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Model Forum / General / Models / April 2004"Borrow" the kids Legos
That's what I did years back to use them for mold walls in resin casting. They don't leak and the latex peels right off when cured. Now that I can't do resin casting any more (chemical contamination) and the kids are grown up and moved out I found another use for them. Jigs for assembling and painting models. Really useful for getting the right sit for undercarriages and angles for wings, especially parasol and biplanes. No more shaking fingers for that tiny rigging job. Cheap, too. I saw a set of 400 pieces for $5.99 at Toys R' Us the other day. Tom >That's what I did years back to use them for mold walls in resin casting. They >don't leak and the latex peels right off when cured. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Tom must have been mislabeled. them suckers are expensive! >must have been mislabeled. them suckers are expensive! I know. Usually twice that price. It was in a bin of closeouts and markdowns. Tom >>must have been mislabeled. them suckers are expensive! > >I know. Usually twice that price. It was in a bin of closeouts and markdowns. > >Tom lucky dog. i keep my eyes out at thrift store. also for erector sets. they make good jigs and are damned usefull in pc's. those holey bars make dandy add on drive holders. > That's what I did years back to use them for mold walls in resin casting. They > don't leak and the latex peels right off when cured. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Tom I used to use my old 'Skyline' building set pieces for tail props until I found out how valuable some consider them. Bill Banaszak, MFE >> That's what I did years back to use them for mold walls in resin casting. > They [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Bill Banaszak, MFE i don't remember those. what are they? > >I used to use my old 'Skyline' building set pieces for tail props until > >I found out how valuable some consider them. > > > >Bill Banaszak, MFE > > i don't remember those. what are they? They consisted of white plastic panels with slotted ends that slid into verticals built of individual 'blocks'. The blocks were formed with cruciform 'pegs' that fit into the undersides of the block above. Roof panels were made of something like thin mylar with a checkerboard pattern printed on them. Enough parts and one could build a skyscraper. Somewhere in downtown Scranton, Pa. is a real building that looks like it were built of these. I have a photo of it somewhere in my collection. I was thinking of using it as a prototype for a layout building. Bill Banaszak, MFE >> >I used to use my old 'Skyline' building set pieces for tail props until >> >I found out how valuable some consider them. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Bill Banaszak, MFE yes, the fog dissipated and i remember using those for an art class to build a cantlivered house model. they were cool. >>> >I used to use my old 'Skyline' building set pieces for tail props until >>> >I found out how valuable some consider them. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >art class to build a cantlivered house model. >they were cool. Sounds similar to the Kenner Girder & Panel sets; Turnpike too? Looks like Lego is the last man standing. Cheers, The Keeper (of too much crap) > >>> >I used to use my old 'Skyline' building set pieces for tail props until > >>> >I found out how valuable some consider them. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > The Keeper (of too much crap) As of a few years ago somebody in Canada was still pumping out the old Kenner sets. I'd have to wallow through my resources to come up with a name. I still have my American bricks, too - the wooden ones! Bill Banaszak, MFE >> >>> >I used to use my old 'Skyline' building set pieces for tail props until >> >>> >I found out how valuable some consider them. [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > >Bill Banaszak, MFE do they still make lincoln logs? >do they still make lincoln logs? Sort of, but the're cheesy. The logs are trimmed dowels, cut round and joints cut in the ends. The roof forms are plastic. My brother (now 72) had a set that I played with where the logs were squared off, and you built the roof up with smaller and smaller side pieces. I'd love to see that kid of set again, but you probably won't; too labor-intensive to make. -- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger >>do they still make lincoln logs? > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > - Henry Kissinger i remember those. another item for the thrif/garag/yahd sales grabs. > >>do they still make lincoln logs? > > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > i remember those. another item for the thrif/garag/yahd > sales grabs. "American Logs" and they came in cylindrical card cans with stamped tinplate bottoms and tops. I had the cans until a few years ago when thy fell victim to mould because of the area they were stored in. I had very few "Lincoln" logs myself but picked up some at a flea market back when my son was of the age to use them. They came in a rectangular-sectioned can. I also have some Disney "Frontierland" logs. They came with roof planks exactly like the American logs but the logs couldn't interchange. I've seen the 'new' Lincoln Logs for sale in stores and I wouldn't touch them. They've been made so 'safe' as to be useless. Same as Tinkertoys although they're fairly dangerous because of the lousy quality of the wood. I bought my daughter a set but they were so bad nothing would hold together. She preferred my antique set. Even after 30+ years they still held together. I attribute that to the maple wood they were made of. Glad I was a kid when I was! Bill Banaszak, MFE >"American Logs" and they came in cylindrical card cans with stamped >tinplate bottoms and tops. I had the cans until a few years ago when [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Bill Banaszak, MFE i remember the dizzy sets. a friend had them and we tried to combine with my lincolns.. i agree about the when. thanks to my mom, i still have my teddy bear, wooden train set, blocks and my first chen set to return to when i reach my dotage next week. > >"American Logs" and they came in cylindrical card cans with stamped > >tinplate bottoms and tops. I had the cans until a few years ago when [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > teddy bear, wooden train set, blocks and my first chen set > to return to when i reach my dotage next week. Umm, yes...well...both of my bears are in existence and my sock monkey as well. The blocks are downstairs and they were a big help at figuring out that spelling stuff. Nothing like amazing the parentii with the big words one could make. Fortunately I avoided the ones that were questionable... Bill Banaszak, MFE >> >"American Logs" and they came in cylindrical card cans with stamped >> >tinplate bottoms and tops. I had the cans until a few years ago when [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > >Bill Banaszak, MFE not me! i wanted away fro the black widows and back to easy school, so i spelled f.ck about 50 times for sister mary elephant. right back to joe mc carthy elementary. Oh, you mean 'penguins'! ;) I spent my whole school career in public schools. Those women bother me. They're not 'normal', whatever that is. Actually I got Mom in trouble because I could read before I got to Kindergarten. The district thought she was pushing me. It also bugged the teacher because at story time I could read the text when she showed the illustrations. "Teacher, that's not what it says!" ;) Bill Banaszak, MFE > Oh, you mean 'penguins'! ;) I spent my whole school career in public schools. Those women bother me. They're not 'normal', whatever that > is. > Actually I got Mom in trouble because I could read before I got to > Kindergarten. The district thought she was pushing me. It also bugged > the teacher because at story time I could read the text when she showed > the illustrations. "Teacher, that's not what it says!" ;) I can relate. During my first five grades in school, I would read through the  SignatureEdwin (Remove "DIESPAMDIE!") "Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can trust to be dishonest... Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly stupid." - Captain Jack Sparrow (Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) > > schools. Those women bother me. They're not 'normal', whatever > that is. Actually I got Mom in trouble because I could read before > I got to Kindergarten. The district thought she was pushing me. > It also bugged the teacher because at story time I could read the > text when she showed the illustrations. "Teacher, that's not what > it says!" ;) I can relate. During my first five grades in school, I would read through the "Reader" that we got during about the first week (I'm pretty fast) and then irritate the teachers by reading other stuff during the class but still be able to answer questions about the subject/topic at hand. (I doubt that I could do so today as my memory isn't as good as it was back then...) Too bad I sucked (and still do) so badly at Math... SignatureEdwin (Remove "DIESPAMDIE!") "Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can trust to be dishonest... Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly stupid." - Captain Jack Sparrow (Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) >Oh, you mean 'penguins'! ;) I spent my whole school career in public >schools. Those women bother me. They're not 'normal', whatever that >is. Hey, watch how you talk about the "good sisters" (8-P). Some weren't too bad, some are even well-meaning and caring. Trouble is at MY school, I never saw any of that kind. Our school had, from what I was later told, about a 40% bug-out rate (leaving the church altogether), attributable directly to the treatment at the hands of some of these caring women. I still get nightmares. >Actually I got Mom in trouble because I could read before I got to >Kindergarten. The district thought she was pushing me. It also bugged >the teacher because at story time I could read the text when she showed >the illustrations. "Teacher, that's not what it says!" ;) Professionals always get pushed out of shape when an "amatuer" does their job as good or better than they do. -- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger >>Oh, you mean 'penguins'! ;) I spent my whole school career in public >>schools. Those women bother me. They're not 'normal', whatever that [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > - Henry Kissinger our leave rate was low in one school because the bishop running the system threatened to excommunicate bailers. he is now waiting prosecution in that nation wide cover up. >our leave rate was low in one school because the bishop >running the system threatened to excommunicate bailers. >he is now waiting prosecution in that nation wide cover up. "threatened to excommunicate bailers." And his point was??? If I was leaving, why would I care? I had enough fun with them concerning the annulment of my first marriage and my second marriage. (The head of the tribunal wanted a $2,500 "gift" [small unmarked bills, no receipt]). Gotta love these people..... -- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger > >our leave rate was low in one school because the bishop > >running the system threatened to excommunicate bailers. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > . - - > - Henry Kissinger That pretty much caused my father's leaving the church. He couldn't see staying married to the first wife and possibly going to jail for killing her. I've only heard the one side, of course, but she must have been Hell on wheels. My oldest 'sister' doesn't share any family genes, if you know what I mean. Bill Banaszak, MFE |
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