''', green, black tyres ...<br />
'''52M: Routemaster Green Line Single Decker Bus''', green, black tyres ...<br />
'''54M: Traction Engine and Trailer''', green, green trailer, disk, postwar (without trailer 44M) ...<br />
'''60M: Bus''', red, white top, white tyres, II version ...<br />
'''60M: Bus''', red, white strips, black tyres, II version ...<br />
'''60M: Bus''', red, white strips, black tyres, I version ...<br />
'''60M: Bus''', red, white strips, black tyres, I version ...<br />
'''60M: Bus''', red, white strips, black tyres, I version ...<br />
'''60M: Double Decker Bus''', red, cream stripe, black tyres, II version ...<br />
'''62M: Ambulance''', white, smallish red cross, black tyres ...<br />
'''62ME: Fire Truck''', red, black tyres...<br />
'''64M: Double Decker Bus''', green, white tyres ...<br />
'''64M: Double Decker Bus''', green, white tyres ...<br />
'''71M: Dairy Truck''', white back, green front, black tyres ... <br />
'''72M: Barrel Lorry''', red back green front, black tyres ...<br />
'''73M: Cable Lorry''', green back, red front, black tyres ...<br />
'''78M: American Jeep''', dark green, black tyres, late version ...<br />
'''80M: L.M.S Van''', front very, very, very dark brown, back is: top black, bottom extremely dark brown, black tyres ...<br />
'''103M: Shutter Van''', all blue, black tyres ... <br />
'''114M: Articulated Lorry''', red front, green carrier, red and white boat ...<br />
'''119M: Barrel Holder''', green, black tyres ...<br />
<br />
</small><br />
<br />
==Further reading==<br />
* ''Peter Bartok'', '''The Minic Book''' (New Cavendish Books, 1987) ISBN 0904568490<br />
<br />
{{cars_etc}}<br />
{{Minic}}<br />
{{Tinplate}}</div>BTMM MilanBhttps://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Category:Minic_Vehicles&diff=32699Category:Minic Vehicles2016-05-14T16:08:56Z<p>BTMM MilanB: /* In the Museum */ Milan's full list of identified vehicles, draft (work in progress)</p>
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<div>{{Box|Tri-Ang_Minic_Clockwork_Toys_(Triang_Minic_Clockwork).jpg|Tri-Ang Minic Clockwork Toys|380}}<br />
{{Box|Area_01c.JPG|Some of the Minic vehicles on the Museum's vintage 1930s model railway layout|380}}<br />
{{Box|Minic_Taxi,_box.jpg|Box, Minic Taxi|380}}<br />
{{Box|Carter_Paterson_and_Pickfords_Removals_Lorry,_clockwork_(Triang_Minic).jpg|Carter Paterson & Pickfords Removals Lorry|380}}<br />
{{Box|Minic_Cars_1939.jpg|A '''Minic Models''' advert from 1939|380}}<br />
{{Box|Triang_Minic_Garage.jpg|Triang Minic garage|380}}<br />
'''Triang's range of [[Minic|MINIC]]-branded clockwork metal model road vehicles''' appeared in the June 1935 issue of [[Meccano Magazine]], and continued to sell through the 1940s and 1950s.<br />
<br />
Anomalously, the Minic range of vehicles doesn't seem to have been given its own name or sub-brand (unlike [[Minic Ships]]), they were simply sold as "Triang Minic", without a qualifier (although "'''Minic Transport'''" did keep appearing as a fictitious haulage company mentioned on some of the models' signage). <br />
<br />
==Construction==<br />
The Minic road vehicles were produced using [[tinplate]], and although it's common nowadays to look down on tinplate cars and to expect them to be more "toyish" than models produced with more modern methods, tinplate allowed more precise scalings for very thin parts such as windowframes and wheelarch edges - areas where a designer creating for plastic mouldings or cast metal would have to make the parts artificially "fat" so that they could be produced reliably and wouldn't be prone to breakage.<br />
<br />
The result with the Minic range was a set of models that were startlingly realistic when viewed up-close, and the pack artwork for the Minic vehicle range stressed the degree of accuracy - '''"All to Scale"'''. The models were even more desirable (and impressive) when one realised that each one managed to incorporate a clockwork motor.<br />
<br />
==Development==<br />
Some of Minic's road vehicle models underwent a few design changes after the war, with some being simplified by the replacement of an occasional metal part with plastic (such as the roller on the steamroller model). Towards the end of the range's life, some of the designs were converted to take "friction" motors ("Push and Go"), and a few pieces even appeared in plastic. However, even some of the plastic pieces were highly respected for their accuracy. <br />
<br />
==In the Museum==<br />
Because the Minic vehicles were originally intended to complement other "gauge 0" pieces, we've displayed them in their natural habitat rather than keeping them in a separate cabinet - all the vehicles scattered around the Museum's large central gauge 0 layout (over sixty in total) are Triang Minics, as are the cars decorating the "Building Sets 2" cabinet. <br />
<br />
'''''Transport van''', red front, green back, black wheels, no.'''21M''' – '''Rolls type sunshine saloon''', open roof car, brown, white wheels, no.'''47M''' – '''Taxi''', green, black wheels, no.'''39M''' – <br />
Transport van, all green, black wheels, no.21M – <br />
Open roof car, green, black wheels, no.39M – <br />
Open roof car, red, black wheels, no.12M – <br />
Articulated lorry, grey front, green back, black wheels, with pantechnicon/brokehouse, no.40M – <br />
Bus, red, white top, white wheels, no.60M II version – <br />
Post office van, all red, white wheels, no.3M – <br />
Barrel holder, green, black wheels, no.119M – <br />
Luton transport van, green back, green front, black wheels, no.24M – <br />
Taxi, blue, black wheels, no.35M – <br />
Transport van, red front, green back, white wheels, no.21M – <br />
Bus, red, white strips, black wheels, no.60M II version – <br />
Fire truck, red, black wheels, no.62ME – <br />
Taxi, grey, white wheels, no.39M – <br />
Taxi, blue, black wheels, no,35M – <br />
Open roof car (sunshine saloon), green, black wheels, no.45M – <br />
Bus, red, white strips, black wheels, no.60M I version – <br />
Taxi, blue, black wheels, no.35M – <br />
£100 Ford saloon, green, white wheels,no.1M – <br />
Van, all brown, white top, black wheels, no.21M<br />
Bus, red, white strips, black wheels, no.60M I version<br />
Taxi, blue, black wheels, no.35M<br />
Taxi, red, black wheels, no.39M<br />
L.M.S van, front very very very dark brown, back is top black bottom extremely dark brown, black wheels, no.80M<br />
Town coupé, light grey, white wheels, no.7M<br />
Taxi, green, white wheels, no.39M<br />
Bus, red, white strips, black wheels, no.60M I version<br />
Taxi, blue, black wheels, no.35M<br />
Dairy truck, white back, green front, black wheels, no.71M<br />
Rolls type sedanca, open roof car, pale pink, white wheels, no.42M<br />
Vauxhall cabriolet, black, red stripe bottom, white wheels, no.19M<br />
Double decker bus, green, white wheels, no.64M<br />
Traffic control car, black, black wheels, no.29M<br />
Double decker bus, green, white wheels, no.64M<br />
Traction engine and trailer, green, green trailer, disk, post war traction engine and trailer 54M (without trailer 44M)<br />
Shutter van, all blue, black wheels, no.103M<br />
£100 ford saloon, green, black wheels, no.1M<br />
Caravan, all green, black wheels, no.16M<br />
Army searchlight lorry, dark green, red highlights, black wheels, no.49M ECF<br />
Army van, camouflage colour, black wheels, no.21M CF<br />
American jeep, dark green, black wheels, late version, no.78M<br />
Cable lorry, green back, red front, black wheels, no.73M<br />
Steam roller, green, wooden wheels, no.33M<br />
Steamroller, green, plastic wheels, no.33M<br />
Transport van, all blue, black wheels, no. 21M<br />
Bus, red bottom white top, white wheels, no.<br />
tourer with passengers, green, with people, white wheels, no.34M<br />
Caravan, white top, red bottom, black wheels, no.16M<br />
Sports saloon, red, white wheels, no.4M<br />
Dust cart, red back, green front, black wheels, no.32<br />
Caravan, white top, red bottom, black wheels, no.16M<br />
Vauxhall town coupé, blue, black wheels, no.18M<br />
£100 saloon, blue, black wheels, shell petrol can, no.1M<br />
Green line Single decker bus, green, black wheels, no.52M<br />
Transport van, green front, red back, black wheels, no.21M<br />
Ambulance, white, smallish red cross, black wheels, no.62M<br />
Tip lorry, grey front, red back, black wheels, shell petrol can, no.23M<br />
Double decker bus, red, cream stripe, black wheels, no.60M II version<br />
Barrel lorry, red back green front, black wheels, no.72M<br />
Breakdown lorry, red front, green back, black wheels, no.48M<br />
Breakdown lorry, red front, green back, white wheels, no.48M<br />
Routemaster green line Single decker bus, green, black wheels, no.52M<br />
Articulated lorry, red front, green carrier, red and white boat,no.114M ''<br />
<br />
==Further reading==<br />
* ''Peter Bartok'', '''The Minic Book''' (New Cavendish Books, 1987) ISBN 0904568490<br />
<br />
{{cars_etc}}<br />
{{Minic}}<br />
{{Tinplate}}</div>BTMM MilanB