Catalogues

Jan, The scanning is not a quick job (if you do it precise). I have about 80% of my catalogues and related stuff scanned already. I have asked Dave Kaun to advise about the way to scan, convert, upload etc. Kind regards, Jan W

Hi Everyone. When you are scanning there should be a setting that allows you to scan to PDF. There should also be checkbox for scanning all the pages into one document. Mine says 'Combine into single document.' I have uploaded a picture of the scanner settings I use. I had to split the picture into two as the original one was being truncated top and bottom. I hope this is helpful. If not, just ask and I will try a different approach. Dave

My scanning program simply asks if I have more scans to do, or exit. If I do not exit, it automatically keeps them together in one file. After I scan it also asks how I want to save them......choice of a jpeg type file or pdf, which I choose pdf. Then it asks where you want to save it, which for me is in 'my documents'. I also decided to use 200 dpi, and the resolution seemed to be fine without creating a huge file. I doubt there is any advantage to using 300 dpi for this use. Best regards, Terry

Thanks to the instructions of Dave Kaun and you I have now found a better way to scan the catalogues. That saves me half the time I'd otherwise need. I now have sent the missing French catalogues to Dave Kaun. Because the French catalogs 1966-1968 can not be scanned, I also send a scan to Dave Kaun of a Meccano Triang Trade catalogue France 1967-1968 (Dinky Toys section). Best regards, Jan

Hello, For the Encyclopdia, I am looking for a scan of page 39 of the Dutch or Swiss 1960 ctalogues showing the 893 Unic Pipe line transporter with the reference 893 / 39b. Can any one post this ? Thanks and regards.Jacques.

Jacques I sent the Dutch 1960 page 39 to you a moment ago (which, by the way, is available under the 'publications' header above too). No Swiss one, perhaps by someone else? Kind regards, Jan

Dear Jan, Many thanks for this scan. You may have noticed that this page shows the pipe line transporter's pipes without sockets and the reference 39B which was never used on French catalogues or on the boxes because although the model was developed before the 1959 re-numbering, it was issued during this re-numbering with the new 3 digits reference 893. All the best. Jacques.

Jacques, I was 3 days away and could not respond earlier. I have also looked for 893 - 39b images in my catalogues. Jacques, you wrote to Jan W: 'You may have noticed that this page shows the pipe line transporter's pipes without sockets and the reference 39B which was never used on French catalogues or on the boxes because although the model was developed before the 1959 re-numbering, it was issued during this re-numbering with the new 3 digits reference 893.' What do you mean by 'pipes without sockets'? I think you mean that there are no ropes around the pipes (during transport). Is that correct? I add scans of the 893 out of the Dutch catalogue 1959 and 1960, USA catalogue 1959 and UK leaflet 1961 and 1962 Dinky Toys and Dinky Supertoys from Paris. Remarkable that the export catalogues 1959 Dutch and USA and the UK leaflets 1961 and 1962 shows the 893 with ropes around the pipes. The Dutch 1959 and 1960 and the USA 1959 shows also the dual numbering 893 - 39b. Also a scan of the first image of the 893 as nouveaut in the catalogue France 1959-1 withhout ropes around the pipes and with single numbering. I don't have this example. Did this model came with ropes around the pipes or not? Kind regards, Jan Oldenhuis 29-7-2017

Hello Jan, Many thanks for your research. Yes the Unic saharien was delivered with elastic bands (ropes) around the pipes.What I mean by socket is the larger end of the pipes which allow them to be assembled together. None of the caalogues that you have posted above show these sockets but all of them have the white cab roof.

A nice little 32 page Dutch toy catalogue came along yesterday, including many toys available in Dutch toyshops in 1958. The issuing organisation is called 'Kwaliteits Speelgoed' and the title is 'Speelgoedgids' (= toy guide). Many brands, Dutch and from abroad, have disappeared since, Dinky Toys included, unfortunately. I'll reproduce some pages below, accompanied by some photos of items in my wooden toys and shipmodels collections. Subsequent to the title page and introduction there is a page dedicated to 'Nooitgedagt' wooden toys (c.1940-1970), a small collection of which I have. Dinky Toys are represented by a modest selection of the then current range, featuring the new no. 956 Turntable Fire Escape. Aurora plastic kits have one page too, including aircraft carrier USS Forrestal of 1957 (my example, from an older photoprint, with decals for USS Ranger). Many Aurora ships were to follow in the shipmodels collection. The back cover is very interesting, showing the availability of all toy brands listed, specified according to some well-known shops in the cities of Haarlem, adjacent Heemstede, and Amsterdam. Please, have a look at all the brands specified there! I have never seen such an availability list. The shops listed in Haarlem and Amsterdam were very familiar. None of them, however, have survived until the present day, very unfortunately. I have added one shop window photo - posted before - of the last one mentioned, Perry van der Kar. It seems that this catalogue is quite scarce, a little monument of toy history in the Netherlands.

Jan, a very nice toy book to see what back then (1958) was sold to toys. Certainly the brands from that time are interesting to know. Very nice if you have examples of that time out of the book to show and your DT 956 is a very beautiful one. I also have a toy book from 1958 by Meijer & Blessing Rotterdam. This shop still exists and is well known in the region through the sale of trains and trains model construction. This book was published by the Dutch distributor of Dinky Toys: Hausemann & Htte N.V. Amsterdam, you well known and has 40 pages. There are 4 pages with Dinky Toys, including your DT 956. Also French Dinky Toys in it. I'll show you also pictures of that book. Jan Oldenhuis 18-10-2017

A nice one too, Jan! I have that same one, with special memories, as it was donated to me 14 years ago by the Amsterdam Historical Museum (now 'Amsterdam Museum when I supplied them with a lot of Dinky Toys for a special commemorative Hausemann&Hotte exhibition in 2003! Kind regards, Jan W