Having given my Grandson, Junior, a few things over the years, it's always fun to spot them still in his room.  This Soviet watch was a ...

 This caught my eye. A large boxy toy rifle that reminded me of something else. I was thinking of my Action Man machine gun. Not that simila...

 This East German rocket truck caught my eye. The rocket has a Spacex-Nova-like look to it and appears to be decorated with the zodiac or co...

Paint tins were essential kit back in the Sixties. No self-respecting boomer would be caught without a tin tray of watercolours. And so it w...

  This tinplate roadster caught my eye. A Rocket Commander sports car. Made by EHRI of the GDR, the former East Germany. What do you think?

Merry Christmas to you and the rest of the Moonbase Central community! I thought you would be interested in this, the Soviet Union's Ily...

Hi all, Another of the kit history films from Max's Models on You Tube, this one covers early Soviet plastic aircraft kits...

  I love this Soviet toy I saw on auction. I think its by Bishkek and maybe called the Lenin. The simple angular canopy is just wonderful. W...

I love this Soviet moon rover I have in my old photo archive. There aren't any more details with it. It looks maybe metal as well as pla...

Like Wotan I've now seen Sputnik. I watched this Russian movie on Netflix last night and I really enjoyed it. I was excited beforehand a...

I saw this old friend again this year. Its a Soviet futuristic boat. About 10 years ago I used it as the cover of an online custom Proj...

This interesting. By Bart Hendrickx. The Spiral model is fabulous! http://www.bis-space.com/belgium/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bor-41.pdf

https://youtu.be/aT1s5s2LurM   so given that Major Matt Mason also had a semi robotic environment suit, which came 1st??  Regards  ...

Hey Woodsy, NASA has picked the final 3 lander designs for the Artemis Human Lander System. Some wonderful information from Scott Manley her...

I love this Soviet/ Bulgarian Mobil space truck by Straume on Ebay. There's just something appealing about its design. ...

Hi Woodsy, Your earlier piece on matchboxes made me remember how much I used to like matchbox labels- and there are some great ones on ...

Storm Kiara is raging outside here in Yorkshire so we've taken heed of the warnings and stayed in. Just browsing Soviet space art f...

I like this that I saw online. "Space Adventure" by New Ray. I have a feeling that this is the Soviet Mir space stati...

I love this Soviet painting. Not sure of its provenance. I saw it online. It appears to be a cute robot rover clutching a flowe...

Hi Woodsy! As per a comment I left on the PS blog recently, I thought I'd send along a few pix of Soviet Paper Rocket models, that I got...