Sailorman Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Recently I saw a post about grandchildren making models. This started me thinking. Does model making run in your family? It does in mine.This bus was built in 1938 as a toy for my father. It seats 6 children and the driver and is pedal driven. It is about 8 feet (2.4m) long and built of timber and metal sheet./media/tinymce_upload/5b5703fa7eb07b2d8483e30111e8b4fc.jpgMy father has followed in his footsteps and has built numerous large (1m), radio controlled wooden boat models such as the one below:/media/tinymce_upload/6b65c28a1fffea3a2ea9f31c9955a6ee.jpgHis masterpiece is the 1:4 scale Ford Model T which can seat 4 children and was built using timber and metal from an old washing machine. It is powered by 2 12 volt car batteries and 2 wheelchair motors an has 2 forward speeds and 1 reverse speed./media/tinymce_upload/44689e4b1bd5b21b508e6d170c26aa7a.jpgThen comes yours truely with my 1:600 ships: - this is the Airfix Ark Royal:/media/tinymce_upload/e603265f2d340aabd3417d257679bcce.JPGThen comes my daughter with her dinosaurs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 /media/tinymce_upload/9f34fc8ed32a372e8382aa2173cca9f7.jpgand finally my 3 & 4 year old grandsons!!/media/tinymce_upload/b1aef2092de6b42beb587345a86285e4.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Nice bus and Ford Model T replicas, Patrick Camilleri. I wonder id other road user's thought they were real vehicles, or not! 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 In those terms yes. No photos, but my father I know built pond yachts whilst still at school and again when my sis and I were old enough to play with them, my maternal grandfather built me a railway engine (about 8" guage from memory) and a garage, and my sis got a doll's house... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braille Dave Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Maternal Grandad was a pattern-maker, My dad has always made model railway stuff, with a brief-ish sojourn into radio control model boats. He now has a railway in the garden.I have always built models from about the age of 7, including a brief sojourn into model boats. And with a break from models, for about ten years. I ended my retreat in about 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Triggers Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 That bus and the tin lizzie are spot on! lovely old models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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