Elba - Moubal

Construction toy, manufactured by 'van Mouwerik and Bal', Dutch company Moubal, Zeist, The Netherlands, between 1939~1941.

The full set consists of stamped cardboard material: trusses, floor tiles, walls & fences.

More information + manuals: mobaco.nl/Elba
Learnings about Elba - remake.

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Patented

Patent (NL49313C) was filed by Harmen Elsinga on 27 January 1939 and granted in September 1940.

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Boxes A & B

Only 2 box sizes are known:

A colorful & minimalistic looking system, but certainly well thought out!

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Manual

Dutch manual for box 2:

Some system characteristics

Here a short list of some system characteristics and how it’s retrofitted into the virtual LeoCAD library:

Part types:	Original:	Virtual:
Trusses	Cardboard Thickness: 2.5 [mm]	Single color pieces
Pannels	Cardboard Thickness: 2.5 [mm]	Single color pieces
Typical wall panel	55 x 85 [mm]	scaled
Bay size	57.5 [mm]	60 [mm]
LeoCAD settings:
	Draw line every X studs	3
	Snap XY	8 [mm] (1 Flat)
	Snap Z	1 [mm] (1/20 Stud)
	Rotations	90 [deg]

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Library information

Here an overview of the parts library:

The single Elba category, consists of these part types:

Part types:	Numer of parts:
Trusses	3
Floors	1
Pannels	12
Total parts:	16

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Building in LeoCAD

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Builds

Comparing the original Elba with the DIY laser cutted version:

I knew already, my DIY version was a little bigger, but today I got my own version of box B, which is ofcourse more fun.

I still like the system, how the trusses interlock with each. These trusses also supports the floor panels and walls panels. Since the walls are not interlocking, the building easily tips over, so it’s not very ridged.

3D models:

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