tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post4460054693636546620..comments2024-03-29T09:24:51.598+00:00Comments on MOONBASE CENTRAL: The Splintered Fingers of ChildhoodWOODSYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-31729831277139104872018-03-12T17:46:19.617+00:002018-03-12T17:46:19.617+00:00Fab memories Lance. I love that, rain gutter regat...Fab memories Lance. I love that, rain gutter regattas. That HAS to be the name of your autobiography! I amazed that you had renaissance festivals in the US. What, knights in armour?WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237005016866918414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-66774282214864240232018-03-12T17:43:40.237+00:002018-03-12T17:43:40.237+00:00I'd never thought of that Kev. Don't engin...I'd never thought of that Kev. Don't engineers make models made of wood for creating machinery and wind-tunnel models? Maybe they don't need to last?WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237005016866918414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-40770368622685075622018-03-12T17:42:14.615+00:002018-03-12T17:42:14.615+00:00You have a history with wood Terran. I love the id...You have a history with wood Terran. I love the idea of your Dad making wooden toys with you. I wonder if that's a lost art form?WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237005016866918414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-21020192805805903492018-03-09T17:48:12.912+00:002018-03-09T17:48:12.912+00:00I had my scout knives so whittling was part of my ...I had my scout knives so whittling was part of my childhood. My grandfathers carried pocket knives and so did I. I still do. <br /><br />Most of my young whittling was making balsa wood boats, we called rain gutter regatas. Block of balsa, a balsa post, a file card for the sail. You'd have 2 gutters side by side, filled with water and puff to make your boat sail to the other end. I made a catamaran, complete with twin rudders, and destroyed the competition who all went with more traditional v hulls. Next year there were a lot of catamarans lol.<br /><br />Later years would find me and my friends making wood and pvc swords for forest combat shenanigans. Then staffs for renaissance festivals.<br /><br />Lancenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-23628591323438912952018-03-09T17:36:12.656+00:002018-03-09T17:36:12.656+00:00I seldom use wood to make anything as it changes s...I seldom use wood to make anything as it changes shape over time as it dries out. I did make a Planet of the Apes rifle in just the way you described!KevinDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-63146877720453082192018-03-09T17:29:53.166+00:002018-03-09T17:29:53.166+00:00Back in the 50's wood was available while Brit...Back in the 50's wood was available while British made toys were being exported. The result was a lot of WW2 compromise by fathers in making wood toys for or with their sons.<br /><br />I have fond memories of the fire station my Dad built me that I helped paint red. The many swords, guns sailing ships and yes those date box boats, mine were sometimes galleons sometimes tug boats with barges.<br /><br />For model train layouts there were printed paper sheets of building exteriors that you could paste on the front of a wood building made of balsa or plywood.<br /><br />Well into the 1960's Tri-ang toys combined metal, plastic and wood into their toys.<br /><br />Buildings from lolly sticks could take a long time to collect the building materials, these days I only have to go into an art/craft store and I can buy a pack of them. <br /><br />These days I use lolly sticks as a base for painting items. A photo will be sent.Terranova47https://www.blogger.com/profile/12417687209201322523noreply@blogger.com