TARHEEL TOYS

My US Tarheel toys collection:

SWORD, helicopters, Novas and Big Boy race cars.

Does anyone else have any Tarheel toys or the similar Durham toys

SUPPLY FORCE MERCURY: LARGE SPACEX SCRATCHBUILD BY KEVIN D

Hi folks,I have finished another Spacex replica (a record for me, it took ten days!). This one being my attempt at 'Supply Force Mercury'. It is made from some tubing I had around, plasticard, milliput, part of an old kit of the Liberator from 'Blakes 7' and other random parts. Hope you like it.

take care,

Kevin

The Return Of Scoop

Just got back from a few days of R & R up the Smoke so I thought I'd better do a bit of catch up.

Not had chance to check out Wote’s new story yet but it’s on the agenda. I see Rocket Punch has reached a 5000 mile service - that’s a lot of hits, nice one William. The Sword Annual post by Woodsy also pricked my interest. (b.t.w. Ed, don’t bother with a Thunderbird annual from the nineties - stick to the sixties ones! )

Anyway, back to the return of Scoop. First off I thought I’d share a few of my snapshots with you.

 

This is a view from Westminster bridge showing a corner of the London Eye. It certainly is a colourful city at night - The future is now!

We came across a good natured and peaceful demo in Trafalgar Square. As it was November 5^th loads of people were getting ready to recreate the climax from the film V For Vendetta and march towards Parliament - Now you don’t see that everyday.

If anybody is interested they didn’t actually blow the Houses of Parliament up, although the authorities weren’t taking any chances judging by the police presence.

The Science Museum was a must for me, especially the Space section.

We bought a couple of souvenirs to remind us of the trip. A lovely snow globe showing a London bus.

And I couldn’t visit the capital without buying these two Moebius Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea kits! I’ve been meaning to pick up these kit’s since I did that post on Voyage a while back and when I saw them in a London model shop I thought why not!

 

All in all, it’s a great city full of great things and great people - they even named a shop after me!!

Wotcher!

Space Patrol 1 / Space Command Art

SpaceX Space Patrol 1

[US version called Space Command]

original design of the 'Guardian' by Ron Turner

Dr Who's Daleks, TV21 #92 1966

[top two images Bear Alley Blog]

 

XT40 design by Malcolm Stokes,

Countdown #27, 1971

[image courtesy of Scoop]

[Read more on GACCH]

Above and below:

Space Command art by Nyrath 2011

[Flickr 2011]

Any more art?

Saturn Probe is Go!

The Heimdall is ready to break orbit this evening, courtesy of Celtica Radio and Dave Carringtons show 'Squaring the Circle' at 8pm GMT.

Join me this evening at 8pm for the first of a two part adventure - 'Saturn Probe - Fire & Ice' as we journey to the edge of the Solar System with Tor Skarvald and the crew to encounter danger and excitement as the Heimdall nears Saturn.

Confidence is high.. countdown continues.

Moonship Hauler

AHI Super Space Plane and unknown tin truck

[images: space plane, Woodsy: truck, ebay]

Unusual Toy of the Week

Vintage Captain Scarlet Water Pump

Japan

Note the gold C21 label on the toy's side

Seen on Yahoo Japan

Batman on the Brain

Cartons, bread bags, card games: these are a few of my goodies from the batcave some years ago. The 1966 hanky I found in a box of tat in a charity shop. I've never blown my nose in it. The large Josman boxed Bat armour set I saw languishing on the clearance shelf at our local supermarket. It went straight in the shopping trolley! Everything else I got on Ebay, which is were they were all eventually sold on once again to grace somebody else's battic!