After all the excitement of the January launches, we had a quiet month in February 1966, with just a single new issue. This was the Marcos 1800GT.
Marcos was a small company and you didn't see many of these models on the roads, but there again, one could say the same about many of Corgi's models, now I think about it!
I think this was the first fixed roof car with a driver that could be removed. He is often missing nowadays but looks very similar to the one used in the Lotus Elan, with a blue helmet.
The model came with a set of peel-off racing number stickers and these seem to have been supplied randomly but 3,4 5 6 and 8 seem more common in my experience.
It has several variants: the obvious one being the less common blue edition with white stripes and a chalky blue interior. You will also find three types of stripe: green in a thin and much fatter style and a blue. The blue stripe was used on export models to Canada and is quite hard to find now.
The door mechanism was never very good on this model, often getting quite loose and either sagging or not closing nicely. The bonnet also often fails to settle in a fully closed in line manner.
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Corgi Model Club have produced a good copy of this model.
