Dinky Toys photography specials

POST-WAR AA UNIT COUPLE COMPARISON

Jan-Lovely photos and so well done, to compare early and later post-war units. Very nice job of finding such nice examples. I really like those early finely treaded tires....I wish Dinky would have kept and used those in the late 50s, when they resorted to using those much heavier treaded ones, which to me, looked just awful on the passenger cars. A note on the AA Gun....as a young boy I got mine early, when about 9 years old, and I did carefully play with it a lot. I remember even then being very impressed with all the detail, plus the rotating turret which you could also raise with that tiny knob, and those folding floor pieces. A somewhat complicated model considering it was designed and introduced pre-war. Best regards, Terry

Hello Terry, I do share your views on the AA Gun. So intricate, so complicated and still so solid and reliable that many survived without considerable damage. Its popularity as a toy, the quality of the model and its solidity must have contributed to the fact that it is one of the most common and easy to find early Dinky Toys nowadays. Kind regards, Jan

I believe the picture below can be rated as 'special'. It took several hours of trial and error, but I am satisfied with the result. The image was inluded in a recently published 3 page article about the Trojan Delivery Vans, one spread shown.

Bravo, Jan!

Fabulous photos as usual.