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I do hope that all Members and Guest's have had a very Merry Christmas and are enjoying the New Year.
As always I welcome any visit from any of our Members should you be visiting the UK.
Myself and Sally (my better half) had a visit from Jacques on the 28th of December which was very enjoyable.Needless to say Jacques left me with a list of "To do's" regarding the Club which I plan to implement as soon as time permits. We both had a lot of fun talking about the Club, our models and life in general. I had a personal demonstration of his CD disk of Information and photographs of Dinky Toys and related model information which i have to say the contents is most impresive.Both Jacques and I agree that many aspects of the real important detail about variations in models etc can only be explained by a series of photographs side by side showing these differences.I for one found Jacques pictures of the variations on the front of the Karmann Ghia pictured downwards on the front bumper a very interesting point to look out for with this model.
Maybe Jacques would post an example of these photographs to illustrate the point in the correct thread.
I hope to see Jacques again some time in the summer of 2005 for another visit!
Maybe we could have a few more of us here for a beer and a chat?
Kindest Regards and a very Happy New Year to you all.
Nigel Pearson
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Jacques Dujardin (Dinkycollect)
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It was very Nice to meet Sally and Nigel last week. The time passed very quickly and we did not have time to talk about everything I wanted to.
I am looking forward to my next visit to England in the second half of august and find Nigel's idea to meet several members excellent.
I see that Nigel has already made some nice modifications to the site during the long english winter evenings. As he asked, I have posted the picture of the variation of the VW Karmann at 24m french Dinkies and 187 english Dinkies. This is one of the many pictures from the Dinky CD which explains variations without long messy texts.
Happy new year to all the club members.
Bonne année à tous les membres du club.
Frohes neuw jahr . |
Jan Werner (Janwerner)
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Dear all,
This weekend I had the privilege and pleasure to visit the DinkyCD HQ and its creator, the moderator of
our club list, somewhere (in the middle of nowhere) in a rural place in France.
Here is the heart of the up till now secret DinkyCD HQ bunker, well protected against enemy attacks,
within sturdy centuries-old walls.
As it is hard to believe what displays Jacques Dujardin has created, I thought it needed a check – he might
have made some photoshop tricks in order to make things more impressive than they are in reality.
But now I can confirm from own observations that his achievements are really impressive. In order to
understand the making of all this, you must have seen his endless piles of wood in the barn (oak, birch, etc.),
his fantastic woodworking equipment, and his own skills and handiness in the field.
His displays are really professionally made, with the finest wood joints, superbly working drawers, and
critically finished details. As I am very critical on my display cabinets myself, I am always inspecting the
way models (and whatever interesting) are displayed by other enthusiasts.
So I almost forgot to admire the collection on display, which is not too bad.
I was generously allowed to photograph some specialties on display, for my own documentation, but also
some impressions for you all included, like this amazing mock up of the no. 24b Peugeot 403.
Some Dinkies are to be found at scale 1:1, especially some agricultural accessories, indispensable for the
type of garden Jacques has to maintain, like a true no. 105a and a true no. 27a.
Another recommendation for all Dinky enthusiasts on this site to not only meet each other virtually, but also in person!
Kind regards, Jan Werner
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Jacques Dujardin (Dinkycollect)
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Jacques Hammel right and Jacques Dujardin left.
After the great visit of Jan Werner here in September, I was honored to have the visit of Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Hammel as well as Jacques's father.
You better believe that Dinky discussions lasted until very late at night and that many models came out of the cabinets for close examination.
An other visit is already planed, this will be David Cooke and David Dawson respectively President and Vice President of the Dinky Toys Collectors
Association of which I am member n° 100.
The Dinky TCA produces a very interesting magazine every second month.
You may have noticed that I have changed the title of this thread so that every member can write about their meetings with other members.
I am looking forward to the visit of many other Dinky fans here. |
Jacques Hammel (Jhammel)
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Words cannot describe it all: Jacques D's manor, its surroundings, the Dinky and Solido Collections are all breathtaking, not to mention Jacques' kindness in hosting my 89 years old father - a still young Dinky Toys enthusiast - my wife and myself for an overnight most memorable stay. Jacques is a very talented carpenter and gardener in addition of being a walking Encyclopedia about most everything...
Jacques H.
Il est tres difficile de trouver les mots pour decrire le manoir, le cadre et les Collections Dinky et Solido de Jacques D.Tout simplement magnifiques!! Et tout cela sans mentionner le chaleureux accueil fait a mon pere - jeune fan Dinky de 89ans - a ma femme et a moi-meme qui avons passe la une memorable nuit...Jacques est un ebeniste et un jardinier hors-pair, ainsi qu'une encyclopedie ambulante!
Jacques H.
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Jacques Dujardin (Dinkycollect)
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From left to right : Jacques Dujardin - David Cooke - David Dawson.
Last sunday, David Cooke President of DiTCA and David Dawson vice president of the same club visited me here.
I already knew David Cooke having past a very nice day together at the Bressingham museum in the summer of 2005.
The three of us spent a nice afternoon looking at the cars and talking about them. They both have a great knowledge in Dinkys.
I promised to return the visit during my next trip to England. This will probably be on the occasion of the 75 th. anniversary of the Dinky Toys brand when an exibition and a dinner will be held in about one year from now.
During that trip I hope that I will also be able to visit some members of this great club.
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jhammel
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By the end of September,my 89 years old father Hugo - a Dinky and Hornby fan - my wife Dina and myself spent an unforgetable day with the Pearson's and the Law's.
We can see Nigel and myself in front of Nigel's home, then Sally,Dina,Jacques, Ian, Hugo and Christine. Around the table, Hugo is telling Dinky tales from the early 30's...
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Jacques Hammel (Jhammel)
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A couple of weeks later we crossed back to France and visited with Jacques D., in his historical mansion, beautifully located on the top of a hill with wonderful surroundings and deers roaming freely nearby...As can be felt through the pictures, Dinkies were the order of the day, and even the drawers with their hidden treasures where not left untouched!!! Jacques is a tremendous person as a host, as a living encyclopedia about most everything, and last but not least , as a very gifted handyman.
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Hector Luis Spinelli (Projecta)
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The Southern BDTClub Members meeting in Buenos Aires
 Collectors Visiting
jmc.pdf (127.4 k) |
From North to South America
er2.pdf (162.3 k) |
Doctor´s Collection
LR.pdf (92.5 k) |
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Jos Hoes (Brommer66)
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Hello Hector
You 3 seem to have had a good time. Even 'playing on the floor' as in the old days; and what seems to be tons of Dinkies around; unbelievable!
Thanks for sharing this with us, from what is such a faraway place for us here in Europe.
Jos |
Jacques Dujardin (Dinkycollect)
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The meetings seem to have been enjoyable. I wished that Buenos Ayres was not so far so I could go and visit these guys. May be one day ? |
Hector Luis Spinelli (Projecta)
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Dear Jacques and Jos Hoes
I can asure you both will be very welcomed by collectors and by us members of DTClub.
There is a monthly dinner joining the amateurs of models, collectors, craftmanships, DT lovers to say at least. Second tuesday of each month at 8.30 pm.
Why dont you tray ?? this guys really love to collect and chating and drinking good wine of course!!!
Best Regards
Hector Luis Spinelli
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LUIS RAMON ROSSI (Drrossi)
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Dear Jacques and Jos Hoes
We will be happy with your visit to us.
We are waiting for that moment.
Regards
Luis |
Jos Hoes (Brommer66)
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Hello Hector and Luis
Thanks for the invitation. Maybe one day, you never know!
Jos |
Jacques Dujardin (Dinkycollect)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - 10:57 pm: |
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Milk float Dinky Toys ref. 490 & 491
I am just back from a trip to England where I have visited some Dinky Toys collectors.
I did not do all the drive to Norfolk and York in the dairy van shown above or the Fraser Nash BMW below.
Unfortunately, no pictures were taken of these meeting but I would like to thank John King, David Cooke, David Busfield and Nigel for puting up with me, showing me some extraordinary pieces like a unique metal prototype of an Angel's Interceptor from the Gerry Anderson series and some printing plates which had been posted from Liverpool to a printer in London and the parcels had never been opened until June 24, 2007.
During this trip, I have taken apart from the many showers on the road, many pictures which will soon be added to the Dinky Toys encyclopeadia.
Fraser Nash BMW at Brooklands on June 30, 2007 Dinky Toys ref. 38 a.
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Hector Luis Spinelli (Projecta)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 01:55 am: |
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Argentine Dinky planet.
During November we were delighted with the visit to Buenos Aires of Michel and Dyane Cousineau Dinky Toys collectors from Montreal, Canada. We assist them visiting some collections of DT as well tin and the universe of auto miniature modells. The hostess were Gustavo Santarelli, Luis Rossi and Eduardo Ramirez Calonge who own historic background. We deeply enjoy their visit and we spent good time at the Argentine meat table. (See pictures). Resides I wish to reiterate to all DTUK members will be very welcomed visiting our town, collections and meanwhile tastes good wine and meat.
Regards
Hector Luis Spinelli |
Hector Luis Spinelli (Projecta)
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Pictures of visiting Argentina |
Hector Luis Spinelli (Projecta)
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Sorry I have shrinked pictures up to 158 kb but the systems does not permit to upload them ? |
Jacques Dujardin (Dinkycollect)
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Post Number: 795
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Hector,
You have reduced the resolution of the pictures, not the size.
If you are using Photoshop go to Help --> Resize image ... select resize image --> type 750 in the width box --> click on "next" click on "finish" and save your picture at any resolution you wish.
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Hector Luis Spinelli (Projecta)
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Jacques
thankyou for your hint
Here we go again !!
Regards from Argentine
Hector Luis Spinelli
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Hector Luis Spinelli (Projecta)
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More about Collectors in Argentine
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Hector Luis Spinelli (Projecta)
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Post Number: 129
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Last december 15th, ACAMRA (Asociación Coleccionistas Automodelos Argentine Republic). Argentine Automodelist and Collectors Asociation, celebrate its ten years of existence (1998-2008). On this meeting Mr Jimmy Macadam was surprisingly introduced in behalf of his grandfather Mr Joseph Francis MACADAM who died in 1959 at 100 years old.
But who was in particular Mr Joseph Macadam ?.
JFMacadam or <joe> was born in 1859 at Liverpool, UK, where personnally knew Mr Frank Hornby. JFM started his adventurous journey to southamerica arriving to Brazil in 1878 where he started his activities, continuining in Uruguay and later on in Buenos Aires Argentine where in 1882 he established a broad merchant activity in several disciplines. Besides this activities and due to his close contact with Mr Frank Hornby he became a dealer of Hornby for all the Meccano line of products. In that moment, the Argentine market for the toys and Hornby products was enormous, it meant one of the great Hornby representation outside the UK.
Completing this very interesting story, one of JFMacadam´s ascendent was Cromwell officer in 1641 and also his wife María Hughes & Browne descended from Luis Vernet first Governor of the Malvinas Islands (Southern Argentine) in1833. Joseph Francis Macadam arrived in Buenos Aires at 1882, he was President of the local British Chamber of Commerce in 1918.
Main Dinky Toys collectors in Argentina as Luis Rossi, Gustavo Santarelli, Jaime Martinez, Hector Spinelli and Eduardo Ramirez Calonge were strongly moved by such a presence.
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Jacques Dujardin (Dinkycollect)
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Hector,
We know that Meccano was manufactured in Argentina. Any connection with these Macadams ? |
Hector Luis Spinelli (Projecta)
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Post Number: 130
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Jacques
Well in fact the person we met is the grandson of Mr JFMacadam. His biography was investigated according related information.
Frankly speaking we ignore who was the Argentine representation of Mr Frank Hornby on that moment. Speaking with this person we discovered it. This fact would be the issue.
Regards
Hector |
Luis Ramon Rossi (Drrossi)
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Jacques:
Here in Argentine, was made Meccano like the name
"EXACTO" with licence of Meccano Ltd. first,
and after that with the name of "MECCANO" "Made in Argentine Republic"
but no under representation of Mr. Macadam.
Regards
Luis
PS=
The information is from Mr. Jaime Martinez, who is a greater Meccano Collector (several Meccano # 10 in all the differents boxes , etc) |
Jacques Hammel (Jackh)
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Several Meccano #10? I never saw even one of this impossible dream...
Some people are really lucky...or\and very rich!! (LOL)
Jacques H. |
Luis Ramon Rossi (Drrossi)
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Hi Jacques H :
Look at this pictures !!!
Regards
Luis |
Jacques Hammel (Jackh)
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Very impressive Luis! Many thanks, and I'm sure I'm not the only one looking at these pictures in awe...
Jacques H. |
Jacques Dujardin (Dinkycollect)
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The longest trip for a TMT member : 9500 miles
Has been awarded an entry in the Guiness book of records.
Tom Carton from North Carolina USA is currently visiting Jacques by air, high speed ferry and train, car etc...
Vive les DINKY. |
Hector Luis Spinelli (Projecta)
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Very fine indeed
Very worth it !! Very Interesting !!
But modesty speaking a visit to Derby from Argentina as the one Luis made is 12000 miles... It wasn´t to the place of Jacques but.....
Congratulations to Tom Carton for his collection and the trip just for DT passion !!!
All the best Getlemen.
Hector Luis Spinelli
from beyond the Horizon... |
Bob Barnes (Raab)
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Yep - I guess that I am a little farther than Tom also. Concord California to London, then to Paris for the 75th anniversary. That distance adds about 2900 miles (West Coast to East Coast of USA). My wife and I visited the 2 Dinky Toy stores in Paris area (1 closed, 1 open - thanks to Jacques to identify them and their locations). I wanted to buy a couple of Dinky Toys at the open store but they took cash only and I did not have the appropriate amount. I researched some toy shows/swap meets in UK while we were there but did not have the time to travel to the shows.
We had a great time in Derby, London, and Paris. We may make it again in another year or two.
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Jacques Dujardin (Dinkycollect)
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After visiting Mike Richardson in France, Jan Werner and his team of Dutch collectors in Holland and many other places in Europe, Jose Heraud a Dinky Toys collector from Pittsburgh found his way to Normandy yesterday and we spent a nice day together Talking about guess what ? |
Luis Ramon Rossi (Drrossi)
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Dear Jacques.
About Theater, Architecture, Geography ?
Regards and enjoy
By the way= excellent your Dinky Toys DVD encyclopedia !! |
Jan Werner (Janwerner)
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Well, we were just drinking and talking Amsterdam canals and mills!
Kind regards, Jan Werner |
Jacques Dujardin (Dinkycollect)
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Hello Jan,
This brings back memories of a visit of Amsterdam and Kinder dick a few years ago.
I remember the guy with the yellow jumper but have forgotten his name, who is the man in black ? |
Jan Werner (Janwerner)
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Dear Jacques, Kinderdijk in its original setting in the mid 19th century below:
The man in yellow is Jos van Blokland, our Dinky army vehicles and catalogues expert, both of which he has huge, high quality collections.
I cannot recall that strange-man-in-black's name exactly. He was stalking us all the way for some reason and talked some Spanish kind of American.
Kind regards, Jan Werner |
Jan Werner (Janwerner)
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Just serious now: of course this is our great American friend and Dinky connoisseur José Heraud. We had a lovely weekend around 2-3 July. José and Nancy were staying with Jos, and together they spent most of the Saturday and Sunday with us, near Amsterdam, with a Dutch DTCA get together on the Saturday afternoon. The group was limited this because of many holiday season apologies but even Dave Busfield came over and some Dutch guests, among them John Beugels, who showed an incredibly 'new' Silver Jubilee train set in pristine box. So, limited, but so very pleasant!
We made a candle light tour through the canals of Amsterdam on Saturday night (photo 1) and on Sunday we crossed the Noord-Holland polder landscape (photo 2) and the old Zuyderzee town of Enkhuizen. After having stayed with Jos and after a visit to John's collection they continued their journey, into France.
Kind regards, Jan Werner |
David John Busfield (Buzzer)
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A group of suspicious looking people at the back of Jan Werner's house.
From left to right: Jose Heraud, Jos van Blokland, John Beugels, Dave Busfield, Rik Werner and Jan Werner.
We spent a lovely Saturday playing with and talking about Dinky Toys.
Dave B
ps I hope I have spelt all the names correctly. |
Jacques Hammel (Jackh)
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Visiting my son & family, I am going to be in the San Diego - Southern California - area, first July's fortnight. Does any forum member(s) live in the area and we could pay a -short - visit to?
Cordially,
Jacques H. |
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Jacques,
I live in Newport Beach, about 60 miles north. I would love to meet with you. Give me a call at 949 246-8777.
Don Becker |
Bob Barnes (Raab)
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Jacques
I am further north than Don - in the San Francisco Bay area. If you are this far north then give me a call 925-686-0106
Bob Barnes |
Jacques Hammel (Jackh)
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Many thanks Bob and Don. I'll call you when I arrive in the area and hope we'll be able to meet. I just do not know yet what topic we'll talk about...(LOL) |
Bob Barnes (Raab)
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Jacques
topics - well lets see.
I have only a "small" collection of our favorite topic. I guess that we could discuss or play with my Meccano set, or my Lionel train set, or my record collection (45s and 78s). I have sold most of my books but they were recent best sellers. My grandson who is 9 has a very small collection of miscellaneous toy vehicles (stored at my house). We could also see my son's VW Toy collection (more models than I have Dinky Toys) or his pre-1965 VW cars (number change with regularity). I think that he still has his comic book collection and my grandson is starting to create his comic book collection.
So I guess that we would not be lost for topics. |
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Hey Bob and Jacques
You could always talk about the 49ers - I have been a huge fan of theirs for over 30 years.
Dave |
Jacques Hammel (Jackh)
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Bob, no problems with topics then!... We will be, my better half and I, for a couple of days in Palo-Alto: July 1st and 2nd. We'll contact you then, just to be sure you're free.
Wishing you and your family a Happy Easter,
Jacques H. |
Bob Barnes (Raab)
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Jacques
I am looking forward to seeing both of you. I used to live in Menlo Park but now live in Concord which is about 1 hour drive from Palo Alto. My wife and I can either meet you in Palo Alto or we can meet at my house in Concord.
I hope that you have a safe and pleasant journey to and in the USA.
Bob |
