Can someone please tell me any information about these wooden, O gauge size, building? I picked them up at the Great American Train Show in Syracuse NY today. Thank you
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What exactly are you trying to determine? O scale can fluctuate from 1/40 to 1/50, depending on what country they originate from. These remind me of German or Great Britain models.
Thanks, I'm trying to determine who manufactured these building and where they are from, or if they are homemade. They look similar in size to my Lionel O gauge Pre War steel building.
They look home made to me
I agree, they look home made. Window and door details are uniform, copies of some standard print. Charming folk product for sure, but I suspect they are not mass produced.
This is the sort of identity search that you read about in TCA's Quarterly magazine...unusual things discovered at meets, flea markets, shows, auctions. Perhaps sharing photos with that organization for publication would find a broader audience...no offense intended to this forum's collective expertise.
BTW...I assume there's no markings on the bottoms of the structures...or evidence of a missing paper label, etc.??
Assuming these are, indeed, the handiwork of a creative individual...whose true identity may be lost to the ages...kudos! for their skills. One can well imagine the smiles their creator and audience experienced when these were first built and displayed. Reminds me of how I acquired some basic woodworking skills from Dad.
Nice find...thanks for sharing.
KD
I think they were scratch built also.
Interesting that the bases are all dadoed to accept the walls. I was thinking that they might be derived from commercial bird houses...
Thanks for all the replies. The one thing that is curious are the window, door, and signage stickers.
I've got a church that looks like yours. My wife picked it up at Michael's years ago when their wooden department was much bigger. She painted it for me, including stain glass windows but the window and door stickers are a mystery to me.
I usually.. go to youtube for train ideas etc.... last night a whole video of a items that where made during the depression .. what this guy did was to recreate pretty close to what was available in that time period . all the stations platforms etc he recreated .. The author explained he had enough money to buy trains but not the accessories. building etc...
To me this is what it looks like .. someone took the time to make their own miniature town of buildings.. daniel