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Same kind of idea here - Britains gardener with water barrow.
Right, I'd really better get back to work now!

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This reminds me of something I have seen made by one of the hollowcast lead manufacturers such as Britains, Charbens or Crescent. There was a road maintenance crew and they had a hand held trolley with something like this suspended from it as a tar bucket. I'll have an online trawl for it later, I'm...

Squid wrote:That's a neat little model. Who made it?

Also, good to see you back posting again.

Triang Spot On. I have always liked their truck models but never been able to afford one before. I am very happy to have got this one.

Idris wrote:Ewan! Great to see you posting again! (I was afraid that the otters had got you.)

Thanks Idris, still managing to avoid the otters!

Hello! Since stopping collecting and selling off my toys due to the arrival of a baby and the starting of a house renovation time has flown. The baby is now 4 and a half and the house renovation still hasn't finished :lol: I have a nephew now living in Tasmania who is mad on Edinburgh/Lothian buses ...

Most aftermarket bus transfers in the UK were made by a firm called Mabex, and back in the days before EFE and Corgi Classics a lot of bus enthusiasts/collectors used their transfers on Lesney and Dinky products as well as white metal kits. I think they were taken over and here is a link to the newe...

Nice crane Jason

Well done with the low loader, one of my favourites that one.

It seems like Etsy signed up with Adyen last year, I don't know if it's in place yet but it would be interesting to know if anyone has any first hand experience of using them (Ewan?). Afraid not, I 'fell out' with Etsy and have no intention of going back. They make a huge song and dance about only ...

Hmmmm, my memory obviously isn't as good as I thought - here is a photo of the BCM example and it's definitely not the same.