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Title: ww1 and animal flats
Post by: JimWhitehead on June 12, 2024, 12:14:45 PM
Hi everyone I have recently inherited these flat moulds I've tried search around but no luck with finding anything. Hoping someone here my be able to help, any information greatly appreciated
Title: Re: ww1 and animal flats
Post by: marko on June 12, 2024, 12:23:35 PM
The animals are pretty cool.  I am sure someone here will know for sure.


I am wondering if these are some type of a kids kit that allows them to cast their own figures.  I have seen a variety of these and this has a similar look to it.  Molten metal melted on a stove and poured from a sauce pan, what could happen.


mark
Title: Re: ww1 and animal flats
Post by: gerhard on June 13, 2024, 03:05:54 AM
Hello
I think these are Ideal Moulds for selfcasting of semiflat Figures, for Kids.The form of the moulds is, as far as I know, typical for Ideal Formen
Title: Re: ww1 and animal flats
Post by: JimWhitehead on June 13, 2024, 04:38:48 AM
I think these are Ideal Moulds for selfcasting of semiflat Figures, for Kids.The form of the moulds is, as far as I know, typical for Ideal Formen
Thank you, I have been reading Ideal as Jdeal
Do you know the country of origin and apx date ?
Title: Re: ww1 and animal flats
Post by: JimWhitehead on June 13, 2024, 04:43:27 AM

 Molten metal melted on a stove and poured from a sauce pan, what could happen.
I remember doing this with my Grandad in the early 90s, we used a baked bean tin for pouring and old camping stove. I inherited those as well. The flats pictures are a white casting metal, but there is also a bag of older ones marked as Lead.
Title: Re: ww1 and animal flats
Post by: Joerg on June 13, 2024, 01:40:38 PM
Moulds of the German company Schneider.
with luck I find a catalogue.
I myself own the mould with lion, kangooroo and elephant.
Title: Re: ww1 and animal flats
Post by: JimWhitehead on June 14, 2024, 06:07:26 AM
Managed to find the Ideal Catalogue via a friend on instgram
Title: Re: ww1 and animal flats
Post by: Joerg on June 15, 2024, 04:19:01 AM
Cool !
Title: Re: ww1 and animal flats
Post by: John Alberts on June 18, 2024, 12:57:01 PM
Awesome stuff