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

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KASHMIR AND JAMMU – BARAMULA AND ANANTNAG DISTRICTS SEASON 1911 – PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COLONEL S G BURRARD SURVEYOR GENERAL OF INDIA 1912
£500.00
Burrard, Colonel S. G.
Northumberland – John Speed – Published By Henry Overton – 1710
£495.00
Speed, John (Speede)
Sketch Map Of London Shewing The Position Of The London Chatham And Dover Railway Victoria (West-End) Station
£495.00
The London Chatham And Dover Railway
Yorkshire – Ducatus Eboracensis Pars Occidentalis – The West Riding Of Yorke Shire
£495.00
Valk, Gerard & Schenk, P
Geological Map Of Israel – Revised Edition – 1976 – Map On Two Sheets
£450.00
Picard, L. Y, Golani, U, Bentor, Y. K, Vroman, A & Zak, I
RAWALPINDI AND SURROUNDINGS – FIRST EDITION – PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF M N A HASHMI THE SURVEYOR GENERAL OF PAKISTAN 1960
£450.00
Survey Of Pakistan
Dorset: Map of Dorsetshyre by John Speed
£425.00
Speed, John
Bacon’s New Map of London and Suburbs – c.1870 – Folding Map
£400.00
Bacon, G. W.
Whitehead’s Map of the Municipal Borough of Huddersfield – Folding Map – 1879
£400.00
Whitehead, George & Sons
Pavilhão Britanico Exposiçao Do Centenario Do Brasil Rio De Janeiro – Presentation Copy To Lionel Nathan De Rothschild MP From The British Commission To The Brazilian Centenary Exhibition 7th Sept 1922 – 2nd July 1923
£400.00
The British Commission & The British Pavilion
Delhi Guide Map – 1969 – Published Under The Direction Of Brigadier Jamshed Dalal – Surveyor General Of India
£400.00
Dalal, Brigadier Jamshed
CARTE DE LA TURQUIE DE L’ARABIE ET DE LA PERSE AVEC LEUR DEPENDANCES DRESSÉE SUR LES OBSERVATIONS LES PLUS NOUVELLES & LES MEMOIRES LES PLUS RECENS
£400.00
Chatelain, Henri Abraham
MAP OF THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY SHOWING ROADS AND DISTANCES – 1929
£400.00
Central Survey Office, Madras
INDIA AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES MILLION SHEET NO. 38 – KABUL – FIRST EDITION – PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COLONEL S G BURRARD SURVEYOR GENERAL OF INDIA 1917
£400.00
Burrard, Colonel S. G.
CENTRAL PROVINCES – SURVEYED 1909 – 1911 – JUBBULPORE AND MANDLA DISTRICTS – PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COLONEL S G BURRARD SURVEYOR GENERAL OF INDIA 1911
£400.00
Burrard, Colonel S. G.
NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE – SEASON 1907 – 1908 – PESHAWAR DISTRICT AND NOAND TRIBAL TERRITORY – PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COLONEL S G BURRARD SURVEYOR GENERAL OF INDIA 1913
£400.00
Burrard, Colonel S. G.
Map Of Central Africa By Edward Stanford
£400.00
Edward Stanford
NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE KASHMIR AND JAMMU – HAZARA MUZAFFARABAD DISTRICTS SEASONS 1908-1909 – PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COLONEL F B LONGE SURVEYOR GENERAL OF INDIA 1910
£400.00
Longe, Colonel F. B.
KASHMIR AND JAMMU – ANANTNAG BARAMULA LADAKH UDHAMPUR DISTRICTS SEASONS 1911-14 – PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COLONEL C H D RYDER SURVEYOR GENERAL OF INDIA 1922
£400.00
Ryder, Colonel C. H. D
(VENEZUELA ARUBA CURACAO BONAIRE) SEA CHART: PAS-KAART VANDE ZEE KUSTEN VAN VENECUELA MET DE BYLEGGENDE EYLANDEN DOOR VOOGHT GEOMETRA – ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVING
£400.00
Vooght, Claes Jansz & van Keulen, Johannes
TABULA GEOGRAPHICA EUROPAE AUSTRIACAE GENERALIS
£395.00
Johann Christoph Homann
Cheshire: Cestria Comitatus Palatinus by J Blaeu
£395.00
Blaeu, J
The World – The Persian Gulf – The Middle East – Egypt – Palestine – The Holy Land – Rdo. Dno. D. Adr. Stalpartio Abb. Togerlesi Disniso.d. Lumen Historiarum per Orientem
£375.00
Ortelius, Abraham
Map Of Northern India By Edward Stanford – Copy Of Alan Sillitoe
£375.00
Edward Stanford (Sillitoe, Alan)
EBORACENSIS Comitatus Occidentalis vulgo WEST RIDING – c.1610-1637
£350.00
Hole, William After Christopher Saxton
Middle-Sexia – Middlesex – Original Copper Engraved Map – 1645
£350.00
Blaeu, Joan & Blaeu, Willem
Mediterranean Sea: Mappa Maris Mediterranei Fluxus Currentes Et Naturum Motionum Explicans
£350.00
Kircher (Athanasius)
Nuova Pianta Di Roma Moderna Estratta Dalla Grande Del Nolli Corretta Ed Accresciuta De Nomi Delle Contrade Indicati Al Loro Rispettivo Sito In Roma
£345.00
Nolli, Giovanni Battista
TERRA DI BARI ET BASILICATA
£345.00
Joan Blaeu
BETTS’S GEOGRAPHICAL PASTIME: EUROPE DELINEATED
£345.00
John Betts
Wyld’s New Map Of London – 1891
£325.00
Wyld, James
John Cary – New Plan Of London – With A Correct List Of Upwards Of 350 Hackney Coach Fares – London Westminster And Southwark – 1785
£300.00
Cary, John

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Maps

KASHMIR AND JAMMU – BARAMULA AND ANANTNAG DISTRICTS SEASON 1911 – PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COLONEL S G BURRARD SURVEYOR GENERAL OF INDIA 1912

Northumberland – John Speed – Published By Henry Overton – 1710

Sketch Map Of London Shewing The Position Of The London Chatham And Dover Railway Victoria (West-End) Station

Yorkshire – Ducatus Eboracensis Pars Occidentalis – The West Riding Of Yorke Shire

Geological Map Of Israel – Revised Edition – 1976 – Map On Two Sheets

RAWALPINDI AND SURROUNDINGS – FIRST EDITION – PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF M N A HASHMI THE SURVEYOR GENERAL OF PAKISTAN 1960

Dorset: Map of Dorsetshyre by John Speed

Bacon’s New Map of London and Suburbs – c.1870 – Folding Map

Whitehead’s Map of the Municipal Borough of Huddersfield – Folding Map – 1879

Pavilhão Britanico Exposiçao Do Centenario Do Brasil Rio De Janeiro – Presentation Copy To Lionel Nathan De Rothschild MP From The British Commission To The Brazilian Centenary Exhibition 7th Sept 1922 – 2nd July 1923

Delhi Guide Map – 1969 – Published Under The Direction Of Brigadier Jamshed Dalal – Surveyor General Of India

CARTE DE LA TURQUIE DE L’ARABIE ET DE LA PERSE AVEC LEUR DEPENDANCES DRESSÉE SUR LES OBSERVATIONS LES PLUS NOUVELLES & LES MEMOIRES LES PLUS RECENS

MAP OF THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY SHOWING ROADS AND DISTANCES – 1929

INDIA AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES MILLION SHEET NO. 38 – KABUL – FIRST EDITION – PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COLONEL S G BURRARD SURVEYOR GENERAL OF INDIA 1917

CENTRAL PROVINCES – SURVEYED 1909 – 1911 – JUBBULPORE AND MANDLA DISTRICTS – PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COLONEL S G BURRARD SURVEYOR GENERAL OF INDIA 1911

NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE – SEASON 1907 – 1908 – PESHAWAR DISTRICT AND NOAND TRIBAL TERRITORY – PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COLONEL S G BURRARD SURVEYOR GENERAL OF INDIA 1913

Map Of Central Africa By Edward Stanford

NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE KASHMIR AND JAMMU – HAZARA MUZAFFARABAD DISTRICTS SEASONS 1908-1909 – PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COLONEL F B LONGE SURVEYOR GENERAL OF INDIA 1910

KASHMIR AND JAMMU – ANANTNAG BARAMULA LADAKH UDHAMPUR DISTRICTS SEASONS 1911-14 – PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COLONEL C H D RYDER SURVEYOR GENERAL OF INDIA 1922

(VENEZUELA ARUBA CURACAO BONAIRE) SEA CHART: PAS-KAART VANDE ZEE KUSTEN VAN VENECUELA MET DE BYLEGGENDE EYLANDEN DOOR VOOGHT GEOMETRA – ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVING

TABULA GEOGRAPHICA EUROPAE AUSTRIACAE GENERALIS

Cheshire: Cestria Comitatus Palatinus by J Blaeu

The World – The Persian Gulf – The Middle East – Egypt – Palestine – The Holy Land – Rdo. Dno. D. Adr. Stalpartio Abb. Togerlesi Disniso.d. Lumen Historiarum per Orientem

Map Of Northern India By Edward Stanford – Copy Of Alan Sillitoe

EBORACENSIS Comitatus Occidentalis vulgo WEST RIDING – c.1610-1637

Middle-Sexia – Middlesex – Original Copper Engraved Map – 1645

Mediterranean Sea: Mappa Maris Mediterranei Fluxus Currentes Et Naturum Motionum Explicans

Nuova Pianta Di Roma Moderna Estratta Dalla Grande Del Nolli Corretta Ed Accresciuta De Nomi Delle Contrade Indicati Al Loro Rispettivo Sito In Roma

TERRA DI BARI ET BASILICATA

BETTS’S GEOGRAPHICAL PASTIME: EUROPE DELINEATED

Wyld’s New Map Of London – 1891

John Cary – New Plan Of London – With A Correct List Of Upwards Of 350 Hackney Coach Fares – London Westminster And Southwark – 1785

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