
Among the Corgi Juniors, this helicopter model is one of the most fragile ones. The blades are made of plastic and can be broken or bent in some models. It also has 4 very small wheels that are part of the base and that can also be broken.
The helicopter represents an helicopter similar to the Boeing CH-47 Chinook. Despite being named "Airbus" or "Air Bus", I am not aware of any double-engine helicopter by the European aircraft manufacturer. Maybe the name is just referring to an aircraft for transporting people by air, and therefore Air-Bus.
Corgi, like all the other die-cast manufacturers, released several versions of each model, and in this case, the Airbus came in a military and a civil version.
The civil model is painted orange and has "Airbus" stickers. The "A" logo is slightly similar to the real Airbus (the company) logo, but it is not related. It was available from 1975 to 1979. There is a colour variant in blue with the same stickers as the orange model, but this one is way rarer than the two showed in this entry, and I do not have it.
The military model was made in dark green and had stickers with the word "Army" and the Red Cross. It was available in 1977.
FACTS AND FIGURES:
- Name: AIR BUS HELICOPTER (Nr. 35-B) and ARMY RED CROSS HELICOPTER (Nr. 40-B)
- Scale: Unknown
- Year: 1975 and 1977
- Company: Corgi Juniors (Great Britain)
- Size: approx. 7 cm
I wonder how many of these that I've "accidentally" flew into people,dishwater or out the window. Just one of the tools we youngsters used to get a well deserved smack to the back of the head.
ReplyDeleteHi, Jimmy, thanks for the comment, it's a good one! I do not recall having thrown any toys out of the window, except maybe that plastic parachutists, but that doesn't count,as they were made with that purpose. Cheers!
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