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Castle Builder Construction Sets
Castle Builder was a Meccano-like construction system. It was made in Canada in the from 1917 to around 1919. It can be split into two sub-periods. Castle Builder(a) in 1917/8 where Pulleys, Gears & some other parts are identical to AMERICAN MODEL BUILDER and Castle Builder(b) in (probably) 1919 where Pulleys, Gears & some other parts are identical to STRUCTO.
Castle Builder(a)
Manufacturer / Distributor
The Castle Manufacturing Co., Toronto, Canada
Info from the Metal Constructional Systems Database for CASTLE BUILDER [a] (Ref:C Ba)
Very like Meccano
Canada
1917 to 1918
Steel
5-40 (some significant doubt)
single-tapped (probably)
6-32 (some significant doubt)
30 (probably)
80
12.7
4.2
4.0
Nuts: square
Bolts: cheese (slotted)
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Comments
Lid has boy with Railway Signal Gantry. Pulleys, Gears & some other parts as illustrated, and their names, are identical to AMERICAN MODEL BUILDER. Plates look like MODELIT [a].
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There are currently no manuals, leaflets or photos etc. available for downloading. If you can supply any, please get in contact with me.
Castle Builder(b)
Manufacturer / Distributor
The Castle Manufacturing Co., Toronto, Canada
Info from the Metal Constructional Systems Database for CASTLE BUILDER [b] (Ref:C Bb)
Very like Meccano
Canada
1919 (some significant doubt)
Steel
double-tapped (some significant doubt)
6-32 (some significant doubt)
16 (probably)
80
12.7
4.2 (probably)
Nuts: square
Bolts: cheese (slotted)
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Comments
Lid label as slotted cheesehead Ba but Pulleys, Gears & some other parts as illustrated are identical to STRUCTO. Some Plates look like MODELIT [a] but with rounded corners. More original parts including Latticed Girders.
NOTE - The 'Other Systems Newsletter' pages displayed further up this web page, may also include information on this system/era.
There are currently no manuals, leaflets or photos etc. available for downloading. If you can supply any, please get in contact with me.