I made a small amusement park and named it Tyler Park after my newly arrived grandson.
so decided to restore a tinplate fantasy car labeling it with his name and date of birth as numbers.
A lot of work, but think it will provide service to his amusement park. Lol
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good job A+ from the Art Teacher!! 
Love the color scheme, great job. Looks like a new product!
Working on a standard gauge passenger cars 2 # 35 and 1 # 36 and doing them in a Lionel scheme.
I do like your wording as "Tinplate Fantasy Car".
I never call my restored as I called it a rebuild, but the "Tinplate Fantasy Car" is much better.
Great job, love the lettering!!!
rich b
RICH B posted:Great job, love the lettering!!!
rich b
Thanks rich, couldn’t have done it without your assistance and knowledge. It was fun although time consuming. Only problem was I think i should have clear coated the roof and letters. Talon to you soon.
Great job... and definitely one he and the family will treasure for years to come!
looks great!
If that's your first attempt, I can't wait to see the results after you've had some practice.
Mallard4468 posted:If that's your first attempt, I can't wait to see the results after you've had some practice.
It is my first attempt with a lot of coaching advice from forum member Rich b. Who does excellent restoration work imho. I purchased three cars from him that were gorgeous but needed the end car, hence gave it a shot. I redid the lettering to center it more as it was driving me crazy. I used micro sol, and micro set applying the decals. It really makes the decal float like crazy and overlooked the centering. But all is fine now. Have the bug and plan on doing a 253 electric same color schemes to go with the cars.
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