New arrivals

Hi Johnny, Thank you for the misprint, it has been corrected.I make the scale at 1/41,5 but I do not know how to correct the English scale of 17/64' into 1/4?. There might be a slight difference. How much is 17/64' exactly ?Unfortunately the Joal web site is no longer on line. and we can not know which other models cars they made. This and several discussion would be better placed in their respective thtreads.

Jacques, I am not sure I understand the question, but then I did warn that I am not the most numerate person around! I would only compare 1/4 and 17/64 via division, e.g. the former is .25 and the latter is .265 -- so not quite the same.Regarding Joal, I could not find out much more, other than that they went into receivership in 2015, and had been in latter years associated just with diecast construction vehicles, usually 1:50th scale.However, according to books.google.com/books?id=0-_tBAAAQBAJpg...t%20carsf=false]this book by Andrew Ralston, they started manufacturing cars around 1968, using tooling obtained from Tekno. He writes that their range of cars was still in production in 1979. All samples seem pretty rare, at least judging by my eBay searches.Here is a list I located of their model cars. Posted with apologies for getting so far off the topic of DINKY TOYS!100 Jaguar E-Type Roadster - 1968 101 Simca 1000 - 1968 102 Renault R8 - 1968 103 Seat (Fiat) 850 Coup - 1968 104 Renault R10 - 1968 105 Alfa Romeo Canguro - 1968 106 Seat (Fiat) 124 - 1968 107 Mercedes-Benz 300[/url] SL - 1969 108 Chevrolet Monza - 1970 109 Mercedes-Benz 230 SL Hardtop - 1971 110 Mercedes-Benz 230 SL Roadster - 1971 111 Porsche Carrera[/url] 6 - 1972 112 Alfa Romeo Giulia SS - 1972 113 Chaparral 2 F - 1973 114 Ferrari 250[/url] Le Mans - 1973 115 Iso Rivolta - 1973 116 Ferrari 612 Can-am - 1974 117 Mercedes-Benz C 111 - 1974 118 Adams Probe 16 - 1974 119 Ferrari 512 S - 1974 120 Twin Mill - 1974 121 Porsche 917K - 1974 122 McLaren M 80 - 1974 123 Seat (Fiat) 132 - 1975 124 Mercedes-Benz 350 SL - 1975 125 Lamborghini Miura - 1975 126 Citron SM - 1975 127 Citron CX Pallas - 1977 128 Chrysler 150 - 1977 129 Ford Fiesta - 1978 150 Iso Rivolta Caravan - 1975 151 Mercedes-Benz 230 SL Trailer - 1975 152 Citron CX Pallas Trailer - 1977 153 Citron SM Ford Fiesta Trailer - 1978 155 Chrysler 150 Ferrari F1 Trailer - 1978

Bringing the subject back to DINKY where it belongs, here are two arrivals from today. I'll miss opening up parcels with Dinkys inside, but with the current emergency affecting both my savings and precious postal resources, for once I don't have any more models on the way!

By the by, I am pleased to note that Jacques has taken the necessary precaution to protect himself from infection whilst on the forum. Is that Lady Penelope or Austin Atlantic pink Jacques?

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Hi everybody. I remember you that this topic is made to receive one photo of your last acquisition. NO DISCUSSIONS !!!!!!!! In two years , where will you go to find informations on the Mercedes C111 ? On the 'New Arrivals ' topic ? Probably not !! Please, transfer all the discussions in their right topics. Many thanks. Richard

A couple of oldies arrived today, both near mint replacements for poorer models. The no. 257 Fire Chief's Car is a replacement for the example which was included in my recently acquired Fire Service Set, which turned out to have some touch-ups. This one is all clean and, fortunately, it was offered unboxed. The wonderful, bright blue no. 29e Single Deck Bus with coloured hubs just shows some slight rust on some of the crimped axle ends. Very happy with these improvements! Kind regards, Jan

Jan---Very nice replacements indeed.....I especially like that light blue version of the Single Deck Bus. It seems to suit it so well. I was also in the midst of trying to replace some of my lesser condition Dinky's when I retired from collecting, so I only replaced some. Best regards, Terry

Terry, what do you mean by this unusual phrase 'retired from collecting'? Some minor recent arrivals ... ah, to be able to go out for a drive -- or at least wait for a bus -- on a nice spring day!

A new Jeep -- can climb rocks even with plastic wheels ...

Some more additions today. The Austin 1800 is not very presentable, but I believe that colour is pretty uncommon.

Jonathan, Yes the light blue Austin 1800 is rare. Do not look for a yellow end flaps box, there are not any. This is the only Dinky which has been packed exclusively in yellow Visi-Pacs. It is also together with the Vauxhall Victor 101 the first Dinky with Hi-Lite headlights which are different to the jewelled lenses.