I was reviewing my toy plane history today !
Here are the entries for page 95.
T 91
Ford Tri Motor (TN Japan, span 15") The example Smith has photographed lacks two wing engines - they slide on and off their hard points, making the toy a mono-motor.
T 92
Flying Tiger DC-7 (Louis Marx Co, span 20") I disagree with Smith's identification. The toy plane is clearly the Canadair Forty-Four that Flying Tigers, Slick and Seaboard World operated in the mid-60s, and the toy even has the "44" logo on the tail fin. Furthermore, no cargo DC-7 in the US was fitted with a swing tail to the best of my knowledge, though DC-6s were converted to have this feature. Belgium's SABENA operated them.
T 96
French Monoplane Because of the letters "ML" lithographed on the tail, this looks like a Jouets Magnin Lyon (JML) brand toy. Frédéric Marchand does not show this plane in either edition of
Avions Jouets. Span remains unknown.
Please help!T 97
GA-MTY This is one of the British Mettoy planes. Power is wind-up and it could have been made in the 40s. Span is 16 3/4".
T 100
Hokoku This prewar, single-prop plane is one of several with Japanese words written in the Latin alphabet on the wings; another is the "Tsubame" that Marchand shows in his first
Avions Jouets book. The span remains unknown.
Please help!T 102
Hurricane A-25 (Japan, Usagiya) One of the few Usagiya brand toy planes, the 1960s A-25 Hurricane biplane recalls "old timer" toys made in the 20s and 30s. The high-wing monoplane variant is named the Tiger and it has a colorful tiger's face lithographed on the wing. Span is 7 1/2"
T 104
Heinz Burger Blaster Promotional toy. This item is not a tin plate toy. It is made of plastic. I can remember the television advertisment with the boy piloting the ketchup bottle spacecraft, blasting the hamburgers with the sauce. 1986.
T 105
Japan Air Lines 747 Span is 27"
T 106
Japan Air Lines 727 Believe it or not, I have a large Japan Air Lines DC-8 that uses similar tooling, especially for the wings, which span 24"
T 107
Japan Air Lines DC-7 (Yonezawa) Power is friction, span is 12"
DC-7Cs with 12" wing span,
Clipper Fortuna and
City of San Francisco, Yonezawa, 1960 catalog
T 108
Japan Air Lines DC-7 (Asahitoy) Power is friction, span is 19 1/4"
T 109
Japan Air Lines DC-7 (Bandai) Power is friction, span is 17"
T 110
Japan Air Lines Concorde (Alps Shoji) Length is 20 1/2" also made in Hong Kong with "HC" trade mark
T 114
SPAD-Eddie Rickenbacker (Line Mar) The wing span is 7 1/2" and not 14" as stated.
T 117
KLM DC-6 (Line Mar) Span is 16 1/2"
T 118
KLM Lockheed Constellation (Arnold) Span is 19 1/2"
T 119
Lockheed Sirius Lindbergh The power is wind-up, span is 14." P. 136 of Gardiner's and Morris'
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Metal Toys (1984) shows an example of this early Tomiyama toy plane in the London Toy and Model Museum collection. "J-BAMC" and "NR-95" are lithographed on the wings in place of the very appropriate "Lindbergh." There is also a high-wing monoplane with "J-BAMC" "NR-88" lithographed on the wing. I found out that "J-BAMC" was a registration of a real Lockheed Altair in 1930s Japan.
T 121
Lockheed Construction Smith names the manufacturer as ENG, assuming it is an English Meccano toy from a constructor kit. Since 1995, when Smith's book was published, Marchand has published a second
Avions Jouets showing a boxed example, so its maker can be better identified. The manufacturer is Mécavion of France. Box art promotes the 1946 movie
Test Pilot starring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy, and the box's artwork features the portraits of these classic actors. Span is 22". Marchand identifies the plane as a B-24 Liberator rather than a Lockheed. To me, the toy simply looks like a generic plane with four props and two tails, much like those Marx Aeroplanes of the late 1930s.
T 123
Marine (F-106?) I agree, this toy model is an F-106. The examples in my collection are 7 1/4" long, but the toys also came in a larger size. The smaller size toys came packaged in header bags marked with the "Lucky Toy" brand name. I cannot determine the size of the toy from just looking at the photo.
Please help!T 124
MATS USAF Transport (Japan, Momoya) Power is friction, span is 15". This toy is the same pressing as T 143, Pan American DC-6, and it is also similar to T 60, Eastern Constellation. Differences are that the MATS Transport and DC-6 have a single friction motor while the Eastern Constellation has two; also, the Connie has the additional outer tail fins added. It came in other lithographed colors (see below), and it can be found with the Line Mar Toys trade mark.
T 125
Marx Military Aeroplane Span is listed as 14," but is incorrect. Span is 18"
T 131
Northwest DC-4 (Japan, Asahitoy) Span is 19". This toy is very similar to T 108, Japan Air Lines DC-7, except T 108 has a swept tail fin. T 131 has a realistically-shaped tail fin for a DC-4. T 131 is an exceptional toy model. Incidentally, it can be found as a Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-4M "Canadair Four" - an even better piece, because when one views the toy closely, its engine nacelles are just perfect for that plane.
T 133
NP-001 Jet Fighter This toy looks like a Panther. I do not know the span.
Please help!T 134
N-156 F Northrop This toy "Freedom Fighter" came in white or silver. It's the prototype for the F-5 (Thanks Cristián) and it first flew in 1959. Length is 7 3/4"
T 135
Northrop Gamma (Pure Oil) Metalcraft The Gamma is not strictly a tin toy; it is pressed steel, but I won't complain. It is really beautiful as well as valuable. From the Rich Savage collection.
T 136
Navy Prop This small toy has a plastic canopy for the pilot figures. Span remains unknown.
Please help!T 137
Navy Jet (YF, which could stand for "Yachio," Japan, identified as the Vought F-8 Crusader) The toy came in two sizes. Smith shows the larger size, which has an 8" span. The smaller size, which I have, has a 6 1/2" span. How does one tell them apart from a photograph? The larger plane has 448 on the tail while the smaller plane has 517 on the tail. In this case, "Y" is not Yonezawa - the logo on the Crusader is different.
T 138 and T-139
Prewar Hi Wing 138 and 139 look like lithography variants of the same pressing. This toy is not the same as the High-wing Lockheed "J-BAMC" "NR-88." The cowling is smaller, and the cockpit is different. It could be a Consolidated Fleetster 20. Span remains unknown.
Please help!