A complete account of the Spot-On make, Tri-ang's die-cast range: built in Belfast from 1959 to about 1967, in 1:42 scale and almost entirely British vehicles. The volume takes on not just the vehicles but the whole range: besides Spot-On also Magicar, Arkitex, Trik-Trak, Funfair Games and the dolls' houses Jenny's Home and Dollie's Home. The three authors divide the work, by their own account, like this: Nigel Lee knows the make in all its cross-references, Graham Thompson is responsible for the vehicles and is also an authority on the real cars of those years, Brian Salter has followed the toy and model world all along. The basis is the Spot-On collection of the Brighton Toy and Model Museum, on display there for almost two decades – mostly with its original packaging and in many colour variations; its centrepiece today is the multi-storey car park with its shop fittings. The museum has existed since 1991 under the arches of Brighton station. A companion volume followed, «The Supplement», which is also in this directory.

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