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PostSubject: Britains Zoo production moulds   Britains Zoo production moulds EmptyMon Feb 11, 2013 2:17 am

I found some images a while ago of some moulds and metal masters for the Britains lead zoo series.
I believe these moulds are made of plaster. From the Vectis auction site.

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Metal masters descrition from the vectis site:
"These models comprise either the metal master model from which the final mould was cast or pre-production solid test "shots" taken from the finished master mould before production started.
They generally comprise one piece solid steel castings but can also be hollowcast in the case of test shots. Such models were used in both the hollowcast & plastic production processes."
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Wax zoo keeper
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Paint sample card from the Britains archives
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Plastic Zoo metal masters:
1311 1st version Indian elephant
1373 gorilla-wax and metal master
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PostSubject: Re: Britains Zoo production moulds   Britains Zoo production moulds EmptyMon Feb 11, 2013 7:41 am

Wow, really great stuff to see for a Britains collector like me to! cheers
I guess these moulds brought up a lot of money on the sale/auction! Rolling Eyes affraid

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PostSubject: Re: Britains Zoo production moulds   Britains Zoo production moulds EmptyMon Feb 11, 2013 8:34 am

Wow, that's amazing! Thank Yo for sharing Very Happy

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PostSubject: Re: Britains Zoo production moulds   Britains Zoo production moulds EmptyMon Feb 11, 2013 8:55 am

That is very interestin, and a fantastic piece of toy-history !

They ought to be in a museum cheers

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PostSubject: Re: Britains Zoo production moulds   Britains Zoo production moulds EmptyMon Feb 11, 2013 3:09 pm

Thanks for sharing more interesting facts about the wonderful Britains World! Very Happy

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PostSubject: Re: Britains Zoo production moulds   Britains Zoo production moulds EmptyMon Feb 11, 2013 3:48 pm

Thats phantastic!! Many thanks for sharing cheers cheers cheers cheers

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PostSubject: Re: Britains Zoo production moulds   Britains Zoo production moulds EmptyWed Feb 03, 2021 5:34 pm

Just catching up on this thread, any photos of these anywhere?
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PostSubject: Re: Britains Zoo production moulds   Britains Zoo production moulds EmptyWed Feb 03, 2021 7:08 pm

Many of the photos that Elephas Maximus posted have gone, which is really unfortunate, because his posts were very informative.

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PostSubject: Re: Britains Zoo production moulds   Britains Zoo production moulds EmptyWed Feb 03, 2021 7:42 pm

rogerpgvg wrote:
Many of the photos that Elephas Maximus posted have gone, which is really unfortunate, because his posts were very informative.

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PostSubject: Re: Britains Zoo production moulds   Britains Zoo production moulds EmptyTue Feb 09, 2021 11:24 pm

rogerpgvg wrote:
Many of the photos that Elephas Maximus posted have gone, which is really unfortunate, because his posts were very informative.

Images may have disappeared because Vectis has taken them down. I couldn't find the original photos when I did a search just now - 10.23pm 9th February 2021.

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PostSubject: Re: Britains Zoo production moulds   Britains Zoo production moulds EmptyThu Feb 11, 2021 8:31 pm

Chris Sweetman wrote:
rogerpgvg wrote:
Many of the photos that Elephas Maximus posted have gone, which is really unfortunate, because his posts were very informative.

Images may have disappeared because Vectis has taken them down. I couldn't find the original photos when I did a search just now - 10.23pm 9th February 2021.

okay thanks for checking though
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