Organizing the RW extras/duplicates..

[zBret]

Wow!!! Silje, i would be like a kid in a candy store with all those delightful playworn models.
There seem to be some nicer examples in there as well and of course you have to look through for the harder to find variations


I see there is a 37a Coke truck with the uneven crate load in the line-up . So that one is worth setting aside.

Also looks like you have a couple different deck color variations of the 48b sports boat. You want to check the trailers on those to see if they might have the very rare grey plastic wheels.

The 15b Dennis refuse trucks are always worth having a look at to see if you might have the variation that was cast without the little vent hole in bin -this can be seen when tipping the bin back.

zBret

[Silje]

Thanks for your comments, Bret!

The unevens from my collection and from the duplicate batch, both with metallic wheels and large decal.


Only one of them has the large decal in the back


The evens have black- and grey plastic wheels (both large and small decals, side and back)


That's it - I'm officially hooked

No grey plastic wheels on the boat trailers and all the 15b Dennis refuse trucks has the vent hole..

[GHOSTHUNTER]

''That's it - I'm officially hooked ''

This is just the comment we like to see on the forum...

Ghosty.

[yellowfoden]

My father had numerous 'copies' of some of the models. He didn't part with htem after finding a better version

I like the rolling of the eyes emoticon….but look who’s adding variations back into the collection now.

I see you have a Foden concrete truck at the front of the queue . Be careful you do not contaminate the regular wheels with superfast models although all can be forgiven in the case of a yellow Foden.

I could not see the other original photos post but can now and there is a G5 Army gift set.
Does it contain models, if so a duplicate Centurian Tank off the M3 mighty Antar may in there.

It would be worthwhile starting a new thread for gift sets and perhaps add in the Accessory pieces in the same thread when you get to checking those.

Photos by the way are good quality and you should be able to see the colour difference in the coke trucks…oops more bits going back into collection.

In the last pic of the 30c with the orange rivet also looks to have a wonky wheel on the left second axle and worth putting aside. This blemish is often caused by a misalignment of the tool that rivets (rounding over ) the axle free end. The one next to it with the thinner wheels and thicker wheels on the base plate is also worth putting aside for now.

Sorting is going well.

Bert

[Silje]

My father had numerous 'copies' of some of the models. He didn't part with htem after finding a better version

I like the rolling of the eyes emoticon….but look who’s adding variations back into the collection now.

I'm eating my words as we speak

I see you have a Foden concrete truck at the front of the queue . Be careful you do not contaminate the regular wheels with superfast models although all can be forgiven in the case of a yellow Foden.

I've realized that there are some SF in the mix - will separate them

I could not see the other original photos post but can now and there is a G5 Army gift set.
Does it contain models, if so a duplicate Centurian Tank off the M3 mighty Antar may in there.

It's in there, but it is missing one rubber band. All of the models are mint (besides this missing band)

Photos by the way are good quality and you should be able to see the colour difference in the coke trucks…oops more bits going back into collection.

In the last pic of the 30c with the orange rivet also looks to have a wonky wheel on the left second axle and worth putting aside. This blemish is often caused by a misalignment of the tool that rivets (rounding over ) the axle free end. The one next to it with the thinner wheels and thicker wheels on the base plate is also worth putting aside for now.

*adding, and eating words*

[radar]

Enjoyed the pics - thanks.
Is your camera a phone camera - great quality?

[MatchboxFreak]

Wow! This collection is such a great gift!

It looks lik it could have been collected over years and can offer years of further enjoyment looking at variations and conditions. Even the Jeep Gladiators with no roof; one of them is the green interior version (which I haven’t yet found in decades of collecting).

Enjoy!
Kurt