THE COLLECTION

I collect die-cast automotive models, These are cars, trucks, military vehicles, tractors - in fact anything with wheels. I also collect supporting artifacts like loads for lorries, figures and buildings where they are contemporary with and relevant to the vehicles.

The core of my collection is the Corgi range from 1956 to 1983. However I do not collect things like Magic Roundabout and the cartoon tie-in merchandise. I thought long and hard about excluding all TV and film related cars, but the James Bond Aston Martin, the Monkeemobile and the Batmobile are so iconic and key to the history of Corgi in the 60's I had to include them. There are also sections for Huskies and Juniors together with some more modern items.

My Dinky collection is growing and it is based on a random list of favorites from the 'Great Book of Dinky' and any others that I see, like and buy. There was a fine period of modeling at Dinky in the early sixties, particularly the small British saloon cars like the Morris 1100 and Triumph Vitesse - in fact most of the Triumph range was featured. Anything from this period that I see I tend to collect. So, its an eclectic collection - if there is such a thing

My Matchbox collection has now become quite substantial and this interesting and complex brand has its own section subdivided into Lesney 1-75, post Lesney small scale, King-Size and Models of Yesteryear.

As regards condition - I like the model to be complete and undamaged if possible, but by no means do I insist they are mint, you need very deep pockets for a collection like that. I like the models to be in reasonable playworn condition, pre-owned, pre-loved and whole!

How to use the site:

The pages in the Corgi collection are arranged by year of release and list every model I want to collect. If there is a link I own the model, no link means I'm still looking. On most other pages I just list the models I've currently got. If you are looking for something specific use the search - it actually works very well. I'm happy for you to use my pictures for your own purposes - all I ask is an acknowledgement and a link back to my site.

Remember - wherever you are on the website - all the little pictures are clickable links

either to more information or to bigger pictures