Tomte Toys
Fire Engine Type 500
Model
B-2 - "Heavy 315 Editon"
No. B-2 Great Red Fire Engine 500 Made in Soft Rubber
Ref. Red. and Toy-Collector:
Tom Rikard - borned in 1953 - Young boy - 7 Years old in 1960 !
Great Toy for a Young Boy at the time!
A Great Christmas Gift!
Specifications:
Length: Ca. 25 cm (24,8 cm) Weight: Ca. 315 Grams
! OBS!
Front: "TOMTE FIRE ENGINE"
Back: Number: "500"
All
wheels marked: "TOMTE TOYS - STAVANGER - NORWAY"
Model B-2 - "Heavy 315 Editon"
No. B-2 Great Red Fire Engine 500 Made in Soft Rubber
"1959 Model" - B-2 - "315-Version" "Deep Red"
Description:
Deep Red Sof Rubber with yellow, factory named wheels, with closed
metal hub caps - on later Vinyl-models "Ventilated Metal Hub-Caps)
Driving Fire-Fighters - The Fire-Chief in
the front and the Second Fire-Fighter in control with the water-pump in back - both men with red fire-man-helmets (Often heads/helmets are chewed on and/or missing)
Very detailed with the big red fire-bell on front and fire-hose's and various tubes equipments in back, really a "American Heavy Duty Fire-Engine" with all needed fire-equipment on both sides: Fire-axe, pumps, fire
extinguishers and all other tools !
Variation in Colours over the years: Deep
Red to Red and later Orange and Yellow
A very commen colour is the "Pink-version"
or also often named as "Faded Red"
A quick check underneath - usually
revals the original colour! Ref. Red/Orange/Yellow is "tricky"
(NB! Number in Tom's
Private Collection - New Catalog 2012 - No factory number on the toy)
NB! This first
edition is "Heavy Duty" made
First versions: B-1 330 gr. and B-2
315 gr. The later versions lighter vinyl: B-3 B-4 B-5 only 238 gr.
These
first models where "softer" and "heavy-ier" than later editions, the factory-production tried and experimented with different material mixture in the early 1950-ies before the finally models "The vinyl-models" came in the 1960 and 1970-ties!