Some of those boats seem to have been a little bit 'excited'! lol  
Tank combat... that is one Hell of a Table!  

The vid that I saw was 'old'... maybe Cine film, transferred... but the ships were Huge!

As a kids toy, there was a Sub which... when 'loaded' with a 'fizzy' tablet... would submerge and surface..

Several of MY old kits ended uo on bottom of Garden pond! But... that is tradition! I found 'bits' of wreckage in garden stream... kids will want to  sink ships! 

Quote from: Heedless Horseman on 25 August 2021, 03:53:11 AM
... kids will want to  sink ships! 

Yeah, not just kids . . . 

Quote from: Heedless Horseman on 25 August 2021, 03:53:11 AM
As a kids toy, there was a Sub which... when 'loaded' with a 'fizzy' tablet... would submerge and surface..

I had a whole flotilla in yellow plastic.

Fleet action here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAbFtSuO-cg
https://www.discoveryorkshirecoast.com/discover/whats-on/peasholm-park-naval-warfare-battle-of-peasholm-p1369211

I seem to remember as a child going to Scarborough.
they had a big park just off the sea front with a massive lake.
Sundays there used to be big model fleet actions on that pond.
Regards
Sean

Quote from: sean66 on 27 August 2021, 11:26:48 AM
I seem to remember as a child going to Scarborough.
they had a big park just off the sea front with a massive lake.
Sundays there used to be big model fleet actions on that pond.
Regards
Sean

The Battle of the River Plate ... complete with jets!!

Large ships operated by a guy in the ship others by radio control.

Scarborough was the site of several tribe holidays - my grandparents, three sets of aunts/ uncles/ cousins and my own family. We basically took over a small hotel.

You could hire "Red Indian" style canoes on the lake when the battle wasn't in progress. My maternal grandfather, a keen sailor and inveterate pipe smoker became Big Chief Smoke In The Face and took us kids out in small groups.

That and the nearby pirate ship were highlights of many holidays!

No idea if it still exists... probably not, but 70s visit to 'Science Museum', Newcastle Exhibition park was a 'hit'. Wonderful Swan Hunter's models of ships! And you could hire little 'paddle boats' to go on lake. They were very 'Wet'! lol.

Quote from: Heedless Horseman on 27 August 2021, 04:51:15 PM
No idea if it still exists... probably not, but 70s visit to 'Science Museum', Newcastle Exhibition park was a 'hit'. Wonderful Swan Hunter's models of ships! And you could hire little 'paddle boats' to go on lake. They were very 'Wet'! lol.

Until you mentioned that I'd forgotten the pedal paddle boats at Bridlington - a day trip excursion on our Scarborough holidays.

Peasholm Park
Still runs
https://www.discoveryorkshirecoast.com/discover/whats-on/peasholm-park-naval-warfare-battle-of-peasholm-p1369211

Quote from: Heedless Horseman on 27 August 2021, 04:51:15 PM
No idea if it still exists... probably not, but 70s visit to 'Science Museum', Newcastle Exhibition park was a 'hit'. Wonderful Swan Hunter's models of ships! And you could hire little 'paddle boats' to go on lake. They were very 'Wet'! lol.

Apparently 'replaced' by Central Newcastle site. (Currently Vac Center).
https://newcastlegateshead.com/business-directory/things-to-do/life-science-centre

Don't know whether 'old' model ships there. Does not look like 'MY' kind of museum... too 'bright', 'inter active', 'LEGO'!... Pity... just might have got into a paddle boat... but it would probably have sunk! lol!