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Nostalgia Game

Hello KittenCat!

The TARDIS came after the Land Rover, all thanks to a hot glue gun and lots of card board. All during lockdown, my time was spent productively. The dalek was more for me!
And yes, Milo has definitely taken over!
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The 'baked bean' has almost been completed @SaskiaKC , it's taken a while, and I opted for a low rider, crate bike, chopper kind of thing for my 8 year old son.
Struggled to get components in the UK.
Don't look too closely at the paintwork! The bits I had to paint are as close a match as I could get.
The rest I've left worn and chipped for that patina look.
All I'm going to do now is fit a front brake, the rear coaster brake takes a while to get used to...20220610_194059.jpg20220610_191207.jpg
 
Wow! Great bike! Your son will love it.
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(When I was his age all our bikes had coaster brakes. I didn't get my first "English" bike 'til I was about 11.) :D
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Coaster brakes never really took off in the UK, they are making a bit of a comeback with 'beach cruisers'.

Even the Raleigh Choppers had lever/caliper brakes. 20220610_222123.jpg
 
Coaster brakes are making a comeback here too, on beach cruisers (which look a lot like the "street" bikes we had when I was a child). Big fat tires, nice soft saddles, they'd be impossible here in the hills, but on a nice flat beach ... !
 
My Airline, a toy I got in the early 80s I loved it! And for most of my life I wanted to be a flight attendant, but I was too fat! No-one ever remembered this toy but then I found it on some retro forum, I thought for years I had imagined it!

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Cool.
We had some toys when I was little. I had no idea what they were called and I FINALLY found them by Googling a description of them. Fun.
Evidently they're called Krazy Ikes.
 

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