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Hornby Modelled Miniatures
Dinky Toys have been around since 1934 and have amazed boys of pre-war Britain and other countries to which they were exported. During the 1940s and 1950s they filled the…
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Refurbishing the Dinky 104 Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle
My Dinky 104 Spectrum Pursuit vehicle, or SPV, was purchased for me by my mom around 1975 from either Bloomingdale’s in Hackensack, NJ, which had a lovely toy department, or…
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Meccano Memories
In 1961, I joined Meccano Ltd. as an Apprentice Toolmaker based at their factory in Hanson Road, Aintree, Liverpool. This factory had considerable molding facilities for the production of Bayko…
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Dinky Toy Design and Manufacture
It must be pointed out that although the focus of this article is about Dinky Toy development, the order of the steps outlined below would be applied to all in…
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Dinky Pre-War Gift Sets
Meccano Ltd and Dinky Toys made a grand entrance prior to the start of WWII. In these early days, they combined their diecast toys along with a few tinplate items, such as…
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Dinky Toys for our Hornby Trains — AA Patrolmen, RAC Patrolmen and Policemen
The first part of this article concerns two influential motoring organizations with very different backgrounds and fascinating histories, followed by a look at law enforcement officers and some of their…
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The Fabulous Dinky Toys Encyclopaedia
In the 1950’s as a young Dinky Toys collector, I built my own list of what had been made in both the English and French factories. At that time, there were no…
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Dinky Toys 48 Petrol Filling and Service Station
Some time ago, I was approached by a passionate collector. He had an eye for the rare Dinky Toys 48 Petrol Filling and Service Station. First introduced to the public…