Buck Rogers

During the 1930's Rappaport Bros put out a series of kits wherein kids could melt pot metal and pour the molten metal into molds! Once cooled they would take them out, clean up the edges, and paint them with lead based paints - pretty much the only thing available at the time. One of the series of molds was the hugely popular - at the time - Buck Rogers which had a couple of ships and several figures from the comic strip. All the casting's were 'flats' which was also popular at the time, and therefore lacked that fullness that we're used to in toys nowadays. While not impossible to make something nifty out of a flat, this pic will show that it's doable. Enjoy! Opa Fritz