Builds & remakes, based on vintage toys.
Mobaco with round towers
When I first knew about Mobaco, I was dreaming about creating big castle's, with towers and gates. But how to add these elements gently into the Mobaco ecosystem? Mobaco is having floor plates with square hole patterns, fitting columns and wall panels. So basically only retangular type buildings + tower segments could be created. It's […]
L'Edifice - Reproduction
Encouraged by fellow L'Edifice enthusiasts, it's time (May 2025) to re-created some wooden parts. Basically half of the 'A - Tenons de soubassement' are missing and/or broken, same issue with the 'J- Faîtières'... Also want those M4/M5 stairs and still missing some panels... It's time for replacement parts! The system The basic building system consists […]
Mobaco - Doors & Gates
It's still funny to see what the boys are creating with Mobaco. The doors & gates are always used. Somehow they like this simple addition. So after a request for new wall pannels, it's also time updating the gates: The wooden parts from the left 2 buildings were already made. Main concern: "The double doors […]
Mobaco Model 4-78
Time to create some virtual Mobaco models. Let's go for the bigger bit strange: Set 4, No. 78. For some reason, the mid section of the building is floating. The building plan: It's having some interesting column supporting structures. The center of the buildings doesn't have any supports to the ground. At floor leves VI, […]
Dom Tower & Church
Project: Swiss cheese. It's finaly time, recreating a Mobaco model on my own. After visiting the beautiful Dom Tower in Utrecht, we bought a puzzle version for our kids... That's a nice start, understanding the properties of the church, at least, that is what I was expecting.. Dom Tower - Top section Since the Dom […]
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
L'Edifice: Already in the prototype exhibited at the Concours Lépine in 1920, there was a cathedral, most likely symbolizing the Cathédrale Notre-Dame De Paris. Later, there were 2 versions sold. The left side could be found in 1922 manual and the right version around 1925. Also these models are remodelled into LeoCAD: Mobaco: What happens, […]
Pulko Patent Baukasten - Reproduction
Pulko Bauhause style... Enthousiast about the new findings of the Pulko patent, it's nice to re-create these Bauhaus style panels in real. Since I'm less interested, in rebuilding the whole system, it's scaled to Mobaco, so baseplates & columns could be re-used. Besides that, the difference in bay size is only 2.5 [mm] width. With […]
Mobaco 100 Years
This year Mobaco celibrates its 100 years of existing, turning a vintage toy into an antique toy... So it was time for creating nice presents for both Nick & Caspar during this special 100 years Mobaco. Not only for their part of researching Mobaco, but also organising some Mobaco exhibitions, still sharing new Mobaco findings […]
Dometo - Interlocking Building Material (Re-make)
Especially the composite version, is still one of my favorite construction toys.With the composite set, both the door & door frame is broken, time for a creating a new one... The original frame is some kind of granular cement. The original parts are created with some kind of moulding techniques, parting lines & draft angles […]
Reconstruction Model-Z
Model Z was issued around 1931. Unfortunately this set is never produced. Together with C. Mol, we reconstructed these exciting 'new' elements. There are 3 examples found, where the new constuction elements were used. And simular LeoCAD models were created: Or see this 3D model: After some iterations it was time build these parts in […]