Hi all,
Finally! I got a 1934/5 Dinky 28 series Type 1 van, and it's sweet....
Broken axle support, but a blob of superglue will sort that, I never actually thought I'd get one of these, let alone such a nice one.
No fatigue with these, it's lead.
Chris Warr.
WOW Chris, the oldest Dinky Toy I have ever seen, you must be over the Moon with it. Considering it's age and the number of previous owners it must have gone through, it is in stunning condition, better than many later models in Museums I would say.
I am not going to ask the price, but feel sure there will be plenty of collectors willing to give you a damm good price when you move it on, but I hope it won't be just yet!
With your permission I want to save your pictures for posterity and my own reference and next time I'm feeling a bit down and pictures of Rolls-Royce models can't lift me, I'll look at your 'Kodak' Van, just amazing.
Hi Ghosty,
No problem mate, to be fair I'm just sitting looking at it like a kid again.
Price wasn't that bad, but still the most I've spent on a single model.
Chris Warr.
Let me assume first position in line should you decide not to be buried with this beauty and instead move it on.......
Jealous very much...
I picked up a partial (3 of 6) pre war no51 liners set in an extremely good box this week and was feeling pretty good....I can understand how you feel about feeling like a kid again...
Presumably you mean a lead-based alloy since pure lead would be too soft to be useful.
Having done a bit of digging, I understand that the composition was 86.75% lead, 13% antimony, and 0.25% tin, making for an extremely hard alloy. The switch to mazac/zamac was apparently in order to enable better and more detailed castings to be made. (It's just unfortunately that no one was aware of the consequences of even small amounts of impurities in the mix.)
Presumably you mean a lead-based alloy since pure lead would be too soft to be useful.
Having done a bit of digging, I understand that the composition was 86.75% lead, 13% antimony, and 0.25% tin, making for an extremely hard alloy. The switch to mazac/zamac was apparently in order to enable better and more detailed castings to be made. (It's just unfortunately that no one was aware of the consequences of even small amounts of impurities in the mix.)
I did read somewhere that all sorts of things found their way into the metal mix in the early days. The amount of damage to the castings resulting in models being thrown away and the fact that lots of toys were given up to help the war effort makes these pre-war toys special.
