Here's my collection...

Those are awesome!!!

I got most in the 1960s on a grand tour of France, camping. The rest much later over many years. The tanker was the rarest and most expensive in mint condition. I chased those for years to find a really good one...

Nice drawing Gizmouk... looks the image of you.. Great set of models and you are going to show your code 3's.. Be warned, this guy is one of the best out there...


 


Regards Niall

Thanks Niall!! The cartoon was drawn by a Czech artist on the Charles Bridge in Prague in 1999. The original is in my office just behind me

Chris

Awesome collection, thanks for showing these. I have never seen most of these.

We never had anything like these over here in Canada. They are great and what a selection of models to choose from. If I had toured France like you I would have had a real time deciding what to buy. Very nice and thanks for showing.

Hello Gizmouk

Thanks a lot for showing these wonderful Dinky Toys. They are great

Collecting mostly pre-1959 Dinky Toys only the French 80s are within my collecting profile. But I never was actively collecting them until recently. Only three of them are present now:


No. 80d Camion militaire berliet tous terrains.



No. 80a Engin blinde de reconnaissance Panhard.


And some picture of the versatile 80e Obusier de 155 A.B.S.:









A very complicated model with numerous movable parts (compared with the English no. 692 5.5" Medium Gun).

Kind regards, Jan

I recently restored one of those - not easy!
I'm away for 2 weeks from tomorrow - on my return I'lll post some code 3 pictures

Chris

I for one will be looking forward to that. I have not seen a lot of your work for a long time. It will be nice to view it again. Not since I left Gary's site.

Still have your Range Rover Vigilant. I can see it from my desk.

Coming soon - home again now... ploughing through 300+ emails....

Ah! That's good to know Jim

Here's a code 3 that took a lot of time and thought.....


Can you identify the components?