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I do not generally collect Dinky airplanes, but who could resist this brave little survivor?

That Spitfire brooch is a real beauty! Light blue suits the Austin 1800 much better than the usual metallic hue. Check the bonnet and the boot - some are metallic blue underneath. My light-blue example has 3 lines of text for the patent, compared to 3 lines on my metallic-blue one.

The Hi-Lite headlights were very attractive and realistic, and it's a pity they were only fitted to a few Dinkies. The only ones I can think of are: Austin 1800, Vauxhall Victor 101, Ford Mustang, Hillman Imp, Leyland Dump Truck, AEC Artic BRS, and with most of these only some of the production run had the Hi-Lites. By the time the Austin 1800 became a taxi it was fitted with normal jewelled headlights. What other Dinky Toys were fitted with Hi-Lites? I haven't included cars like the Aston Martin DB5 and DB6 which had specially-shaped headlights.

Hi Fred you probably mean : '3 lines of text for the patent, compared to 2 lines on my metallic-blue one'. Please lets continue this discussion on the proper thread at : /forum-topic/171-austin-1800-saloon Jacques

Is that for real, or Photoshop? Either way it is the stuff of nightmares!

Well Jacques, I wasn't going to mention it, since this isn't and wasn't ever a Dinky, but we have a shop in my town called F. Rapopoli and I noticed several versions of this in their window. There was a yellow, red, and a white version, all of which had logos on the sides. Unfortunately the shop was closed but I know the owner and I telephoned and reserved two of each. There was a tampoed version for our local zoo, Port Lympne, which showed a monkey on the rear doors, and the red one was for the Dandy comic. The white one purported to be a Batman spinoff vehicle belonging to The Joker. I could ring again, if anyone is interested in purchasing them. Kind regards John

Johnny, It is not real, I just like to play with Photoshop which is a fanttic software. I wish that I could follow a course on Photoshop.There are two nightmares with this model : the virus and the Atlas models.

Received this morning, just in time for May day.

Dear Jacques, I suspect this message to belong to the category of 'fake news'! Kind regards, Jan

There is a possible variation to this lamp post : the high voltage line.

Real arrivals, not Photoshop I don't recall seeing the 'Petrol' label in white very often ...

Just arrived from China. This mutant Atlas model has certainly been made in Wuhan. Do wear goggles to look at it, il may be contagious.