Una Twin Cockpit River Launch, clockwork (Hornby Speedboats, post-war)

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Una Twin Cockpit River Launch, clockwork (Hornby Speedboats, post-war)

Hornby Speedboat No3 Twin Cockpit River Launch, Una (MM 1961-06).jpg Post-war Hornby Speedboat, No.3, "UNA" (i)
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location:
Arch Two , Area 25
The Legend of Hornby
Shelf 5

A red and white Hornby "MODEL 3" clockwork toy speed boat, Twin cockpit river launch, named Una", with its original box, made by Meccano Ltd., Liverpool, circa 1956.

The boat has a red hull, yellow deck, blue seats, and a blunt split-window "vee-shaped" windshield. The two seating cutouts are fore and aft, each to hold two people.

Advertising image

Hornby Speedboat No.3, twin Cockpit River Launch, "UNA". Image taken from a 1961 advert.


Advertising text

" Fashioned on the type of pleasure launch seen in large numbers on British rivers in summertime "