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The Victory Diner that I got from Classic Model Trains at York is so beautiful that I can't leave it alone.  A couple of months ago, I built a landscaped base for it, and I recently decided to add a smoke unit.  I bought a water vapor "smoke" unit and cobbled together a way to direct the output through one of the smokestacks in the roof.  I tried to think of a way to direct the smoke to both stacks, but I decided that it wasn't feasible.  Perhaps a second unit can be added down the road.  The smoke from these units is a little faint and it doesn't show up well in the picture and video, but it is clearly visible when viewed in person.Victory Diner smokeVictory Diner smoke reservoirVictory Diner smoke componentsVictory Diner smoke roof

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Made a modified paper version of the Flyer Town Freight Station (No. 91):

Flyer Town Freight Station 91

From 1931, the original no. 91 would be the same size as the no. 90 (Hyde Park); however, the graphics are scaled much smaller on the no. 91 so they look a bit strange side-by-side. I increased the dimensions of the no. 91 by ~ 25% to get things a bit more comparative.

Started with photos of an original, developed graphics using MS Paint, printed and mounted on artist's matt board. The base is a scrap of 1/4-inch masonite. Doors and windows were cut out, printed on cardstock, and cemented in from behind to add depth; the "embossed" roof is matt board and cardstock.

PD

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@boomer0622 - Hey, good find and a great price.  Marx actually made two principal versions of the NYC 20102, an illuminated one with a light and electrical pick up and like yours the non-illuminated version.  Yours has the later type of lithography (2 color grey and red) as opposed to the older lithography on the type 556 caboose ( mostly all red)  which was made from the 1930's .  Since yours has tab/slot couplers, it most likely was made before 1953 when Marx began to equip everything with plastic knuckle couplers.  So best guess, your would date from perhaps late 40's to early 50's but candidly Marx is very difficult to date with any great certainty.  Overall the 6" cars, in various colors and liveries,were made from 1936-1972.

Don

@pd- beautiful work and the #91 is not near as commonly found as the #90.  So here is the question...how many more can you make?    (only kidding).   It certainly looks just like the tinplate original, great job!

Don

There are many things one could make, Don, but there's also a limited amount of space on the layout. There's already a half-dozen stations on our relatively small pike (not including random passenger platforms). We're going to have to disposition a couple of the modern-era pieces to make room for these "whistle stops".

That said, a friend flipped me a few photos of a homemade garage to match with a Lionel bungalow; I might take a stab at making one of those.

PD

Thanks, Bob! These are great fun to design and build.

Here's one more pre-York project completed, a modified "Vintage Lithograph Station" from Paul Race's Tribute to Tinplate site:

With Paul's permission, I edited the graphics a bit to rearrange windows and doors while adding a train schedule board. I extended the roof-line to provide an under-cover platform, and made a bench out of a few bits of matt board. Now it's more of a suburban station than the whistle-stop no. 90 as Flyer originally designed it.

PD

@pd posted:

Thanks, Bob! These are great fun to design and build.

Here's one more pre-York project completed, a modified "Vintage Lithograph Station" from Paul Race's Tribute to Tinplate site:

With Paul's permission, I edited the graphics a bit to rearrange windows and doors while adding a train schedule board. I extended the roof-line to provide an under-cover platform, and made a bench out of a few bits of matt board. Now it's more of a suburban station than the whistle-stop no. 90 as Flyer originally designed it.

PD

You mentioned "pre-York", so I'm assuming that you'll be there next month.  Are you familiar with the Standard Gauge Module Association?  If not, I'd like to invite you to stop by the layout in the Black hall and to come to the meeting at 7:30 on Friday morning.  The meeting includes a lot of displays and show-and-tell (especially for home-made items), so if you can, please bring one of your creations.

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