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Subject: Re: When at a friends house

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Jim W
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Date Posted: 00:51:06 02/05/25 Wed
In reply to: Question 's message, "Re: When at a friends house" on 16:31:00 01/31/25 Fri

Actually scratch building something for our toys was quite common. My Grandfather scratch-built one of those old train set villages, (his generation was fond of) for his own train sets. He had Dozens, if not more than a hundred little houses, made mostly out of cut up, and painted cereal boxes.

He had various methods of making trees, as well as roads, street lamps, fences, and so on and so forth. And there was even a hill on one side of the table, with a tunnel, that the trains would pass under.

My point is that, he taught us his scratch building skills. So yes, we enjoyed trying to make things like my Grandfather, especially when we got an idea for a way to improve our own toys.

(Like, say, a ramp for our matchbox cars.)

On a side note: my best friend's father worked for our lumber yard, and he was crafty in his own right. He had frequently used the machines and spare wood scraps at the lumberyard to craft totems, statues, vehicles, all manner of toys for his daughter. (My best friend)

He even built the multi level (4 levels) frame for one of my castles that I built for my 4 inch Star Wars toys. He measured, cut, and assembled the wood parts, but I gave him all of the measurements for the outer facade that I placed it in.

As for the Boat, specifically, we were actually trying to make it into a pirate ship.

Either her parents or mine had a really old board game, (I don't remember the name of it, and I certainly don't remember the rules) that had several peices missing or torn.

But what it did have, that we were interested in, was these little pirate figures. (Similar but smaller to the little cowboys and Indians plastic figures we used to get in plastic bags by the dozens)

We'd decided to make a pirate ship for the little figures. Eventually we got it to work. And then we played with it for a while. Finally, the last I saw of it, it was hung up on display in her room, next to her GI Joe Skystriker.

(A Birthday gift from me, a few years later)

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>Actually scratch building something for our toys was >quite common. My Grandfather scratch-built one of >those old train set villages, (his generation was fond >of) for his own train sets. He had Dozens, if not more >than a hundred little houses, made mostly out of cut >up, and painted cereal boxes. > >He had various methods of making trees, as well as >roads, street lamps, fences, and so on and so forth. >And there was even a hill on one side of the table, >with a tunnel, that the trains would pass under. > >My point is that, he taught us his scratch building >skills. So yes, we enjoyed trying to make things like >my Grandfather, especially when we got an idea for a >way to improve our own toys. > >(Like, say, a ramp for our matchbox cars.) > >On a side note: my best friend's father worked for our >lumber yard, and he was crafty in his own right. He >had frequently used the machines and spare wood scraps >at the lumberyard to craft totems, statues, vehicles, >all manner of toys for his daughter. (My best friend) > >He even built the multi level (4 levels) frame for one >of my castles that I built for my 4 inch Star Wars >toys. He measured, cut, and assembled the wood parts, >but I gave him all of the measurements for the outer >facade that I placed it in. > >As for the Boat, specifically, we were actually trying >to make it into a pirate ship. > >Either her parents or mine had a really old board >game, (I don't remember the name of it, and I >certainly don't remember the rules) that had several >peices missing or torn. > >But what it did have, that we were interested in, was >these little pirate figures. (Similar but smaller to >the little cowboys and Indians plastic figures we used >to get in plastic bags by the dozens) > >We'd decided to make a pirate ship for the little >figures. Eventually we got it to work. And then we >played with it for a while. Finally, the last I saw of >it, it was hung up on display in her room, next to her >GI Joe Skystriker. > >(A Birthday gift from me, a few years later)

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