ERTL: POLICE CAR FROM DICK TRACY

 

In the film, the police all drive 1937 Ford Standard Fordor Sedans, and in some scenes several of them are shown. The model is correctly finished in two-tone colours with a white upper and black lower half. An accurate police star is printed on the front doors in gold, but the model lacks the lights and sirens of the cars in the film. Although this is the same basic model as Tracy's car, it is made to a smallerscale. Shop here

4 DICKY'S CAR IN PACKAGING

The four models were packaged on individual blister cards. These had a yellow background, with a movie logo in the top right hand side, and a stylised cityscape underneath. Rather strangely, the city scene showed a pair of 1950s era cars! Shop here

ERTL: ITCHY'S CAR FROM DICK TRACY

Itchy is a villain who, as his name suggests, can't stop scratching himself. In the film he drives a big, red 1939 Chevrolet Master Deluxe Sports Sedan. This car appears in two major scenes; when itchy and the psychotic Flattop burst through a garage door in order to bump off a group of rival criminals; and later when they kidnap Tracy and take him to Big Boy's hideout. The model is larger and heavier than the other three, and is closer in size to a Hot Wheels car. This is possibly the only model made of a Chevy Master Sedan.

There were generally pretty nice models, although realism was slightly marred by the movie logo being tampo printed on the car boots (or on the dickey seats of the coupes). Surprising, the most eye-catching car in the film was not modelled...a bright pink Auburn 852 Speedster driven by Madonna's character. Breathless Mahoney. Shop here

ERTL: TRACY'S CAR FROM DICK TRACY

                    

Dick Tracy's Car was a 1936 Ford V8 Deluxe 5-Window Coupe and it was used in serveral scenes in the film. Painted black, it has a black interior, chromed grille and headlights, and the bonnet vents touched in with silver paint-as do the other three models. These two-door coupes were very popular choices for young, single men in the 1930s.Shop here