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Thanks for your time Kevin.
Gary

Thanks to a fellow member (Peter)
These came today

Been getting into collecting Yesteryears a bit more since I last posted here - the latest ones are

1 Y3 Riley with red body with pinkish base and underside to wings
2 Y5 Peugeot with no beading on rear edge of front seat
3 Y10 Mercedes GP racer - condition is only fair but it does have the narrower seat ribs - this photo is before cleaning!
4 Y10 Mercedes 36/220 - earlier version without triangular braces on front axle and smaller windscreen supports
5 Y8 Stutz with red roof and seats and fitted with dark red grill
6 Y3 Ford Carnation Tanker colour trial
7 Y3 Riley colour trial
8 Y2 Renault lighter metallic green colour trial
9 Y3 Benz Limousine - headlights have been painted but has the harder to find 'open' rear wing struts

Happy collecting

Sebastian

Most of these were obtained a while back and are all easy to find

0 Large scale Massey Harris tractor - has a few faults with replacement exhaust stack and air cleaner but still displays quite well
1 Lincoln Continental with earlier box
2 Lomas ambulance with slightly smaller black wheels - no roof cross but at least it has both back doors!
3 Empty box for Daimler green bus - needed a box for my unpressed rivet version
4 Job lot - 7 models for just over a £1 each - got this lot for the Jaguar 41a and the prime mover
5 Land Rover Fire tender with clear slide - part of a job lot of 5 models for £3
6 Opel Diplomat with body protrusion below front number plate but no tow guide

Happy Collecting

Sebastian

Sebastian10 wrote:4 Job lot - 7 models for just over a £1 each - got this lot for the Jaguar 41a and the prime mover

I would have picked up that lot for the 52A. My last lot purchase was four models at just over 4 USD apiece...you did exceptionally well with that lot, it seems!

Very nice. I like the Lomas with small (9.5 mm?) wheels. Which code is it?

It looks like the 41a is without decal guides. That’s a really good find.

Squid wrote:

Sebastian10 wrote:4 Job lot - 7 models for just over a £1 each - got this lot for the Jaguar 41a and the prime mover

I would have picked up that lot for the 52A. My last lot purchase was four models at just over 4 USD apiece...you did exceptionally well with that lot, it seems!

Thanks for the comments - the 52A was a bonus - I might try to get a better one with a box some time in the future

DrJeep wrote:Very nice. I like the Lomas with small (9.5 mm?) wheels. Which code is it?

It looks like the 41a is without decal guides. That’s a really good find.

Thanks - I measured the Lomas wheels at 9.5mm x 20 and it has the base without the round block so I think it is NJ code 16

The 41a does have the decal guides but is in reasonable shape and is my first one of these

Sebastian

Sebastian10 wrote: I measured the Lomas wheels at 9.5mm x 20 and it has the base without the round block so I think it is NJ code 16

Thanks. Despite being so far down the list, I think this is the first release without the roof cross casting - knobbly wheels, beige interior, first base without the block. It also has the first decals, with no film beyond the red cross. Very nice.

Bought all of these a while back and haven't got around to posting until now

1 Dodge Crane truck - painted rivet and thinner wheels
2 Bedford removals truck - only fair condition but less common maroon colour with silver trim
3 Mercedes Truck - zig zag base with long tow guide and standard trailer
4 Another Dodge Crane truck - thinner wheels with reasonable box
5 Alvis - from a job lot and in only fair condition but less common yellow wheels
6 Half track - error model with metal roller instead of offside front wheel and remains of a box

Happy Collecting

Sebastian

Some great finds there.

Do you think the painted rivet 63 came first, rather like the 30c Faun crane? I have the thin-wheeled version with the unpainted rivet, so that's another one to look for.

Can we see more pictures of the half-track with the front roller? It's surprising mistake - would the axle fit? Perhaps it was a factory worker's joke. Great find, anyway!