New arrivals

Jacques,conform the change per 15 December 1939 on drawing job10716 it is closed in the mean timeand provided with the spraying boss.As soon as the light permits I will takeand post some pictures.Funny that the seller offered to addfour ' correct ' black tyres in order to replace the ' incorrect ' white tyres,whereas this is obviously the most importantand distinctive feature of this example,which I have never seen before - exceptthe pendant Reconnaissance Car .Kind regards,Jan

Jonathan - A couple more very nice adds....especially that Postal Gift Set.....so special,and so nice,and you are right.....a display unto itself !And scoring a nice Transformer is perfect for your Nicky model.But I really think you need one more display;youre too young to give it up right now,plus you are on a roll ! Best regards,Terry

JanThat specimen looks close to being mint fromthat none - to - close photo....superb for sure !And those very special finely treaded tires really setit off;I immediately thought of your similar vintage Reconnaissance Car.....what a pair they will make....be sureand show them together ! Best regards,Terry

Some recent happy additions: no.320 Halesowen Harvest Trailer,a later (but pre - plastic main wheels) edition,lighter brown with red racks,plastic jockey wheeland320cast in underneath;no.998 Bristol Britannia Airliner,a late one with red striping,metallic grey finishand in final box;French no.25o,Ford camion laitier [milk truck],latest edition with open lettering;no.70c Vickers Viking,an early grey example with pointed propeller pins,and the latest no.415 Mechanical Horse with Open Wagon,without the20transfer behind.I may addsome more details in the individual model topics.Kind regards,Jan

This model arrived yesterday,and I certainly never thought I would have an example given how rare they are ( though availability of the Atlas replica may have hurt valuessome).How it wound up looking the way it does is hard to guess,though.Perhaps someone ' s disastrous attempt at cleaning it ? However,I ' m glad to give it a home anyway !

It ' s strange what some people do to their toys ! Perhaps someone wanted to make a rare Baked Beans version ? Apart fromthe transfer damage it looks to be in lovely condition.It must be nice to fill one of these ' holy grail ' gaps - I ' ve just resorted to using Atlas fill - ins for thisand the Weetabix.

Fred,perhaps you ' re right,they wanted a ' baked beans ' version ? As this photo shows,Atlas has actually produced such a thing.They also changed the color of the caband chassis;I have no idea if this has any basis in Heinz historyor was purely speculative...

Is that green - cabbed Guy an actual Atlas issue,or a ' code 3 ' that has been cobbled up by a creative aftermarket source,together with an all - red flatbed made up fromthe leftovers ?

It is an actual Atlas issue...

Hi everybody.Today additions: A Simca Aronde P60 with concav hubsand a pretty Frazer Nash.Unfortunately,I discover that the windscreen is not original. Kind regards Richard

Some modest new arrivals.I was interested to receive this type of box for the De Soto,as I do not have many of the type with no pictures of the model.

Mine is modest too,Jonathan,not in size but in price.I would never have thought ever to buy a ' ridiculous ' model like this,besides,with a lot of plastic.Still,I have some admiration for it as the first Dinky Leyland eight - wheeler with double rear wheels -and it was practically mintand boxed,and very cheap afterall.Kind regards,Jan