BAYKO Sets #1 to #6 Instruction Manual
- 1935 to 1937?

This was the second style of Instruction Manual produced by Plimpton following the launch of their flagship BAYKO set - the "De-Luxe" set #6.

Unfortunately there is no printer's code so I can't be more precise with the date, but this is the earlier version of this style of manual and was in circulation from 1935 until 1937-ish.

The pages below which are shown against a pale blue background like this are the pages which were changed in the later version - most relate to slight changes in set contents.

The model of a bungalow [page 14, below] is the same as that in the first BAYKO manual...

...and has the same error with white Windows shown either side of the porch.

This was the first BAYKO manual to mention the Ornamental Additions Sets, unfortunately, on page 69, they mistakenly referred to "Red and Oak Arches" instead of "Green and Oak Arches".

It comprises 72 black and white pages, most including photos printed on white low gloss paper, with a full colour front cover printed on thicker white paper.

Size - 191mm x 154mm = 7.6 x 6.1 inches.

The use of this manual overlapped the first 2 BAYKO production periods : -

Click here for details of the product for the first contemporary production period -
1934 to 1936.

Click here for details of the sets from the first contemporary production period -
1934 to 1936.

Click here for details of the product for the second contemporary production period -
1937 to 1938.

Click here for details of the sets from the second contemporary production period -
1937 to 1938.

These two pages, #70 and #71 show particularly famous BAYKO models : -
the BAYKO Village and the Skyscraper, respectively.

Click on any of the thumbnail images to see a larger sized image.

Oh yes - there is something odd about most of the models photographed for this manual - can you spot it?

...the answer is down at the bottom, just after the last page.

F R O N T	The inside of the front cover is totally blank.			2
3				6
7				10
11				14
15				18
19				22
23				26
27				30
31				34
35				38
39				42
43				46
47				50
51				54
55				58
59				62
63				66
67				70
71		The inside of the front cover is totally blank.	The back cover is totally blank.	R E A R

If you look at the bases used in the pictures for sets #1 to #5 you'll see that they aren't BAYKO bases at all, but varnished and drilled to provide the necessary holes...

...the evidence is just about visible in the photographs, because you can see the occasional hole drilled for a previous model as the "bases" were re-used for different models...

...thanks to Gary Birch's eagle eyes for noticing this!!!

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Latest update - March 11, 2010

BAYKO Sets #1 to #6 Instruction Manual - 1935 to 1937?

BAYKO Sets #1 to #6 Instruction Manual
- 1935 to 1937?