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Large Coronation Coach painted or plated.
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 1:11 am
by micullee
Hello,
I'm a long time member with a new username (and where is my VIP badge?)
Anyway, I saw a large coronation coach sell on ebay for $395.00. It was Queen only, and looked pretty good, the box was good. In the sellers description he said "I believe this is the Gold Plated Version".
Finally, my question. How does one tell whether they have the Gold plated or Gold painted?
Thanks,
Michael
Re: Large Coronation Coach painted or plated.
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 1:25 am
by nickjones
Look on this page
http://www.vintagebritishdiecasts.co.uk ... /lcoro.htm
The very last picture is a gold plated coronation coach and the one before it is silver plated, all the rest are gold painted, as you can see the gold plate has a chrome like finish and the gold painted version has a mat gold sheen.
Re: Large Coronation Coach painted or plated.
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 1:28 am
by nickjones
Your VIP badge was on the old forum, That was run by Lefora, this is our own private forum, everyones a VIP on here!.
Re: Large Coronation Coach painted or plated.
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 1:39 am
by micullee
nickjones wrote:Your VIP badge was on the old forum, That was run by Lefora, this is our own private forum, everyones a VIP on here!.
I like that better, Nick!
Re: Large Coronation Coach painted or plated.
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 1:57 am
by micullee
I can now see the difference in the plated and the painted.
Here is the one on ebay
http://tinyurl.com/lab5huq
What's your opinion?
Naturally, I ran to my coach and studied it, but it appears to be painted, now that I know what the plated looks like.
different question... do you know how to remove the white rectangle around my signature?
Thanks Nick.
Re: Large Coronation Coach painted or plated.
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:51 am
by MOKOSEX
The plated ones are the chrome looking ones
dave
Re: Large Coronation Coach painted or plated.
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:41 am
by Moyboy
395 seems a bit high for a common coach. The silver is harder to find in good condition, mainly due to the fact it was plated with silver nitrate which tends to go black over time.
Re: Large Coronation Coach painted or plated.
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:22 pm
by nickjones
Hi Micullee.
The Coach on ebay is painted, and expensive at 220 but it did sell.
Re: Large Coronation Coach painted or plated.
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:28 pm
by nickjones
Hi Micullee.
Here is your signature without the background, right click it and save it to your computer then replace it for the one you are using
Re: Large Coronation Coach painted or plated.
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:17 pm
by micullee
Nick,
Thanks for the help with the signature.
Dave,
WOW!
A beautiful collection of styles. In your photo it is very easy to see the difference between painted, plated .
Thanks.
Unrelated observation - I like the new forum. But, I'm also glad I can still get to the "old" info.
Best to all,
Michael E.
