Aircraft
Dinky have produced a number of aircraft.
Some of them are shown here along with diecast aircraft from other manufacturers. Early Dinky aircraft where numbered between 60 and 80. The newer numbering system put aircraft mostly from 700 to 740.
Corgi 921 Hughes 369 Police Helicopter
The Corgi Hughes 369 Police Helicopter . available in white finish. Corgi in detail...
Corgi 923 Sikorsky CH-54A Skycrane US army helicopter
The Corgi Sikorsky CH-54A Skycrane US army helicopter . available in olive drab finish. Corgi in detail...
Corgi 926 007 Stromberg Helicopter
The Corgi 007 Stromberg Helicopter . available in black finish. Corgi in detail...
Corgi 929 Daily Planet Jetcopter
The Corgi Daily Planet Jetcopter . available in red finish. Corgi in detail...
Corgi 931 Jet Ranger Helicopter
The Corgi Jet Ranger Helicopter .Cost 2.39 available in white finish. Corgi in detail...
Corgi Classics US50402 Fire and Rescue Helicopter
The Corgi Classics Fire and Rescue Helicopter . available in red & white finish at 1:50 scale. Corgi Classics in detail...
Corgi Junior 40 Army Helicopter
The Corgi Junior Army Helicopter . available in olive drab finish. Corgi Junior in detail...
Corgi Junior 78 Helicopter
The Corgi Junior Helicopter . available in white finish. Corgi Junior in detail...
Corgi Junior E2527 Kojak Car and helicopter
The Corgi Junior Kojak Car and helicopter New York Police available in bronze & blue finish. Corgi Junior in detail...
Dinky 60C Percival Gull aeroplane
The Dinky Percival Gull aeroplane Shown in the December 1934 Meccano Magazine.Cost 6d available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 60D Sikorsky S58 Helicopter
The Dinky Sikorsky S58 Helicopter . available in white finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 60F Cierva Autogyro
The Dinky Cierva Autogyro Versions with and without a pilot and various colours. available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 60G De Havilland Comet
The Dinky De Havilland Comet . available in red finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 60H Singapore Flying Boat
The Dinky Singapore Flying Boat RAF roundels, with a red plastic roller. available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 60R Empire Flying Boat "Cheviot"
The Dinky Empire Flying Boat "Cheviot" This model features the "Gliding Game" hole on top of the fuselage available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 60S Fairy Battle Bomber
The Dinky Fairy Battle Bomber early version made 1940 to 41. available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 60T Douglas Dakota DC3 Airliner
The Dinky Douglas Dakota DC3 Airliner . available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 62G Long Range Bomber
The Dinky Long Range Bomber . available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 62K The Kings Aeroplane
The Dinky The Kings Aeroplane . available in red &silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 62M Light Transport Plane
The Dinky Light Transport Plane . available in red, silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 62P Ensign Airliner
The Dinky Ensign Airliner Made with several different markings. available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 62P Armstrong Whitworth Air Liner
The Dinky Armstrong Whitworth Air Liner . available in grey and green finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 62S Hawker Hurricane
The Dinky Hawker Hurricane Wheels added in 1940 and fitted with a 2 or ltaer a 3 blade propeller. available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 62W Imperial Airways Liner Frobisher Class
The Dinky Imperial Airways Liner Frobisher Class FALCON G-AFDJ, pre-war model. The deHavilland DH91 Albatross (passenger version) had four 525hp Gipsy 12 cylinder engines and carried 22 passengers with a crew of 4. available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 62X British 40-Seat Airliner
The Dinky British 40-Seat Airliner . available in Blue/Silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 63 Mayo Composite Aircraft
The Dinky Mayo Composite Aircraft Mayo Flying Boat and Mercury Seaplane available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 63B Mercury Sea Plane
The Dinky Mercury Sea Plane There were two versions of this model. The pre-war version had "Mercury" on the nose. The Mercury flying boat was originally used to fly 'piggy-back' on the top of the Empire Flying Boat (Maja). available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 70a Avro York Airliner
The Dinky Avro York Airliner Renumbered 704 in 1954. available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 70c Viking Airliner
The Dinky Viking Airliner . available in silver & red finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 70d Twin Engine Fighter
The Dinky Twin Engine Fighter based on the Messerschmitt ME110. available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 70E Gloster Meteor Twin-Jet Fighter
The Dinky Gloster Meteor Twin-Jet Fighter Produced between 1947 and 1954 and renumbered 733. USAF markings with a star on one wing. available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 70F Lockheed F80 Shooting Star Meteor Jet Fighter plan
The Dinky Lockheed F80 Shooting Star Meteor Jet Fighter plan . available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 618 AEC Articulated Transporter and Helicopter
The Dinky AEC Articulated Transporter and Helicopter . available in olive drab finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 701 Short Shetland Flying Boat
The Dinky Short Shetland Flying Boat . available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 702 DH Comet Airliner
The Dinky DH Comet Airliner . available in silver white & blue finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 704 Avro York Airliner
The Dinky Avro York Airliner Renumbered from 70a in 1954. available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 705 Vickers Viking Airliner
The Dinky Vickers Viking Airliner renumbered from 70cCost 2/- available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 706 Vickers Viscount Airliner
The Dinky Vickers Viscount Airliner introduced in September 1956 and shown on the back of that moths Meccano Magazine.Cost 4/11 available in silver white and blue finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 708 Vickers Vicount 800 Airliner BEA
The Dinky Vickers Vicount 800 Airliner BEA shown on the back of the September 1957 issue of Meccano Magazine. Advertised in the August 1961 Meccano Magazine for 5/-.Cost 4/11 available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 710 Beechcraft Bonanza S35
The Dinky Beechcraft Bonanza S35 made in the 1960's available in red & white finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 715 Bristol 173 Helicopter
The Dinky Bristol 173 Helicopter Introduced during November 1956 and in production till 1962. Advertised in the August 1961 Meccano Magazine for 3/-.Cost 2/11. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 715 Beechcraft C55 Baron
The Dinky Beechcraft C55 Baron . available in white, red finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 716 Westland Sikorsky S51 Helicopter
The Dinky Westland Sikorsky S51 Helicopter Advertised in the may 1958 issue of Meccano Magazine. Advertised in the August 1961 Meccano Magazine for 2/9.Cost 2/6 available in blue, red finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 717 Boeing 737 in Lufthansa livery
The Dinky Boeing 737 in Lufthansa livery . available in white, white & blue finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 718 Hawker Hurricane MkIIc
The Dinky Hawker Hurricane MkIIc . available in camoflage finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 719 Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk II
The Dinky Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk II . available in green & brown finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 721 Junkers JU87B Stuka
The Dinky Junkers JU87B Stuka . available in Olive Drab finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 722 Hawker Harrier
The Dinky Hawker Harrier . available in blue & green finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 723 Hawker Siddeley H.S.125 Executive Jet
The Dinky Hawker Siddeley H.S.125 Executive Jet . available in blue & white, yellow & white finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 724 Sea King Helicopter
The Dinky Sea King Helicopter . available in white finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 726 Messerdchmitt BF109E
The Dinky Messerdchmitt BF109E Three colour variations are shown. Green with yellow wing tips, green with small yellow wing tips and finally camouflage. available in camouflage finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 730 Hawker Tempest II Fighter
The Dinky Hawker Tempest II Fighter .Cost 9d. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 731 Twin Engined Fighter
The Dinky Twin Engined Fighter . available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 733 Shooting Star Jet Fighter
The Dinky Shooting Star Jet Fighter Advertised in the August 1961 Meccano Magazine.Cost 1/3 available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 734 Supermarine Swift
The Dinky Supermarine Swift
Released October 1955 with a price of 2/-, reduced to 1/9 by February 1956 a price that remained throughout its production until production was terminated in 1962. Advertised in the July 1958 Meccano Magazine.
In 1953, the real aircraft held the world absolute speed record, 737.7 mph or 1,187km/h. The pilot was Wing Commander Mike Lithgow and the record was held for 8 days. The squadrons: 2 (1956), 4, 56 (1954) and 79 were equipped with Swifts. The aircraft first flew in 1948, but less than 200 were built out of an initial order for 497. The Swift was built as a replacement for the Meteor, but had problems with abrupt pitching and the reheat not working at high altitudes. These problems led to the Swift being grounded for periods, notably after one fatal crash. The plane never really saw action, although it was stationed in Germany during the Cold War, with the Mark 6 used for photo reconnaissance. In short, the Swift was not very successful, was never required as the fall back aircraft for the slightly slower Hawker Hunter and was largely replaced by it.Cost 2/-. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 735 Gloster Javelin Delta Wing Fighter
The Dinky Gloster Javelin Delta Wing Fighter Introduced in May 1956 and shown on the back of that months Meccano Magazine. Advertised in the may 1958 issue of Meccano Magazine for 2/6. Advertised in the August 1961 Meccano Magazine for 2/6. Cost 2/11 available in camoflage finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 736 Hawker Hunter Fighter
The Dinky Hawker Hunter Fighter Illustrated in the September 1955 issue of Meccano Magazine. Priced at 1/9 in the February 1956 Meccano Magazine. 2 1/2 inches wing span.Cost 2/- available in camoflage finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 737 P.IB Lightning Fighter
The Dinky P.IB Lightning Fighter released in September 1959 and shown inside the front cover of that months Meccano Magazine price 2/-. Advertised in the August 1961 Meccano Magazine for 2/3.Cost 2/- available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 738 DH110 Sea Vixen Fighter
The Dinky DH110 Sea Vixen Fighter Released in November 1960 and shown in that months Meccano magazine.Cost 2/11 available in grey finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 745 Bell Army Helicopter
The Dinky Bell Army Helicopter . available in olive drab finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 997 Caravelle SE210 Airliner
The Dinky Caravelle SE210 Airliner Introduced in January 1962 and advertised on the back cover of that months Meccano magazine. Marked "Air France"Cost 9/6 available in white finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 998 Bristol Britannia Airliner
The Dinky Bristol Britannia Airliner Release in April 1959 for 9/6 with a wing span 8-7/8in. advertised in the January 1960 Meccano Magazine.Cost 9/3 available in silver finish. Dinky in detail...
Dinky 999 Comet Airliner
The Dinky Comet Airliner Illustrated in the November 1956 Meccano Magazine.Cost 6/3. Dinky in detail...
French Dinky 60D Sikorski S.58 Helicopter
The French Dinky Sikorski S.58 Helicopter
French Dinky introduced the fourth model in their aviation series during May, 1957. However, the Sikorsky S 58 helicopter, 60D, was only advertised in the Meccano magazine from June in the same year. 87mm diameter rotor-blades surmounted the aircraft’s 80 mm long cabin, decorated in the silver, white and blue livery of Sabena, the former Belgium national airline. The model cost 290 old francs, about 6/-. It was renumbered 802, in 1959, shortly before it was withdrawn.
Produced by Igor Sikorsky’s ‘United Technologies Corporation’, the Sikorsky S-58 was the last of its type, piston engine driven. Originally built for the US Navy, it first flew in 1954. Built under license in the UK by Westland Aircraft from 1958, it was known as the Wessex. Subsequent helicopters were powered by turbine engines.
Sabena, (Societé Anonye Belge d’ Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne) was the Belgium national airline from 1923 -2001. The company specialised in long-haul flights to Africa, but used the Sikorsky S-58, between 1956-1963, to ferry passengers and freight between Brussels, Paris, Rotterdam, Bonn and other major cities in the region. In 2001, Sabena went into bankruptcy, following the demise of Swissair, who owed the Belgian carrier a considerable sum of money, estimated about £84 million. Parts of the business were taken over by SN Brussels Airlines, which subsequently merged with Virgin Express.Cost 290 old fr available in white finish. French Dinky in detail...
French Dinky 64A Amiot 370
The French Dinky Amiot 370 . available in silver finish. French Dinky in detail...
French Dinky 64B Bloch 200
The French Dinky Bloch 200 . available in silver finish. French Dinky in detail...
French Dinky 802 Sikorski S.58 Helicopter
The French Dinky Sikorski S.58 Helicopter . available in white finish. French Dinky in detail...
Lone Star ? Pan American Airways Boeing 707
The Lone Star Pan American Airways Boeing 707
There were five aircraft made by Lone Star, in the Series Aircraft of the World, made during the 1960-70's.
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They all came in blue cardboard boxes with a typical B-707 Jet shown on all, but inside the plane could be different, and the type shown on the side of the box. The features of each plane were shown under the fuselage and wings. Each box contained decals and transfers to be placed on each plain silver finished cast model, including paint. Other models came completely factory finished. There were no numbers assigned to each plane which were:
- Pan American B-707 passenger jet
- BOAC Comet 4 passenger jet
- British Commonwealth Bristol Britannia propeller plane
- Air France Sud Aviation Caravelle 210 passenger jet
- Aer Lingus Vickers Viscount propeller plane
Matchbox Superfast 75D Helicopter
The Matchbox Superfast Helicopter Made in England (Black Base), Made in China (Red Base). available in white & red, silver & black finish at 1:110 scale. Matchbox Superfast in detail...
Nicky 708 Vickers Viscount 800 B.E.A.
The Nicky Vickers Viscount 800 B.E.A. marked (BEA) G-AOHL (1969). Issued in two known variations: White, black & metallic silver fuselage with metallic silver wings and another with red wings. All with call letters: G-AOHL. Rare, red winged model shown. The Nicky box shows red winged model. Also, see clearly defined, "Made in India" on bottom of wings. available in silver, white balck & red finish at 1:144 scale. Nicky in detail...