I found these at a flee market. They have pre war Marx trucks and seem to be made out of popsicle sticks. They have nice detail and I would figure old. Does anyone know if they were totally scratchbuilt or was there a kit with directions.?? I have 4 more boxcars another gondola and another caboose. Those have loose parts that I have to repair, but they are all there. (winter project) Any help would be appreciated. I am also taking them to York to find out there.
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Thanks for the input. As a matter of fact the cabooses are alike except for the length. All input is welcome to get to the bottom of this.
These are the sort of things I will never give up. Someone in the hobby loved it so much and got great pleassure out of it. I will display them proudly as a memorial to him or her. Hope when I am gone someone will fell the same hahaha.
I, too, have built a lot of old car kits, and flipped through old catalogs, and I would
say they were home made....you can pin them down as constructed after 1941 which is when I think Marx introduced the tilt fork coupler. While they are crude, a lot of stuff cruder was made (including by me as a kid), and I have seen worse offered on tables at trains shows. Marx only made 21 versions (not counting variations of same car) of "3/16" freight cars with that coupler, and no ore car, so somebody was looking for more variety. (the stock car looks like it could be a kit model)
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