Re: Tekno Caravelle
As for value, who knows. I have a bid on my SAS right now, but the Air France (which has had its authenticity questioned) hasn't any bids yet. For the record the Air France is genuine. Over the years I've seen 7 or 8 of these. They are quite rare and one assumes they were made for the French market (or maybe not). French Dinky would have captured the French Caravelle market I reckon.
The Air France Tekno Caravelle is well documented, do you have one ?
Modern 1:200 Carevelles made have devalued the old Tekno's.
The gent posing the question says it looks like a repaint with Heller or "Mexican" decals. Well the |Heller decal doesn't have any windows printed on, the registration is different and the Air France titling is a different style, so that's out of the question.
Can you tell me about the Mexican decals to which he alludes ? I've never heard of them before.
I have 9 Tekno 7c's. SABENA, SWISSAIR, ALITALIA, SUDFLUG, KLM (block tail), KLM (crown & stripe tail), SCANDINAVIAN in blue and one in lilac!...plus Scandinavian Airlines System which, wait for it, is NOT Tekno but has Mecline Norway cast undermeath and was licence made!!! So if you count the Mecline and Tekno original SAS as 2 versions, there are 10 to collect in all !
See you at Gatwick next week ?
Graham
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