CRUISIN' FOR A CHOOSIN'

 Further mental splashing in the wet stuff got me thinking about toy cruise liners.

Are there any?

I found this impressive mystery action cruiser from China. Complete with multiple decks and lights, it took me right back to getting my bump'n'go space toys in the 1960's! What do you think readers?

https://es.aliexpress.com/i/1005003183042771.html

I was also impressed with this model concept for a futuristic liner by design consultancy frog design I saw online [their image].

Its sleek curves and chestnut - cream colour scheme really do it for me! You?

For sleekness I still don't think you can beat the old Victory Industries Vosper Triple Screw Yacht model below, as used by the Century 21 modellers in Gerry Anderson's shows. Are there other boats and ships in Thunderbirds and the other Gerry Andersons?

Have you got a Vosper? Have you got a sleek boat or ship?

Are there any futuristic ships in TV shows and films?

THUNDERBIRDS AIR SEA RESCUE BOAT

Made from a toy Vosper boat, here's some info from Fandom about the cool Thunfderbirds Air Sea Rescue Boat.

https://thunderbirds.fandom.com/wiki/Air_Sea_Rescue_Boat

Has anyone got the Vosper toy?

fab birthday: the royal yacht: fab 2

The Queens Car, the sumptuous Phantom V Rolls Royce, now resides behind protective glass .......

 ....... on the Royal Yacht Britannia. Me and Missus MB visited it a few years back in Edinburgh.

Seeing it made me think of that other royal Rolls, FAB1, being stowed onto ....

... Lady Penelope's own royal yacht, FAB2.

You can read more about FAB2 on Thinderbirds Wiki.

The real FAB2 prop was a sizeable model when you compare it to C21 model-maker Peter Aston in this behind-the-scenes shot as featured in Derek Medding's brilliant 21st Century Visions book. It looks like a scratchbuilt wooden boat.

I always thought that FAB2 would have made a marvelous JR21 plastic toy in the style of their other Rosenthal Thunderbirds toys. 

A basis for the toy could have been a boat well known already to Thunderbirds fans, the Vosper triple screw express turbine yacht.

I have done a comparison so you can see what I mean:

And with a little messing with Paint here's a rough mock-up of a custom JR21 FAB2 and box! ha ha.

Has anyone got a Vosper yacht and a small FAB1 you could place on the deck?

Or even a Vosper yacht and a JR21 FAB1 together just for fun as I've no idea how big the Vosper is!

What do you think readers? Do you like FAB2 as a Thunderbirds vehicle?