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- 13:23, 21 December 2024 Category:Paddington Bear (hist | edit) [413 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Origin== The Paddington Bear character was created by Michael Bond for the children's book "A Bear Called Paddington" which appeared in 1958. In the books, the bear arrives at Paddington Railway Station, London after journeying from "Deepest, Darkest Peru". He is discovered with a sign around his neck that says "Please look after this Bear", and his adoptive family name him after the station. {{Teddybears}}") originally created as "Paddington Bear"
- 17:46, 30 November 2024 Category:Space probes (hist | edit) [50 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Planetary probes and deep space probes.") originally created as "Space probe"
- 12:44, 30 November 2024 Sea King Helicopter with Apollo capsule (Dinky Toys 724) (hist | edit) [3,788 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=0|Pic=Sea_King_Helicopter,_Dinky_Toys_724_(DinkyCat_1971-07).jpg|Date1=1971}} {{Dinky|724||Type=Plane}} A boxed blue and white model motorised '''"Sea King" Helicopter''' with winch, and '''Apollo space capsule''', Dinky Toys model no. '''724'''. The model has a hatch in the side for fitting an AA-size battery, which powers the main rotor. The helicopter also has a thumbwheel-operated winch, and came with a floating plastic CM|Apollo space p...")
- 23:57, 24 November 2024 Apollo 12 "Lunar Landing" (Dragon 560387) (hist | edit) [918 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=0}} A boxed '''Apollo 12 diorama, "Lunar Landing"''', made by '''Dragon''' (product ID '''560387'''). ==Contents== The set consists of the orbiting '''Command and Service Module (CSM)''', the '''Lunar Lander (LEM)''', the '''Surveyor 3 Lunar Probe''', Astronauts, an oval section of lunar landscape, and a chromed arm for suspending the CSM. ==Overview== Unfortunately, the Command Module (capsule) ''cannot'' be detached from the rest of the Command Service...")
- 17:45, 12 November 2024 Astra 1C satellite (contractor model) (hist | edit) [1,203 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=71|Date1=1988|Donor=Geraldine Banks}} A model of the '''Astra 1C''' satellite (the third '''Astra''' satellite and the third satellite to carry '''STN''' satellite television broadcasts to the UK), presented to one of the contracting companies at around the time of its launch. ==The original satellite== Astra 1B had a different design to 1A, and was purchased from a defunct "Direct Broadcasting System" company while still under construction, and launc...")
- 17:38, 12 November 2024 Astra 1B satellite (contractor model) (hist | edit) [1,620 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=71|Date1=1988|Donor=Geraldine Banks}} A model of the '''Astra 1B''' satellite (the second '''Astra''' satellite and the second satellite to carry '''STN''' satellite television broadcasts to the UK), presented to one of the contracting companies at around the time of its launch. ==The original satellite== Astra 1b was launched in December 1988, and allowed the existence of the new, expanded, four-channel '''Sky Television Network''' satellite TV servi...")
- 16:10, 12 November 2024 Astra 1A satellite (contractor model) (hist | edit) [1,689 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=71|Donot=Geraldine Banks}} A model of the '''Astra 1A''' satellite (the first Astra satellite and the first satellite to carry '''STN''' satellite television broadcasts to the UK), presented to one of the contracting companies at around the time of its launch. ==The original satellite== Astra 1a. the first of SES's "Astra" range of satellites, was launched in December 1988, and allowed the existence of the new, expanded, four-channel '''Sky Television Net...")
- 15:51, 29 October 2024 Category:James Bond Aston Martin DB5 (hist | edit) [8,774 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Commonly known as just "'''The James Bond Car'''", the gadget-packed '''Aston Martin DB5''' used in ''Goldfinger'' (1964) captured the public's imagination as a supremely pretty 1960s high-performance car that was equipped with everything the modern Sixties spy could ask for, from machine guns to an ejector seat. The real DB5 was produced between 1963 and 1965, with a little over a thousand made. It was rated as having a top speed of 145 mph, with a 0–60mph accel...") originally created as "James Bond Aston Martin"
- 14:52, 26 October 2024 Spacex (hist | edit) [1,980 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (creation)
- 10:30, 18 October 2024 MS British Adventurer (Tri-ang) (hist | edit) [1,267 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=0|Date1=1956}} A boxed plastic remote controlled '''Tri-ang M.S. "British Adventurer" cargo ship''' complete with boxed radio controller. {{Triang}} {{Ship}} {{New|2025}}")
- 15:42, 17 October 2024 Meccano Space 2501 outfit (hist | edit) [192 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=0|Date1=1979}} A '''Meccano Space 2501 Book of Models''', published in 1979. {{Printed|1979}} {{MeccanoSpace}} {{MLpubs}}") originally created as "Meccano Space 2501 Book of Models"
- 15:30, 17 October 2024 Category:Meccano Space (hist | edit) [411 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Meccano Space''' range appeared at the end of the 1970s as a response to the success of '''Star Wars''' (1979). Meccano Space presented a range of standard Meccano metal parts in white, along with some very pointed tapering angular cone parts (much too sharp to be able to represent the end of an Apollo rocket), a cockpit with pilot, and some rather cheesy red plastic rocket engines. {{1970sMeccano}}") originally created as "Meccano Space"
- 15:03, 17 October 2024 Lunar Rover, Meccano model (hist | edit) [1,919 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (creation)
- 18:10, 12 October 2024 Astronauts (Airfix) (hist | edit) [1,457 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Exhibit|Loc=0|Date1=1971|Date2=2019}} A box of unpainted plastic 1:76 00-scale NASA '''Astronauts'''. This is a 2019 reissue (under the Airfix "Vintage Classics" marque) of a 1971 set originally issued to coincide with the Apollo Moon Landings. ==Contents== * Astronaut with flag – ''×1'' * Astronaut with soil sampler – ''×2'' * Astronaut carrying containers – ''×2'' * Astronaut leaning – ''×2'' * Astronaut with video camera – ''×2'' * Astronaut...")
- 17:14, 12 October 2024 Tom Batty (hist | edit) [376 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (Created page with " Tom and his wife Sarah lived on "North View", Drighlington, Bradford, Yorkshire. Their son, Captain William Liley Batty, of the Yorkshire Regiment, 4th Battalion was killed in World War One, on 25th October 1916, at the age of 24. {{Links}} * [https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/770300/william-liley-batty/ William Liley Batty (cwgc.org)]")
- 13:28, 12 October 2024 John Herivel loco LNER 8900 (James Beeson) (hist | edit) [2,301 bytes] BTMM Eric (talk | contribs) (+John Herivel)
