POOLS VERNE: NEMO'S RC NAUTILUS

Wow! This RC Nautilus model by Essential RC really does submerge! Check out this clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB1cPRzpLsk

What do you think?

MANY TANKS

 Its very military but it reminds me of a Gerry Anderson filming set! Check out this RC display on RC RC RC.

See what you think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl6eE7SvqHk

BRINGING BACK SOME TRIK-TRAK

 The Missus and me have been on our first post-Easter rummage ramble today.

There were some highs and some lows.

The lows were waiting an hour for our ordered lunch in a cafe, after which we cancelled and left; the cost of parking going up to 90p for two hours and some stuff in one antiques joint way overpriced, namely a Galaxy Warriors Lion figure at £40 loose and 2 loose Tonka Supernaturals with a pile of accessories at £30. No chance.

The highs: we got the last 60p car parking slot and picked up a few nice bits, namely some cute vintage matchboxes [still full of matches!] and a tin the Missus loved for £4 the lot.

Some cheapo Timpo-style Western figs and a couple of dinos for a Squid.

4 loose Hot wheels for £2 at a craft/ second hand market; pink Double Demon 1988, yellow Megadestroyer 1982, 2002 Super Chromes Dodge Van reissue and to make up the 4, Wild Thing 2002.

Catch of the day had to be this 1960's Triang/ Transogram Dare Devil Trik-Trak boxed set for £8. It looks complete and the box is huge. Maybe a few rips, scuffs and biffs to the box and parts but it looks great. To be road tested later this week. Is this a toy you had readers?

I did walk past life-size kids' 2003 Jakks WWF Wrestling belts in a charity shop, two of them for £4. Maybe I should have got them. Oh, and I passed a huge black RC Dodge Charger monster car from Fast and Furious [no remote] at £3.

All in all, a decent West Yorkshire stroll.

Have you picked up anything of late? Pictures welcomed!

REMOTE STAR

 

Another Star Cruiser I like is this space car by Reel.

Its got that real sleek look that catches the eye.

Its remote control too.

Is this something you would have liked under the Christmas tree?

REMOTELY CONTROLLED IN THE WINDY CITY

I dunno, there's just something about this Italian vintage toy Chicago police car by Ellegi. Seen online, I think its the overall shape and Dick Tracy-style graphics that appeal to me.

There's a feel of Blade Runner about it too.

Is it based on a real Italian car?

COCKTAILS ON THE UPPER DECK!

 I'm currently off work with a stinker of a summer cold, so to keep me on an even keel in between sneezing fits I've been touching up my new but incomplete Nikko Fire Boat.

Ever the bodger I've looked for low-tech kitchen-drawer solutions to missing parts and hey presto, we have ...... operation cocktail stick [I prefer that to toothpick!]

They were very easy to cut to size and glue in position!

After testing a red sharpie and a red paint pen I opted for the paint pen and set to work painting the new wooden stick rails.

A little new chroming on the water canon and a bit of general spit and polish and we're ship shape.

What do you think?

I may add a thin coat of PVC glue to the new painted rails to give them a more plasticy look but that'd be icing on the cake. I could actually use icing! ha ha

Without a remote I can't test it's motor but for now the refurbed Fire Boat will be in dry dock.

As an aside, venturing into the attic yesterday I found one of the very first bits of toy bodging I ever did, probably 30+ years ago. Its a Beatles Corgi Yellow Sub periscope made from Fimo. It looks awful but it was a lot of Fab Four fun at the time! A true relic from my early thirties, I was amazed its still around.

Hope Tony's Fimo Dredd doesn't Judge it too harshly!

NIKKO FIRE BOAT RESCUE ATTEMPT

 I picked up this Nikko Fire boat at the weekend, a bargain at £4.

There is some damage; the windscreen is partly missing, there are missing red handrails and there's no remote control.

I thought I'd have a 'crack' at the damaged windscreen. After removing the glue holding it in I filed down the jagged edges of the split.

Placing the filed screen on it to measure up, I then cut out the 'missing' corner-side from an old plastic lid [don't tell the Missus!]

The new parts were glued in position and the whole screen was put back into place on top.

Nor perfect but it'll do!

Next up, the missing red rails.

HALT! EPOCH RAUMSCHIFF TAXI

I saw this on auction recently, a neat German flying space taxi. have you seen anything like it readers?

Batman's Custom Ford F100 Animatronics by Danny Huynh Creations.

https://youtu.be/v13pIv0hKdQ

Not my work this time, but leaps and bounds ahead of anything I could do!!

What do you think?

Regards

Markybats

Southcoast Base

UNIDENTIFIED FLOATING OBJECT

This RC amphibious truck by You Tube's RC Modders is just fabulous and very UFO! What do you think?

THE HORNET AND THE SCOUT

Whenever I see a yellow plastic plane I'm reminded of my Scout 2.

Here's such a plastic plane on the 3D printing platform  Thingiverse https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4783409

The R/C Delta Hornet Owl by OwlPlane.

I've stitched together two of the pictures to make it easy to see; what a sleek neat craft!

By comparison here's my beloved Project SWORD Scout 2, which I adored as a kid.

Any similarity ends there though if any at all! 

The Scout 2, being one of the three smallest SWORD toys, could fit on your palm, whereas the 

Hornet Owl is huge! Have a look at the assembly video on the maker's page. How cool is that!

There's a design video and test flight video too, both on the Thingiverse link at the top.

Have you anything like this?

RC BLACKBIRD SR71: I MEAN WOW!

Holy Blackbirds! Check this out! Now just imagine if that was in Tri-ang SpaceX livery!

https://youtu.be/XHmL_My0_A4?t=123

RADIO CONTROL SPV

 I didn't realise that there was a radio control SPV toy available. Here's a short video by Gadget Labo showcasing its looks and insides. There's a size comparison with the C21 SPV too I think. The radio controlled action is at the end.

Anyone got one?

Large Scale Remote Control Chinook

Hi

I thought you would enjoy this incredible large scale Radio Controlled Chinook being flown indoors, at an event in Germany. Sorry, no background information, but it looks as though it might be plastic, so I assume a commercially produced model ?  Really beautiful.

 

SUPER BIG RC HELI BICOPTER CHINOOK I 2. PLACE ON TV I Boeing-Vertol CH-47 I INTERMODELLBAU I - YouTube

Paul Adams from New Zealand

REMOTE CONTROL ATV: JOE 90 WOULD HAVE LOVED IT!

MJ from Southcoast Base kindly sent in this cool clip from YT showing a nifty remote control ATV with tracks.

What do you think?

It sort of reminds me of the tracked A14 which appeared in Joe 90 TV episode Attack and Destroy as seen on this You Tube clip too.

Wonder if Dinky ever considered it?

              

RC 3D PRINTED FUTURISTIC SUB

I liked this R/C sub on 3DPrint. Com. Its 3D printed and reminds me of those cool Imai toy subs from the Sixties.  It would have sat well on the Thunderbirds set too! https://3dprint.com/72631/3d-printed-rc-submarine/ 

What do you think?

image; 3Dprint.com

ONE FOR PAUL A: REMOTE CONTROL JACKKNIFE TRUCK FROM NEW ZEALAND!

What a truly amazing and articulated toy in one cool TV ad from New Zealand's Toyworld toy store.

SPACE AGE RAY-GUARD X-2 BOX LINK

Looking at the Space Age Toys r/c toy I posted this morning I realised I'd seen part of the box art before.

Its the astronaut top left covered with a price sticker. He's beaning a ray at the toy.

Well here's that astronaut again on another space toy, which some of you may have, the Ray-Guard Spaceship X-2, a blue Thunderbird 2 clone.

The only picture I can find of this appeared here on Moonbase in 2009, here right. You can just see the astronaut with the beam of light on the box.

I wonder what the connection is between the two toys? Are they the same maker? They share the same light-control technology [what does trig and turn action mean?]

Has anyone got the Ray-Guard X-2?

AN UNUSUAL SPACE AGE TOY

There's a few interesting old toys in this old auction at Tooveys in 2012.

Most unusual is the "Space Age Toys" battery powered remote control spaceship bottom left. Its a toy I don't think I've seen before. Its a pity there wasn't a picture of the toy itself on the auction site. There's a strong hint of a Willy Ley design, the Passenger Rocket. Do you agree?

Is this a toy you know?

There's also a Tomy Space Climbing Mobile, which we've featured before and is a favourite of Wotans.

There's also a Saturn space tank by Anker of the former East Germany [DDR], which I've got at Moonbase as well.

Do you like any of these toys auctioned?

NIKKO FLEX MOBILE AFRICAN SAFARI TOUR 1984

Keep coming across this in a couple of variations. Its one cool remote controlled tracked vehicle toy.

You got one?