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Widea
Die-cast and plastic ready-made models sold in transparent plastic cases in which they are held with a screw. The plastic parts on the models are chromed. Apart from the ref# and the brandname there is no other information on the bottomplates but the models are made in Hongkong. The first models (Morris Minor and both Nash models) appeared on the market just after the 2003 Nuremberg Toyfair but are relatively hard to find. Other models were announced but these did not appear until January 2004, when suddenly the Ford rally-cars were released.
(March 2004) The following information was gathered thanks to the joint efforts of 87thScale.info messageboard members Bjarte, Hans and Lee:
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manufacturer of the Widea models, Oriental Toys in Hong Kong has
confirmed that they now have an agreement with the following company in Germany for exclusive rights to serve the countries Germany, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and
Finland: CARS & CO Gartenstrasse 46 D-27404 Zeven Germany The models are currently not available in the US but Oriental Toys also confirmed that they are talking to potential distributors at the moment. Oriental Toys expects to finish negotiations shortly and should then be able to tell us who their US dealers are going to be. We'll post that information here as soon as it's available. |
Modellisting:
| Ref# | Model | Remarks |
| AB001 | Morris Minor | white |
| AC001 | Morris Minor | metallic red |
| AE001 | Morris Minor | light green |
| ? | Morris Minor | metallic blue |
| ? | Morris Minor | yellow, taxi |
| AB002 | Morris Mini Cooper | dark green / british flag |
| AC002 | Morris Mini Cooper | white |
| AE002 | Morris Mini Cooper | black / chequered flag |
| AB003 | Nash Metropolitan | white/red, top down |
| AC003 | Nash Metropolitan | white/light blue, top up |
| AE003 | Nash Metropolitan | red, top up |
| ? | Nash Metropolitan | white/light green, top up |
| AB004 | Nash Rambler | metallic red |
| AC004 | Nash Rambler | yellow, taxi |
| AE004 | Nash Rambler | white |
| AE001 | Nash Rambler | black |
| ? | Nash Rambler | black/white 'Metropolitan Police' |
| R-008-03-04 | Ford Focus WRC | Rally Monte Carlo 2003 |
| R-008-01-03 | Ford Focus WRC | Rally Monte Carlo 2001 |
| R-008-02-03 | Ford Focus WRC | Rallye de France 2002 |
| R-008-00-07 | Ford Focus WRC | Semperit Rally 2000 |
| R-007-98-07 | Ford Escort WRC | Rally Monte Carlo 1998 |
| R-007-97-09 | Ford Escort WRC | Rally San Remo 1997 |
| R-006-80-10 | Ford Escort Mk.II | Acropolis Rallye 1980 |
| R-006-79-01 | Ford Escort Mk.II | Acropolis Rallye 1979 |
| R-005-68-16 | Ford Escort Mk.I | Brands Hatch salooncar champion 1968 |
| R-005-68-38 | Ford Escort Mk.I | 1000 Lakes Rally 1968 |
| R-005-00-00 | Ford Escort RS2000 | - |
Widea Rally Fords
In late 2005 / early 2006 boxed sets of eight of the Ford rally-cars were sold in Japan as 'WRC Machine Collection' under the Zacca PAP brandname. There seem to have been different sets, apart from the models in rally-trim in the pictures at least the Ford Focus WRC model has been available in white without prints.
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