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and today the winner is .......... , at last !! now the family is complete ! kind regards Richard

Richard, Most peculiar, the flag should be on the right hand side as your other one, not the left. Any way, it looks very good. Jacques (100)

I wonder how that happened to the flag? To pick another nit regarding this sample, the roundel on the bonnet ornament is missing, as you certainly have noticed. That little item is a sore point with me because when I purchased a factory-fresh sample of this model many years ago, it didn't have the roundel either. I was young with steady hands then and created my own replacement, with fairly good success. Perhaps someone sells a replica these days? But I mention it, Richard, to inspire you to hunt inside the model's box. Perhaps it fell off while in storage and is still adrift inside ...

Hi Jacques. Yes, I know that the flag is on the right side but it was my way to make the difference between both models when shooting. Yes Johnny, we can find replica on the web. I was surprise to see that the french commentary on the yellow box is translated in german, dutch and italian ! but not in english ! Cheers

During this era French Dinky Toys were not being sold in the UK or the United States, except in the latter case through a very few specialist dealers who imported them directly. So the lack of English on the box is maybe not so surprising!

No vehicle this time, but one of those Modelled Miniatures based 'O' scale sets, the post-war Dinky Toys no. 2 Farmyard Animals set. I love those little green boxes, if possible with the contents still tied up, as they have been for over sixty years already. Just the no. 3 Passengers set wanting, if possible to find in similar condition (and affordable). I'll post some more details in the relevant thread soon. Kind regards, Jan

Hi GuysThe pre / early post war lot shown on the previous page finally arrived, close ups in the album at the link below:http://s171.photobucket.com/user/rssierra/library/rssierra010?sort=3&page=1CheersDavd

Well, David, these look really great and appear to have been worth some patience to see them arrive. Congrats and kind regards, Jan

No vehicle once more, nevertheless something I have eagerly been looking out for, after quite some layout and printing trials in the past few months: the printed-on-demand, hard cover version of my 2016 catalogue supplement arrived today! It is executed in exactly the same way as the previous combined 2010-2015 supplement. By using less thin paper for 2016 I managed to keep both volumes (resp. 154 and 75 pages) on equal thicknesses (two snapshots included). I consider to take a demonstration copy with me to Derby, within a fortnight from now. Kind regards, Jan

Jan, congratulations with the definitiv print of the book about your collection. I have read the pre-production and had never seen such a beautiful book about a personal Dinky Toys collection before. Of course, your experience as a conservator will be useful to you in your hobby and will be seen back in the quality and content of your book. I admire people who have the quality to produce such beautiful things and spend so much time to collect details and produce articles and books about Dinky Toys. Understandably, that now you are retired, you have more time to spend for your hobby. That's a big challenge for you. I hope we can continue to enjoy your articles in the DTCA forum as before. Kind regards, Jan Oldenhuis 20-6-2017.

Hi Jan. Your books look very nice. I hope to see them in Derby next week. In the meantime, I got this morning the Mercedes Benz truck 917 with white cab roof. I already had the trailer since 50 years but without the truck !!! I don't know why. So, now the set is complete and we can compare with the blue cab roof model, in the right topic Kind regards Richard

Jan O., your comment makes me blush, thank you. Richard, very nice to meet again next week! With all pleasure I'll show you my display copy then. A remarkable reunion after so many years, the covered Mercedes truck and its matching trailer! In my project of rather improving than expanding the collection I bought this near(er) mint (and boxed) Armoured Command Vehicle as a replacement for my previous one. Both featuring in the photo below. Kind regards, Jan W.