FUN FACTS, HISTORY, ATTRIBUTES (ie size, year of production, color,scarcity, etc) WHAT FOLLOWS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING SPECIFIC in this listing.
Gowland Model Kit Navy 1952 Ship in a
(NOT) Bottle Shipyard Lot Addar
This listing is for a lot of Gowland Model Kit Navy 1950s Ships (NOT in a
Bottle) Shipyard.
Gowland's name is pretty much lost to history these days - but they were
really instrumental in the creation of the current plastic model kit
industry. They produced the very first plastic automobile kit in 1950.
In 1952, long before Addar would do the same in the 1970's,
Gowland & Gowland (not sure if brothers or father and son) released
their "ship" series - the ships could be bought in a "Shipyard" series
entitled "Ships in Miniature" or with a "ship in a bottle" theme entitled
(obviously) "Ships in Bottles".
The ship itself measures roughly 5" long once assembled. The collection
included (we assume all kits were available with and without the bottle -
but haven't verified this):
Email:oldtoys@LandLCollectables.com
