"Anybody manufacture a 1/72 scale western fort?" Topic
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| The Shadow | 17 Mar 2019 10:10 a.m. PST |
Does anyone know of any manufacturer producing a 1/72 scale western fort? |
John Leahy  | 17 Mar 2019 10:40 a.m. PST |
Airfix does. Imex made a vacuform one. |
| Pauls Bods | 17 Mar 2019 11:03 a.m. PST |
As far as I know thereīs only one at present producing one and itīs not like the Imex or Airfix ones. link
TBH, Iīd scratchbuild one, toothpicks etc. Way cheaper and you can make it to suit your Needs.
Something like this
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nnascati  | 17 Mar 2019 12:35 p.m. PST |
The Airfix Fort(or whoever took over the mold) is still out there, check ebay. |
| dwight shrute | 17 Mar 2019 12:46 p.m. PST |
link also a very rare 1/72 fort by atlantic |
| Winston Smith | 17 Mar 2019 2:16 p.m. PST |
I had a stamped sheet metal one when I was a kid many centuries ago. When I was 9, I thought it was very cool.
Good luck finding it now.  |
| ChrisBrantley | 17 Mar 2019 6:12 p.m. PST |
Was that the tin Fort Apache playset by Marx, where the case opened up to make the fort? auction |
| Stephen Miller | 17 Mar 2019 9:56 p.m. PST |
If you Google "Ft Phil Kearney diorama", you'll find images of the diorama of that 1/72 scale fort that I scratch-built a few years ago. Including the Quartermaster stockade, the total fort measured about 66" inches long and about 42" deep. I used basswood for the stockade walls, and the buildings were (mostly) made of a mix of balsa and basswood. As the actual fort measured 1400 feet long and 600 feet deep, it's actually just about 2/3rds scale to the original (even though it looked huge, at least by Hollywood fort standards.) Ft Phil Kearny, built in 1866, was one of the last army forts built with a stockade wall around it. |
| The Shadow | 18 Mar 2019 7:27 a.m. PST |
Airfix Fort Apache is OOP. BUM fort looks good, but it's pretty expensive. IMEX fort is also OOP. |
| Viper911 | 18 Mar 2019 10:02 a.m. PST |
I have a Marx Fort Apache Brand new never touched in the box and have the box it came in as well selling for a friend $125. USD
plus shipping. |
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