Toylander 2 the details,some pictures

If you want to see a Toylander in action,copy and paste this link into Google.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZEQGAfM0Po&feature=related










Small Land Rover models for children and adults to drive made of wood and electric power. Plans, Parts, Kits, Ready cut panels, Ready made bodies.

Please note: we will only supply a CNC cut kit set on proof of a set of plans from Real Life Toys Ltd.

Building your Toylander kit

Our Toylander number one,note the inovative 'finger joints' that hold the plys together,which greatly simplifies your assembley,this is a design idea taken from our ocean racer boat kits that we developed to help assembly times.




The stylish Toylander logo

This list is assuming you cut your panels from your own plywood sheets,in the case of our kits which are fully CNC cut,supplied with finger joints which hold the shell together,some of these tools will not be required,we can also supply a fully finished shell,either in primer or fully painted to the colour of your choice.We will be building and completing a new demonstration Toylander very soon,we will start wiith the Toylander 2 option,the car will be fully built and all componants will soon be available.

A message from Lorna:

Wow, incredible!!
Your little Grandson would be over the moon!
Like the tractor ones too!
Xxx

Lorna


TOYLANDERS are a straight forward build and can be assembled in around 50/60 hours prior to painting and detailing. Children from 3 through Adult [85 at last count] enjoy the features of a real car in miniature including forward, reverse, foot and hand brake, lights, horn; folding screen and opening tailgate. Both are identical in weight, size and performance, the difference is cosmetic; S1 manual in metric sizes; S2 manual shown in inches.



Motive Power: Power is provided by one or two powerful 12 volt 180 watt air-cooled, continuous rated, reversible, permanent magnet DC motors, driving through a 25:1 ratio gearbox. The cars will run on one motor and a 12v battery at a speed of around 4 mph depending on the size of the load and the terrain. Final drive is by chain to one rear wheel if one motor is fitted or both wheels for two motors. Forward or reverse is selected via a switch.



Transmission Options:

Basic is Direct Drive, 12v straight to the motor, used on most demonstrators.
Soft start control ramps speed up to full over three second period; for very young children.
Speed control operates through a linear potentiometer for a real throttle response from crawl to top speed.
Buy an extra battery and motor, wire in series, drive both rear wheels and get a 'diff effect. This level of control allows you to teach proper reversing of a small trailer. Also ideal for gentle paddock use. (All turn key toys are supplied with two motors and electronic speed control)
Remote control by hard wire. Forward / Reverse and speed control from box in hand; sat in passenger seat or walking behind.
Front Suspension: Complimentary to the basic set up: a swing axle or sliding pillar suspension. The former helps the driving wheels to maintain ground contact, the latter takes shock out of the steering wheel and softens ride.



Increased Speed: Speed control set up, 24 volts and two motors achieve a top speed, even with an adult on board, near the soon to be legal maximum. 6kph being the speed allowed in a public place i.e. pavement, car show or steam gala and the local park. Public liability insurance is required by most show organisers and a good idea too.



Body Construction: The immensely strong body is of monocoque construction; cut from 12mm (1/2") thick panels in light weight, CNC cut Ockume veneer marine plywood. No chassis required, axles and other fabricated parts simply bolt directly under the wooden floor.With our special finger joints and epoxy fillets,followed by a thin epoxy coating inside and out,you have a super strong and water proof bodyshell.



Fabricated Parts: The steel parts can be either made in your workshop from the simple working drawings shown in the Build Manual supplied. For those who need the quicker build all parts are available from our full stock list.



Assembly instructions: The assembly instructions are easy to follow; each stage is explained in plain English and illustrated with simple drawings. Workshop support available should it be required.



Wheels: The wheels supplied are road quality pneumatic tyres on 3.50 x 8 inch dia. steel rims running on 1" (25mm) roller bearings. Total tyre diameter is approx. 15 1/2" (395mm) for S2 and 16" [401mm] for S1. The drive wheel is supplied with an extended hub, an extra bearing and fitted with a drive sprocket. Wheel rims have smooth rolled return edge to comply with toy safety and use the flat of the rim for the braking surface. Knobbly tyres available.



Battery: A 12v, car battery is normally sufficient but if buying new or using electronic controls, a sealed 'deep-cycle' semi-traction battery (golf trolley style) would be preferable for ultimate performance. We currently use a 35 or 33 amp hour fully sealed mobility battery. The alternative is an 85amp/Hour leisure battery [only use one with a looped overflow pipe to catch acid]. Make sure your charger is suitable for these batteries.



Curved Sections: The extreme forward ends of the front wings are formed from small curved aluminium sections. The bonnet is also formed from another piece of aluminium. These can both be supplied ready rolled if required.



Duration: Continuous play value in stationary form, up to four hours driving time, all day in flat garden. This varies according to load carried, terrain encountered and battery size measured in ampere-hours. Twin motor set up 7 hrs



Measurements: (approximate; depending on careful cutting) Height (with windscreen folded): 30" ( 762 mm ) Length: 67" ( 1702 mm ) Width: 29"( 737 mm ).
Weight: Basic kit inc. packaging: 38kg. [ 83lbs ] Ready Cut panel set: 41kgs [ 90lbs ]
Basic car, without battery: 75 kg. [ 165lbs ] Twin motor model, without battery: 85 kg. [ 187lbs ]
New mobility battery 11kg. Can be posted. Single 85aH battery: 19 kg. [ Can not be posted ].



Tools:
Jig saw with adjustable foot to cut angles, fine tooth blades and some narrow blades
Electric drill plus assortment of drill bits and hole saws or 'Forstner' bits and countersink
Protractor for setting angles, school compass
Pop rivet gun with variable rivet sizes
Hand saw, Hacksaw, Knife
Assorted screw drivers
Tape measure
Hammer, mallet, roll of tape
Rasp, files, surform or similar and selection of sandpaper
Assorted spanners, Allen key, pliers, scissors, snips etc..
Bench mounted vice


Small Land Rover models for children and adults to drive made of wood and electric power. Plans, Parts, Kits, Ready cut panels, Ready made bodies.
Copyright:
Jeep © is the copyright of Chrysler LLC and Chrysler UK Ltd.
Land Rover © and Defender © are the copyright of the Ford Motor Company

Please note: we will only supply you with a CNC cut kit set on proof of your purchase of plans from Real Life Toys Ltd.

Toy Landrover kits from Toylander

To watch a very small girl and her dad in a Toylander,copy and paste this link into Google.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANdHuABZ8dw&feature=related


Toylanders,the electric car toy Land Rover will be available as a quality pre cut plywood and epoxy kit, or a built up body shell, are available from CKD Boats cc,Cape Town,South Africa.

Check out this link to a video of a Toylander,copy and paste it into Google. http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=i3KWtL4loyk&NR=1





note: we do the setting out and all cutting for you.

To make building these models easy we supply paper patterns and a build manual full of instructions. The patterns are fixed to the board and cut out with a jigsaw; the manual shows how to assemble them into a body tub, how to bolt on the running gear (no chassis required), how to wire up using the electric wiring diagram, to apply the detail and complete the model. All the manuals contain easy to read workshop drawings for those who like to manufacture the metalwork themselves. But do not fear all parts, including some ready cut body panels, are available from stock. For those who want a speedy build there are some complete bodies, ready to prepare and paint plus bonnets and grille units available, saving time and effort. The manuals also contain full instructions on driving, charging, servicing and maintaining this Child's toy to keep it in tip top condition for many generations to come.

Superior Quality Motorised Toys from Real Life Toys Limited; children just love to drive them. Kit cars for Kids of all ages.
All designs meet or exceed Toy Safety Standards requirement and are CE marked. Vehicles are sold as children's toys and should not be used for other purposes. Replica vehicles are not four-wheel drive.



We are licenced to cut this wonderfull toy 12 volt electric car landrover,we do the cars body shell,you buy the plans from the designers in England and assemble it here,its a really cost effective 12 volt electric drive that can be built easily.We can also supply the engineering parts,plus the correct 12 volt sealed battery the Toyrover needs.

Small Land Rover models for children and adults to drive made of wood and electric power. Plans, Parts, Kits, Ready cut panels, Ready made bodies.

Copyright:
Jeep © is the copyright of Chrysler LLC and Chrysler UK Ltd.
Land Rover © and Defender © are the copyright of the Ford Motor Company

Please note: we will only supply you a CNC cut plywood kitset when proof of purchase of plans is supplied from Real life Toys Ltd.

Summer sailing in Cape Town waters

This shot was taken with my Canon 1.4 50mm camera,its a nice shot of Captain Notty and his mates out for a summers day sail on his Fortuna 37.

Liverpools waterfront church,St Nicholas

This church is just out of view in the waterfront picture on the blog below this,its just to the left of the picture,before the waterfront was built as you see today,the water came right up to the front doors of the church,my granparents on my mothers side were married in this church.St Nicholas was the patron saint of saliors,so this church is known as The Sailors Church also,built in 1760,there has been a church on this site since the 13th centuary.

Liverpool to Dublins Seacat pulled out of service

When Jean,Janet and myself went to Ireland for a weeks driving holiday,we went on one of these ships,its quite a ride,the car went below we were upstairs,sort of like being on a large Boeing 747 but with no wings,the ship is jet powered,no Pilot is used,they can move sideway,as well as reverse and forward,acceleration is kept to a minimum,you dont want your tea or coffee split do you.

Built in Italy and in all aluminium,they are very deceptive speed wise,I was thinking around plus twenty knots,you can imagine my surprise to find they have a service speed as high as thirty eight (38) knots! At such speeds there are three watch keepers in the bridge,all with binoculars,looking for shipping or flotsam,they take these cats out of service when the winds go over 25 knots,the sea state becomes unmanagable I was told.






Seacat ferry service axed
Nov 23 2004 By Petra Mann & Mary Murtagh, Liverpool Echo

THE LIVERPOOL to Dublin Seacat ferry service has been axed.

The Steam Packet Company runs a daily service from Liverpool to Dublin and back from March to October, but staff were told yesterday the operation was being withdrawn.

There will be redundancies from the 48-strong staff, although it is not yet known how many will lose their jobs.

Many will be offered alternative work within the company.

The end of the service means there will no longer be a direct foot passenger service from Liverpool to Dublin. Instead, foot passengers will have to travel via Holyhead.

One employee said: "Everyone's mood has plummeted. It is a close-knit team that works on that route. We eat together, share cabins and are more friends than colleagues. We are all worried."

The announcement came on the same day that Ryanair revealed it was bringing in four new aircraft and nine new destinations from Liverpool, many beginning in March.

The new flights, which include Cork and Shannon in Ireland, mean the budget airline now travels to13 destinations from John Lennon airport. EasyJet also operates daily to Belfast.

A spokesman for the Steam Packet Company said: "The announcement follows a series of company decisions to expand other Irish Sea ferry services to and from the Isle of Man.

"We regret having to withdraw the Liverpool-Dublin seasonal service, but we have had to react to market conditions and focus our resources on our core services.

"We have faced tough competition from other surface operators and this has been exacerbated by the explosion of new air routes by the cheap operators."

The company has expanded its Liverpool to Isle of Man service next year and will use a larger and faster ferry which can carry more passengers and vehicles.

Norse Merchant Ferries and P&O Ferries operate a car passenger service from Liverpool to Dublin, but no foot passenger service.

Companies offering foot passenger services to Dublin go from Holyhead.

Hillman Imp/Sunbeam Sport and Race exhaust systems.

We are receiving regular requests for pricing and cost to supply the full race exhausts,we can make them without the inlet trumpets,we can also make them to take just one Weber DCOE 40/Dellorto DHLA 40 carburetor also,this is one of our fabrications with Hillman Imp expert Richard Tompkins,here on a holiday vist recently.

Didi Mini Transat Cruise kit collection for Austrailian delivery

This is the third Didi Mini Transat kit we have shipped this year,two are the Cruise versions with more space below and an calmer rig,one went to England,the one that left today is going to Austrailia.The third Didi Mini Transat is the full race option,that is already in Mooi River,Kwa Zulu Natal,near Durban.

Note the packing,we have become experts at this now,with sales to twenty two (22) countries now,we have invested in the best equipment for making crates and strapping them together.

SSI Opening Port Light plastic hood covers

The German flag,a picture of it flying at a mast head.


These items are now sold to a customer in Germany,which makes his country our twenty third (23) export country for sales.


New and a discontinued item,we have two only to sell,allow postage of R100 to most countries.They are part number 70120000 and made to suit a port with a 12" (305mm) opening,the clear opening is 13 1/4" (330mm).

The Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta,action photo

A nice sailing boat photograph

This photo was taken exactly three years ago by myself on a fine summers day in Hout Bay,the camera was my Sony Cyber-Shot 5.1 mega pixel on a jpeg setting,its lowest possible.You can see the lazy foredeck crew but can you see her Jack-Russell dog?

Roy

Flat Holm Island in Wales

Farm House and later hotel,now again it seems.

Flat Holm Farm House Records show that monks from St Augustine's Abbey in Bristol established a dairy farm and grange on the island after Flat Holm was granted to them by Robert, Earl of Gloucester in 1150.[29] Dr Thomas Turner, who was stranded on Flat Holm during a visit in 1815, passed the time by exploring the island. He noted that the tax-exempt abbey farm was prospering and counted "seven cows, two bulls, five sheep, one horse, two pigs and two dogs".[5] The 1881 census record for Flat Holm shows that the farmhouse was later occupied by Henry and Emily Morgan, their four sons and four daughters, a governess (Henry's niece) and Emma Craddock, a 14-year-old servant.[30] In 1897 the farmhouse was converted into The Flat Holm Hotel, and a bar and skittle alley were added, but the hotel closed after a few years.[9] The farmhouse has been renovated by the Flat Holm Project and is now used as accommodation for visitors staying on the island.



The men of the Flatholme Hotel,note the name spelling change.


Image taken by Hebburns James Goring


Continuing a religious connection with Wales and Ireland,with the Church of St Tanwg not so far north,in the parish of Llanbedr with Llandanwg,
we now have a Nordic connection as well it seems but none religious?


History

Flat Holm is part of the Parish of St.Mary's in Cardiff and inextricably linked to Cardiff's history.

The axe head found on the island is believed be from the late Bronze Age, 900 to 700 BC. In the absence of any other archaeological evidence it is not known if the island was settled at that time. The Anglo-Saxons called the island "Bradanreolice", and Steep Holm "Steopanreolice" confirming the religious associations of the islands, as 'reolice' derives from an Irish word meaning churchyard or graveyard.

The earliest known visitor to Flat Holm was St. Cadoc. He made frequent visits to the island in the late 6th century for periods of tranquil meditation, especially during Lent. Gildas, Barruc and Gwalches, all disciples of St. Cadoc, are known to have visited Flat Holm. Gwalches and Barruc were returning from Flat Holm, where they had been sent by St. Cadoc to retrieve a book forgotten on a previous visit, when the boat overturned and they were drowned. Barruc's body was washed ashore and interred on Barry Island, whilst the body of Gwalches was carried to the Island of Echni, and buried there.

In the year 918, following their defeat by the Saxons at Watchet, Danish invaders took refuge on the islands of Steopanreolice and Bradanreolice, though for how long is uncertain. From the Anglo Saxon Chronicle:

"918-In this year a great naval force came over here from the south of Brittany, and two earls, Ohter and Hroald with them. And they went west round the coast so that they arrived at the Severn estuary and ravaged in Wales everywhere along the coast, where it suited them... Yet they stole inland by night on two occasions - on the one occasion east of Watchet, on the other occasion at Porlock. Then on both occasions they were attacked, so that few of them got away - only those who could swim out to the ships. And then they remained out on the island of Flatholme until they became very short of food and many men had died of hunger because they could not obtain any food. Then they went from there to Dyfed, and from there to Ireland; and this was in the autumn."

Another entry in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states:

"1067-And Gytha, Harold's mother, and many distinguished men's wives with her, went out to Flatholme and stayed there for some time and so went from there overseas to St. Omer."

The name of Holm or Holme derives from the Scandinavian for river island and although the Danes may not have stayed on either island for long they certainly used both Flat Holm and Steep Holm as navigational aids during attacks along the Severn estuary

The battleship HMS Victoria,sunk in Lebanon,the pictures

HMS Victoria, Memorial
Posted by James Goring on 2/3/2009, 3:44 pm, in reply to "Re: HMS Camperdown"

This is a Memorial to the crew killed in the disaster, in Victoria Park Portsmouth, it was
originally erected in the towns main square but at the request of survivers was moved to the park
in 1903 were it would be better protected. an
actual photo of the moment HMS Victoria took her
death plunge exists.




An artists impression of the ship size against Nelsons Column.


Crewmen and sailors jump over the side as the ship starts to sink,it sank very quickly.

THE wreck of HMS Victoria, once the flagship of the Navy’s Mediterranean Fleet, has been discovered off the coast of Lebanon, 111 years after being rammed by another British warship during manoeuvres and sinking with the loss of 358 lives.
The disaster was the largest peacetime loss of life in the history of the Royal Navy.

And in an extraordinary fluke, the wreck, lying in more than 350 ft of water off the coast of Tripoli in northern Lebanon, is in a vertical position, with about a quarter of her length buried in the sea floor. It is thought to be the only known shipwreck in the world in a 90-degree position.

HMS Victoria was discovered last week by Christian Francis, a Lebanese-Austrian diver who has been searching for the wreck since 1994 and teamed up with Mark Ellyatt, a British deep-diving champion, in March.

They found the ship’s general location with the help of fishermen’s tales about an area off the coast rich in fish, indicating the possibility of a wreck. On August 22, Mr Francis and Mr Ellyat explored the spot, following a rope toward the sea floor.

“I saw a huge shadow off to the left between us and the setting sun,” Mr Francis told The Times. “We couldn’t imagine what it was and swam over to see.” To their astonishment, the two divers discovered HMS Victoria resting in her vertical position. “We are both experienced divers, but we were completely and totally speechless and amazed at what we saw,” he said.


HMS Victoria was considered, in her day, one of the most successful designs of Barnaby's tenure as Director of Naval Construction (DNC). The derivation of her design is from Hero, Conqueror and other harbor-defense ironclads of the 1870s and 80s: the theory was that the ship would only be attacking as a ram, using her guns for forward fire as she swooped in on her prey, so no guns were provided facing astern. This design had three drawbacks. One, that the vessel was not a full fighting ship without guns all round; two, that the concentrated armament could all be knocked out by a single hit; and three, that no major fighting ship won a battle by ramming after 1879: gunnery, not collision tactics, was the deadliest weapon (though torpedo and mine came close behind).

Destined to be the flagship of the British Mediterranean Fleet, Victoria was a very low-freeboard vessel with her single turret of 16.25" guns -- the largest in the British fleet at the time -- sited forward, almost amidships as measured fore and aft, and 5 feet lower to the sea's surface than in Collingwood. A sole 10" gun was added almost as an afterthought to cover the ship's rear. The barrel is visible in the illustration at top, pointing aft above the aftermost (swung out) small boat. The main guns were in a robustly armored turret, but the 10-incher had only a thin splinter shield to protect the crew: protection of very dubious value in combat. Victoria and her sister ship, Sans Pareil (shown at left ready for launch), carried a 16-18" Harvey armor belt, with 17" armor plate on the turret. They were the first British battleships to rely on triple expansion engines. Side-by-side inverted vertical engines shafted to twin 2-bladed screws gave them a speed of 16 knots, with ~17 knots attained on trials under forced draft.


The wreck of the Victoria as she stands (literaly) today,amazing!




This was an accident that killed hundreds of men,rammed by another british warship,it should just never of happened,I think I read that the front guns and turrets weighed a massive 110 tons,it was that weight that took her down as fast as she did.


Amazingly, the wreck of the Victoria was discovered in 2004 in the waters off Tripoli. 111 years after the sinking, the aftermost third of the hull projects vertically over the sea bed, with the intact propellers and 10" gun still pointing skywards. Apparently the great weight of the 16" turret pulled her down like a stone, and her ram bow buried itself in the muddy bottom. This lethal leviathan and its dead thus were fused inseparably with the watery portion of the earth: full fathom five.