"The Lurktastic Opponaught" (oppolurker)
08/26/2016 at 21:11 • Filed to: None
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"The Lurktastic Opponaught" (oppolurker)
08/26/2016 at 21:11 • Filed to: None | 3
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I took a photo of some things I found in that old ca. 1880 house I visited that I’m curious about. Sorry about the iPotato photo:
Why the hell did kinja rotate it?
My X-type is too a real Jaguar
> The Lurktastic Opponaught
08/26/2016 at 21:38 |
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Some of the painted toys appear to be WWII vintage balsa wood kits, plastic was not common and metal was used for the war effort. I have a WWII vintage monopoly game with wood pieces rather than the race car etc. Rubber was also in short supply so wood wheels.
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The Lurktastic Opponaught
> My X-type is too a real Jaguar
08/26/2016 at 22:07 |
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Wow. So I assume from the construction and book that the metal airplanes up top are postwar?
fintail
> My X-type is too a real Jaguar
08/27/2016 at 00:16 |
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That’s right. The wooden tank is definitely a WW2 item. Wooden toys were normal in WW2 for the reasons you mention. Even larger scale toy trucks and trains were made from wood.
MustangFan
> The Lurktastic Opponaught
08/27/2016 at 00:33 |
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It’s looks like most of the display is post war. The wood toys, like x-type said were probably wartime or barely post war. The large metal plane on the second shelf looks like it may be Marx.
Jayvincent
> The Lurktastic Opponaught
08/27/2016 at 08:08 |
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I’m pretty sure you have a ghost in blue pants and pink shirt inhabiting your classic home! :)
I once renovated a ~90 year old craftsman style house (while living in it, one room at a time, separated by plastic sheeting from all the plaster dust and lead paint chips) and found it deeply satisfying to see the skills of the original craftsmen brought back to life. The one you visited looks to be of equal or better workmanship. Definitely a great find for the right buyer who appreciates a vintage house.
...and most of the time when I insert a picture in my comments, Kinja pastes it in upside down, then “fixes” it when I hit publish, and it usually inserts it somewhere other than where my cursor was when I hit insert. You just have to have faith it’s all going to sorta work out, when you inhabit Kinja-verse.
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The Lurktastic Opponaught
> Jayvincent
08/27/2016 at 08:30 |
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The original structure that was visible in the basement and attic was all rough hewn white oak. It was really neat to see. For all its problems, the house was solidly built.
ttyymmnn
> The Lurktastic Opponaught
08/28/2016 at 17:36 |
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Those airplanes are awesome. From left to right, the second one looks like an F-86, then maybe a McDonnell F2H Banshee, the one to the right of the picture, after the obvious toy plane, looks like a Vought F6U Pirate, and the one on the end looks like a Gloster E28/39, the plane that was built solely to test Frank Whittle’s turbojet engine. There’s a lot of early jet aviation history in that case.