ED'S NOSCO MEN

Here's my set of three small (1 3/4" - 42mm H) spacemen, 

The grey one on the right here may be an unattributed Nosco item - or... any ideas readers?

As for the other two, I was perusing Kent Owen Sprecher's excellent 'Toy Soldier HQ Inc' website and found they (left and middle in the photo above) are Cracker Jack premiums made by Nosco in 1958.

and here's my Nosco Fire Engine. Hope you like it!

Ed B

Las Vegas

GARARA YAMAKATSU CARDS

These Garara Yamakatsu cards caught my eye on an auction. I saved the pics for the blog. I had thought the Japanese movie shown was The Green Slime but I didn't think so. Any ideas readers?

Anyone got the vehicles shown as kits or toys?

TOPPS CUSTOM CARS CARDS

I just found this set of 66 US trading cards featuring wild custom cars, some of which have been made as kits or die-casts. Some of them are film or TV cars.

Both the front and back are shown. By Topps, with copyright T.C.G. on the back, and Prtd. in U.S.A. According to the listing the set is from 1968.

https://tvmoviecards.com/products/hot-rods-topps-1968-george-barris-custom-cars-vintage-trading-card-set-of-67

Paul Adams from New Zealand

ROB'S SPECIAL IMAI THUNDERBIRD 2 BUILD

Woodsy,

Here at long last is my attempt to build the iconic Thunderbird 2, based on the 1/350 scale Imai model kit called “TB-2 Special.” Originally from the late 1960s I think, I managed to snag one of the 1995 reissue US imports by Imex on eBay about ten years ago.

This is one of those kits that took me twice as long as usual to assemble and paint, and looks half as good as my usual! This “Special” Thunderbird fought me all the way. I swear, some models do not want to be born! Speaking of swearing, I won’t even mention some of the horrible things I called this kit.

No weathering or panel line washes or any of that, just an out-of-the-box “New Toy” version.

Two of the telescopic legs broke during final assembly, and are wobbly as you can see. As a final insult, I neglected to carefully prefit the pod before painting, so it does not fit into the main fuselage! Thus, no “flying” pics...

Cool Excavator for Pod 6, though!

Rob C

USA

WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH!

 

They're running amok on the Moonbase film set!

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE BERING SEA

Hi Woodsy, as a quickie response to your recent Dunked post, here's something cobbled up with the finds of last weekend, let's name it 20,000 Leagues Under the Bering Sea!

Cheers 

Arto

Helsinki Base

THE FAIRCHILD REPUBLIC AFTI: 1970's AIRPLANE OF THE FUTURE

Here's the AFTI gracing the cover of the German flight magazine Luftfahrt International in 1978.

This Seventies plane stripped-down concept had so many Anderson chops its untrue. There's some Thunderbirds Wombat in there 

and especially a bit of Triang SpaceX's fabled Salvage Craft too!

You can even get a model AFTI on Shapeways!

and maybe even still this miniature Salvage Craft from the old Ravenstar Studios, although I'm unsure of they're still around

Have you got any of these models?

KEV'S MOVIE SCENES

Hi

A dinky and a corgi toy take on the 1950's martians!

The Spacex cricket encounters the Tycho monolith!

Cheers,

Kevin