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Red Firecracker
Original Poster
4,174 posts
96 months
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Just to show that these models are not always beyond repair, a little love and and a few parts got this;  to this;   Same main casting, new propellers and tail section were required.
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dr_gn
6,928 posts
53 months
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Excellent job - just the right colour.
I've restored about 40 of these Dinky aircraft and put them in display cases - some had twisted propellers, but some had flat ones like yours. I wonder if there was any pattern to the ones that were flat/twisted (post war/pre war maybe)?
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Red Firecracker
Original Poster
4,174 posts
96 months
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Cheers.
I did wonder about putting some twist into the props, but to be honest forgot to in the end! Most of the mint originals I've seen had had flat ones, some of the more playworn ones had twisted.
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perdu
3,255 posts
68 months
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I don't remember seeing new ones (yes I am that bloody old) with twisted props, but frankly being so old I don't remember much these days. When I was a lad these were still in the toy shops.
To the point...
You have made a lovely job of this York and it looks "right" to me.
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Red Firecracker
Original Poster
4,174 posts
96 months
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perdu
3,255 posts
68 months
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That's a great site Kelvin and your article is characteristically clear I am sure I will be able to use some of your stuff in there "out here" Thanks 
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Eric Mc
67,260 posts
134 months
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Lovely job.
I wish someone did a decent 1/144 injection moulded plasric kit of a York.
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Red Firecracker
Original Poster
4,174 posts
96 months
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It's really not my area of expertise, but does anyone know how accurate these old toys are? Obviously the fine detail is not there, but from a shape/proportion point of view, how on the ball were Dinky?
Thanks for the kind comments all.
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Eric Mc
67,260 posts
134 months
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I don't think they were that fastidious in being 100% dimensionally accurate. After all, theese were toys for small boys to play with - not models for aircraft enthusiasts or memorabilia collectors.
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dr_gn
6,928 posts
53 months
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Red Firecracker said: It's really not my area of expertise, but does anyone know how accurate these old toys are? Obviously the fine detail is not there, but from a shape/proportion point of view, how on the ball were Dinky?
Thanks for the kind comments all. I can recognise all the aircraft as being what they are supposed to represent with the exception of the Spitfire, which is terrible.
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Red Firecracker
Original Poster
4,174 posts
96 months
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perdu said: That's a great site Kelvin and your article is characteristically clear I am sure I will be able to use some of your stuff in there "out here" Thanks Cheers Bill. Feel free to grab information! Eric Mc said: I don't think they were that fastidious in being 100% dimensionally accurate. After all, theese were toys for small boys to play with - not models for aircraft enthusiasts or memorabilia collectors. Quite. The only reason I asked is that some of the Dinky road stuff is actually very accurate (apparently), but as you say, that was not their market. Then you get down to the Corgi Bond Aston, which is actually two cars in one!
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Eric Mc
67,260 posts
134 months
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Back in the 1930s to 1950s (the heyday of Dinky), there was no real demand for really accurate rendition of aircraft.
I'd suggest that the quest for mass market accurate models only really came into its own in the 1960s as people began to become serious about plastic kit building.
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