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Idris wrote:

motorman wrote:Hello I'm Dylan and I think I spotted the gem so let's look at the picture if you look at the top you will see an ambulance if you zoom in just where the Red Cross is you may notice little little tiny lines in the roof so I looked around and found that ambulance on nicks site and when I scrolled down I found that same ambulance with those roof lines and I read what Nick said and he said that it was reaaaaallllyyy rare and it is a 14c.

Well done, Dylan! Correct on every point. You're father should be extremely proud of you.

He will be delighted at your comments Hugh. I helped him a little but Dylan spent an hour on Nicks site looking at the models That were in the image before deciding that the 14c was the rare one, he even asked me if the #15 was missing its vent hole??? He is getting quite interested in learning about the different variations which is great but it is early days to be honest.

Well done Dylan!

Motorman, you do realise that if you are going to start introducing Dylan to HTF & rare models at an early age you'd better up his pocket money allowance.

I think it was a good guess then to research it too , well done young man
Al, encourage him mate...he's the next generation of sad men

The Lomas has the first-type of offside sill previously highlighted by Numi. It is also very close to mint, but is unfortunately somewhat discoloured. (Look at the colour of the Site-Hut Truck in the photograph.) I think it's probably from being kept in a room with a coal fire rather than tobacco smoke, but I'm wondering i) if I should attempt to clean it, and ii) if so, how, the problem being that water will damage the side decals, whilst any kind of solvent might attack that precious roof decal.
Nevertheless, I am extremely pleased with it and, as previously stated, I now have a spare for trade against a similarly rare RW model.

motorman wrote:Easy Joe, I don't think Dylan was far off the mark saying that 14c was rare considering he is 8!!!!

No one said he was eight years old! The model is indeed quite rare with the cross decal and that's the reason it's rare. The cross cast lines are hard to find but I don't consider them rare (too many of them out there). Since you can't see (at least not in the photo posted here) the cast lines in the photo, the cross decal is the only indicator that they are there.

Well done young man, we older ones need youngsters like you to continue with
our hobby and to keep us on our toes.
well done
Gary.

Tinman I can see tiny lines on the roof in the photo, I think you might need some new specs. Thanks Dylan.

Well done Dylan, we are very proud of you, this is a good start to your model collecting hobby...

Ghosty.

Yes, well done from me too Dylan, great research! Your Dad must be very proud of you. Let us know if you spot any more nice or rare models in the future.

johnboy wrote:Let us know if you spot any more nice or rare models in the future.

In particular the 'Long Seat' #69 droptop Rolls-Royce but for God's sake don't tel your Dad...

Ghosty.