SECTION FIVE 
Tinplate. Meccano, Minic and Novelty - June 2010
Minic | Motors | Meccano | Badges

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5.01 Mamod Steam Engine SE.2. Meths burner.  With steam cut-off valve, boiler level plug, separate whistle and safety valve. Firebox slightly scorched, otherwise very good condition with clean red baseplate. In repaired original box.            £65

5.02 Mamod Steam Engine SE.1   Meths burner.  Firebox slightly scorched, otherwise very good condition with clean red baseplate.   Qty. 2     Each         £50

5.03B Mamod Power Press. (vertical shaft operation). Green on red base. Mint, in original box  £14

5.04  Mamod Power Press (vertical shaft operation).  Green on red base. Excellent condition.  £10


Tri-ang Minic wind-up and friction-drive vehicles (all mechanisms working)

Cars - tinplate-construction

5.06  4-door Limousine, clockwork. Mid-green with plated mudguards, and running boards.  Tinplate wheels. No rear luggage rack and with rear number plates suggests early post-war issue.  Roof and bonnet slightly chipped but generally good condition.   In a nice replica box.       £125

 

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5.07  Tri-ang Minic tinplate construction Vauxhall 4-seat Open Tourer, post-war. Red with black mudguards and running boards.   Tinplate wheels.  Very small chips on bonnet.  Generally excellent condition.                SOLD

Commercials - tinplate construction

 

 

5.08  Long-bonnet Tractor Unit with semi-Trailer 'Minic Brewery' containing load of 10 barrels. Mid-green tractor unit with plated front wings.  Mid-red semi-trailer with double-wheels on rear axle.  Cast wheels. Good condition   SOLD

5.09  Long-bonnet Delivery van, clockwork, in  'Carter Paterson' livery. Dark green cab, lighter green van, plated front wings.  Tinplate wheels.  Good with minor scuffs.   In a nice replica box.  £95

5.10  Long-bonnet rigid 'Builder's Lorry', clockwork, with sideboards and 'H-frame' load support pillars behind cab.  Dark green cab with plated front wings, mid-red body and underframe. Tinplate wheels.  With load of 2 wooden planks.  Cab roof slightly scuffed.  In a nice replica box.   £65

5.11. Long-bonnet rigid Platform Lorry with sideboards, .  clockwork.  Dark blue cab with plated front wings, pale blue body and underframe. Tinplate wheels. With load of 6 replica wooden Crates.  Cab roof lightly scuffed.  SOLD

5.12  Long-bonnet Refuse Lorry (Dust Cart). Mid-green cab with plated front wings, red body with six sliding hopper lids, all nickel-plated and in good condition.  Tinplate wheels. Cab roof lightly scuffed..    £75

5.13  Short-bonnet Delivery Van, clockwork, 'Minic Transport', red, with ‘shutter-type’ up-and-over rear door.   Cast wheels.  Some light scuffing, generally good. £75

5.14  Short-bonnet Ambulance, clockwork, white.  Roof and sides have red disc with white cross.   Hinged rear doors. Cast wheels.  Light scuffs on roof. Generally good.  £75

Specialist vehicles

 

 

5.15  Fire Engine.  Red.  Excellent condition, with ladder and bell.   Tinplate wheels     £90

5.16  Another, as above     Cast wheels          £85

5.17  Fire Engine. Red. Some restoration.  Complete with bell, original rear valve panel, reproduction spreader and hoses.  Non-original ladder affixed.  Cast wheels. £55

5.18   Racing Car, clockwork. Early issue,  Royal blue with racing number 5.(one decal replaced)   Silver exhaust. The version without a cockpit cover and with larger metal radiator grille.  Tinplate wheels. Retouched above radiator and elsewhere.  Generally fair/good.  SOLD

5.19 Racing Car, clockwork, dark green No. 5 on red base.  With  silver exhaust, and moulded cockpit canopy. Tinplate wheels.  Good            SOLD

5.20  Steam Roller, clockwork.  Dark green  tinplate body with plastic-moulded grey wheels and roller.  Shunts back-and-forth.   Canopy slightly distorted. Generally good                SOLD

5.21  Caterpillar Tractor, clockwork, green. Complete with rubber tracks, seat and steering wheel.  Good   SOLD

5.22  U.S. Military Jeep, clockwork, with star on bonnet and serial numbers 2068315-S.  Windshield, spare wheel and steering wheel intact.  Moulded wheels. £30

Moulded body vehicles

5.23  Morris Series E Delivery Van, clockwork. Plastic-moulded body on tinplate chassis, clockwork, red, with no decals.  Moulded black wheels.  Fair/good    £30

5.24   Morris Series E 2-door Saloon, clockwork.  Tinplate base with plastic-moulded red body.   Moulded black wheels. Good.      £30

5.25   Standard Vanguard 4-door Saloon. clockwork.  Tinplate base with plastic-moulded mid-blue body.  Very small diecast hubs.  Shape is a little over-long. Excellent condition.             SOLD

Minic Spare parts

5.31 Replica Discharge Chute for Cement Mixer.  White metal casting of the piece which is invariably missing      £5

5.32 Watney’s Red Barrel - as used on the cab roof of the Minic Watney’s Lorry   £0.50

 

Other vehicles similar to Tri-ang Minic

5.36  Brimtoy 'Pocketoy'  clockwork 4-wheel rigid long-wheelbase Platform Lorry.  'Bedford' type cab (red) with green platform with sideboards . Good condition                 SOLD

 

Slot-car Systems

5.41 Tri-ang Minic Motorway Slot Car 'Saloon Cars' Set No. M.1504.  Comprises Rolls-Royce and Humber Super Snipe cars, oval of track. In early buff coloured box with re-made inner sections. Car mechanisms overhauled.     £75

5.42  Tri-ang 'Minic Motorway' Slot Car 'The Traveller' Set No. M 1512. Comprises double-deck 'Routemaster' bus, Bedford 'Duple' saloon coach, 2 controllers and figure-of-eight track. In original box with instruction manual. Nice condition  Vehicles tested OK, but servicing recommended prior to use.     £95      

 

 

5.43  Tri-ang 'Minic Motorway' Slot Car 'Gran Turismo' Racing Car Set No. M 1525. Comprises one cream Aston-Martin DB4 GT saloon, plus a cream 'Corvette' saloon (second car should be a Porsche Carrera GT), 2 controllers and figure-of-8 track. In original box with instruction manual   Nice condition. Cars tested OK, but servicing recommended prior to use. £85

5.44  Quantity of Minic-Motorway slot-car Track.        per pack  £1           Lot (several packs)      £5

Free of charge with one or both of the above sets
 

Motors and Transformers

Note - Transformers and suchlike are sold ‘as found’ and not for connecting to mains supply without the approval of a qualified electrician.

5.51 Parmeko T 40/E heavy-duty Motor. Voltage unidentified, possibly mains.   Qty. 2        Was  £5 each.   Now  £3 each         

5.52 Unidentified cylindrical small motor (dia 3.5cm - 1.5in). Length 6cm. - 2.5in) mounted in trunnions.    Was  £5  Now £3

5.53  CCL electric Motor in circular iron block, marked 240v. 50hz.  Possibly from a gramophone turntable. Looks new   £5

5.54  Unidentified heavy-duty Point Motor (Switch Machine) with spring return. With instruction leaflet, in an unmarked box.              £3

5.55  A few other assorted armatures    Each     £2.50

 

 

5.56  Meccano E20R Electric Motor.  20v. steady;  forward and reverse operation.  Black-crackle side plates.  Good.   £35

5.57B  Meccano E15R Electric Motor.   Late post-war version with uncommon grey crackle sideplates. Excellent condition, in original box.      £40 

5.58  Meccano E15R Electric Motor. 12v/20v. steady;  forward and reverse operation. . Black crackle side plates. Good   £35

5.59  Meccano No. 1 Clockwork Motor (reversing). Pre-war. Excellent nickel-plated side plates  £15

5.60  Meccano No. 1 Clockwork Motor (reversing). Pre-war. Nickel-plated side plates, some wear.  £12

5.61  Meccano No. 1 Clockwork Motor (reversing).  Pre-war. Dark red side plates (one side stripped to bare metal)  £14

5.62  Meccano No. 1 Clockwork Motor (reversing). Pre-war.  Blue side plates (both scuffed, one side more so).  £12

5.63  Meccano No. 1 Clockwork Motor (reversing). Pre-war.  Blue side plates have been cut down at top and bottom presumably to fit into a locomotive.      £8

5.64  Meccano No. 1 Clockwork Motor (reversing). Pre-war. Nickel side plates. Incomplete    £2.50

5.65  Meccano No. 1 Clockwork Motor (reversing). Post-war black crackle side plates finish. Lacks mainspring (I can possibly supply replacement spring). £2.50

5.66  Meccano 'Magic' clockwork Motor.  Black plates.   In original box.  £6

5.67  Meccano 'Magic' clockwork Motor. B Black plates. Without box     Qty. 3    Each     £4.50

5.68  Unidentified clockwork Motor mounted in a cast cage with integral rubber-tyred wheels on an axle.  Transmission is via a large toothed gear ring.  Length 4.5in (11cm).            £19

5.69  Hammant & Morgan (Lesney) 'Matchless' Power Unit. 10v D.C. output.  (Issued with Minic Motorway slot-car systems). Mint.  Boxed   £5

 

Meccano construction systems

 

 

5.71B  Meccano Accessory Set No. 2A.  Red & green parts in excellent condition (not mint).  Re-strung into original box.  With manual dated 1956.                  Qty. 2 boxed sets    Each   £26

5.72  19b Pulley 3in., red, with tyre  Excellent      £6.50

5.73  19b Pulley 3in., red, with tyre. Scuffed)     £3.50

5.74  Rubber Tyre for 2in. Pulley 'Dunlop Cord'   £2

5.75  Rubber Tyre for 2½in. Pulley 'Made in England'      £2

 

 

5.76  169 Digger Bucket, grey.  Complete  SOLD

5.77  169 Digger Bucket, grey.  One repaired hinge         £18

5.78  162 Boiler, complete with ends. Grey.   Qty. 2      Each  £10

5.79  Axles - assorted lengths.  Bundles of 15/20.assorted.    per bundle    £1

5.80  Crank (stepped rod, without handle). Several..   Each £1

5.81  Crank handles - Bundles of 4 or 6, some with moulded handle.   per bunch  £1

5.82  Pulleys, Bush Wheels, Pulleys with tyres.  Pack of c20  assorted       £2.50

5.83  Tyres (1in. pulley). Pack of 10 or so    £1.50

5.84  Brackets. Pack of c30 assorted (rod/strip noted)   £1.50

5.85 Meccano - Tube of Graphite Grease. Mint, boxed. Uncommon, especially in this condition.                 Several   Each     £7.50

5.86  Cut gears, pinions, bevels, contrates, etc.  A small selection available. Ask for details or any parts required (note no scarce parts such as helicals).                                                           POA

5.87 Meccano Box Spanner               Qty. 4     Each   £3

5.88 Meccano Drift (for lining up holes through plates)    £3

5.89  Meccano 230 Rod with Keyway.   £2

5.90 Meccano nuts and bolts.    Pack of 25 of each    £2

5.91 Meccano nuts.            Pack of 50        £2

5.92 Meccano bolts            Pack of 50        £2

for other Meccano Magazines and literature, see separate Literature list.

 

Other constructional systems

 

 

5.96B  Dinky Builder (Meccano product) Outfit No. 1. Re-strung into original box. With manual. Excellent condition.  £35

5.97B  Premo 'Minibrix'. A mixture of brick red and cream contents, with two bases and two roof sections, in an original box.  The system which is plugged together in the style of more modern Lego.   Strong box, of which the lid is scuffed.  Made by Premo Rubber Co., of Petersfield, Hants.  (possibly associated with the VIP (Victory Industries) company.   SOLD. 

5.98  S.E.L. (believed) Saw bench (circular saw).  Black moulded pillar, chrome -plated bench.  £6                                                                                                                                                                               

Model Aircraft

5.101  Premier 'Merco' glow-plug Model Aircraft Engine 'Black Streak' Model No. 35.   In original box with all documents Unchecked as top completeness             £30

 

Other items

Tinplate and novelties

5.106B FROG plastic-moulded Aircraft Kit ref. F.165 Bristol 138/A altitude-record holder 'plane.  Appears complete with instructions in original box.        £15

5.107B FROG plastic-moulded Aircraft Kit ref. F.166 'Spirit of St.Louis', NX-211 with instructions, in original box  £15

5.108B  Astra 4-aspect Railway Signal.  Black pillar, green base.  In original strong box.  Good condition. £25

(an excellent booklet on the Astra models range is now available - price £12.50)

5.109  Yachts - Star, etc.    A small selection, details to follow                    POA

5.110  GDR-made plastic-moulded Yacht.  Red hull with removeable centre weight, blue sail with No. GO17     £6.50  

 

 

5.111  Hornby Speedboat No. 4 'Fast Patrol Launch'. Identity mark PL1. White hull, two red cabins. Generally good.  Lacks deck fittings (rails, ventilators, flags, etc). Warped plastic motor cover.        £20

5.112B  Hornby Speedboat No. 3 'River Launch UNA'. Red hull, cream deck, twin cockpits with blue seats. Lacks windshield and deck fittings.  Rudder wheel broken and rudder requires re-fixing at stern.  In original box  £25

5.113  Child's Squeezy Toy with whistle, depicting 'Buzby' the one-time telephone company mascot    £7.50

 

 

5.114  Novelty Locomotive, clockwork, red/blue, trade mark GLT.  Runs in slot on 'egg-timer' tinplate track.          £20

5.115  Rossignol Floor Train. Tinplate.  Red/black, with tall chimney, No. 6000, named 'France'. No tender.  Some distress.   £395

 

 

5.116  Walt Disney 'Hoop-la' - 'throw the rings at the Disney characters' game. Rings to be lodged on their noses.  In original box (modern issue)    £10

5.117  Police Telephone Box ('Tardis') forming a money box.   Height 6½ inches (16.5 cm)       £4.50

5.118 Tie-Pin or Brooch, with 'Peugeot' Lion Rampant design (silver on black background), on gold striped strip     £1.50

5.119  Great Western Railway, Swindon Works 'Pay Tally', brass disc.  Genuine original.   £7.50 

5.120  Dan Dare’ Clock novelty. Crafted in plywood and fully painted in appropriate colours. Dan stands in a defiant posture in full space kit. Behind his head are Saturn’s rings into which is fitted a working clock.  Stands approx. 30in. (76cm.) high.  £40

(for other Dan Dare material, see Section 6 and ask for special Eagle list)

 

5.121 Civil Defence - Qty. 6 Arm Bands from the Post-World War II period. Yellow with blue inscription and crown crest.    Each £4               Lot  £20

 

 

5.122  'Full-size' Ventriloquist's Dummy.  In the style of a 'cheeky boy'.  With operating mouth, etc.          £25

5.123  A.A. 'Frisbee' boomerang 'whizzer'.  Marked 'We're all you need to know'.   AA yellow    £4.50

5.124 Souvenir small cast brass plaque from the canal system, worded  'Swan Line - Fradley Junction 1970-1980'.    £1.50

5.125 Embroidered Banners, with slogans in German. Approx 24 inches (70cm) length, 2½ inch (7cm) width.          Qty. 4     Lot   £5

5.126  Replica Railway Company Notice: GWR 'No Waste or Shavings....'   Metal plate, with black lettering on white background.   9½in. x 4½in.  (24cm. x 11.5 cm)    £5

5.127  Replica Railway Company Notice: Great Central 'When answering public telephone calls.....'.  Metal plate with yellow lettering on light blue background.  9¾ inches x 7½ inches (24cm. x 19cm)  £6

5.128  Wooden pull-along Dog, on 4 rollers   £5

5.129  Commercial Motor Vehicle grille plate 'Intercooler'.  Length 12.5 in (40cm). Embossed aluminium block lettering on black background.    £3.50

5.130  Original roller ‘Blind’ from railway or underground front panel.  Numbered 0-9 white on black, also with red and white panels.                      £8

5.131  Cuff-link commemorating Canada 1867-1967.    £1

5.132 Miniature locomotive nameplate 'Green Arrow'. Cast metal, finished in gold on black background.  Length 6.5 inches (16.5 cm)   £5               

Card Games and other puzzles

5.136  Pepys ‘Riders of The Range’ Complete set of 44 cards with instruction booklet in original carton, which is a little distressed.  £27

5.137  Pepys ‘Riders of The Range’ Complete set of 44 cards (including some replacements) with instruction booklet in a replacement of the original carton, with all graphics.    £15

5.138  Card Game ‘Flight’.  Charming picture cards depicting scenes from the early post-war years of international air travel with romantic-sounding destinations such as 'Tripoli'.    Boxed, with instructions   £15

5.139  Card Game 'The Famous Five'.  Complete set of 44 cards with instruction booklet.                 Boxed   £20

                               

JIG-SAW PUZZLES

Note: I can provide lists of all GWR and Good Companion jig-saw puzzle numbers and titles on request

5.141  Chad Valley for Carter Paterson wooden c200 piece Puzzle 'London Highways'. Complete in original book-type box.    One of the most scarce puzzles    £75

5.142  Chad Valley for GWR wooden c150 piece wooden Puzzle 'Cornish Riviera Express'.  Complete with one replacement piece.  In original box (buff label). Supplied with GWR booklet 'The Literature of Locomotion'      £35

5.143  Chad Valley for GWR wooden c150 piece Puzzle 'Cornish Riviera Express'.  Complete with one replacement piece.   In original box (black label)       £30

 

 

5.144  Chad Valley for GWR wooden Jig-saw Puzzle 'King George V' locomotive, shaped to profile.  Complete, boxed    £50

 

 

5.145  Chad Valley for G.W.R. wooden puzzle No. 2243, ‘A Cornish Fishing Village’. Delightful painting by S.Clarke Hutton. Believed to be Bodinnick, near Fowey.  150 pcs.  Complete, in original box.    £40

 

 

5.146  Chad Valley for G.W.R. wooden puzzle No. 3040. ‘Historic Totnes’. Charming view looking towards the renowned East Gate arch and clock. Artist: Claude Buckle.  c200 pieces. Complete with original box.  (available in choice of box - either with scroll or monogram GWR lettering)                       £40

5.147  Chad Valley (for G.W.R.) wooden Puzzle 'The Romans at Caerleon' . Complete in mediocre original slide-case box  £45

5.148  Chad Valley (for G.W.R.) wooden Puzzle 'St.David's Cathedral'.  Complete in original box.  £45
5.149  Chad Valley (for G.W.R.) wooden Puzzle 'The Model Railway'. Depicts a boy and girl in a seaside hotel room playing with a model train whilst 'the real thing' passes outside.  Complete. In original box which is scuffed. One of the rarer G.W.R. puzzles. £70

 

 

5.150  Chad Valley (for Cunard) wooden Puzzle, depicting liner being escorted out of Liverpool by tugs, many smaller vessels and the famous Liverpool sea-front depicted.   Excellent condition.  Not in original box           About 750 pieces.  £25

5.151  Chad Valley (for GWR) wooden Puzzle 'Oxford (High Street). Unusual puzzle in uncoloured line drawing form, causing extra difficulty in assembly!  Excellent condition in original box.   £45

5.152  Chad Valley for G.W.R. wooden Jig-Saw Puzzle 'Springtime in Devon - Fingle Bridge'.  Complete. In original lift-off lid box with 'black' label.    £45

5.153  Chad Valley c50 piece puzzle 'Our Sure Defence', depicting navy ships.  Complete, without box           £10

5.154  Waddington's circular Jig-saw Puzzle - Eagle Comic Characters.  Guaranteed complete.  Box slightly crushed.  £25

5.155  Waddington's Circular Jig-saw Puzzle - 'The Veteran Motor Car'.    2 pieces missing. Lovely puzzle, but difficult to assemble.    £3

5.156  Unidentified publisher: Modern jig-saw puzzle depicting a 1960s cinema exterior where youngsters are arriving in Mini cars to see ‘The Beatles’ film.  Difficult cut.  One piece missing.                   £5

5.157  'Air India' Jig-saw Puzzle. 5 small puzzles in a composite box, depicting various aircraft of the fleet. One puzzle is complete, others have pieces missing     £2.50

5.158   The B.R. Jig-saw Puzzle 'Saint Johnstoun' (60162). Over 400 pcs. Missing 2. Boxed     £1

5.159  The B.R. Jig-saw Puzzle City of London' (46245). Over 400 pcs. Missing 6.     £1

5.160  Tower Press: Eagle 'Riders of the Range' Jig-saw Puzzle 'Jeff Arnold Beats the Clock'.  4 missing. .With box        £10

5.161  Tower Press: Eagle 'Riders of the Range' Jig-saw Puzzle 'Jeff Arnold and the Double Cross'.  1 missing. Boxed      £15

5.162  Circus Jig-saw Puzzle in association with Bertram Mills: No. 2 'The Clowns'.  Incomplete puzzle, but in nice box with attractive and colourful artwork          £1.50

5.163  Tower Press 'Terminus' Jig-saw puzzle 'The Main Line Station'. Over 400 pieces, one missing. In good original box     £1.50      

5.164  Unidentified maker: 'Kittens and Puppies'.  3 attractive large-piece coloured  puzzles in one box   Each puzzle c40+ pieces.     £8

 

 

Badges and Buttons (other than Hornby)

5.166 Girl Guides.  Brooch fixing   £1.50

5.167 Airfix Modeller's Club. Enamelled metal.. Brooch fixing     £10

5.168  Badge - 'The Meccano Guild'   Tri-angular.   £15

5.169  Badge - A.A. Square type.  £10

see also 'Tie-Pin' and 'Frizbee' above

 

Stand-up Showcards

5.171  Stand-up Showcards (replica, in full colour):

(a) Boy holding 'Hornby ' placard  £5

(b) Boy holding 'Meccano' placard     £5

(c) Meccano - boy with giant Eiffel Tower   £6

(d) Hornby Trains - British and Guaranteed - depicts 6100 Royal Scot with Pullman coaches  £10

                 

Videos - see literature supplement for a wide range, railways and general entertainment.

 


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