Topic: Something for the Christmas sock (Read 6726 times)

essex2visuvesi · « **on:** December 21, 2012, 09:22:14 am »

http://www.airfix.com/_images/assets/product-directory/product-full/A55113.jpg

Nice little stocking filler for and sub fan :)

U-33 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 21, 2012, 10:16:35 am »

1/400th scale? I'd never see the thing!

essex2visuvesi · « **Reply #2 on:** December 21, 2012, 12:18:21 pm »

How long before someone makes a static diving one?

Subculture · « **Reply #3 on:** December 21, 2012, 03:21:37 pm »

I wouldn't hold your breath!

U-33 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 21, 2012, 03:51:58 pm »

There's a challenge for you, Andy!

Subculture · « **Reply #5 on:** December 21, 2012, 04:28:47 pm »

One I am happy to pass on, I assure you.

thegrimreaper · « **Reply #6 on:** December 21, 2012, 07:32:27 pm »

ooh come on its easy Glue it all together fill it with heavy stuff (nuts, bolts, cement) chuck it in static dive all the way to the bottom nobody said anything about it surfacing again

Mark.

Subculture · « **Reply #7 on:** December 21, 2012, 07:36:43 pm »

Pack it with baking soda, and it'll come back up again too. One trick pony though.

Spook · « **Reply #8 on:** December 23, 2012, 03:27:09 pm »

When I was a lad (c1970) we could buy a little grey plastic sub model, just a few inches long, weighted with probably some toxic metal. This came with a transparent hose with a rubber bulb on the end with which to pump air into its 'ballast tanks'. Hours of fun in the bath - I can even remember the sound of it hitting the bottom of an enamel bath - Mum was well pleased!. Maybe you could try something similar - but ask Mum first.

I have been unable to find a picture though.

Or even this?

Netleyned · « **Reply #9 on:** December 23, 2012, 03:40:53 pm »

When I were a lad in the fifties I had a clockwork submarine.
You wound it up holding the prop Put a rubber bung with a periscope in the key hole
and let it go. It dived and stayed dived until the clock ran down
then surfaced again.
I thought it was magic.

Ned

essex2visuvesi · « **Reply #10 on:** December 23, 2012, 03:51:17 pm »

I had one like spook and also an Action Man seawolf..... never got that to work properly tho

Nemo · « **Reply #11 on:** December 23, 2012, 06:18:22 pm »

Quote from: Netleyned on December 23, 2012, 03:40:53 pm

When I were a lad in the fifties I had a clockwork submarine.
You wound it up holding the prop Put a rubber bung with a periscope in the key hole
and let it go. It dived and stayed dived until the clock ran down
then surfaced again.I thought it was magic.Ned

Was it one of these Ned? I had one too. look what they fetch now!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-SUTCLIFFE-UNDA-WUNDA-CORONATION-SUBMARINE-IN-ORIGINAL-BOX-WITH-KEY-/261145371214?pt=UK_Toys_Creative_Educational_RL&hash=item3ccd7a224e

Bob.

Bob K · « **Reply #12 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:30:49 pm »

I once had something very similar, key wound clockwork dynamic diving metal hulled hulled submarine with rubber bung and periscope where you wound it up. It had a few extra embelishments to make it look like Disneys Nautilus, and made about a year after the movie came out. Worked very well.

Terry · « **Reply #13 on:** December 23, 2012, 08:58:49 pm »

I remember the free subs that came with Corn Flakes I think. About 40mm long, with a small space on the bottom for baking powder if I remember rightly.

essex2visuvesi · « **Reply #14 on:** December 24, 2012, 09:49:36 am »

Quote from: Terry on December 23, 2012, 08:58:49 pm

I remember the free subs that came with Corn Flakes I think. About 40mm long, with a small space on the bottom for baking powder if I remember rightly.

blimey that's a blast from the past!

Terry · « **Reply #15 on:** December 24, 2012, 10:16:51 am »

Quote from: essex2visuvesi on December 24, 2012, 09:49:36 am

blimey that's a blast from the past!

Strange that you sometimes remember such small things from your childhood.

vnkiwi · « **Reply #16 on:** December 24, 2012, 10:19:32 am »

Cool wee things, used up all Mum's Bi-carb in no time
cheers
vnkiwi

Circlip · « **Reply #17 on:** December 24, 2012, 11:05:28 am »

And the little plastic "Frogman" with a hole for the facemask that held an air bubble. Stick it in a pop bottle full of water and make it sink and rise by screwing the stopper tighter and loosening it.

Ref. Artesian diver.

Regards Ian

Amusing coment by the Unda-wunda seller to "Mend" the clockwork motor, Not without a BIG soldering iron and a can of paint.

RMH · « **Reply #18 on:** December 24, 2012, 11:26:16 am »

Bit late for a stocking filler but I've just found this on flea bay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1950-Cereal-Toy-Baking-Powder-DIVING-SUB-Soda-NEW-Submarine-vtg-STOCKING-STUFFER-/380484726919?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5896a83087

Merry Christmas to all

Stormbringer · « **Reply #19 on:** December 27, 2012, 06:04:29 pm »

there was this 1 as well , it used a tablet or pellet that fizzed in water but the tablets were expensive but an alka seltzer tablet broken up worked fine

essex2visuvesi · « **Reply #20 on:** December 28, 2012, 07:10:05 am »

Quote from: Stormbringer on December 27, 2012, 06:04:29 pm

but an alka seltzer tablet broken up worked fine

or grandads steredent tablets

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