Thanks for the kind words Terry.

Here is a warehouse scene with the 923 Big Bedford Van being loaded by the 401 Coventry Climax Fork Lift Truck, some dinky figures and crates plus a home made pallet on the fork lift.

Dave

And now for something completely different.

A leaflet from August 1958 printed for the Spanish market.

Of these three the Connaught is my favourite.

In reality it did not win a great deal but it just looks stunning.

Dave

On a similar theme to your race car image here is a Spanish leaflet from March 1958.

This features a Ferrari, Maserati and a Vanwall.

Dave

The Camera Man on the 968 BBC Roving Eye Vehicle.

The rotating lens mount can be seen with four different focal length lenses - zooms had yet to be developed.

Dave

Those two drawings are excellent Jan.

Here is the Roving Eye in its box with its packing piece.

Dave

The 702/999 De Havilland Comet airliner in flight.

Dave

A nice selection of diecast Austin Champs, including the 674 Dinky versions.

Dave

These are two little beauties Jan

I don't have any French Dinky aeroplanes at the moment - that might change.

Dave

Jan-
Nice photos of the Vauxhall and very neat showing those 2 unloading from the plane. I also have the almost exact twin of the older Vauxhall saloon....the same color and condition....a very nice model indeed! The 30 series was a very nice and interesting one from Dinky.

Terry

I had some fun this morning producing this image of the Dinky Supertoys 966 Marrel Multi-Bucket Unit.

It is a multiple exposure (3 shots) showing the action of off-loading, or loading, the bucket onto the Leyland Super Comet.

It was fiddly to produce but I am pleased with the result.

Dave

Very nice photo Dave ! What kind of camera do you use ?
Cheers
Richard

Hi Richard

It's a Nikon D2X which is a high-end SLR, for the vast majority of my Dinky shots I use a Nikon Macro lens and always mounted on a very sturdy tripod.

All the focussing and exposures are on manual so I have complete control over everything that I do.

This enables me to do funny and interesting things like the Marrel Multi-Bucket shot.

I will be changing from the D2X to a D800 some time soon as my D2X is now 9 years old.

Dave

Dinky Continental Tours are on location in Bavaria. As luck would have it, this is Kulmbach Beer Week, so it's beer and bratwurst all round!

Fred--
Nice scene with the Dinky's!

Terry

I am feeling thirsty already

Dave

Here are a couple of photos of the 2d Sheep showing significant weight differences.

The pre-war version is over three times as heavy as the post-war version.

The pre-war one would have made a much more substantial sunday lunch except that it is made from lead!!!

Dave

When you "tap" the sheep they both feel very solid. I suspect that the weight difference is caused by a differential in wall thickness as well as the material used.

The only way to do this conclusively would be to cut them in half and they are far too nice to do that.

I would consider it if I could buy a couple of tatty examples very cheaply.

I will see what I can do.

Dave