Re: 'Fighting Toy Stories'
I think that the Airfix Golden Hind described in the Fighting Toy Stories first appeared as a waterline model and the kit included a rectangular moulded sea base with a depression in the middle into which the hull fitted. My recollection was that the small scale Santa Maria and HMS Victory were initially waterline too. The first full hull sailing ships in the same series that I recall were Sir Richard Grenville's Revenge and Cutty Sark and the sea base and the kits contained a cradle to display the ship upright. Some of the moulds for the waterline ships seem to have been passed around different manufacturers.
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