Greg Liska’s Fort Apache Stockade Headquarters Building Greg Liska is back. This time Greg came up with a way to use some of those excess stockade walls. How many of have been left with extra stockade walls Problem is what do you do with them. For me in the past I have taken the walls and shipped them to auction. Greg shows a different way to us them.
Greg Liska’s Fort Apache Stockade Headquarters Building The Projects
Here is what Greg has to say on his project.
This was put together out of leftover FT Apache pieces from about 3 Ebay lots. The parts sat on my craft table for about 8 months before this idea hit me. The roof lifts off by grasping the watch tower and lifting it. I will stick some frontier furniture in there. I used a dremel tool to cut the firing slit and holes to make the door and windows.
The roof rests on the wall section parapets. The trim around the doors and windows is made from popsicle sticks. This needs just a little cleaning up yet to be completely finished, but we’re at 97%. I bet half the people that see this have Fort Apache wall sections laying around. Hope this serves as an inspiration to get them into circulation.
Greg Liska’s Fort Apache Stockade Headquarters Building Final Thoughts
Once again Greg has come up with a simple but amazing piece. I can see this type of building being used in other scenarios. I can see this building using in a western setting. You could take the porch off and make a larger opening to be a stable. You could use this type of building in a revolutionary scene as Greg did. What ideas do you haveto use this building. Lets us know. Now we have wait for Greg’s next project.
nice building, MAJ Greg. but i don’t understand what is meant by “excess stockade walls”. you can never have too many. you just make a bigger fort. 😉
Good point OIF-Retread – particularly with the sections that have parapets. But still an inspirational idea (as usual with your projects Greg). I know I have at least a few recast (or whatever you want to call them) pieces I could spare for a project like that.
Oh yes, thanks (again) for sharing your wizardry. I hit “post” accidentally before I was done.
Thanks, guys. I suppose I should qualify my statement about ‘excess’ wall sections, especially ones with the parapet. A few years ago I made a mega-log stockade and I added widened parapets to walls that had none. I drilled small holes across the wall and inserted tooth pick sized wooden stakes as supports for a wider parapet placed on top of the supports. These walls were gotten much later and all are broken in one way or another. Some are in pretty bad shape and I think most people would have trashed them outright. I have a tough time doing that to vintage plastic and almost always find a way to make them a desired toy again.
That makes your project even greater in my book. as you say, it’s a shame to waste good plastic if it can be salvaged in some way.
Good work Greg, Looks Great, Nice job.
Thanks, Darren. Sorry I didn’t acknowledge sooner. I was off to other things. I’ve since trimmed the bottom down so that it conforms right to the shape of the structure and painted the edges to match. I also cleaned up the slits and window sills with a jeweler’s file.