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Hi all,

Had a result this week, and picked up what is without doubt the earliest Dinky I have ever owned. It's the 25 Series Type 1 Tanker, 25d, these were only made 1934 -35, however THIS one has the cab windows cast open at the rear, and behind the main cab side windows, these details were cast in very early in the run, so early that only plain red versions are known to exist, I have never seen one before, so to say I'm pleased to get one is an understatement!

Fatigue is very bad, and at some point it's suffered a grey repaint, but the correct shade of Red is there underneath.









Here he is with the other members of the Type 1 Club...



Interesting to note that there is no painting on the underside of the chassis, and that the normal injection rings are either a lot less pronounced, or not visible at all..



Probably only a handful of these left, I only know of two, this one and another repaint. Apart from the 22 Hornby Series which were lead so survive better, Dinky's don't get much older than this.

Cheers,
Chris Warr.

WOW Chris, that's some toy you got yourself there! Yeh, shame about the fatigue and had it not been so bad, I would have recommended you spray the whole model with 'WD40' that in many cases has delayed this process, but If you try it, don't come running back to me shouting...look at what you've done, it's a pile of bits! probably best to leave well alone and let nature take it's coarse...

Ghosty.

What a wonderful example of Early Dinky. Is it worth the risk of trying to remove that grey over paint?

I would love to see it as it was intended in red.

I'm just wondering whether badly fatigued models like this could be coated internally (or even completely filled) with some kind of resin so that, when the fatigue gets so bad that the model loses its structural integrity, it doesn't collapse but retains its shape thanks to the added internal structure.
Any thoughts on this?

Idris wrote:I'm just wondering whether badly fatigued models like this could be coated internally (or even completely filled) with some kind of resin so that, when the fatigue gets so bad that the model loses its structural integrity, it doesn't collapse but retains its shape thanks to the added internal structure.
Any thoughts on this?

I dont see why not Hugh!!, after all, Engineers have stopped the leaning Tower of Pisa from falling over.

Very cool old Dinker. I would think some kind of epoxy like JB Weld would work and it's close to the casting colour I don't know if restoring it would change the value but it sure would look good in red