TERRANOVA47'S 3D PRINTED BATTLESHIPS

Last week when you posted Wotan's LEM you asked :

You could get anything 3D printed I imagine these days!

Have you got anything readers?

Well, yes.

Long ago I sold off my Tri-ang Minic Ships Waterline Models, as they were not of any great interest to me but then on eBay I saw a 1/1200 HMS Rodney, 3D printed.

To me that class of battleship defined the look and power of a battleship and in the listing it mentioned the company that designed the software for printing it, Ghukek's Miniatures.

I contacted the designer, paid $10 per design, sent them scale drawings of Royal Eagle and Crested Eagle.

I then arranged with the company that printed the models to provide them 1/1200 and 1/600 scales after getting the software from the designer.

Here they are. On the larger scale ones I replaced the masts with plastic to be thinner.

One shot has a Tribal Class Destroyer and a Flower Class Corvette as escorts.

Terranova47

USA

STINGRAY INFLATABLE

 Some photos of the Golden Wonder crisps mail-away Stingray Inflatable that appeared in 1965. The memorable comic strip advert, drawn by Ron Embelton appeared in several comics at the time, both in colour and monotone. The ads here are from TV Century 21, and Valiant. 

THE HOT WHEELS H2GO BOAT

One of MC's posts mentioned the Matchbox Seafire boat model from the 1970s. Hot Wheels do a rather similar model, called H2GO.

This is a twin-hull, twin-engined, twin-seat racing speedboat. Very low and sleek.

Only the white upper hull is metal. The black lower hull is plastic, with chromed engines and interior, and smoke-tinted windscreens.

Red and blue tampo-printed graphics. The model actually runs on four small wheels, hidden under the model.

The model dates back to 2008, and has © 2008, '16 Mattel on the underside. Made in Malaysia.

Four photographs

Paul Adams from New Zealand

ROB'S PUZZLE PAGE

Looking for something else yesterday I came across this fabulous website, Rob's Puzzle Page, dedicated to keychain plastic puzzles. Its an amazing menagerie of shapes, rockets, robots and characters. There's even Captain Scarlet's SPC and MSV in there! What can you see?

http://www.robspuzzlepage.com/keychain.htm#keycpeop

ED'S TRANSPORTERS: BANNER EQUIPMENT

Woodsy and Fellow Moonbasers,

Here's a couple of haulers from Banner. 

At 9.5"L they're quite small. Banner, like so many other companies back in the day, made their toys in every color of the rainbow and the haulers were no exception.

 The wheel stops on the trailer were meant to hold the tractor, but as you can tell I placed an earth hauler on one just to see what it would look like. 

I would really like to get the tractor/trailer in OD to go along with my other Banner Army vehicles.

From Fast Eddie's Used Car Lot

Ed

TV COMIC ANNUAL ANYONE?

 

Saw this old friend in a charity shop, an annual I had as a kid [I still have one].

There are lots of old TV characters on the cover.

Do you recognise them readers?

ED'S TRANSPORTERS: ALLIED

Woodsy and Fellow Moonbasers,

Over the years it's fair to say I've acquired a few transporters and haulers. 

It started with me trying to find something suitable to use with my 3-rail O-gauge trains, followed by Army vehicles to go with my Little Green Army Man collection.

 I deliberately avoided collecting the large-sized carriers like the stamped-steel behemoths from Marx, Structo, Buddy L, etc. 

Here's the first offering: a nice '50s era auto hauler from Allied measuring 9.5"L. This one has a small ramp to off-load the diminutive cars which are about 2.125"L.

From Fast Eddie's Used Car Lot

Ed

THE MEREHALL MISSILE CAR

I've always loved this little plastic Missile Car by Merehall [I think] ever since Bill Wotan posted it on the blog years ago.

Its got all the gear a cool Sixties space toy needed; huge front clear window, small radar, slick lines and a gobsmacking missile parched on top.

The box is just ace of spades too and I would have been drawn to it like a bee in a toy shop!

A rare bird, Google Search brought up just one more Missile Car, a green one in an old Saleroom lot.

Have you got anything like this readers?