What on earth area these??

[3 minutes of fame]

Hi all.
I recently paid £50 for a box of random GSCALE parts, including a rolling road, a dozen or wheel sets, a large box of fittings, a bag of sleepers, some brass tube...

...and these.
Any idea what they are or for? They seem to be some sort of ceramic material, but that's about all I know!

 

[PhilP]

G scale (-ish) bricks?

PhilP.

 

[HobbitFertang]

Sweets??

 

[PhilP]

Now illegal hexamine fuel tablets?


PhilP.

 

[Rhinochugger]

Hi all.
I recently paid £50 for a box of random GSCALE parts, including a rolling road, a dozen or wheel sets, a large box of fittings, a bag of sleepers, some brass tube...

...and these.
Any idea what they are or for? They seem to be some sort of ceramic material, but that's about all I know!
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There have, over the years, been a number of kids building sets that use clay/ceramic bricks. I had one in the 60s that used Tapwatta paste as cement.

Built a smashing bungalow, probably around 1:20 ish

 

[Gizzy]

Funnily enough, I found an unopened box of these last week.

From a windmill kit.

I use the bricks as wagon loads....

 

[Chris Vernell]

Hi all.
I recently paid £50 for a box of random GSCALE parts, including a rolling road, a dozen or wheel sets, a large box of fittings, a bag of sleepers, some brass tube...

...and these.
Any idea what they are or for? They seem to be some sort of ceramic material, but that's about all I know!
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So that’s where me lost marbles has got to

 

[Rhinochugger]

So that’s where me lost marbles has got to

Thank you Lord Elgin

 

[railaddict]

I bought similar blockx in Germany to build a platform.

 

[3 minutes of fame]

Now illegal hexamine fuel tablets?


PhilP.

There was a box of those as well!

 

[PhilP]

There was a box of those as well!

"This is the Police! Come out with your hands-up!!"


PhilP.

 

[GAP]

"This is the Police! Come out with your hands-up!!"


PhilP.

Quick burn the evidence

 

[3 minutes of fame]

Quick burn the evidence

 

[GAP]

Back in the day when I use walk around with my house on my back I was issued with a hexamine stove to heat up my drinking cup to make a cuppa.
A friend of mine used plastic explosive, which some were issued with, when he ran out of hexamine; the trick evidently was watch it so you didn't burn the bum out of your cup.

 

[pugwash]

Possibly something from these:

Jigstones

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