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The leading locomotive in the trio appears to be a GWR 4-6-0 'Castle' class. Incidentally,they are not trains,they are locomotives, the trains are the coaches or carriages they pull,
Hi Chris,
I don't know if this is the model you are thinking of, but Victory Industries produced a couple of model cars that were controlled by a long wire connected to the vehicle. Quite probably they were not the first to produce one, but I always lusted over a 'Victory' model...
Hello Chris
I remember a similar looking car, which also had a transverse wheel on the underside of the vehicle, but this one rotated continuously. The wheel was clear of the surface the car ran on, until the front wheels of the car became clear of the surface. The idea was to...
Does anybody remember the odd-looking bird that would continually dip its beak into a glass of water, I seem to recall it was called something like a 'dipping duck' ?.............................Mal
I remember seeing them demonstrated in Lewis's in the mid '50's, couldn't afford to buy one with my pocket money, they always fascinated me ................Mal
This thread has brought back some memories, because I went to Handsworth Grammar School from 1954 until, I think, 1959. I must be on the school photograph, I remember the photo taking place, and having a copy to take home ( did we have to pay for the copy to take home, I seem to recall we did )...
That appears to be the fuselage of a Fairey Battle , as Big Gee says above, a very inferior fighter / bomber of the early war years.................................Mal
I think the model shop in Burlington Arcade was called 'Kamco Models', or something very similar. I seem to recall being told it was staffed by some relative of Colonel Bowden, a very well-known modeller of the pre-war years. .......................... Mal
If I remember correctly, Hornton's had a model railway layout in their window that operated when a hand was placed on a sensor on the window. That was during the late '50's. I'm not sure how long this system was in operation..............................Mal
That's not a Ford V8 Pilot,I know because I've got one! It looks more like a late 1930's Chevrolet,looking at the radiator grille,split windscreen, and the shape of the headlights...…...........Mal
Yes, you're quite correct. Thinking about it I've a feeling the that van,which is a derivative of the Standard 8/10,was known as a Standard Companion, or am I confusing this with the later van,based on the Triumph Herald ?......Mal
Lovely motor Nigel, whitewalls an' all......……..friend of mine has still got his Mk 1 Zephyr Six, still uses it on occasion. Bet you wish you still had yours, or have you still got it ?............................Mal