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Nautica canal system
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 3:08 pm
by Alwin van Hattem
Yesterday I bought some old shop stock of Nautica canal system (never heard of it before).
It is made by the Dutch company Bercolux, this company also made the plastic pieces for the Matchbox build a road sets.
On the boxes are some nice diorama pictures featuring Matchbox models and the streetlights from the build a road sets.
There was also an extension set available with road pieces, the same pieces as the Matchbox build a road sets but in a yellow color.
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Re: Nautica canal system
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 6:24 pm
by jimgallegos
I really like that, Very nice find. I have never seen this before.
Re: Nautica canal system
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 11:34 pm
by Miller
Their way to tow a truck is funny
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Re: Nautica canal system
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 12:22 am
by GHOSTHUNTER
My boss would have thrown the book at me if I had been caught towing a vehicle like that...
Ghosty.
Re: Nautica canal system
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 1:58 am
by motorman
Alwin I can't help thinking that SF#45 looks so out of place in that image of the box front, I mean why would a Ford Group 6 be associated with the industrious canal look.....very strange indeed. Furthermore, It is not clear on my IPad what colour it is, if anything it looks silver to me, can you give us a closer image?
Re: Nautica canal system
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 7:19 am
by Idris
GHOSTHUNTER wrote:My boss would have thrown the book at me if I had been caught towing a vehicle like that...
Your boss would have been sacked by the directors, buying a vehicle like that!
Re: Nautica canal system
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 3:59 pm
by Alwin van Hattem
motorman wrote:Alien I can't help thinking that SF#45 looks so out of place in that image of the box front, I mean why would a Ford Group 6 be associated with the industrious canal look.....very strange indeed. Furthermore, It is not clear on my IPad what colour it is, if anything it looks silver to me, can you give us a closer image?
Tried to make a closer image but cant get a clear shot, the Ford has the metallic green body.
Re: Nautica canal system
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:40 pm
by motorman
Alwin van Hattem wrote:motorman wrote:Alien I can't help thinking that SF#45 looks so out of place in that image of the box front, I mean why would a Ford Group 6 be associated with the industrious canal look.....very strange indeed. Furthermore, It is not clear on my IPad what colour it is, if anything it looks silver to me, can you give us a closer image?
Tried to make a closer image but cant get a clear shot, the Ford has the metallic green body.
Thanks for clearing that up Alain.
Re: Nautica canal system
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 10:23 pm
by Idris
jimgallegos wrote:I really like that, Very nice find. I have never seen this before.
Having thought about it, I seem to recall looking at this as a possible Christmas present for my children when I lived in The Netherlands. (That must have been sometime in the 1990s.) However, i decided that it would simply be too expensive to get enough of it to make an interesting system, so we ended up with Brio instead, and Daddy spent many happy hours building railway systems for his children to ignore.
Re: Nautica canal system
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 3:58 am
by ritchie
Interesting set!