James Perry, an innovative educator, revolutionized writing by perfecting the flexible metal nib in the early 1800s, helping launch a major pen-making industry. His family’s business—later known as Osmiroid—expanded globally, diversified into new products, survived two world wars, and ultimately shifted from dip nibs to fountain pens before being acquired by Berol in 1989 and closed in 1991.

Description: Aural blue body, bonnet and closed rear doors with glossy black chassis, mudguards, running boards and white ribbed roof; type 2 ornate doors; rear lights in white with black tyres on gold 12 spoke wheels; radiator-grille, windscreen, headlights and side-lamps in brass; seats and LHD steering wheel in black plastic; logo on both side panels with a white encircled number ‘5’ on rear and front and both cab doors.

Variations: Red or white rear lights.
The rear doors can be type-1 plain or type-2 ornate.
Gold or red 12 spoke wheels.
Logo on cab door or below cab window.
With or without a white encircled number ‘5’ on rear and front and both cab doors.

Notes: Tangley Models and Trainline Models bought the designs of the original Creak models after Eric Creak stopped producing the Alternative Collection. These models, although Creaks models, have no numbers underneath on the baseplates but are numbered on the box - These models are just as desirable in their own right.

This model is packaged in either a maroon or a straw-style window box.