Meetings between DTCA members

It must have been a wonderful day for you,
boys,
playing with all those Dinkies.At the same time it must have been a hell of a job to take them all out
and put them back again.Meetings like that are delightful,
an important part of the hobby ! Kind regards,
Jan

Jan - Thanks,
yes we did have a very nice time meeting each other for the first time,
and also with considerable Dinky discussion.Jonathan is a bit younger than Jose
and I,
so his collecting era is a little later than ours,
which makes it interesting.He also now has several vintage Dinky Toys display cases,
which I am hoping he will share here.....they are simply wonderful ! I have not yet put my models back
where
they belong,
but that is looming very soon.I need to thoroughly clean
and dust all the glass shelves
and doors first.Best regards,
Terry

May I suggest a change of title for this thread to : Meetings between DTCA members. Several such meetings have hapened in the States, in the Netherlands, in Jersey, in France and even in England but so far there is no thread to advertise and report such meetings. More meetings may hapen this year. In the meantime, last week Richard and I met at his place, the meeting was short because lack of time but the discussion was tight. Several subjects were dealt with but not the only one on the agenda which was the #972 Coles 20 ton. This will be the main subject for our next meeting in a few weeks.

Jacques, I love your optimism regarding this. Yes, the title of the thread should be changed -- though here in West Coast USA, the times of being able to get together in person seem quite distant, what with the coronavirus, firestorms, and political unrest. What an awful year. At least I can sit in my Dinky room to try to forget these things, but it is sad not to be able to share with other collectors. Terry and Jose were planning to visit me in Northern California but of course had to abandon their plans. I hope it will still happen some day.

I had to make a deep dive into my picture archive to dig up the small selection of DTCA meets photos below. For the sake of privacy I will not mention any names, but if your curiosity is unbearable you can always send me a private mail for disclosing some of them

Most optimistic to have the new thread title (thanks!), and those nice pictures are warm reminders of better days.

Another small DTCA meeting occured here in May, 2018, in Southern California, when fellow members Bruce Hoy and wife Lina met me and my wife Cindy for dinner near LAX. They had a layover here on their way home to Australia, so it was a great opportunity to actually meet each other after several years of corresponding. Here is a photo of the two of us, along with Bruce's ever present travel companion.....his Dinky Toy DeSoto Fireflite.

Thank you to whoever changed the title of this thread. I hope that the covid will let us travel in the near future, I have plans to travel and meet members.

Kia oraFor several reasons, my plans to travel had to wait two years before coming true (see my Sept 2020 post above) but we are slowly coming out of the covid crisis and long distance travel is still not easy.Now I am offering possible dates for DTCA meetings with Kiwi collectors.December 5 at the Holliday Inn Auckland December ? Wellington December 19 at the hotel Ibis in ChristchurchIf any member is interested to meet me then, please get in touch with me.All the best.Jacques