Tintin Car 1:24 Scale / Ford T black / Tintin in the Congo

Tintin Car 1:24 Scale / Ford T black / Tintin in the Congo

Hergé/Moulinsart/Hachette 2019 [North American release: 2022]

Painted Metal, Resin, Plastic

[Scale 1:24 / Inner Acrylic Display Box: L 26 x W 12.5 x H 11.5-13.8cm depending on model / Outer Box: L 30 x W 17 x H 12.3-15.25cm depending on model]

The Ford T is omnipresent in the mad car chases in the silent films of Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton. Its sympathetic aspect undoubtedly amused Hergé, who discovered it in his neighbourhood cinema. It was only logical that he would choose it in 1930 to accompany the missionaries in Africa and develop the railway adventures of Tintin in the Congo. This sturdy, solid and inexpensive all-terrain vehicle, was easy to drive and repair, and was almost ageless. The car comes in a clear perspex case, that has a design on it to highlight the adventure, along with a brochure in French and English.

Moulinsart in their new collaboration with Hachette have released a series of diecast 1/24 scale model cars. You will be thrilled by their appearance, they are bigger, yes twice the size, they shine like the sun, and the wheels do go round! And the detail is incredible, nothing is missed from Hergé’s masterful pen strokes.