Jan I have met Vincent Espinasse a couple of times. He certainly has the most fantastic collection of 1/43 models, not only Dinky Toys but all makes as can be seen on his blog (unsafe link ). His collection was started by his father and of course as he sells collections he can buy the best models for him self. He also attends many sales and toy fairs and knows several ex Meccano employes. I have not seen his collection yet but I hope to visit it in the spring. L'auto Jaune is the name of his store because in the window is a pedal car model of a yellow 5 hp Citron. There is a similar store at the other end of Paris held by an other collector and named '43 rue'.
I found an interesting auction on Ebay UK with the title: Lot X6 70's Dinky factory model working drawing file copy Striker tank 690-699 with the link: dead ebay link -Yg Jan Oldenhuis 22 November 2023
Hello Jan,Thank you for the information.Some of these drawings are from the collection of Christiaan Boland. They are of the Striker, Scorpion, Hanomag and the three Lopards. Christiaan who was a member of TMT may have sold them years ago to the collector which is saling them now.Jcques
