Was this wooden toy boat a KIT or not ?

[Antique lover]

I hope no one minds me putting up theses toy pictures. Maybe they will bring back some great memorys.This boat ran off of two c batterys. Thats all I know about it. Did it come as a kit ? I got three of these , all different sizes. ANY info would be great. Thanks

 

[Larry (IL)]

You might want to contact Dumas Boats and ask if it is one of their old kits. (Very early days)

http://www.dumasproducts.com/index.php?cPath=136&osCsid=q0nurii7ku2hoe7sr47hble217

 

[Bell]

More importantly I'm glad to see you back! I assume the treatment went well?

 

[RCCRAFT]

THEY WERE MADE BY FAMILYS IN JAPAN AFTER WWII. BROUGHT HOME BY SERVICEMEN FOR THERE KIDS ETC. YOURS WERE MADE IN THE 1950'S. SOME BOATS WERE VERY BIG AND DETAILED. LATER A FEW COMPANYS MADE STANDARD VERSIONS OF THE SMALL BOATS LIKE YOU HAVE. TMY, ITO, ETC.
I MAKE REPRODUCTIONS OF THE RARE ITO, TMY BOATS WITH THE ORIGINAL NOS FITTINGS I WAS ABLE TO BUY FROM TMY IN THE 1980'S IN JAPAN. YOU CAN SEE ALL MY BOATS AT RCCRAFT.COM. HOPE THIS INFO HELPS. RICK

 

[osgood]

A.L. Hope you are feeling better. Hey I got the same paint job and the same dust, but now I can more or less see what this boat is missing. Got this several years ago at a church rummage sale- maybe paid a buck. Has to be the same company dont you think, That button towards the rudder was the on off switch O gather. BOL CO

 

[blue dunbar]

As a kid in St Paul Minn, we had these these in our toy stores as with all the lakes around you know how many parents were hounded for the boat and the (not included) batteries. And those early Ray o Vacs didn't last long powering an electric motor.