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Hi Rob.

No problem with posting those pictures here they are more than welcome.

The first picture you have posted is not actually the real car, it is a 1/4th scale model commissioned by Claude Johnson (managing director of Rolls-Royce at that time) to celebrate the real cars success in an endurance run. Three models were made by Models Manufacturing in 1911 at a cost of £350 each. One was kept at Rolls-Royce, one went to their New York offices and one was kept by the RAC.

One of them can be seen in the Science museum in London having in recent times been fully refurbished as shown below.


Ghosthunter.

Here is the rest of the page so you can read the text.



Rob

Yes the notes are correct but the picture is still of a model, not the real car. Because the model is so accurate it can be passed off in some pictures as the real car but there are detail differences to identfy the model from the real car.

The bonnet side panels on the model above are missing the hinge rivets along the top edge and the strengthening strip plus rivets along the bottom edge. The bonnet catch at the bottom of the panel to secure the bonnet in the closed position, is also missing.

Where the front wing swoops down and joins the front edge of the running board box, it should not be so high up touching the tread plate. On the real car it touches the end of the running board box at least one inch down from the tread plate.

Here is the original picture from the Science Museum in London of the above model with an 18inch rule placed by the side.


Ghosthunter.

This just in...



...the Japanese market 24c (in its box it becomes J-4), but with the harder to find 'Dot Dash' wheel design. This was under £10 on ebay so was a price even I can justify!!

Ghosthunter.

Then this arrived also from ebay.



I do not normally collect 'Code 3' status models but this one is rather special. It is an Arthur Garnett restoration, one of several Corgi, Dinky and Matchbox models he has worked on and signed with his 'AG' initials painted on the base.


'AG' in silver is just near the front axle position. The base is secured by screws.

Burnley Express online had this to say about Arthur in 2003.

AT the age of 73 most pensioners are winding down and enjoying retirement but not Arthur Garnett.
Arthur believes you are as young as you feel, which is why he had no doubts about expanding his model supplies business in his home town of Colne.
For weeks Arthur has been setting out a collection of his small, but perfectly formed, collectors and promotional models above Arteology, in Albert Road.
His models join dolls' houses, models and miniatures hand-crafted by West End Miniature Collections, owned by Howard Ibbitson.
Arthur, who lives in Brown Street East with his wife Margaret, discovered his talent for model-making when he was a 10-year-old boy in wartime Colne.
I used to sit down on the pavement and carve Spitfires out of spare firewood, he said.
His interest led him to become an aeromodel enthusiast and he often made his own models.
Arthur, a father of seven, worked as an engineer for local firms. He retired in 1979, which is when his model supplies business really started to take off.
He set up a workshop in Barnoldswick before moving to the former Co-op building in Colne. He now operates from both Standroyd Mill in Cotton Tree and in the West End buildings, Colne.
Arthur was commissioned to paint limited edition model vehicles for companies such as Silentnight Beds, Warburtons and Hollands Pies. He was also asked to provide 1,000 vehicles for the Settle-Carlisle Railway and has been making them regularly ever since. For each model sold, Arthur donates 50p to the popular tourist line.
As well as creating his own models, which have been sold as far away as Australia, Arthur has a number of traditional toys which he holds dear to his heart.
He delights in showing Dinky toys and miniature cars, still in their original boxes, to visitors and has taken them around schools.

Ghosthunter.

Very nice Kevin, congrats.

P

GHOSTHUNTER wrote:This just in...



...the Japanese market 24c (in its box it becomes J-4), but with the harder to find 'Dot Dash' wheel design. This was under £10 on ebay so was a price even I can justify!!

Ghosthunter.

These are actually quite tough to find with the dot dash wheels, I managed to find a nice minty example last year, in its J-4 box.

The code 3 Dinky looks very nice, well done.(where are you going to put it
Gary

ClOwY wrote:The code 3 Dinky looks very nice, well done.(where are you going to put it
Gary

''where are you going to put it'' in a box, out of the light, out of the way and forgotten about for a year or so I expect

Ghosty.

Really love those 2 prepro yesteryears together Kevin, you have some superb models in your collection. J