Volvo P210 Duett 'Tele' by Editions Atlas

11/25/2014

The number fifty in the Volvo Collection by Editions Atlas is a Volvo P210 Duett in the colors of the Swedish telecommunication company Televerket. This Volvo has also been used by Volvo for promoting their Duett models (see photos at the end). The scale model wears the usual orange paint scheme (RAL 2009) and comes with a wooden ladder and a telescopic pole on the roof rack. This diecast model is made by Ixo in China.

I'm sure that many will say : oooh no not another Duett. This is of course a very legitimate opinion. The Volvo P210 Duett has however a different shape and a different angle of the windshield compared to the PV445 Duett's. This means that both Duett's were in fact two different cars. Please compare this scale model to the photos of the original car (see photos at the end) and let me know what you think.

Update:
Please have a look at this 3D view of the P210 Duett model to see the various parts the model is made of.

3D view of the model and all his parts

Source & copyright : Editions Atlas SA, Switzerland

Source & copyright : media.volvocars.com

VOLVO Collection :

1945 Volvo PV444
1957 Volvo Amazon 4-door
1964 Volvo P1800
1953 Volvo PV455 Duett
1950 Volvo PV60
1971 Volvo 144 Overdrive
1969 Volvo 164
1971 Volvo P1800ES
1956 Volvo P1900
1978 Volvo 262C Bertone
1965 Volvo Amazon 2-door
1970 Volvo 145 Automatic Estate
1938 Volvo PV52
1965 Volvo PV544
1979 Volvo 343
1985 Volvo 480 ES
1984 Volvo 740 Turbo
1938 Volvo PV800 Taxi
1978 Volvo 242 GT
1939 Volvo PV56
1962 Volvo Amazon break
1936 Volvo PV36 Carioca
1953 Volvo PV455 Duett 'Volvo Service'
1988 Volvo 780 Bertone
1988 Volvo 440
1927 Volvo ÖV4 Jakob
1973 Volvo 142
1992 Volvo 240 Polar
1971 Volvo 145 Express
1975 Volvo 66 GL

31. 1992 Volvo 440 Politie (NL)
32. 1971 Volvo P1800 ES 'Prince Carl Gustaf'
33. 2001 Volvo V40 phase II
34. 1988 Volvo 480 Turbo USA
35. 1978 Volvo 244 DL 'Blue Star'
36. 1994 Volvo 960 GLE
37. 1978 Volvo 264 TE
38. 1965 Volvo Amazon Polis (S)
39. 1966 Volvo P1800 S Volvoville
40. 1971 Volvo 145 Express Taxi
41. 1992 Volvo ECC
42. 1976 Volvo 343 Politie (NL)
43. 1995 Volvo 855 T5R
44. 1999 Volvo S80
45. 1990 Volvo 480 Turbo convertible
46. 1982 Volvo 265 GLE
47. 1967 Volvo Amazon 123 GT
48. 1988 Volvo 360 GLE
49. 1988 Volvo 240 SE estate Polis (S)
50. 1968 Volvo P210 Duett 'Tele' (S)
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16 Comments

Anders

11/25/2014 09:13:44 am

Maybe the best Atlas so far.
Good job!!!

Lars DK

11/25/2014 10:38:49 am

Well, well, well, well... Where is the Little window behind the right front door...???... ;-)

PerC

11/25/2014 11:59:36 am

Yes, where? Found one photo of the actual car (reg.No. W4526) on the net, and that window is easy to see (through the windscreen). Since most Duetts didn't have that window I wish EditionsAtlas had not put the reg.No. on it. P210 had been fine.
Especially since the model is different from the W4526 car in a couple of other aspects also.
But I like the choice of a car with solid side panels, and a TELE car is a good choice for a Swede...
PerC
Sweden

Mr. Atlas link

11/25/2014 11:22:03 pm

Thanks for your comments, in this case I also don't understand... We had the small windows on the digital sample and Volvo ask us to remove it...

Since them, I have a better contact with Volvo and we can manage such veto better, because they discuss with us and not only with the producer.

I'm really sorry for that and understand your arguments. The Volvo licence become very hard to deal with since last summer.

Lars

11/26/2014 04:37:02 am

Hello Mr Atlas

I hope You can pursue Volvo to make OK for the one with the little window, since that model is so neat and significant for the TELE Duetts, even though they made TELE Duetts without. After all, this is why we collect Your cars, You tend to put some effort into the details :-)

PerC

11/26/2014 11:16:41 am

Mr Atlas! I really appreciate your problems with Volvo. Well, good that I don't have a 1:1 Volvo, only 1:43s...
Too bad (and strange) that they removed something that is shown on so many of their own promotion pictures.
Lars hopes for another Duett, but I don't really agree. Maybe if the number of models is increased, because within the ten items to go I have too many wishes!
And I feel that this orange TELE-car still is very fine. Except the number plate.
PerC
Sweden

Lars Vermundsberget

11/27/2014 02:52:39 pm

Strange thing that Volvo would have a problem with that window. Apart from that - another nice-looking model. And since it just came up: I'd like to see the number of cars in this collection increased again.

Per S

11/28/2014 05:04:17 am

André Models have made the Volvo Duett TELE with the extra small window on the right hand side. Very nice too but very expensive.
On the Premium X Volvo 145 Express "Zienkenwagen" - ambulance from Holland - they have put the Swedish licence plate OA 85608 ...

Per S

12/6/2014 03:17:29 pm

The bonnet is a separate part on this model. Is it made to be opened forwards? Can you see the engine if you open it? If not why is it made separate?

S.Martin

12/8/2014 09:49:41 am

Per S , I have the car here in front of me, so I can say that it's not made separate it's only the look of it. The car is better in in real life than on the pictures :)

Friendly Regars

S. Martin , Sweden

Per S

12/8/2014 04:13:17 pm

Hello Martin, I have also got it and I can tell it is a separate part. However I don´t think it is meant to be opened.

Mr. Atlas link

12/11/2014 02:59:50 am

I can confirm that the bonnet is a separate piece, it' only for the injection process, that's a technical reason, as you can see on this 3D (the first one before somme correction as you will see ;-) ), there is no possibility to put the engine under the bonnet.
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Michelle

12/11/2014 03:16:38 am

Thank you so much for your info's as well as the 3D view.

I have added the 3D view to the initial post to facilitate everyone the view.

Per S

12/11/2014 04:00:30 am

Thank you very much Mr. Atlas for your informative answer!

Ulf Carlsson

2/16/2015 12:20:25 pm

This model is very nice to the Collection, but why can we not get a more realistic model very easy .
It is the colour on the felgen, from 1965 Volvo has a felg whith hole for the colding they are always in silver for every car whith different colour.
On every Picture I have seen on tele-duett whith this hole in the felgen they are silver but not on the earlier tele-duett.
Our tele-duett has the felgen whith the colding- hole so they shall be in silver.
I want Ixo or atlas check even small things for a right model which not cost more.
Best Regards from Ulf in Sweden

Per S

2/16/2015 03:53:21 pm

Volvo 445 Duett did not get the same modifications as PV 544 at the same time. The divided windscreen was kept two tears longer and so on then called P 210 Duett. The rim on the wheels was still in the same colour as the body. The hub-cap still had Volvo on it. Some years the Duett had the same red circled V as the PV 544 but for 1965 they all got the smaller black circle and silver rim.
I think that when Volvo did not want to make the TELE Duett as on the first drawing the model got a mix of the later years wheels, decals and so on but painted as an earlier model.

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