LILLIPUT LANE PAINT CHANGE CHART 1985

LILLIPUT LANE COTTAGES PAINT CHANGE CHART 1985


COTTAGE	VN	DT	DT	MTHS	MTHS	PAGE
		INT	RTD	1ST PAINTS	2ND PAINTS	KOMAR
Acorn	84-1	07/84	12/87	7	34	1
Adobe Church		10/84	10/85	4	8	73
Adobe Village		10/84	10/85	4	8	75
Anne Hathaway	84-1	09/84	12/88	5	46	41
April	84-1	11/83	12/89	16	58	3
Bridge House	**	11/82	12/90	26	58	31
Burnside	82-2-3	11/82	11/85	26	10??	35
*Cape Cod*		10/84	10/85	4	8	77
Castle Street	84-1	12/83	12/86	14	22	37
Coach House	82-1	12/82	07/85	27	5	5
Coopers	83-1	10/83	03/86	16	13	43
Country Church		10/84	10/85	4	8	79
Covered Bridge		10/84	10/85	4	8	81
The Croft	** 84-1	07/84	12/91	7	58	7
Dale Farm	84-1	09/83	12/86	17	22	9
Dale House	84-1	09/83	12/86	17	22	11
Dove	84-1	09/83	12/88	17	46	45
Forge Barn		10/84	10/85	4	8	83
General Stores	84-2	11/84	10/85	3	8	85
Grist Mill		10/84	10/85	4	8	87
Holly	84-1	07/84	12/88	7	46	39
Honeysuckle	84-1	12/83	12/87	14	34	15
Lakeside House	82-1	02/83	04/86	24	14	17
Lighthouse		10/84	10/85	4	8	89
Log Cabin	83-1	10/84	02/85	4?	??	91
Midwest Barn		10/84	10/85	4	8	93
Millers	84-1	11/83	12/86	15	22	47
Miners	83-1C2	11/83	07/85	15	5	49
Oak Lodge	84-1	09/83	12/87	17	34	19
Old Post Office	84-1	01/83	03/86	25	13	23
Old Sch House	84/1	11/84	12/85	3	18	69
Red Lion Inn		09/83	12/87	17	34	63
*San Francisco*	84-1	10/84	02/85	4?	??	95
Stone	84-1-2	09/83	09/86	17	19	25
Sussex Mill	84-1	07/84	03/86	7	13	27
Thatcher’s Rest	83-3	09/83	12/88	17	46	65
Tintagel P O	84-1	09/84	12/86	5	22	71
Toll House	83-1	11/83	02/87	15	24	51
Troutbeck Farm	84-1	01/84	12/87	13	34	67
Tuck Shop	84-1	11/83	04/86	15	14	53
*Wallace Station*		10/84	10/85	4	8	97
Warwick Hall	84-1-2	11/83	12/85	15	10	59
William Shakespeare	84-1	01/84	07/89	13	53	55
Woodcutters	83-1-2	11/83	02/87	15	24	57

NOTES RELATING TO PAINT CHANGE 1985

I have shown the 1st Series, American Roadside, in bold italics, as it would almost be unobtainable for the Average Collector such as myself, to accumulate more than one example of each in the Series. Therefore as a practical exercise, I don't propose to include. In my opinion it will be impossible to compare versions in respect of weigh and paints. Given how strongly these are contested on E-bay, I believe that is would require substantial funding to be able to complete one example of this 13 piece series.

Obviously since I started this exercise back in 1996, a number of changes have occurred to my original theory, mainly as a result of the more recent publications which have drawn peoples attention to the many different variations which exist in the pre 1985 models. It had been my original theory that weight variations would have shown primarily in those pieces which were in production at the time of the changeover from Crystalcal to Amorphite, this has not proved to be correct, in so far as significant variations have been seen in the pieces in production in 1982/1983. Whether this is as a result of the Company experimenting with material changes, to improve with definition and strength, at that time or whether it was as a result of the base smoothing technique, which was done by hand on a large belt sander, we shall never know. I have had to change my version arrangement following the publication of THE POCKET GUIDE TO LILLIPUT LANE COTTAGES by MARSTON & GIBSON in 1998 and the subsequent editions.

For principle reference on this research it is necessary to refer to the COMPLETE COLLECTORS GUIDE by DAN KOMAR page 99/100 and the COTTAGES OF LILLIPUT LANE pages 21/22. Unfortunately this started out as a survey of the paint changes similar to that which I had prepared for the 1990 Paint Change. It will however throw up more questions than answers particularly in respect as to whether there is a cross use of new paints with old plaster or old paints with new plaster. It should also be remembered that two items marked **also occur in the 1990 Paint variation however as research continues, there are another six items as shown below, which now fall into this category. One particular anomaly in respect of a cottage is that of Burnside and may well be the reason for the movement of the back stamp on version 3. It would be interesting if any collector has all three variations and if these could be weighed on electronic kitchen scale or equipment of other such accuracy.

The cut off used back in 1996 is probably not as clean as was originally envisaged, research on pieces which have come to light since September 2002, suggest that some of those pieces introduced in February and July 1985, will show examples of pre and post 1985 paints. For example


St Mary's Church	Which was introduced in February 1985, one would expect to have only one colour version, not so, I have evidence of at least two variants.
Kentish Oast House	Which was introduced in July 1985 and retired in December 1990, where there are four known versions, however I would suggest that this may be as great as five, please see picture and comments for suggestion.
The Hermitage Version 1	Which was introduced in July 1985, one would have expected only one colour version, not so, I have evidence of at least two variants.
*April 1984*	One would have expected this piece to appear in post 1985 paints and material, recent evidences show it comes with both pre and post 1985 paints and material.
Ostler's Keep	Which was introduced in February 1985, one would have expected only the two colour versions, for pre 1990 and post 1990 paints. However I now have clear evidence that a pre 1985 paint versions exists.
Clare Cottage	Which was introduced in February 1985, again one would have expected this piece to show only the pre 1990 and post 1990 paints. However clear evidence now exists that there is a pre 1985 paint version.
Gulliver	Which was introduced in February 1986 and retired in December 1986, is shown here as a point of interest. As we know, he was introduced as a point of sale sign and comes in two versions, what we did not expect is that he would appear in different paints.

Following a few recent purchases from E-bay another problem area has arisen concerning the:-

LILLIPUT LANE BEIGE AND GREY DIPS FOR COTTAGES BETWEEN 1982-1985

Recent research as late as October 2005, has thrown yet another imponderable into the equation, please use the link above for full research to date. It has long been known that the early pieces from 1982/1985 were seen with different colour dips as shown in The Pocket Guide to Lilliput Lane Cottages, please use the links below.

As recently as April 2006, whilst restoring two early pieces, I noticed that the casting material on one was grey, whilst on the other it was beige. Subsequently I spoke with Viv Marston, co author of the Pocket Guide, who has learned that David Tate was not only experimenting with the casting material used, but also adding dips to the liquid prior to casting, which would be a plausible explanation for some dramatic colour changes I show on my we site. As we know the early records concerning these questions are sketchy and we are very much reliant on the memories of those involved with the company at it embryo stage. I don't believe, that we will ever know which cottages were cast with dip added or which of those were dipped in what colour. So the research will go on , pieces will be added to the list below on there merits.

Naturally I will leave it to you the surfers to draw your own conclusions.

The following are shown in the PG with colour variations-which I now believe are the result of beige and grey dips:-


Anne Hathaway	Version 1-1 and 1-1C1.
Dove Cottage	Version 1-1.
Miners	Version 1-1.
Sussex Mill	Version 0-1 and 0-1C1.

My research suggest that the grey dip examples can be seen in the following:-


Acorn	Version 1-1.
April	Version 0-1.
April	Version 1-1.
Croft	Version 1982-1.
Coach House	Version 1-1.
Dale Farm	Version 1-1.
Dale House	Version 0-1.
Dove	Version 1-1.
Draper	Version 1-2.
Holly	Version 1-1.
Holly	Version 1982-1.
Honeysuckle	Version 1-1.
Old Post Office	Version 1-1.
Oak Lodge	Version 1982-1.*
Stone	Version 0-2.
Stone	Version 1-1.
Stone	Version 1982-1.
Sussex Mill	Version 1-1.
Troutbeck	Version 1983-1.
William Shakespeare	Version 1983-1.
William Shakespeare	Version 1984-1.
Woodcutter	Version 1-1.

However in a number of cases sellers on E-bay could be forgiven, for selling, what they believe to be unpainted pieces, where in fact the pieces are either of grey dip or have been painted early in the day, before the paints become darker later in the day due to evaporation.

I have also seen a grey dip Coopers, but was out bid on E-bay at the both time!

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