Dinky Toys photography specials

Terry, these are real beauties, especially the articulated Panhard. In the mean time I have tried to answer your 23a question. Now for another photography special: Triple Twins Photography

Jan-- Nice triple play with those twins.....I have enough trouble just trying to get one representative model of each kind that I seldom have ventured into color variations, though it is tempting! By the way, that French Dinky Panhard Kodak was the very first French Dinky commercial vehicle that I purchased, so it was fortunate that I did. As you know, those are not easy to come by.....I was a young boy in San Diego in about 1958 and walked into a store that sold Dinky's. I saw it sitting in the display case and bought it on the spot...the only one I have ever seen for sale. The wonderful news was the price back then......$2.50! That was written on the bottom with a grease pencil, and is still there. And is has never been in a box all those years later, since they came in trade boxes. Terry

You kept them in incredibly good condition, apparently never having played with those as a young boy, have you? Another trio batch now. I like positions of the models which you hardly see them photographed in: Triple Trio Turning Their Backs To Us

Jan--Another interesting view and not the one we normally see! It is good to sometimes view our Dinky's from something other than the front; sometimes the detail or design elements are hidden back there and waiting to be discovered. I notice that 2 of your Observation Coaches have tail lights colored in, while one does not. My sole example is the grey one and it also does not have them. Was that an earlier or later add?And to answer your query about playing with my Dinky's......my very first ones when I was about 5-6 years old, I did play with them quite a bit, including some outside. I still have them, and they are intact, but quite play worn. When I was about 10 or so I started being more careful with them and kept the boxes. When I got that Kodak Panhard I was about 13, so well beyond my serious playing days. Also when I was a kid, I always took care of my things and was careful with them.Terry

Hi Terry, indeed, as a playing child it would be virtually impossible to keep the toys in that almost pristine state. The good toys that survived my childhood were also acquired at the later age of 10-12. Still, sometimes the boxes perished because of repeatedly carefully storing the models in them after play. I have been asking about these tail lights differences for many years already on various sites, but I never got a(n) (satisfactory) answer. There are many more, also cars, which have them accentuated with paint or not. It might be a cost reducing measure deleting them, but I cannot find a real chronological 'rule' in their appearance or not. This is a feature hardly ever dealt with, because - contrary to my odd habits - the models are hardly ever shown from a new point of view, that is, in this case, from the rear side. Kind regards, Jan

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Have you used the solarisation filter for this Jan? Dave

Wow--an interesting picture to say the least! Please tell us how you did that...neat effect! And what a wonderful model that was...a very classic French Dinky from the 1950's. Terry

I used the 'effects' in ArcSoft Photostudio, handy software if you do not want to search in every corner of Photoshop. Some examples: Regular Contour drawing Charcoal Neon edges Pointilism Solarisation Stained glass These are pictures of only 600 pixels wide. The bigger they are, the more exciting ... Regards, Jan

I will have to experiment with this, it looks really nice on complex models such as the French fire engine.

The options are endless Dave! The lifting system for the Car Carrier no. 984 now:

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