The grey bulk grain carrier B885040 was the very first Hornby Dublo 'super detail' model wagon to roll out of the Liverpool factory in 1958, when they retooled for plastic molding.
(they sang with really weird electronic voices - either that or they were from another planet)
Most of these wagons have gathered dust over the years. Yes, I know I should have made my wife dust them more frequently, but at 12 years old I wasn't very demonstrative. I haven't scrubbed them with any kind of fluid, merely flicked over them with a paint brush (no paint - OF COURSE! duh! Oh - I do so dislike that sound....It's SO American!)
No damage and no paint to chip. Kissable in fact.
Buggles!! Living in the plastic age! circa 1979. Hey, the old grey matter hasn't deserted me entirely.
It's only the postman! what?
