Orion design

This is the design I used for yesterday's project. It is from one of the extremely useful and inexpensive CDroms available through ankerstein.org .

Many of these plans (though apparently not this one) are also available online for download.

Orion

Orion was one of the alternate lines of building stones made by Richter early in the 20th century. The sets used smaller stone sizes, not compatible with the more common and more popular Large Caliber sets. Most Anker builders prefer the larger stones, and for structures involving large numbers of stones, they have surely made the best choice. Anker's Small Calibers sets, whatever the label, are just a bit too fussy to build very large with. That the smaller series lacks the variety of stones of the larger series is also a contraining factor. That said, I enjoy my small stones, and would like to get more.

JeuJura

JeuJura is a French toy maker that makes a variety of games and such. They have long made construction sets similar to Lincoln Logs, but with square logs of smaller diameter (similar to, but a little larger than Roy Toy). Most of their sets over the years have been Alpine Chalet or European forest lodge type architectures, but they have made at least one "Western" set for cowboy play, though the European flavor dominates even there. The nicely done plastic windows with working shutters add charm.

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