Cool! If I'm down that way sometime I'll take a look.
As far as I know Husky only made a Series III. I don't remember a IV/V.
If they were a bit plasticky looking they could have been made by Hornby.
About 10 years back, Hornby was making a Series IV/V that came with a car
transporter carriage for their train sets.
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Harrison" <beamertwo@hotmail.com>
To: <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 11:25 PM
Subject: Alpine models
> Listers,
>
> Some recent comments about model Alpines jogged my memory about a
discovery
> I made a while ago that might interest some of you. A year or so ago I
took
> the family to Warragamba Dam for a picnic.(Warragamba supplies a
> considerable portion of the water for the Sydney area.) While we were
there
> we took a look at the visitors centre where they have a scale model of the
> dam. The model includes the dam itself and the surrounding area - roads,
> carparks complete with model cars and ... you guessed it ... Sunbeam
Alpines
> and other Rootes vehicles are there in abundance! The models are
"Matchbox"
> size Series IVs or Vs complete with hardtops and are, I think, actually
> "Husky" brand models. I don't know whether it was a Rootes enthusiast who
> set up the model of the dam or if the local Toy shop had an oversupply
when
> they set the whole thing up. If I remember rightly, there must have been
20
> - 30 Alpines alone, then some Minxs and others. Take a look if you're ever
> nearby.
>
> Rick Harrison
>
>
>
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