When I got antsy to get going on the Upstairs O Gauge Layout room and Layout table- and set up a Fastrack loop and a few accessories on the foyer Floor around and under the coffee table! I ran my original AF 1928 uncataloged set and a little 600 series freight set.
@George S posted:The roof is the same color as the regular Ives 121. It does look gray, with a blue tint. This Ink Blue is very gray. If it doesn’t match, I’ll keep trying.
I’ll keep your observation of the yellow in mind as I try to match to body. Lighting in these different photographs tends to change the color.George
I received my beat up caboose. Here are the before pictures. 
Good news is that it has all the trim except the plates. I agree with NWL that the roof is going to be the problem color to match. It’s much closer to charcoal gray than any blue. I am going to experiment in blending spray colors on some scrap.
I have two shades of cream for the body that I will test and share.
This shouldn’t take too long. It’s mostly a strip and repaint.
George
@Carey TeaRose posted:When I got antsy to get going on the Upstairs O Gauge Layout room and Layout table- and set up a Fastrack loop and a few accessories on the foyer Floor around and under the coffee table! I ran my original AF 1928 uncataloged set and a little 600 series freight set.
Beautiful room!
A favorite car, the Maerklin Transportwagen fur Flugzeuge No. 1881/1, produced 1919-1935. My example is post 1926 when buffers were added making the car a little longer. The car is all original except for the reproduction pilot.
@Jim Kelly-Evans posted:A favorite car, the Maerklin Transportwagen fur Flugzeuge No. 1881/1, produced 1919-1935. My example is post 1926 when buffers were added making the car a little longer. The car is all original except for the reproduction pilot.
That car is incredibly cool. That's why I love this thread - seeing so many things that I never even knew existed.
Amazing that the car survived in that condition with almost all of the parts intact. Of course, it's sad in a way, because it means the lucky kid who got it never really played with it.
@George S posted:
Good news is that it has all the trim except the plates. I agree with NWL that the roof is going to be the problem color to match. It’s much closer to charcoal gray than any blue. I am going to experiment in blending spray colors on some scrap.
I have two shades of cream for the body that I will test and share.
This shouldn’t take too long. It’s mostly a strip and repaint.
George
I have had one of these apart for about a year waiting for me to get back to it. I intended to fabricate a replacement cupula to make look more lie a northeast wide cupula design. the first couple tries came out poor and just never had time to get it done. maybe next year.
A streamlined HORNBY set, reference AD for "Aero Dynamique"? It is a set from the M series which is smaller than the usual models and represent a train from the Paris Lyon to Mediterranean coast railway company. it dates from circa 1935 and hard to find in near new condition.
Have a nice weekend, Daniel
Daniel: That stunning Swiss made original Darstead Prussian car made my day! The price on that beauty was probably not for the cardiac stressed! Congrats!
@George S posted:I received my beat up caboose. Here are the before pictures.
Good news is that it has all the trim except the plates. I agree with NWL that the roof is going to be the problem color to match. It’s much closer to charcoal gray than any blue. I am going to experiment in blending spray colors on some scrap.
I have two shades of cream for the body that I will test and share.
This shouldn’t take too long. It’s mostly a strip and repaint.
George
I think I came up with the blue gray roof. I started with Ink Blue and lightly oversprayed it with Charcoal Gray.
Here are the color options for the cream. Antique White and Ivory White. which is closest? The Antique is a little runny.
George
Daniel : What a great find, thanks for posting. You are right, the MO class of Hornby was O - gauge but a smaller scale than the rest of the line. I have one of the first passenger series of this line from about 1930-31. It is pictured below. Not nearly as sophisticated as yours but the MO line did get better as the years went on.
Daniel, as always, thank you for posting. I had never seen the "AD" set your pictured before.
Don
Ohhh Frenchy ! What a marvellous PLM Aerodynamique ! Thats one of my Bucket List locomotives .. C'est Magnifique Mon Frere !
Same with the Marklin Marvel from MR JKE ! glorious condition and some rocking horse poo right there !
Well this week for me has been more about "Bits and Pieces" than stunning rarity or amazingness
Starting with a simple Post War Hornby British Rail tender
Then a nice Canadian Pacific Marx found here in Aus .. ( excuse sellers photography lol )
Apparently its a "Perfect runner"
And sourced from the same fine fellow .. a lovely little double reduction Marx motor ( again perfect runner) which is quite possibly going to replace the motor in my British Marx Silverlink which has some issues !
But the absolute BARGAIN of the week was finding a lot of Vintage wheels on the Netherlands epay, and with the kind assistance of my Dutchy mate it was secured for an astounding opening bid of ......
0.99 Euro's ! with 7 euros local postage !
Thats some MAJOR treasure right there ! A lot of early pressed cut tin spoked wheels as well as some later cast versions ( and some HWN or similar plastics lol )
But the funniest thing I mentioned to Dutchy after winning it ... the Charles Gervais Cheese box the dude sent it in .... is worth 50 times the winning bid according to asking prices on epay !!! 
So we started out pretty meekly but ended with a bang !
( it doesnt take much to keep me happy lol )
Here's my contribution. I picked it up at York from a guy who specializes in European trains and frequently travels to the Czech Republic. He threw it in when I purchased some other items. It appears to be handmade. I think the body is aluminum. It has an O-gauge mechanism, but the overall size is more like standard or 1 gauge. I have not yet dared to power it up. Any ideas about it? 
@Fatman posted:But the absolute BARGAIN of the week was finding a lot of Vintage wheels on .......
( it doesnt take much to keep me happy lol )
Fatman I believe your last statement on the post sums it up for most of us!
It’s the thrill of the hunt and seeing value in something that doesn’t mean much to someone else. Keep up the hunt across the globe and enjoy. i know your collecting has broaden my toy train knowledge.
Fatman...you are now defiantly the "BIG WHEEL" among our group!! Great Marx CP loco as well. Do you know if its pre or post war? Is it an 0-4-0 or a 2-4-2 ? Marx made both arrangements. Based on some details, it could date as early as '39 but was then reissued '46-52. Marx made these as 494,495,and 3000 series engines. The key feature separating it from the 391,396,397 series is that it only has one dome and the 39X series had two. In addition the 39X series had a round smokestack while the 3000 and 49X series had the tear drop shaped stack like yours. This would put your engine in the 49X or 3000 series. One key is if there is lettering on the side boards, it would typically be "Marlines" but sometimes said "Canadian Pacific" or sometimes just the number "3000" other variants have just the blank sideboard with the colored trim and no lettering at all. Marx, unfortunately for us collectors today, made a bewildering number of variants on this great loco. In fact he made more variants of this type loco than any other. However, I would agree with your seller..."if its Marx, it will RUN!"
Speaking of Marx, I posted this picture on Front End Friday, but thought you all might like it. Its kind of "pre" Marx. It is a Joy Line loco, CW, from about 1932-35. This followed the Joy Line, cast iron loco made from about 1927. The manufacturer was the Girard Model Works of Girard Pa. which had been founded in 1906 as a manufacturer of springs and was engaged in the toy business from about the 1920's. Louis Marx & Co. became their sole toy distributor under a 5 year contract in 1929. Subsequent financial difficulties resulted in the Girard Model Works filing for bankruptcy in 1934 and Marx (who was a major stockholder and was serving as one of the Directors of the Model Works) acquired the assets of the company from the receivers in January 1935. It was reorganized as the Girard Manufacturing Co and began to produce Marx toys in 1936.
Here is the "mighty" Joy Line steam locomotive pulling her Joy Line heavyweight passenger consist about 1932-1935.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Don
I want to see one of my favorite post strings continue so here's my newest tinplate car. This started as a beat up 4018 and now is an REA express boxcar for my AF passenger train. Later I'll have some more pictures of my AF passenger train with this car in it and double headed with a 4000 and 46XX locomotives. 
Pete in Kansas: Beautiful restoration / customizing job. Did you have any rust? If so what did you do to remove it and did you then have to prepare the surface for new paint. I have several Lionel cars that could use a restoration but they have various amounts of rust and I am not sure of a good mechanism to remove it. Thanks
Don
@Pete in Kansas posted:I want to see one of my favorite post strings continue so here's my newest tinplate car. This started as a beat up 4018 and now is an REA express boxcar for my AF passenger train. Later I'll have some more pictures of my AF passenger train with this car in it and double headed with a 4000 and 46XX locomotives.
I love it!!! More AF Wide Gauge please!!!
@Don McErlean posted:Pete in Kansas: Beautiful restoration / customizing job. Did you have any rust? If so what did you do to remove it and did you then have to prepare the surface for new paint. I have several Lionel cars that could use a restoration but they have various amounts of rust and I am not sure of a good mechanism to remove it. Thanks
Don
Yes it had a lot of rust on the roof which was cleaned with a brass wheel on my bench grinder and then the pitting was filled with red lead. I bought a tube of red lead at walmart a few years ago and at the rate I'm using it this will probably last me for the next 10 years! After these areas are sanded and primed you'd never know the pitting was there.
My first original American Flyer Wide Gauge set in action!
Pete in Kansas: THANK YOU! for the data. Very helpful
Don
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