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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.

Monday, June 8, 2026

E is for Eye Candy - Indian Animals

I shot this back in February at Sandown Park, I should have bought it really, but the images will have to suffice, just as you can't know everything, so too, you can't own everything, but you can have a damn good try at it!
 


A nice set of Schneider type semi-flats, hand-painted and tied into a tray, in the 'old school' fashion, and there were 33 previous sets! Box ticked; Karachi Industrial Works under two forms of lighting!

2 comments:

James Fisher said...

They are unique miniatures and quite lovely. A return visit to purchase, perhaps?
"Can't own everything", love it. We all who collect, for whatever purpose, try some version of that don't we?!
Best wishes, James

Hugh Walter said...

Definitely one of the great frustrations for me James, is not knowing what was produced (in any material) in places like India, Mongolia, China, even 'Suid Afrika', turns up non-Tria-ang, non-Pedigree, non-Hornby, non-Corgi stuff in dribs and drabs, there's a lot been totally lost! If the seller still has it I will grab it, I should have!

H