Model Train Journal

Lou Caponi's LCCA Lake Shore Limited set runs under a malfunctioning signal:



Probably the nicest modern tinplate set in the collection, manufactured by MTH (Lionel Corp.) for LCCA. Lou did a great job on coming up with this.

I was watching an old episode of Midsomer Murders with the wife the other night, The House in the Woods episode, and I noticed that Barnaby trods on an old Dinky toy at one point while investigating a double-murder. Looking closely, I realized it's one I had as a kid (still have it):



Looks like he may have trodden on this one as well, lol. I've got a set of replacement decals for it; gotta go find 'em.

What's up?

Healey

Does that Dinky predate the Jaguar XKE?

The Bristol 450 was rolled out for 1953, campaigned by their factory team at Le Mans for a number of years. Jaguar didn’t introduce the E-type until 1961.

The Dinky Bristol 450 was part of their range (no. 163) from 1956-1960.

Thanks, Healey.

1953 original:



1954 model:





Reference: https://simanaitissays.com/2015/08/07/bristol-450-from-wind-tunnel-to-sticky-tape/

Crazy looking thing, wasn't it? Maybe its styling was the inspiration for the Batmobile. I seem to recall seeing photos of a roadster version as well.