New arrivals

Back to the new arrivals ! This morning 3 old english Dinky Toys, specialy the Alvis, probably born in 1940 (smooth black hubs, solid steering wheel, curious base plate colour) and a younger french one, the Peugeot 304. Kind regards. Richard

Here are some quick photos of new arrivals over the past month or so ... (some unfortunately a bit moody since I mistakenly shot them in JPEG and couldn't fix the white balance)

Not a bad harvest at all, Jonathan, some very special items included, congratulations, Jan W

A fine new addition for the eight-wheeler fleet came in today: a first type Foden Flat Truck with Tailboard, the later version with round treaded tyres, chassis slot holes for the end-1948 tanker variant, towing hook, later blue/orange colour finish and the later faint blue box with black/orange printed label. Kind regards, Jan

Jan-A lovely addition to your growing Foden fleet, and a very nice one at that. For some reason I have always liked these tailboard versions....they just have a different look to them. I only have own....an earlier version, without the tow hook or tanker slots, with the herringbone tires, in the red and black color scheme. I like these type 1s, with their painted flashes on the side of the cab.Best regards, Terry

Jonathan-Wow....I would say you had a great month....lots of nice Dinkys in there, including that pre-war 28 series van, and I really like that Austin Somerset in the light blue.....congrats! Best regards, Terry

Thanks for the congrats, Jan and Terry. The Guardian van was inexpensive and becomes my first and only prewar van. The seller had also a Virol van that had more paint but also more fatigue, so I chose this one. Anyway I've rread the Guardian for a long time!

Some more miscellaneous new items. These were a lot in a US auction house, and I bid on it mostly to get the red Atlantic. Ironically, however, I didn't have any of the bus versions before -- not even the Schweppes Routemaster. That one is not really worth holding onto, but the other two, despite their chips, are bright enough!

Johathan. Nice addition to your collection. I love the Austin Atlantics. The red Austin Atlantic in particular is very hard to find. Jose Heraud has written an article about this in Model Collector of March 1997. In Model Collector of May 1998 there is a second article from him about the Austin Atlantic with a color scheme, which I have provided with numbers. I added also 2 pictures of 2 examples of the real one. Best regards, Jan O

Jan -- it was Jose with his keen eye and acumen who spotted the auction in the first place and suggested I might like to bid! I love the Atlantic too although unlike you and Jose with your fleets, I have only one other, the pink version. I have always liked the latter -- it's very gay, as they would have put it when the model was issued!

Jonathan, I am very jalous !!! I am looking for this splendid red Austin since years !!! Congratulations. Richard

Richard, there is one on eBay at the moment -- a buy it now price of $209. Obviously I have no connection to the seller, but I think the model is worth it.
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