No.12 Scout Car was the first of four Army vehicles in the Benbros TV Series, the others being No.13 Austin Champ, No.14 Tank, and No.23 Field Gun. These were the only models of actual military vehicles which Benbros added to the range, the later army additions being repainted versions of earlier non-military models.

 

Sometimes the casting standard of Benbros small scale models was indifferent but with the Scout Car it was impressively accurate with the two halves being rivetted together very cleanly. The result was a neat model of the real vehicle, believed to be the Daimler Dingo. The total length was 62mm.

 

On the underside 'Benbros' and 'Made in England' were included and on the early models there was a neat hole in the right-hand seat to hold the 'peg' of the separate driver. The wheels were large metal on round-head and crimped axles and as it was a military vehicle, the entire model including the driver was painted one colour which was a glossy olive-green for the first TV Series issue.

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When the Mighty Midget boxes were introduced, Benbros changed the colour to a matt Army-green and then later to a bright green in line with other military models.The separate driver continued for a time and was always painted the same colour as the entire model. 

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During the transition to the bright green colour, Benbros carried out a minor re-casting which eliminated the separate driver and included instead a cast-in version sitting in the driver's seat. This second casting was painted glossy bright green to start with and then​ reverted to the matt Army-green similar to the second variation.

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The first issue olive-green model was sold in a TV Series box with a large number (TV3). It was also possibly sold in the first of the Mighty Midget boxes but all later models only had MM boxes.

 

Finding the Scout Car is not too hard but the late models with cast-in drivers are quite scarce and the bright green variations are rare.