What car did Tintin drive?

Tintin was often seen driving various vehicles throughout his adventures, but the most iconic car associated with him is the Lancia Aprilia. This stylish Italian car appears in The Calculus Affair (L'Affaire Tournesol), where Tintin, Captain Haddock, and Snowy drive it through intense chase sequences. Other notable vehicles Tintin has used include: • Buick Model 1939 (The Black Island) • Jaguar Mk X (The Castafiore Emerald) • Citroën 15CV (Land of Black Gold) The adventures of Tintin frequently feature meticulously drawn, real-world vehicles, which Hergé, the creator of Tintin, illustrated with exceptional accuracy.

Moulinsart is the official company responsible for managing and protecting the Tintin brand and Hergé’s legacy. Named after Marlinspike Hall (Château de Moulinsart in French), Captain Haddock’s ancestral home, the company oversees licensing, merchandise, and copyrights related to The Adventures of Tintin. Founded by Nick Rodwell, the husband of Hergé’s widow, Fanny Rodwell, Moulinsart plays a crucial role in ensuring the authenticity and quality of official Tintin products, including the highly detailed 1:24 scale vehicle models available on Hornseys.

Are these Tintin model vehicles official merchandise?

Yes, the 1:24 scale Tintin vehicles sold by Hornseys are officially licensed by Moulinsart and crafted with exceptional detail. Each model is based on Hergé’s original illustrations and represents vehicles from Tintin’s many adventures.

Do the Tintin model cars come with certificates of authenticity?

Most official Moulinsart-licensed Tintin models come with a certificate of authenticity, confirming their status as an officially licensed collectible. If you are looking for a specific certification, please check the individual product descriptions or contact us for more details.

What scale are the Tintin vehicle models?

The 1:24 scale models mean that the vehicles are 24 times smaller than their real-world counterparts. This scale allows for a perfect balance between detail and display size, making them ideal for collectors who appreciate high-quality craftsmanship.

Can I buy other Tintin collectibles from Hornseys?

In addition to 1:24 scale vehicles, Hornseys stocks a wide range of Tintin collectibles, including: • 1:43 scale model cars • Tintin figurines & statues • Limited edition prints & artwork • Tintin books & graphic novels

Ephemera

‘Discord Merely Magnifies’ – From ‘The Blue Guitar’ Published By The Petersburg Press – Publisher’s Promotional Card – 1977
£45.00

Hockney, David
‘Parade’ – From ‘The Blue Guitar’ Published By The Petersburg Press – Publisher’s Promotional Card – 1977
£45.00

Hockney, David
‘Franco-American Mail’ – From ‘The Blue Guitar’ Published By The Petersburg Press – Publisher’s Promotional Card – 1977
£45.00

Hockney, David
‘It Picks Its Way’ – From ‘The Blue Guitar’ Published By The Petersburg Press – Publisher’s Promotional Card – 1977
£45.00

Hockney, David
‘A Tune’ – From ‘The Blue Guitar’ Published By The Petersburg Press – Publisher’s Promotional Card – 1977
£45.00

Hockney, David
Duran Duran – Ian Fleming – James Bond – A View To A Kill – July 22nd 1985 – Original Press Photograph
£45.00

Fleming, Ian & Duran Duran
William Harrison – The Description of Britaine – Ports, Creeks and the Air & Soil of England – Original Leaf from Holinshed’s Chronicles – London, 1587
£40.00

HARRISON, William (1534–1593); HOLINSHED, Raphael (compiler).
Le Journal de Cambronne – 1re année, No. 4 – German Anti-French / Anti-British Propaganda Newspaper Leaflet, 1940 – Robert Hastings / Steve Forbes Provenance.
£40.00

Churchill, Winston Spencer
THE COMMITTEE OF THE HON. H. T. LIDDELL. TO SOLICIT YOUR VOTE AND INTEREST AT THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION. NORTHUMBERLAND ELECTION VISITING CARD, 1826.
£40.00

Liddell, Henry Thomas
Army (Military Savings Banks) Statement Of The Amount Due By The Public To Depositors In Military Savings Banks On The 31st March 1917…
£40.00

Churchill, Winston Spencer
Charles IXth Duke of Marlborough, K.G.
£40.00

Churchill, Winston Spencer
Orson Welles – Joanne Woodward – The Long Hot Summer – November 19th 1957 – Original Press Photograph
£40.00

Associated Press, Welles, Orson & Woodward, Joanne
B.S.A. Motor Bicycle: Trade Catalogue
£40.00

B.S.A
What Kind Of A People Do They Think We Are? Two Historic Speeches Made By The Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill
£35.00

Churchill, Winston Spencer
The National Policy – As Set Forth By Mr Asquith, Sir Edward Grey, Mr Churchill, Mr Lloyd George, Mr Austen Chamberlain, Mr Balfour, Mr Bonar Law, Mr Arthur Henderson And Others
£35.00

Churchill, Winston Spencer Contributes
Visitor’s Guide To New York – The Greatest All-Year-Round Vacation City – Folding Map
£35.00

Gross, Alexander & Geographia Map Co
Girolamo Savonarola – Espositione del Pater Noster – Original Italian Reformation Leaf with Renaissance Woodcut Borders – Venice – Probably 1535
£30.00

Savonarola, Girolamo
Early Latin Prayer Book – Prayers After Mass – St Augustine, St Thomas Aquinas & the Blessed Virgin Mary – Original Red-and-Black Leaf – c.1500–1520
£30.00

Early Latin liturgical printing
Sebastian Münster – Modon, Argos and Epidaurus, Greece – Original Woodcut View from the 1568 French Cosmographie Universelle
£30.00

Münster, Sebastian
Churchills neue Warnung – Allied German-Language Propaganda Leaflet, G.11 – March 1944 – RAF Bombing Offensive / German Civilians – Robert Hastings & Steve Forbes Provenance
£30.00

Churchill, Winston Spencer
Japanese Second World War Propaganda Matchbox Label, “Tentoe Dapat Kemenangan / Himpoenlah Kertas Apiapi”, No. 8. Netherlands East Indies / Japanese-Occupied Indonesia, c.1942–1945.
£30.00

Churchill, Winston Spencer & Roosevelt, F. D.
JE MAINTIENDRAI – Nederland en Oranje – 5e Jaargang, No. 7 (67), 2e Decembernummer 1944 – Dutch Underground Resistance Newspaper – Provenance – Robert Hastings; The Churchill Collection of Steve Forbes
£30.00

(Churchill, Winston Spencer)
Les Bruits Et Prophéties Qu’on Émet – La Vérité Toute Nue -The Rumours And The Prophecies That Are Spread – The Naked Truth
£30.00

(Churchill, Winston S), Chaperon, Jean & Lornac
De Wervelwind Maandblad Voor Vrijheid Waarheid En Recht – No. 2 Mei 1942 – Monthly Magazine For Freedom, Truth and Justice
£30.00

The Dutch Government & (Churchill, Winston S)
De Wervelwind Maandblad Voor Vrijheid Waarheid En Recht – No. 13 Augustus 1943 – Monthly Magazine For Freedom, Truth and Justice
£30.00

The Dutch Government & (Churchill, Winston S)
Lawrence Of Arabia Starring Peter O’Toole As T E Lawrence – Original Press Photograph – December 22nd 1975
£30.00

For Tyne Tees
Die Festung Europa Hat Kein Dach – Propaganda Leaflet – G.38
£30.00

Churchill, Winston Spencer
Famous Names In Wartime Britain – Winston Churchill And Others
£25.00

(Churchill, Winston Spencer)
Churchill – Christmas Greetings 1941
£25.00

Churchill, Winston Spencer
Simplicissimus Damals Heute – Versprechen – Propaganda Leaflet – G.24
£25.00

Churchill, Winston Spencer
The Chartwell Bulletins January – June 1935
£25.00

Churchill, Winston S Edited By Martin Gilbert
What Kind Of A People Do They Think We Are? Two Historic Speeches Made By The Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill – Second Issue
£25.00

Churchill, Winston Spencer

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Ephemera

‘Discord Merely Magnifies’ – From ‘The Blue Guitar’ Published By The Petersburg Press – Publisher’s Promotional Card – 1977

‘Parade’ – From ‘The Blue Guitar’ Published By The Petersburg Press – Publisher’s Promotional Card – 1977

‘Franco-American Mail’ – From ‘The Blue Guitar’ Published By The Petersburg Press – Publisher’s Promotional Card – 1977

‘It Picks Its Way’ – From ‘The Blue Guitar’ Published By The Petersburg Press – Publisher’s Promotional Card – 1977

‘A Tune’ – From ‘The Blue Guitar’ Published By The Petersburg Press – Publisher’s Promotional Card – 1977

Duran Duran – Ian Fleming – James Bond – A View To A Kill – July 22nd 1985 – Original Press Photograph

William Harrison – The Description of Britaine – Ports, Creeks and the Air & Soil of England – Original Leaf from Holinshed’s Chronicles – London, 1587

Le Journal de Cambronne – 1re année, No. 4 – German Anti-French / Anti-British Propaganda Newspaper Leaflet, 1940 – Robert Hastings / Steve Forbes Provenance.

THE COMMITTEE OF THE HON. H. T. LIDDELL. TO SOLICIT YOUR VOTE AND INTEREST AT THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION. NORTHUMBERLAND ELECTION VISITING CARD, 1826.

Army (Military Savings Banks) Statement Of The Amount Due By The Public To Depositors In Military Savings Banks On The 31st March 1917…

Charles IXth Duke of Marlborough, K.G.

Orson Welles – Joanne Woodward – The Long Hot Summer – November 19th 1957 – Original Press Photograph

B.S.A. Motor Bicycle: Trade Catalogue

What Kind Of A People Do They Think We Are? Two Historic Speeches Made By The Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill

The National Policy – As Set Forth By Mr Asquith, Sir Edward Grey, Mr Churchill, Mr Lloyd George, Mr Austen Chamberlain, Mr Balfour, Mr Bonar Law, Mr Arthur Henderson And Others

Visitor’s Guide To New York – The Greatest All-Year-Round Vacation City – Folding Map

Girolamo Savonarola – Espositione del Pater Noster – Original Italian Reformation Leaf with Renaissance Woodcut Borders – Venice – Probably 1535

Early Latin Prayer Book – Prayers After Mass – St Augustine, St Thomas Aquinas & the Blessed Virgin Mary – Original Red-and-Black Leaf – c.1500–1520

Sebastian Münster – Modon, Argos and Epidaurus, Greece – Original Woodcut View from the 1568 French Cosmographie Universelle

Churchills neue Warnung – Allied German-Language Propaganda Leaflet, G.11 – March 1944 – RAF Bombing Offensive / German Civilians – Robert Hastings & Steve Forbes Provenance

Japanese Second World War Propaganda Matchbox Label, “Tentoe Dapat Kemenangan / Himpoenlah Kertas Apiapi”, No. 8. Netherlands East Indies / Japanese-Occupied Indonesia, c.1942–1945.

JE MAINTIENDRAI – Nederland en Oranje – 5e Jaargang, No. 7 (67), 2e Decembernummer 1944 – Dutch Underground Resistance Newspaper – Provenance – Robert Hastings; The Churchill Collection of Steve Forbes

Les Bruits Et Prophéties Qu’on Émet – La Vérité Toute Nue -The Rumours And The Prophecies That Are Spread – The Naked Truth

De Wervelwind Maandblad Voor Vrijheid Waarheid En Recht – No. 2 Mei 1942 – Monthly Magazine For Freedom, Truth and Justice

De Wervelwind Maandblad Voor Vrijheid Waarheid En Recht – No. 13 Augustus 1943 – Monthly Magazine For Freedom, Truth and Justice

Lawrence Of Arabia Starring Peter O’Toole As T E Lawrence – Original Press Photograph – December 22nd 1975

Die Festung Europa Hat Kein Dach – Propaganda Leaflet – G.38

Famous Names In Wartime Britain – Winston Churchill And Others

Churchill – Christmas Greetings 1941

Simplicissimus Damals Heute – Versprechen – Propaganda Leaflet – G.24

The Chartwell Bulletins January – June 1935

What Kind Of A People Do They Think We Are? Two Historic Speeches Made By The Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill – Second Issue

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