Lolly Stick Workshop

Back in the 50's wood was available while British made toys were being exported. The result was a lot of WW2 compromise by fathers in making wood toys for or with their sons. 

I have fond memories of the fire station my Dad built me that I helped paint red. The many swords, guns sailing ships and yes those date box boats, mine were sometimes galleons sometimes tug boats with barges. 

For model train layouts there were printed paper sheets of building exteriors that you could paste on the front of a wood building made of balsa or plywood. 

Well into the 1960's Tri-ang toys combined metal, plastic and wood into their toys. 

Buildings from lolly sticks could take a long time to collect the building materials, these days I only have to go into an art/craft store and I can buy a pack of them. 

These days I use lolly sticks as a base for painting items!

Terranova47

USA

PLANET OF THE APES TOY RIFLE

Hi, 

Just read the blog post about wooden rifles, here is my replica Planet of the Apes rifle, made as you described! 

Kevin D

UK

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Postscript!

Just found this picture online of the chap I made the rifle for, in his costume carrying it!

Kevin

For Scoop From Paul V

Happy Birthday from MJ

Best wishes Scoop!

From Mark J

South Coast Base

To Scoop From Andy B

Rob C's Glencoe Space Station 9

Woodsy

Here's another model for you. A classic space wheel from Strombecker, from the Disney "Man in Space" series. The Glencoe reissue.
Enjoy!

Rob C

Connecticut

USA 

LEWIS'S ALIEN COVENANT PROPS

Woodsy,

 It struck me I hadn't named the Soho theatre, where I first saw 2001 Space Odyssey.

It was the Prince Edward theatre https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/404549978997663276/

I used to lecture as a part-timer (industry based) at various tertiary institutions on film design, but my sudden hearing impairment put an end to that. I really enjoyed "giving something back to the next generation" - in fact one bloke came up to me and said, "You probably don't remember me, but you lectured me 20 years ago and so inspired me that I became a teacher too!"

It only takes one testimonial like that to make it all worth while!

The Alien:Covenant gig was "interesting". I really wanted to work on an Alien film.

For these background props, they had REALLY SPECIFIC 3D rendered images, so my job satisfaction was making my finished props look EXACTLY like the references I was given.

In the end, I just saw one blurry bronze bell behind Fassbender in the laboratory scene! Still, better than my work on "Revenge of the Sith" where I saw not one thing that I'd worked on!

I've got some lovely silver fabric to use for my Heyward Floyd figure once I've sorted out the pattern and there'll be enough left over to make a 1/3 scale Gay Ellis in a SHADO spacesuit after that!

Mind you, making the purple wig is going to be a mindbender Ha! Ha!

LOVE ya blog, Man! Chat again soon, 

 Lewis

Australia

Birthday Greetings from Terranova47 USA