Lot Essay
Vital Spark was the Puffer immortalised in the Para Handy tales by Neil Munro although several Puffers were actually used in the making of the films.
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Details
A well-presented and detailed STATIC-DISPLAY SCALE model of the FICTIONAL Clyde "Puffer" VITAL SPARK
with collapsible mast and rigging, anchor derrick and winch, companionways, hatches, stove pipe, canvas covered fish hold, ship's boat in chocks with bottom boards, thwarts and oars, rope coils, ladders, buckets, stayed funnel with whistle and safety valve extension pipe, ventilators, life rings, glazed wheel house helm, binnacle and voice tube, deck rails and many other details. The moulded hull with planked deck and simulated rivetted plating, three-blade brass propeller and rudder finished in red, black and "rust" is loosely mounted on a cradle-on- carved book ('Para Handy') stand. Measurements overall -- 21 x 24in. (53 x 61cm.)
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with collapsible mast and rigging, anchor derrick and winch, companionways, hatches, stove pipe, canvas covered fish hold, ship's boat in chocks with bottom boards, thwarts and oars, rope coils, ladders, buckets, stayed funnel with whistle and safety valve extension pipe, ventilators, life rings, glazed wheel house helm, binnacle and voice tube, deck rails and many other details. The moulded hull with planked deck and simulated rivetted plating, three-blade brass propeller and rudder finished in red, black and "rust" is loosely mounted on a cradle-on- carved book ('Para Handy') stand. Measurements overall -- 21 x 24in. (53 x 61cm.)
See illustration
Special notice
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Sale room notice
Please note this models hull is planked, framed and plated and not moulded as stated.