New arrivals

Here is a pair of incomplete but still enjoyable tinplate garages that I'll be refurbishing. The 'SUPERIOR' Car Wash and Laundrette still has its parking elevator but is missing the tinplate surround at the top, which shows a clock. The Shell liveried station is missing its second storey altogether. I'll build a composite tin/board garage, recreating the missing parts as best I can but they'll be fine for display purposes.

Jan -- the book is surely lovely! Naturally, completeness regarding a subject such as model garages would be impossible. But I could not help hoping that you had encountered the amazing Dinky/Triang Tower Garages. The only pictures of this garage I have ever been able to find seem to stem from one single auction, so it must be very rare now ...

Vic -- thank you for this note. A tribute to ongoing product improvement! Of course I knew the cat was tranquilised by the sun and not about to test the crane's strength!

Since I have moved, my collection is still in cardboards but not for a long time now. Meanwhile, I keep an eye on the web sales and from time to time I fish some models ! Here are the last ones ! Kind regards Richard

We encountered numerous garages, but had to make our choices, fitting within 224 pages. In the mean time the Standard Vanguard Saloon got the company of the announced grey/black wheels Loudspeaker Van. Nice to collect some easy to find colour variations of this one. Comparing with my other examples the Standard Vanguard shows one more adjustment to the boot side of the die.

Jan, your book looks superb, and probably worth having for the beautiful photos alone. Sadly, I expect the addition of international postage to the UK may make it quite expensive? I have an incomplete Triang Tower Garage. it's currently packed away, so I will get it out and take a couple of pictures shortly.

I know there are some services through which a digitally produced book can be stored on a website, then printed and bound 'on demand' locally. Perhaps this could be a future solution? I am excited about those potential Tower Garage pictures!!

So am I! I don't know exactly what postage + VAT, etc. outside the EU will add to the price (which is 30 euros). I guess it will at least double. By the way, this is not a 'printing-on-demand' book. The layout, letterfont, printing, paper and binding are not standard, but done by professionals. The dust cover for the collectors' edition was even printed manually! Kind regards, Jan

Jan, The 'print on demand' services as utlized by my son for his annual photo books do leave the fonts, layout, and images totally under the control of the creator, so there are no visial compromises. He is very critical! What choices they offer for paper and binding, I cannot say. But I'm sure that the results you have obtained by working with your printer are superior. Cheers, J

Oh, yes, Jon, the same goes for my printed-on-demand annual Dinky supplements. I am very happy with them! Kind regards, Jan

A couple of new arrivals. Both fairly humble. The Bedford has a number of touch-ins, as acknlowedged by the seller, but I find it displayable, and it is not so easy to find the red one. Already there is no room anywhere for the Coles Crane, though I did clear out a parking spot for the Bedford. These will be my last new Dinkys until or unless I can find some very small ones I want.

Jon---I love that Bedford in red.....you are quite right....seldom seen. Terry