<p>Some stay at home work this week, so I'm getting back to toy restorations. I've had a Corgi Bloodhound missile for many years, and always promised myself I'd get to it. I recently bought another one off eBay. When I got the two of them together, I noticed that they are very different construction to each other. The recently purchased one is the same as all the photos I otherwise see on eBay listings - one piece white body, with four yellow fins/solid fuel engines clipped on.</p>
<p>The one I've had for a while is very different, the body is multi piece, all held together with a full length bolt up the middle, and a nut under the [missing] red nose cone. It's four fins (three broken off) are white, not yellow, and attached to the white body, not each solid fuel engine. Also, the two extra (jet?) engines have a hollow outlet on the one piece casting, but are solid on the multi piece casting. The parting lines are very different between the two, evidently they came out of entirely different moulds.</p>
<p>I've had a look at the Google, and yes, I see that some are yellow fins, and some are white fins. This corresponds, so obviously the two very different versions of the same missile were made.</p>
<p>Jim</p>
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