In search of 18th century bastion (1 Viewer)

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Hello.
Someone on the forum I saw a bastion of an 18th century fort. I am in search of one. Here are photos of what I am looking for. Can anyone point me in the direction of a manufacturer?fort conde.jpgfort conde 2.jpg
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MikeNick
 
Hi Mike,
If you find someone that makes them, in 54mm scale please let me know I would be also very interested in acquiring one...
Cheers
Luiz
 
You might want to ask Phil Bennett as he does also individual castles beyond the modular castles and has expanded his designs to Gregorian houses etc. He has always emphasized his ability to build anything as long as remotely looks like a castle.

Good luck.

http://www.lordtankervillesknights.com/page53.html
 
https://forum.treefrogtreasures.com/showthread.php?53948-FIW-Trading-Circle&highlight=trading+circle

You can make a brick model relatively easily with Hirst Art Bricks. And yes, there are Hirst Bricks that will work for the bastion points and turns. All angles are 75, 60 or 30 degrees. Now depends on the scale you want to use. With John Jenkins figures 4-inches = 10 feet, so ......

Osprey Volume: THe forts of New France: THe Great Lakes, the Plains and the Gulf Coast, 1600 - 1763. See Page 56. Fort Conde at Mobile.
 
http://www.tmterrain.co.uk/historical-projects/fort-william-henry.html

TM Terrain Built this bastion model of Fort William Henry. The model is incredibly precise and follows the "standard map" used is most histories of Fort William Henry. Compare the original and the finished model from above link. Unfortunately, the map given to TM Terrain had the gun embrasures badly placed, so the resulting model has the embrasures badly placed, not TM Terrains fault. Click the small photo on the far right of page, just below the larger 1st Photo to see full model

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On the subject of building them, didn't Mike Miller or someone else here in the forum build one? I recall, it was a French fort in Canada, not a replica of any specific one, but a model that showed the typical features. I'm certain we have a thread showing the finished product, if not the build itself.

Prost!
Brad
 
It has been a while since this thread started but I have traced a manufacturer who produce a hard plastic model of a fortification of the type required. Not quite sure whether the manufacturer is called Shell's Liberty or Innovative but a quick google should produce some images of this item which looks to be in or near 1/32nd scale.
 

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I think I remember that set, Mal. I think a Shell subsidiary produced it, and Shell marketed it through it's gas stations, if I remember correctly, though that was a long time ago. ARCO (Atlantic Richfield) also marketed a plastic toy set, Noah's Ark, which featured Noah and his wife; pairs of animals; and the Ark itself. Every week, a different piece of the set was offered at ARCO stations, so kids had to pester Mom and Dad to go there and tank up. And to get the Ark, you sent in proofs of purchase or something similar, and they sent you the boat. All of it was made of a soft plastic, similar to what Airfix uses for its 1/32 and 1/72 figures.

It makes sense for a petroleum company to produce something like this, I think.

On the other hand, Sunoco issued aluminum coins depicting classic cars, which you could collect and put in the little coin album they provided. Maybe they owned aluminum mines...

Now I'm getting nostalgic for the days when the oil companies offered things like this. I had a Sinclair dinosaur, too.

Prost!
Brad
 
Brad

Just did a bit of googling and the fort was issued in 1976 with the title Fort Liberty. It's about 21" x 18".

Most likely source is eBay. I imagine the soldiers come up fairly often stateside but the fort is probably pretty rare especially if mint and boxed.

Ah yes ..the days of useful promo items. The most collected in the UK was a set of coins of soccer players issued by Shell. I think there were 40 in all ..one with every 4 gallons seems to ring a bell plus a collectors card to slot your prize in. Brings back great memories of the things that really mattered when you were a nipper.

Best
M
 
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