Hi all,
can ' t see Corgi going for it,
what would be in it for them ? haven ' t they got the original dies anyway ? So they could do their own range of re - issues if they wanted ? Matchbox I doubt too,
can ' t see it working,
they tried re - issuing some old castings as Matchbox Originals years ago didn ' t they ? CW.
I believe more recent dies (ie Corgi Classics) may belong to the factories who also do the design / manufacture with Corgi being in effect the distributor with a limited lease,
allowing the dies to be reused for others eg Atlas.On Corgi dies for original Corgis do they exist ? For the Corgi 50th the Consul was remanufactured producing a smaller less well detailed casting - I received one of the bare metal ones.The DS dies found their way to Metosul but I know of no others.Now back to Dinkys.........
Here are more latest Atlas UK Issues,
number 10 Austin Atlantic
and 11 Citroen ID19 Break.As I have only received 9 so far I queried this with Atlas to be told,
you will get them when they are in stock
and that I should disregard the numbering,
so I hope that I will get the PTT VW I believe due
and the streamlined car at some point.The Austin looks quite good,
but as a former Citroeniste the ID gets some criticism.The DS always had a shark look
and front higher than the rear (courtesy of a nice hydraulic lever by the driver) captured by Dinky by a 15 % difference.Atlas have made the car level
and also given the front wings a droop so the headlights look down at an angle not forward.This same droopy wing
and level stance can be found on Altaya IDs,
so maybe out of the same Chinese factory drawing office.Dinky headlights point forward,
hatch has a matt finish
and the body is metallic gold.Atlas have made the body more bronze
and the paint is not consistent in colour
having
a sort of granular appearance.
Where
Atlas have excelled is in reproducing the small tread white tyres (
I have had a devil of a job trying to get replacements for my Dinky,
if anyone knows
where
).My Dinky has a black steering wheel as does my Ambulance 556,
and Atlas have a white one;Les Dinky Toys by Jean - Michel Roulet shows both the red interior
and white interior versions with white steering wheels.Was this ID ever a UK issue ? As Atlas is no longer a verboten term in the DCTA comments please.
Austin Atlantic - Atlas have painted a fine chrome line along the cills,
just body colour in the Dinky.[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / image -20140715 -2.jpg [/img]
The Austin Atlantic was specifically designed for the American market but was too expensive
and sold in very small quantities.An extremely rare car to find nowadays,
I have seen one in the last 30 years.How about this one for a proper Dinky Toy: [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / Atlantic.jpg [/img] Dave
Here is the Austin you can see in the Gaydon Museum [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / CIMG1203.jpg [/img] Kind regards Richard
There does not seem to be a thread for the French Atlas Dinky but should there be one ? [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / 35a.png [/img] Received today,
a trade box full of Simca 5 exported as 35az Fiat two seater.Three models have black wheels,
the other three have white ones.Three different tradeboxes are known for the original model by Meccano but so far no box marked 35az has been found.Do you have one ?
