There are a few Reliant girder fork models around and oddly they seem to be from 1936. The big give away to the year is 1936 was the only year the spoked wheel girder fork vans had a side filler.Then in 1950 the Regent had had a side filler but had pressed steel wheels.
A Range made by Oxford Commercials This 1936 van is 1:76 scale and is in Pickfords of Waingate livery.
A Range made by Oxford Commercials This 1936 van is 1:76 scale and is in Bertram Mills Circus livery.
A Range made by Oxford Commercials This 1936 van is 1:76 scale and is in London, Midland and Scottish Railway livery. Interestingly the model which bears the fleet number 571-D is the same number as the first van in this 1936 picture of a fleet of LMS vans awaiting dispatch out side the Reliant works to there new owners.
A Range made by Oxford Commercials This 1936 van is 1:76 scale and is in Central Sussex Electricity Ltd livery.
A Range made by Oxford Commercials This 1936 van is 1:76 scale and is in Gas Service Coke livery.
A Range made by Oxford Commercials This 1936 van is 1:76 scale and is in Lancashire Evening Post livery.
A Range made by Oxford Commercials This 1936 van is 1:76 scale and is in S Smith Windscreens livery.
A Range made by Oxford Commercials This 1936 van is 1:76 scale and is in Ambulance war livery.
Made by Tober Models This is a white metal kit of a 1936 Van at 1:43 scale
Girder Fork Reliant Models
Made by Autocraft 4mm (00 Gauge) scale these kits are well cast and this one is based on a 1936 van
Made by Autocraft 2mm scale. This is the first I have found that dose not show it’s a 1936 van but carfully looking at the casting detail I would say 1937 onwards
Made by Dart Casting to a 4mm (00 Gauge) scale this kits make a post 1937 van
A Range made by Oxford Commercials This 1936 van is 1:76 scale and is in Grand Union Canal Company livery.
A Range made by Oxford Commercials This 1936 van is 1:76 scale and is in Shepherd Neame Ltd livery.
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1935 Reliant
Jan 2024
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