P is for Palm-flat Palm Flats

Another one which missed tree week, although the planting in the UK (it was 'our' tree week I think?) of palm trees outside of the South Cost, Scilly- or Channel Islands can be a bit of a fool's errand, but as the climate inexorably changes I dare say the line of success is moving firmly northwards!

On the left is Britains set of coconut palms which was based on their old Hollow-cast palms, if not actually from the same mold-tool? Much copied in Hong Kong we have two better ones from Blue Box (For Cheyenne among other sets!) and a more recent generic both of which designs have bracing across the trunks, probably to try and prevent warping upon removal from the mould?

The three together; you can see how much smaller both the copies are and the loss of detailed etching on the 2nd generation copy, which is also manufactured in an insipid, wishy-washy polymer which would benefit from a paint-job.

Charbens cheeky chimp climbing for coconuts! Actually he's easy to remove resulting in a far more useful tree in any scale which - going on the size of the monkey - is otherwise, a very small tree in quite a large scale!

Above; we have variations in the bases of the Charbens trees which 'had some work' at some point, I'd like to think one was from a hollow-cast mold or something, but the hollow-cast tree was quite different and had no stupid monkey!

Below; are two designs from that Manurba (Manfred Urban) / Heinerle süßwaren Wundertüten (confectionery surprise bags) / Dom (Domplast-Domplastik) group. They did produce a larger double coconut palm and a banana palm, but I either don't have them or have put them in the Manurba box, which is still buried in the garage! A rather nice tree-fern (Australasia) and a fruitless 'generic' palm.

I think this is Starlux, but the mark (in a little recessed cartouche) was obliterated by glue or early-removable from the tool, so it could be Befoid or Clairet? Any way it's supposed to be a coconut palm, by the look of it?

A Modern hollow-backed pair of bass-relief coconuts from some 'armyman' set; it may be a make-weight in some pocket-money rack-toy thing, but it adds to the collection of palm-flat flat palms!