New arrivals

A beautiful addition to a beautiful collection! Congrats, Dave. Kind regards, Jan

This one arrived this morning. Less pretty that the Dave's new arrival but it's now the fifth of the forward control lorry family ! Friendly yours Richard

Well done Dave, I just saw a set on eBay for 200 Pounds! Now you have that one, maybe you could look for another with the variation as shown below. The gap between the end of the front bumper and body is filled in and by studying the sets that have turned up on eBay, this seems the usual variation not the open ended bumpers. Then there is the last version of the 689 with plastic hubs and driver:

Ron I like the photograph of the 689 with plastic hubs. I note that by this stage, Meccano was starting to experience difficulties in ejecting the casting from the mould as evidenced by the cross-hatching on the inside roof of this model! Your photograph deserves a place in the Interior Cross-Hatching thread!! This can be found on about Page 7 of this forum. Kind regards Bruce

Bruce, Do you mean that some 689 have a smooth ceiling ?

Both my 689s (as in the photo) have cross hatched roofs Ron

Thank you Ron, does any one else have one with a smooth ceiling ?

dinkycollect wrote: 'Bruce, Do you mean that some 689 have a smooth ceiling ?' Jacques Forgive my ignorance, but my first 689 with a quality stamp of July 1957, three months before the model was released had a smooth interior roof. I noted this, but I sold it 12 years ago, and of course I had not worried about photographing its interior. Over the years I have had quite a number of 689s, and two with a quality stamp of October 1957 had smooth roofs. I have a mint and boxed 689 with the quality stamp of 56 1 AS, which I presume to be January 1965, although it has the traditional blue striped box with Supertoy hubs, so I do not think it could be January 1956 - anyway, this model has a cross-hatched interior. I just always assumed, (obviously incorrectly) that the smooth roof was normal! No wonder my first one sold for twice what I paid for it. A Dinky military collector, no longer living in Queensland, checked out my surplus stock and then had a look at some of those in my collection. I did not want to part with it as it was in excellent condition, but he made me an offer I could not refuse! I have another one lying around here somewhere, with one of those strange three row numbers, the last row being 057, so hopefully I can dig it out and check its roof. Cheers Bruce

Bruce, Thank you for confirming that there is a smooth ceiling variation of the 689. Jacques.There is now a specific thread for the 689 Medium artillery tractor at. dtcawebsite.org/dinky-forum/2-dtca-forum...limit=6&start=6#5257

Normally the posts here involve nice pristine Dinky Toys, but here is one I recently acquired which obviously falls into the 'play worn' category. It is an example of the New Zealand 'Number Eight' mentality (referring to the 8 gauge fencing wire that has been used for a myriad of repairs and inventions here). The chain posts are indeed split pins. Actually I only bought it for the box at a very reasonable price. There is one original post. I have not seen any mention before in reference to the chain posts where the hole in the top had been enlarged (twice I think) in its lifespan. Is it on the drawings? Ron

Hi Ron, The answer is on 505 Foden flat truck with chains. dtcawebsite.org/dinky-forum/2-dtca-forum...uck-with-chains#5262 Jacques.

Last week's new arrival was this lovely light green no. 172 Studebaker Land Cruiser, a nice counterpart companion for my blue one. I discussed them already in the 172 thread. 35 years have passed between the acquisitions of each! Kind regards, Jan