972 Coles 20 ton AEC Lorry Mounted Crane (1955-69)

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9 years 4 weeks ago #18994 by micromodels
Some 972 boxes. Ron F


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9 years 1 week ago #19073 by Richard
Now, I have 4 english versions and one french ! These ones are to add to the two others that I already post here. Friendly yours Richard


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9 years 1 week ago #19074 by Richard
With that arrival, I have the first version with or without the rectangular rear pin ! Cheers Richard


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8 years 11 months ago #19161 by janwerner
An illustrated article of a really stunning model of the Coles Lorry Mounted Crane in the 05/16 Auto in Miniatuur issue, which fell on my doormat today. An incredible piece of work, done by Sjaak van der Kroft, which he started when his grandson Jenson was born and completed and donated to him at his 2nd anniversary. He used the Dinky Supertoy no. 972 as example. As wheels are not that easy to do-it-yourself, he started buying suitable solid 10 cm diameter wheels and adjusted the scale of the model to be made to those available wheels, resulting in a scale 5x larger than the Dinky (so almost 1:10, with a lenght of 1,250 mm). Besides the pre-fabricated wheels the model is fully made of high quality beechwood and produced in every detail by Sjaak himself. A very professional job indeed! Sjaak made the photos, Pieter Groenendyk wrote the text of the article, and I am convinced they and the editors will not object to my posting of one photo here, as a teaser. Kind regards, Jan


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5 years 4 months ago #22294 by janwerner
Provisional photos below of the single model and the provisional installation of the newly added Coles Dieselelektrischer Kran auf LKW-Fahrgestell, the German promotional issued by the Duisburg branch of the Coles firm. Although I have come to know quite some information about it already, any more information by others is highly appreciated. The model, with its striped sides but still without plastic wheels or filled in 'triangle' must date from the 1962-1964 period. The model to be rated as 'very good to excellent', the box as 'good'. The box contains all packing pieces and even a loose quality control tag. It might well be worth a short additional article in The Journal, a follow-up of the January 2016 text. Kind regards, Jan



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5 years 4 months ago #22295 by Jan Oldenhuis
Jan, congratulations on your new acquisition that you have been looking for so long. When you make a follow up, perhaps you might be interested in a picture of a same promotional Dinky Toys 571 971 of the same company Coles GMBH Duisburg. It has a similar box illustrated with a 571 971 Coles mobile crane. Kind regards, Jan Oldenhuis.


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5 years 4 months ago #22296 by janwerner
Thank you Jan, that's correct, both the Mobile Crane and the Lorry Mounted Crane were issued this way. The Lorry Mounted Crane which I spotted back in 2008 had the same wheels and tyres but no stripes yet on the sides, so it must have been closely around 1962 that this promotional action will have taken place. In fact, I have not really been looking out for this one, simply because I judged it highly improbable to catch one. But when I detected it I struck immediately. Some antiquarian dealer in the former DDR - dealing in quite different stuff than Dinky Toys - had it and apparently took the average price for a regular 972 as a guideline. Kind regards, Jan



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5 years 2 weeks ago #22614 by janwerner
Two more pictures, which I used for the last July Journal article, now in some more detail. One of the model as packed in its promo-box in a standard way, the other of the model together with a much more familiar promotional. Kind regards Jan



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7 months 3 weeks ago #24384 by Townie54
Good to read this detailed thread. I have an early grey tyred one; the jib measures 6 inches. The real spec gives jibs of 20' standard and 25' next size. So the Dinky appears to veer towards the longer jib (possibly artistic licence for playability), and of course the jib is raised with string alone whereas rams are also shown on the real thing. Main point though is the Commercial Vehicle Show was then bi-enniel so there was not one in 1953. But in 1952 it was a real Dinkyfest with AEC, Thornycroft Mighty Antar, Guy Otter etc.

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