New arrivals

Good work, thank you Jan!

Thanks Jan! Now I know for sure to put it on my wants list. (I hope to find it a little less expensive!) Kind regards, Rob

Yesterday's Namac fair at Houten was really crowded: every now and then the stalls were hardly visible. My own sales of replaced models went that well, that - contrary to my intentions - I could not let this French no. 24ut Simca Aronde Taxi go, in the red/blue colours of Paris, a mere fortnight after having added the 'regular' Simca Aronde to the collection. It was a very happy and busy fair, meeting lots of collector friends and I had the privilege to view and 'feel' Rob's cream/red Estate Car (see #1303)! Kind regards, Jan

Dear Jan, I like very much this Simca Taxi. I have both version (with the paint hubs or the spun hubs) in my collection. These days arrived three models and I specially like the mercedes racing car with the red hubs. Kind regards Richard

Hi Richard, I share your fondness of that red hubbed Mercedes / Large Open Racing Car. In my opinion it is the final issue of this model and I wonder if it was available in the UK at all, or only destined for some export countries, around 1950. Anyway, mine showed up in Peru!! Kind regards jan

These models all arrived in yesterday's post, in five separate parcels. A conicidence never to be repeated. Unfortunately the Matra is missing its targa roof panels, something I will have to take up with the (normally very careful) seller ...

Johnny The roof panels may be under the bonnet Nice lot anyway

Alas, no, the roof panels weren't hidden there! Meanwhile, three other items that arrived last week, but which I had been too indolent to photograph yet ...

Nice Tailers and very fine matching early post-war half-a-dozen trade box! Congratulations, Jonathan! It would be nice to see this picture (and more?) added to the 25g thread. Kind regards, Jan

Roof panels for the Matra located, and I added the trailer set to the 25g thread. Here's today's arrival. One of the harder-to-find Nickys, I believe. I've included a picture of the baseplate mods. it's strange that they put a cartouche over the number and then used the original sales number anyway. Maybe variants were planned ...

Jonathan, you have very nice acquisitions lately. What is also striking about the Nicky is that a different type of wheels are mounted with a flat tread with raised inner edges. Jan O.

Jan -- Yes, Nicky used a variety of wheels, obviously bought in from various suppliers and often too small for the vehicles they are fitted to. Usually, as with this model, they are of one-piece plastic construction. Amusingly, one of the end flaps for this model and other Nickys carries over wording from an original Dinky about the dealer being able to supply spare tyres. Obviously impossible in this case. I guess India had no 'truth in advertising' rules. Thanks for the picture of the original Lincoln base, as mine is deep inside a display and not readily to hand. The raised areas are interesting as is the fact that a sales number has been blanked out on the Dinky Toy as well. These modifications tend to support a suspicion I have always had that the Lincoln was originally designed as a Spot-On, just like the six American cars made in Hong Kong. (The Spot-On link is clear in the case of the Hong Kong models, but I suspect it's there for the Lincoln too given that this was the first 1/42nd scale model made in Liverpool, came quickly on the heels of the Lines Brothers acquisition, and marked the debut of that Spot-On-like wheel type.) I also note that the base you have pictured does not yet include the two holes designed to mount the model in a rigid plastic box. They are obviously there in the Nicky since the tooling was exported after it had been modified!