Arto's Lincolns: the Batamaran and Catamaran

Woodsy

As a response to your Blog post, I'm sending you these photos of my pair of Lincoln catamarans.

 The Batamaran is a repurposing of their Air Powered Catamaran toy.

Arto

Helsinki Base

Boy Oh Boy! It's a Batman Toy!

 Imagine having to choose between these two glorious Lincoln Toys Batman wonders!

The magnificent Freez Ray Gun and the stupendous Batamaran.

How utterly superb.

I'd want them both!

Have you got either?

There'll be Blue Birds

 I had a gorgeous Comet speed boat as a kid, so I would have loved this Japanese Blue Bird. Not sure if it's a lot or a toy.

Do you know it? 

Baking Boats

 Hello Woodsy

Here is your photo with the unidentified yellow boat ( bottom right) and mine (green and red) with my old Kellogg's cereal toys. All are baking soda powered.

Terranova47

USA

T in a Circle Cruiser

 Here's a nice T in a Circle Cruiser I saw online and new to MC I think.

Model number 377 W.

Could W mean window box?

And Little Brother is Here? Does that mean there's a big version?

Anyone know?

Syd Mead Cruiser

 Whenever I see a T in a Circle Cabin Cruiser like the one Will O sent in this week

I always admire the cool and colourful box art on the side

And immediately think of this fabulous Syd Mead artwork

Do you know of any art in this sort of retro futuristic vein? 

YONE JET

These Japanese Yonezawa jet boats look amazing!

Anyone got one?

Got any jet boats?

Rising from the Scrappers: A Tudor Rose Boat

A while ago in Rufforth I found a mucky toy boat. Ten bob later, the fixer upper came home.

It reminded me a bit of a plastic ship I had at Butlins as a kid, here in my little mitts far right.

A bonus was the maker, the mark, a tiny circle with the words, among others, Tudor Rose! 

Very grubby, missing most of its small bits and bobs and with a few bridge cracks too, I firstly gave the main hull a  good wash ....

I then glued the bridge supports and added a few oddments from my bits drawer. I couldn't find an original picture so I improvised. 

Good fun using my sea legs again, see what you think.

Have you any toy boats or ships?

Boy with his Boat

 

This is yours truly with a toy boat. Not sure what it is. I seem to think it was blue.

Butlins, circa 1964 or 5.

Kevin's Old Ships

I've been settling up another display cabinet and it has given me a chance to get stuff out of the loft that has not been on show for years. 

These are two model ships that I built well over 30 years ago. One is the Revell kit of HMS Victory, the other is a wooden kit of a fishing schooner.

Float on,

Kevin

UK

CLIM's CLASSIC PROPELLER SPEEDBOAT

This Spanish toy is really beautifully made I think. Sleek and glossy, it really looks the part of a super-powered propeller boat. I think its a CLIM toy.

The box art is superb too. The bigger picture has a hint of Batman to it!

I had something similar as a kid, the Comet.

Have you got anything like this?

Devonian Days

Today was our last full day in our old stomping ground, the South Hams in Devon. We lived in Slapton for six months in the glorious Spring and summer of 1987.

It's been a trip down memory lane for sure.

Here are a few snaps from today.

Plastic ferry. I used to have one. You?

Torcross. Unknown tank.

Torcross. D-Day Rehearsals.

Kingswear, islet of millionaires

Dartmouth Castle canon with a range of two and a half miles.

Unknown navy vessels.

Bayards fort, Dartmouth

Bayards. It's in my head they filmed part of the Onedin Line here. My Mum adored that old TV show.

A pedal car seen in a charity shop. £30.

Have you been to Devon?

THE AIRFIX MARY ROSE PROP MAKERS DIORAMA BY PAUL ADAMS

Every so often Max, from Max's Models, has a Group Build on a specific subject. This time it was Hollywood, in front of or behind the cameras.

I decided to build the Airfix Mary Rose sailing ship in 1/400th scale, but do it as a large scale movie prop, surrounded by Hollywood model builders. These are garage mechanics from various AMT and Fujimi accessory sets in 1/25th and 1/24th scales.

The room setting is a cut-down cardboard box, with sheets of coloured paper for the floor and walls. Then everything was laid out.

Now that the scene is done, I plan on finishing off the Mary Rose with all her masts, and adding the sails.

The model was painted entirely with acrylics (a very big thank you to Rob Craig for his excellent advice on sponge painting with acrylics, using make-up sponges - just avoid Tamiya brand acrylics). Detail work was done with a fine brush.

A word of warning regarding the decals. My recent experience with Airfix decals is that they look beautiful, but come off the model very easily.

Decal setting solutions may help, but I just used PVA glue. Apply this to the model, then add the decals, and glue them in place.

This was a fun project. It was also a rare chance to mix models of different scales, in order to achieve a particular effect.

Paul Adams from New Zealand

AHOY! SAILOR BUOY!

Ahoy mateys! I picked up this lovely little flat boat on Castleford's Thursday Market a while back, part of a job lot of small toy bits.

I had no idea what it was. The base gave some clues.

Some silver surfing later and voila!

Its the yacht off an obscure Tri-ang toy called Sailor Buoy!

This set, pictured is one seen on Ebay, was basically a table yacht blown around with a hair dryer! I wonder if it caught on with little landlubbers?

You can see it in action on You Tube with Phil'sWorkBench!

https://youtu.be/TKMusiTTOj4?feature=shared&t=172

What do you think?

Did you have a Sailor Buoy!?

WILL'S BOATS

My Victory industries turbine yacht and Vosper, along with an unusual Triang catamaran. 

Hope you like them.

Will O.

UK

ED'S BOATS

A couple of 'sleek' boats plying the waters out in The Cave:

-S&E (Japan) USAF Crash Rescue Boat R-3-A

-MPC No. 854 PT Torpedo Boat

-MPC Patrol Boat

-MPC Rocket Boat w/Radar Mast

-MPC Rocket Boat (yellow)

I have several more MPC PT/Rocket boats, but this'll do for now. 

Drying Out in Lost Wages

Ed B

USA