In retirement I enjoy the recreating some of the old toys of yesteryear. I've even become proficient in the making of the solid wood recognition models used during WWII for training purposes !
Late last year I stumbled across pictures of some of the old toy forts made in Europe while searching the web. Mignot and Tri-Ang were a couple of the manufacturers. Made out of cardboard and bits of wood these little forts were truly works of art !
And so it was I was hooked in the making of these toy forts for my own pleasure along with a few sales in supporting my hobby. I take great delight at what can be created with cardboard, brown paper tape, joint compound and acrylic paint. Using toilet paper and paper towel cores, round oatmeal containers, pringle tubes and anything else I can get my hands on are turned into robust towers for the forts.
I make the base/box and lid first and then all the components that fit inside the box. No two forts are alike ! All my forts are designed for the 54mm figure !
The purpose of this thread is finding other people on this forum that collect or build these old toy forts. I'm interested in finding out the sizes and techniques used in the making of these toys. From what I've learned so far is that the making of these forts were all hand done.
Spider
Late last year I stumbled across pictures of some of the old toy forts made in Europe while searching the web. Mignot and Tri-Ang were a couple of the manufacturers. Made out of cardboard and bits of wood these little forts were truly works of art !
And so it was I was hooked in the making of these toy forts for my own pleasure along with a few sales in supporting my hobby. I take great delight at what can be created with cardboard, brown paper tape, joint compound and acrylic paint. Using toilet paper and paper towel cores, round oatmeal containers, pringle tubes and anything else I can get my hands on are turned into robust towers for the forts.
I make the base/box and lid first and then all the components that fit inside the box. No two forts are alike ! All my forts are designed for the 54mm figure !
The purpose of this thread is finding other people on this forum that collect or build these old toy forts. I'm interested in finding out the sizes and techniques used in the making of these toys. From what I've learned so far is that the making of these forts were all hand done.
Spider
