FIVE FUNNY MEN AGAIN

 Sometimes I spot things I haven't seen for ages.

Years ago we had a brush with Five Funny Men and blog friend Paul Vreede wrote a great article on MB.

Well browsing Spain's Todocollecion I saw this Juguetes 73 [Toys 73] catalogue.

Inside were, well, those Five Funny Men again.

You can see them here on the right, at least three different sets of the plastic outstretched fellows.

Did you have or do you have any Five Funny Men.

Tyred old Story!

Hey there, I'm loving this restoration lark that's going around at the Moonbase these days... I'm using my 3D printer to replace missing parts or even make parts where none existed before!

 A case in point, my Edai Grip Joe's Car never had tyres, just bare chrome wheels. I modelled and printed up some suitable tyres in a flexible resin. 

I suppose I could have found some neoprene O rings that would have done the job -but where's the fun in that?

Keep on bodging! 

 Looey in Oz

Watch "THE BATMAN, but with Goofy Batman" on YouTube

Hi Woodsy I've yet to see the new Batman movie but I would gladly pay double to see this version,  hilarious!!

Regards 

MJ Southcoast Base 

LINK 

It's all a bit Sketchy

 Some more of my downtime sketches.

Have you any?

Klaus Buergle's Nuclear Ferry on Walmart's Rocket Colouring Book

Have a look at the cover of this colouring book from Walmart. 

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Rocket-Coloring-Book-Space-Book-Toddlers-Gift-Granddaughter-Perfect-Color-Together-Spacecrafts-Spaceships-Rockets-Shuttles-Starfighter-Aliens-Colorin/154896182

Its the nuclear ferry painted by an artist who featured on Moonbase Central over a decade ago, the great Klaus Buergle.

https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2010/03/back-to-future-with-german-space-artist.html

Klaus's art is simply wunderbar. Sadly Klaus himself died in 2015.

THE CRUNCHY CRUSADER

Arto sent me this message last month: 

"Here's my latest Batman find, a Hahne Batman cornflakes container from 1989 - a tie-in with the Tim Burton Batman movie. Quite impressive at 32 cm in height.

I thought these would be common and sold massively in Western Germany where Hahne cornflakes were manufactured. To my surprise this container seems to be a scarce occurrence, at least on the internet.

The sticker on the back has text only in Finnish and in Swedish, which would suggest this was aimed for the Finnish market only. However, that would seem quite unlikely as the market is fairly limited for such a special product."

What do you think readers?

STAN AND OLLIE IN A JEEP

Hi

The subject of Laurel and Hardy, and their vehicles, recently came up. Here is the only model I have, showing the pair in a WW2 US Army Jeep. It is a die-cast model, by a short-lived company called Gate. They mostly did modern sports cars, but there was also a Jeep. 

This came as a standard WW2 US Army vehicle without figures. There were also some Star Car versions, with plastic figures. Comic strip character Beetle Bailey, and two versions of Laurel and Hardy. 

In either normal suits, or dressed as US Navy sailors (but still driving an Army Jeep). The models were available in both 1/32nd and 1/18th scales.

My example is in 1/32nd scale, and has Oliver Hardy at the wheel, with Stan Laurel in the passenger seat. There are a couple of plastic suitcases in the back.

Paul Adams from New Zealand

FISN 'N' CHIPS AMERICAN STYLE

Hi Woodsy.

Admittedly, Fish and Chips are a little different in the States as you might be used to.

Rarely does it show up on restaurant menus, save for a few Irish- style Pubs, but I still crave the combination of fried fish and potatoes this time of year.

My ingredients come from the freezer and they are cooked in an Air Fryer, making the dish a little bit healthier.

I like a little melted butter and a splash of lemon juice on my fish.

How do you guys like yours readers?

Bon Appetit!-BrianF NJ USA