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Hobby's (Manufacturer)

Hobby's Match-Craft construction kit model no.11496, for a bow top or ledge caravan, from 1985. The cardboard box contains wooden matchsticks, wheels and axles, metal chains and lamps, glue, plus cardboard design. These pieces construct a bow top caravan. Part of the Robert Dawson Romany collection. Box consists of: 1) outer box, end opening, 2) paper plan sheet 1, 3), card sheet 2, 4) card sheet 3, 5) plastic bag with match sticks, 6) Four plastic wheels, 7) PVA wood adhesive, 8) Miscellaneous brass fittings, 9) Paper door adornments, 10) Sandpaper

1 model kit: card, wood, metal, glue, plastic

MERL List - Box Number: 2 // Box Name: Games & Construction Kits // Artefact Number: BD 41 // Description: Bow Top/Ledge Caravan - Match-Craft construction kit, Object history note - 'NOTES ON OBJECTS IN THE ROBERT DAWSON COLLECTION, FROM CONVERSATION MAY 2018 [...] BD040–2 Waggons – Match-Craft Construction Kits. These are 1970s.'

Greater London [region]

1985 - 1985

Model, Caravan

Paper, Wood, Plastic, Metal