Jonathan—-Nice Model, and a great rationalization.....I love it! I have that same two-tone, plus an original all yellow one. Dinky did a nice job on that.
Best regards, Terry
Hi all,
Finally I was able to complete my set of trade boxes for the pre war 28 series Vans. The 28-1 was the most difficult to find, but it arrived yesterday in a pile of other trade boxes. I am very pleased with it. It will be a challenge to fill all three. The 28-3 is full, the 28-2 contains two models and it will be difficult to find these models without too much fatigue. The 28-1 contains two models and budget and availability limits the possibilities to fill it further. I will try though.
Kind regards,
Rob
Hello Rob,
Congratulations with this rare box. Have seen the pile of boxes on Ebay. Glad this rare item came to your collection so we can see it. Hope you can fill all in future.
John.
Hi Richard,
What is the variation ? the wheels ? the ref. number on the base plate ? else ?
Jonathan, repro or not, the original contents of the AA set box looks great. Congratulations! Kind regards, Jan
Thank you, Jan!
Meantime the postlady surprised me today with two more parcels, one from the Netherlands and one from the UK. Obviously the vans are repaints, but I fell for their charm and patina, and they were low-cost. (No room to display them anywhere, though -- arrrgh.)
The Atlantean has come out looking rather gray in the photo, but it is the white version ...
I have one more Dinky on the way to me, and given my track record it would be rash to say it's my last-ever. But unless I somehow can obtain yet another original Dinky shop display, I might just be done ...
I love those later 28 series Vans, and only wish Meccano had re-issued them post-war with a variety of liveries..... it was perfect for that!
Best regards,
Terry
Jonathan : again some very nice items !
I Jacques. I am going to open a topic on the citroën 2cv "postes" but nothing that you already know !
Richard
No vintage diecast this time, but no less happy, on the contrary: this morning a first copy of my new catalogue supplement (2017) arrived from the printer. I finished editing on the 4th of June and now, after some weeks of mutual feed back in between, they printed and bound this first tangible copy for me. Hard cover, size 24,5 x 17,5 cm, 71 pages (overall catalogue pages 1025-1095), 128 illustrations, 35 acquisitions described. Always an exciting moment to check if everything went right. And it did! Kind regards, Jan
What beautiful catalogues, Jan!
Meanwhile my last Dinky Toy -- well, for a while, anyway -- arrived today. I was pleased to get this uncommon bus.
As members will probably already know, this promotional came affixed to a plinth. Mine had obviously been removed so the recipient's child could play with it, but one can see the hole drilled in the base where the screw was.
Jonathan—-You have made some impressive adds to your collection while I am away on our trip to Spain. Another nice acquisition!
Best regards, Terry
Terry, yes, perhaps it is the last binge before sobriety and joining Binns Road Anonymous. We shall see. Meantime I hope you and yours are having a good trip!!
A very unusual variation, one of which I was not aware, and one to watch out for. I presume the lettering is by paper labels rather than transfers?
Kevin.
Kevin, in fact the lettering is --unusual for Meccano Ltd. in this period -- via transfers. Vectis has stated in past listings that there were only 50 produced, but I think it more likely that there were 500.
Here is a picture from a current eBay auction (Buy It Now price £895!) showing how the model was originally supplied.
The London & Manchester Assurance bus is a very nice addition to your collection. I doubt I'll ever manage to get one of these, but I do have a nice Code 3 version which was made by someone (not me) to represent a real bus which carried this advert on the 1970s. The most impressive feature is the way they have moved the staircase to match this particular bus - check the window layout on the lower deck. The green and yellow bus has also had a similar operation carried out (also not by me - I don't have the skill or patience for this!).
Red is always in style!
Terry, your's looks like mine and it's probably the later version.
Jacques, I never saw this black rider in a sale. Certainly very difficult to find !
For the moment I have two versions : the red and the green with the rider paint in grey !
Kind regards
Richard
Three wonderful additions in the past week or so. The blue/yellow no. 931 Leyland Comet Lorry - in dual numbered blue striped Dinky Toys box - as a companion to my slightly earlier red/yellow no. 531 with ridged hubs - and the familiar no. 642 Pressure Refueller, an early example with smooth inside cabin roof. Finally an addition to my 'second love', the 1/1200 - 1/1250 ship models: a Wiking representation of the pre-war British aircraft carrier(s) H.M.S. Glorious / H.M.S. Courageous. This one very heavy (294 g) despite its modest size of 189 mm. I'm not sure yet if it's a pre-war issue or a post-war re-issue. Kind regards, Jan
Another Dinky arrived today -- one of the few still on my want list -- and was immediately put to work.
It's too bad about the condition of the decals and the lack of the box. However, as readers may be aware, this model came in a box that was covered with a specially printed color sleeve. Samples that still have the sleeve are scarce and very expensive, so I decided I might as well settle for this one. After all, work to be done!
Ron — I believe I have seen that variant for sale before, but I haven’t seen one in person.
A warning: I have one Dinky (the Mexican Brinks truck) that has plastic wheels as well as plastic tyres. The two types of plastic have interacted with one another and the wheels are slightly melted, while the tyres cannot now be removed.
The tyres on your Bedfords all look to be rubber, but I thought I’d mention it. (The plastic ones have “heavy duty” written on the sidewalls.)
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