Model Collector – August 2019

blue plastic light in the centre
of the roof. I assume this was
intended to be the basis for a
Police car. Although this version
was never issued, a very similar
black version was released as
part of a two-piece Heartbeat
set. The saloon has a very pale
grey interior and one piece cast
wheels. The indicators and rear
lights have been painted in the
correct colours. The grille and
bumpers are covered in a silver
foil; with the silver foil that had
covered the rear bumper all but
disappeared on this model. The
underside is also a smooth black
slab with the G. Turner Models
logo imprinted into it and the
date 31.3.1995.
My final, recent, internet
purchase was another Ford
Anglia van. This van is painted
in a pale green colour, with no
livery adorning it. The van has
a black interior and one-piece
cast wheels. As these models
were not really intended to last
that long and are quite fragile,
you can expect some damage
to them, and in this instance
the van is missing one of its
rear quarter bumpers. The

underside is again a smooth

black slab with the G. Turner

Models imprint and the date

31.3.1995. Yet again, this colour

scheme for the van was never

put into production.

I was so pleased to have

picked up these three unique

models, as they add to the

history of the other Vanguards

models I have on display.

Aston’s Auction House

Now, thankfully, my wife is

very supportive of my Anglia

collecting hobby – although she

has put her foot down about

me buying a third full size 1:1

Anglia! Her understanding

of my hobby means that she

does keep her eye open for any

‘new’ Ford Anglia models that

may appear. July 6, 2018 was

just such an occasion. My wife

was on The-Saleroom website,

which lists pretty much every

auction house that has an

online presence, when she

came upon a whole host of

Lledo prototype and pre-

production samples to be

offered by Aston’s auction

house on July 10. The models

being sold had all belonged to

a former senior manager at

Lledo. Amongst the 100+ lots

were four that particularly

interested me, as they all

contained Ford Anglia models.

Unfortunately, I was at work on

the day of the auction, so I had

to leave the bidding in the

capable hands of my wife.

Looking at the estimates that

Aston’s had suggested, it was

obvious that I could only afford

one of the lots, so I told her that

while I'd prefer the set of nine

prototype and pre-production

vans out of the four lots, it

didn’t really matter which lot

(if any!) I ended up with.

Just after dinnertime on July

10, my wife texted me to let me

know how much she'd spent.

So, I had clearly won one of the

four lots, but which one? I had

to know, so I messaged her back

from work. I was very surprised

when she replied explaining

she had won all four of the lots

that I had wanted. She added

that Aston’s had struggled to

get £10 for some of the lots.

This was a real surprise to me,

given the uniqueness of the

models that were being offered,

but I was not complaining!

I couldn’t wait to pick up my

new acquisitions that weekend.

I am now the very proud owner

of a further 18 prototype and

pre-production colour sample

Ford Anglias.

Aston’s Lot 53

The first ‘Lot’ that we acquired

consisted of ten early produc-

tion samples of various Lledo

Vanguard vans. Amongst the

ten vans, there were three early

diecast production samples

of the VA4 Ford Anglia van:

VA4001 – the A A van in yellow,

VA4007 – the London Transport

van in red, and VA4005 – the

R AC van in blue with a white

roof. All three looked pretty

much identical to the final

issued products and must

have been good enough to

pass off for production.

Aston’s Lot 107

All six Ford Anglia saloon

resin prototypes acquired

in this ‘Lot’ feature a smooth

black base with the Turner

Models logo imprinted into it,

and the date 31.3.1995 engraved

under the front axle.

All of the models have a silver

foil like substance over their

grille and bumpers, as well has

having the door handles, badges

and wipers highlighted with

silver paint. The models also

have their indicators picked out

in orange. All but the Broad-

speed models feature wing

mirrors (or what’s left of them)

and registration plates, which

were not fitted to the finished

production models. The wing

mirrors for the production

models were supplied on a little

plastic sprue for the purchaser

to fit. Similarly,

there was a

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The Ford Anglia van

prototype in a plain, but

quite rich, green finish.

The underside, showing the

George Turner maker’s stamp

and date.

Adrian’s three early diecast

production samples featuring different

liveries for the Ford Anglia Van.

The smooth black baseplates fitted

to Adrian’s prototype saloons, all

imprinted with the G. Turner Models

logo and the date 31.3.1995 engraved

on their front axles.

The list of

registration

numbers issued

with the early Lledo

Vanguards models

for the purchaser

to fit