Tinplate at Milwaukee Trainfest

Here is a video from the MTH showcase.

Here is an American Flyer Shasta bell ringer running on the Wisconsin Standard Gauge Operators layout.

Here is a MTH Prosperity Special running on the Wisconsin Standard Gauge Operators layout.  Great smoke and sound!

Here is a great O gauge layout that packs a lot in a small space.

beautiful, thanks for sharing.

George S posted:

Hello everyone!  I went to Trainfest today in Milwaukee.  They had over 50 operating layouts of all different scales.  MTH and Lionel each had showcases. There was a fair representation of tinplate and standard gauge.  Here are some photos I took.

George

That's yours truly in the above photo leading the SGMA group and having a lot of fun!

Bob Nelson

Tinplate never gets old!   Thanks for posting this George. 

navy.seal posted:

George S posted:

Hello everyone!  I went to Trainfest today in Milwaukee.  They had over 50 operating layouts of all different scales.  MTH and Lionel each had showcases. There was a fair representation of tinplate and standard gauge.  Here are some photos I took.

George

That's yours truly in the above photo leading the SGMA group and having a lot of fun!

Bob Nelson

Bob,

That was a happy accident! Thank you for pointing yourself out and thank you for hosting a great show.

George

George S posted:

Hello everyone!  I went to Trainfest today in Milwaukee.  They had over 50 operating layouts of all different scales.  MTH and Lionel each had showcases. There was a fair representation of tinplate and standard gauge.  Here are some photos I took.

George

Way cool!!!

A

Are these tinplate structures? If so, would be nice to know the source.

Allan Miller posted:

A

Are these tinplate structures? If so, would be nice to know the source.

 

 

Ditto.  These are EXACTLY what I am looking for... to "build"my town...

Rob English posted:

Allan Miller posted:

 

Are these tinplate structures? If so, would be nice to know the source.

Ditto.  These are EXACTLY what I am looking for... to "build"my town...

Maybe Bob can shed some light on these.  They were on the SGMA layout.  They looked very cool, but I couldn't tell what they were. They look like tin lithograph but could be well made card-stock printed on photo paper.

There were also some very cool log cabins made with Lincoln Logs. Wish I had saved mine now. 

Thanks George! A great photo spread. 

George S posted:

Rob English posted:

Allan Miller posted:

 

Are these tinplate structures? If so, would be nice to know the source.

Ditto.  These are EXACTLY what I am looking for... to "build"my town...

Maybe Bob can shed some light on these.  They were on the SGMA layout.  They looked very cool, but I couldn't tell what they were. They look like tin lithograph but could be well made card-stock printed on photo paper.

There were also some very cool log cabins made with Lincoln Logs. Wish I had saved mine  now. 

Those buildings as well as the grain elevator and the Lincoln Logs structures were all hand-made by Chuck Lindvig, Kirk's older brother.  I will try to get him to respond.

Bob Nelson

Many of the structures are indeed handmade.  Mick Henning and I used cardboard tubes, 1/2" X 1/2" basswood lumber, 1/4" plywood, and gloss photographic paper to build the structures we could not find or afford in tinplate.  Attaching the photographic paper that we printed on a laser computer printer was done with double-side tape.  Our first attempts were on an HO layout Mick and I are building, which was quite successful.  Mick enlarged the files, then printed the walls, windows, and sidings we needed to build our Standard Gauge buildings.  We found using the 1/4" plywood as backer really stiffened the structure without getting the bends we got when just using the paper.  It really is amazing how much the resulting structures look like tinplate.  One problem we encountered is even slight exposure to any liquid is a disaster.