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Hello Jan, Well please continue your excellent articles and contributions to the Forum. These are very apriciated and despite I just collect pre war Dinky's, I read them all. From my own contributions to The Journal I know how much work it is and one hardly get respons. There are not many collectors who take the efforts for research and writing. So your work and the few others are keeping the interest alive. Most of the just technical books like Richardson, Roulet, Atlas, Wagner/Dujardin cannot provide recent or new information. For that we have to rely on contributions like yours. Now just members have the possibility to contribute to the Forum. Maybe it is a idea that non members can take part to discussions after registration, see Planet Diecast. Of course some advantages must just be for paying members. Meanwhile I will continue my articles for The Journal and try to be more active at the Forum if my limited time allows it. John.

Jan when you wrote these words,I wonder if there is any use left for me to continue contributing to the forum. My only drive is the sheer enthusiasm for the Dinky Toys hobby, and to mutually share our enthusiasm, knowledge, news, pictures etc. here. But as the forum seems to be almost deserted at present, this appears to turn out to be a one-way traffic. My enthusiasm for Dinky Toys will always remain, but my limitless optimism for this site and forum to become a success, with many members contributing and exchanging information, is severely put to the test. Where is everyone? (127 registered users!). Well, this is probably my final try not to enjoy a lovely new addition on my own, but to share it with others: I know exactly how you feel. It is somewhat surprising seeing how many have joined the DTCA and how few actually contribute to the Association's website. I know only too well contributing to this website is both enjoyable as well as damned frustrating. One spends literally hours preparing a detailed and thoroughly researched Post such as one I Posted last November, and then download what one has written, attach the appropriate photographs, and after a considerable time, click on the save button. One then starts wondering what the reaction would be, especially when a new piece of Dinky information is brought to light. Then comes the disappointment - not a single comment - just silence as was and still is the case with that Post in November. The number of 'hits' continues to go up, but this is most likely the number of times I have gone back to my Post to read over and over again, what I had written that deserved this silence. Perhaps I should go back and delete it for what it is worth!!Actually last November, I decided I had had enough, judging on the lack of comments on many of my recent posts that I should quietly fade away. But then in February I received a private email from a very caring and considerate member from California that I realised that someone did care, and he brought me back from the Dark Side. There, I have written things that have been on my mind for months - maybe i will regret having written this, but then I can see how Jan feels and I would like him to know that he is not Robinson Crusoe.But that 501 Foden - what a splendid addition to your collection! And worthy of a well-taken photograph! Here is mine - not in the same league I am afraid!But one of my latest acquisitions, actually it arrived on 12 January 2016, is the 174 Hudson Hornet Sedan in red and pale cream that came with an application form for the original Meccano Dinky Toys Club. But that is not the end of the story. On 5 January 2017, I collected a parcel from one of my UK auction friends, and one of the Dinky Toys inside was a 174 Hudson Hornet Sedan in yellow and grey - complete with a Dinky Toys Club application form! I must get around to photographing that new acquisition, and one with both Hornets. Both models are in absolute mint condition as too are their boxes. There, started this Post with a gripe and ended with a grin! Chin up Jan - I look forward to many more Posts from you, and if we stay a small nucleus of writers for this website, so be it! Kind regards to you all Bruce H. (150) 20170414/1078/1232

Thank you all for your sincere and positive comments, here and in my mailbox. They will certainly help me regaining my optimism towards the future of this forum! Kind regards, Jan

These two items arrived a few days ago - a post-war 30b Rolls Royce and a post-war 39a Packard Super 8 Tourer. The Rolls-Royce was produced between 1947 and 1950. This particular model, painted in gray with black mudguards, running boards and chassis, has tyres with a small tread pattern. It is in excellent condition with just a few small paint chips. The Packard Super 8 Tourer, made between 1947 & 1950, is also in excellent condition, again with just a few small paint chips. They add to my collection of immediate post-war Dinkys. Chris.

Chris----Splendid Dinky Toys models, from right after WWII. The 30 and 39 series are two of my personal favorites, and include some very nice motorcars from the pre-war era. I have both of these, in the exact same colors. Considering their age, yours are in quite nice condition, and add nicely to your collection. Congratulations on a nice find! Best regards, Terry

Hi Chris, wonderful additions you scored! As the Rolls Royce is concerned, I made a similar acquisition last year. It was a lot of two post-war no. 30b RR's, both in grey, in slightly different shades. I had the intention to sell one of them, until they arrived and I noticed that the bases were different. The lighter grey one has an earlier open chassis, the darker grey one is fitted with a later closed chassis. Still, a dilemma, as the lighter grey one shows some slight retouches, which I don't like, so that one may have to leave after all. Kind regards, Jan

Hi all, The last two months I found some rarities, that I would like to share with you. First is a 157 Jaguar XK120 in cream with yellow hubs. I placed it alongside the more common cream with fawn hubs to show the difference. I know there is a cream version with cream hubs, but I have not seen this yellow hub version before. I comes from the gentleman selling Dinky Toys from his grandfathers train layout, from whom I bought before.

Second is a 111 Triumph TR 2 Sports in pink with red hubs and a red interior. The hub and interior colour of the turquoise or light blue model. Again a first for me. I was very lucky to spot it on eBay minutes after the seller, Andrew Clark, put it on there. I used the Buy it Now button without much thinking! Kind regards, Rob

All very nice, and oh, so rare Rob! Very nice adds to your impressive collection.....congrats on spotting them. Best regards, Terry

Hello Rob So it was YOU who bought this Triumph TR2! I saw it on eBay too, but then I did a terrble thing, for me that is! I went to check all my variations, and found a similar one had been sold back in 1998 or so. So went back to eBay, and could not find the auction. The first time I never looked at the name of the seller. Had I done so, I would have seen my old friend Andrew Clark from whom I bought many Dinky Toys before the arrival of eBay and I would have lodged my buy-it-now bid. Andrew used to send me his latest price list in the mid-1990s and invariably, the time-distance between the UK and Australia meant that many on my selection had already gone by the time my order arrived. Then we moved to a fax machine - though that was great until the Internet arrived and eBay came! But then I could not wish for the model and box to go to a more worthy collector. Congratulations!! Next time I will not be so cautious! I have added another French Dinky Toys to my collection, but this one has been in two parts. The box from Vectis last year and the Berliet plus moo cows from Collectoys, the latter was collected from the post office this morning. I have always hoped to acquire a 577, but the prices being asked for a boxed model has been out of my reach, so the best course of action was to acquire a box and then wait for a model with the cows to become available. I did not think such would come up so soon! Congratulations Rob on acquiring that 111 Triumph. A great acquisition to a great collector. Kind regards Bruce H. (150) 20170418/1080:1729

Hello Bruce and Terry, Thanks for your kind words. And nice to know, Bruce, that you spotted the Triumph as well. You mention that a similar Triumph was sold around 1998. Was that by Vectis? Nice addition the Berliet! It proves that it can be worthwhile byuing box and model seperately. I do not collect French made Dinky Toys, but some of the models, like this one, are very nice. Kind regards, Rob PS I did buy a French Dinky Toy recently, for two special reasons. I will post it later.

For better or worse, it's not all rarities here. Two old shop-stock models arrived separately: this late McClaren, and a Triumph Spitfire. I had the Triumph already, but not with the 'I've Got a Tiger In My Tank' sticker. Now if only I could find the purple version at a reasonable price. Bruce, that was long-term thinking indeed -- collecting an empty box and then finding the model to go with it. What were the odds of finding the Berliet complete with cows that happened to be mint, but without box? The only Dinky Toy I would completely refuse to collect is the 'Slipper and the Rose' coach!