Lines Brothers acquired the rights to the Dinky name and created a short lived small scale line made in Hong Kong, some of the first wave of models farmed out for production. The first pancake is always a throw-away, and Lines Brothers learned some hard lessons about quality control. Whether that was their downfall, I can't say, but not long after the company folded, the rights to the Dinky brand passed to another holder, and some of the tools ended up with the Universal Group...in Hong Kong.
Mini Dinky models are notorious for zinc pest, and partial models are easy to find. Sad really, they are nice models for the size, some of which have not been covered by others (or not until recently). There is question among collectors whether some of the models were even made. Some exist only as prototypes.
The Mustang seen here isn't 100% accurate, but it is still a very nice representation given the era it came from, late 1960s.
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