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Hi Bruce. I like very much the Pathe news camera car. I have this one with the cameraman in brown trousers and I am looking for the one dressed in grey ! For my part, I got this Citron 2cv very hard to find . (it's only the second one I see) it's the first version with smooth ceiling and only one rear light but the hubs are not in cream colour but in 'mastic grey' as the Ford Vedette ref.24Q. With the car, was join a commercial leaflet in Dutch. (hi Jan) Kind regards Richard

Yes Richard. That's a very nice color leaflet (CL) that you got with the model. Most referring to the last page of the Meccano Magazine or images from MM. There are a total of 32 publications with reference DT / CL / 1 to DT / CL / 32 in different languages. I only have the Dutch versions and I only miss a few.Indeed, the 1st version of the Citroen 2CV with grey hubs is very difficult to find, especially in such a good condition. Congratulations on this beautiful addition, complete with color leaflet. I show the last Dutch CL of this series with ref. DT / CL/ 32.Kind regards, Jan O.

Hello Richard Thanks for your comments on the 281 Pathe News Camera Car.. The model 'sort of grows on one' after a while! It goes to show how Meccano was always on the lookout to get the best value out of the making of a model's mould and they certainly did it with this model. I have had an example with the cameraman wearing dark grey trousers for some time now. They are not that plentiful, although at one stage, I saw at least three on three different auction sites at the same time! Here is mine: For some reason, the cardboard used by the company contracted by Meccano must have been sub-standard at this time, as most boxes with end flaps in this era, always has problems with the end flaps. I hope you will soon be able to add an example with the cameraman wearing dark grey trousers. (Knowing you that will not take very long!! ) Kind regards Bruce H. (150) 20181203/1910/1186

Just returned from the tropics with a harsh wintry welcome at home, this extreme climate shock was well compensated by a little note left by the postman urging me to pick up a parcel from the post-office. Contents: a pale cream early trade box for half-a-dozen 29g Luxury Coaches. The contents not fully coherent, original, but four of them are in my opinion, these in (near) mint condition, and two variants apparently added which were not in my LC sub-collection yet. One of them also excellent to near mint, the other one good, some chipping, but this one showing a rather uncommon wheel colour combination. The trade box sturdy, very good, but with some very rusty staples. Details to be continued in the appropriate thread, one of these days ... Kind regards, Jan W

Hello Jan, Nice trade box! I think I have seen it on eBay, containing a brown LC with red wheels, which is very uncommon indeed. I am glad you bought it, it went to a good home! KInd regards. Rob

Hello Rob, you may most probably have seen it on eBay indeed. It was there end February/early March. The scarce exception was fawn with red wheels. Because it does not belong to this box and because of the chipping ('good I will get rid of it in the end. I will show it in due time. If you might be interested, I could sell it to you at a very friendly price. Kind regards, Jan

Hello Jan, Yes, I would be very interested in buying it from you. Love these unusual varations! Kind regards, Rob

See you in Houten, Rob, next March 31! Kind regards Jan

This Transit van arrived today from a seller in the Netherlands -- I'm being lazy and using the seller's pictures, though this weatherbeaten model looks a little nicer 'in person.' I'm wondering if anyone can shed light on this variant. I can't see any sign that the '1,000,000 Transit' stickers that would normally be on the sides are still under the V.A.B. stickers, or that they had been removed, but who knows? Meantime, the only possibly relevant V.A.B that I can trace is a Belgian breakdown service company (similar to the AA or RAC), but I haven't been able to located photos confirming that this was their livery in the 1970s. Also of 1,000,000 Transit interest, I'm attaching a small photo of a contemporaneous Ford Press Kit (found on a Transit Fan Club site, and sadly not available in higher resolution). As can be seen, this official Ford brochure used a variety of Dinky Toys for illustration!

Nice model Jon and very uncommon. For me, the last arrivals are as follow : - a Simca 1100 dark grey - two Peugeot 204. One is in a very pale metallic colour situated between a grey and a green, very far of the traditional metallic green. Both are in the first version livery : smooth ceiling and petrol cap on the right rear wing. Kind regards Richard

The Houten Fair, last Saturday 31 March, was very busy. Many of those present reported good sales and/or acquisitions. And so can I, in a modest way. I sold the 30+ play-worn Dinky Toys (see #906, above) in one batch, and several other items too, among them one to Vincent Espinasse of L'Auto Jaune in Paris. Besides, Rob definitely bought my fawn/red wheels Luxury Coach, the stranger to be replaced in my trade box - to the satisfaction of both of us. I found an excellent French 24y Studebaker Commander. The day before a late near mint unboxed Austin Champ had arrived from France, a bargain for 28 euros, whereas this one - without driver, dark green plastic wheels, plastic steering wheel and army formation signs fore and aft as stickers - seems to be much scarcer than the regular one with driver and cast hubs. Kind regards, Jan

Nice Studebaker Jan.I will
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some photos soon in the right topic.I got the following items this morning: a military Bedford
and a Ford Thunderbird green
and black.I did not try the rear light yet.Kind regards Richard [img] / images / sites / default / files / forum - images / IMG_0222 - b.jpg [/img]