Today I was surprised to find a small model shop that had a Corgi English electric Lightning in stock, so without any argument money changed hands and it is now sat in my display cabinet.
Here the problem begins!!, the picture on the box is of XR718 (tailcode BK1) with an all over grey colour scheme, indeed this is the model contained in the box but the problem is the description on the box says the contents are of XP749, also the accompanying certificate states this too with a brief description of XP749’s history.
Is there a story behind this most amazing of mix ups, the shopkeeper assured me that it was brand new and unopened and that I had the right contents.
Regards,
John.
Aha, I know the answer to this as it is me that supplies all Corgi’s research material. They had photos of both machines to work from,that were in an identical scheme, but had to have both to show positions of all the markings. The model is completely authentic for one machine and the text is accurate for the other. Somewhere along the line, they put one serial on the model and the other in the text and as I never saw the prototype model before it went into production, I was unaware the serials of the model and text didn’t match up!
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