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I hope not Daniel. I really enjoy seeing the tinplate. Now that I am retired, I can start posting pics after the New Year!

Bob

I think this topic somewhat overlaps the "Buy, Make Anything Cool - Tinplate" topic, which has been seeing more posts lately.  So it is not necessarily dying, it's just that the posts have been on that topic lately. 

Merry Christmas Daniel! ( and everybody else too! )

I have been stunningly absent in this thread lately , simply due to the slowing down of new acquisitions lately

This thread has and always will be the lifeblood heartbeat of OGR for me ... I am determined as ever that it will survive its senseless banishment to the boondocks of the Photo Albums area ( yes I can hold a grudge LOLOLOL!!! )

I have scored a couple of pre-christmas goodies for the Fatman Stocking tho

Couple of early Hornby ( UK ) wagons

And a little bit of Aussie history , in really poor shape , but us Aussie kids are notoriously hard on our toys , it comes from wrestling them out of the jaws of passing crocodiles, beating down passing kangaroos who thieve them and put then into their pouches , and braving brown snakes in the back yard and hordes of Redback Spiders in the sheds  simply to play with them

Its an accomplishment for a kid to simply survive to puberty in itself .. that his toys survive is purely a bonus ...

Here is a Boomeroo tinplate tram , made here in Australia and very collectible ... good examples fetching hundreds of dollars , which is kind of odd as they are very simple unpowered tinplate shells , with not outstanding lithography ... but I think perhaps its more nostalgia driven market than playability ...

Joyeux Noel !

Frohe Weinhacten !

Vrolijk Keersfest !

Shchaslyvoho Rizdva !

Bon Natali!

Merry Festivus!

Felice Navidad!

and a Ho -effing-Ho to all !

@Fatman posted:

Merry Christmas Daniel! ( and everybody else too! )

us Aussie kids are notoriously hard on our toys , it comes from wrestling them out of the jaws of passing crocodiles, beating down passing kangaroos who thieve them and put then into their pouches , and braving brown snakes in the back yard and hordes of Redback Spiders in the sheds  simply to play with them

Its an accomplishment for a kid to simply survive to puberty in itself .. that his toys survive is purely a bonus ...

What no Dingos to fight off? 

Here are a few Tinplate Christmas pictures for your holiday enjoyment from this year’s Christmas layout. Let’s keep Tinplate alive, it only gets better with age!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Glad to see some stuff running as the big day approaches. Here's the Bing set getting a chance to stretch its legs on the Christmas display:

Likely closing in on the century mark, it still runs like a banshee.

PD

Merry Christmas to you "Fatman" from another O Gauge Tinplater in the "land down under"

Merry Christmas to all my other friends who post regularly on this section of the forum....you guys are the greatest.

Here is a recent photo of one of my Buco tinplate trains stopped at a Swiss station, waiting for the signal to move out and continue on its journey through the Swiss Alps!!!! Kangaroos, dingoes, brown snakes, and red-backed spiders won't stop these little beauties!!!!!!

And another shot of the "holding yard" for some of the other passenger trains waiting to go into service!! That's my own little Buco "creation" behind the Williams "Rock Island" diesels......a motorized Buco "railcar".....something they never made, but should have.

Merry Christmas to one and all also from Peter in the land down-under......Buco Australia

Well Buco that is a wonderful display of trains, Fatman a great tram certainly one not seen very often in the US.  So Merry Christmas to both you fellows, as its Christmas Day there and only Christmas eve here!  Rich, pd, NJCJOE great pictures thanks for posting.  So here are some of my tinplate trains to add to the fun.

A Marx Joy Line passenger express from about 1935.

A night express from French Hornby

A Lionel #253 and matching cars from the 1924-1932

The mighty Lionel #256 and her matching train1924-1930

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all

Best wishes

Don

So far I have not been able to find the right Beckh locomotive for my Beckh coronation wagon. That's why the train now has a Mettoy replacement locomotive. But it also looks attractive.

Arne

I too have not been very active lately. This thing called work and business travel has really gotten in the way. On thing I did pick up was this small bell ringing signal. I have a soft spot for these. Not sure if this is Bub or Bing and I can’t seem to find a maker’s mark.

All the best,

Miketg

As luck would have it a little "something something" showed up on Boxing Day for sale , so I scored me a little late Xmas pressie

A little cheap and cheerful Brimtoy King George rake from C1938-40 ... based on the LMS Locomotive to celebrate the coronation of King George in 1937

One of the Victims of WWII ... these beautiful locos only ran for three years in their bright colours , and the blue was only in the first year , 1937, before being blacked for the War and post war they were defrocked and taken back to non-streamlined versions .. rather a shame as I think they were beautiful

After many years of searching, and a few more months of waiting until Christmas,  I finally have my holy grail of mth tinplate, the Red 256!

I have been hunting for this at a reasonable price for at least 5 years. And as life would have it, I got so busy this fall I forgot to buy a replacement for the battery.  So yesterday,  living north of York,  I made a quick phone call to J and W, and drove down to pick up bcr 2 in person.

So this morning,  before the kiddos woke up, a quick swap was made, and away we go!

This simple around the tree action is just so satisfying to me it's unreal.  I just love it, and can't wait to set up on dcs and pull the full train.  Thanks for letting me geek out a little!

@Fatman-great little train and a super salute to a prewar Monarch

@jhz563- Congratulations on a great find. I have an original 256 and they are brutes as large if not larger than my Std Gauge #8. Best wishes with it.

Don

First time out of the box in over a year . Love Christmas floor layouts

@Miketg posted:

I too have not been very active lately. This thing called work and business travel has really gotten in the way. On thing I did pick up was this small bell ringing signal. I have a soft spot for these. Not sure if this is Bub or Bing and I can’t seem to find a maker’s mark.

All the best,

Miketg

Made by Karl Bub, model 172/2 (1927-1936)

Arne

Thank you Arne,

Your expertise is always very impressive!

All the best,

Miketg

The mix-n-match wind-up roster for this year's Christmas display. Top to bottom, Bing, Hornby, Marklin, Hafner:

Need to find a correct tender for the Marklin...

PD

I just posted a topic in the tinplate forum so here's my dad's 1936 American Flyer picture and video story.  The train appears at about 17:00 in the video if you don't want to watch the back story.  Please leave comments on the video if you have knowledge or info to help me.  Thank you and Happy New Year 2022.

@Apple & Orange Line posted:

I just posted a topic in the tinplate forum so here's my dad's 1936 American Flyer picture and video story.  The train appears at about 17:00 in the video if you don't want to watch the back story.  Please leave comments on the video if you have knowledge or info to help me.  Thank you and Happy New Year 2022.

See your other post in the Tinplate section for some comments.

NWL

Well as Daniel (French Trains) expressed, I am also hoping that we keep this topic going.  I was really happy as my "new" tinplate train appeared in the mail today, finally.  It was due 12/29 and arrived 1/4 but without any damage or concern.  This one, I mentioned in the "Buy anything cool..." was a very shortly before Christmas purchase that I picked up as the sole bidder for 99 cents!  I am really pleased with it, its a fun to see little train, but as you might expect it is a long way from a Lionel Std Gauge State Set !

I did not know the maker and neither did the seller but "Steve from PA" identified it as Heinrich Wimmer of Nuremberg (HWN) as he had an identical locomotive.  The only markings on the set are an embossed "Made in Germany" on the bottom of the passenger car floor and "Made in U.S. zone Germany" somewhere on each piece, sometimes like on the loco, in letters so small it takes a magnifying glass to find them.  Now, if that marking is real, it would date the pieces from 1952 or earlier (end of U.S. zone) but I have been told by other experts (Arne I believe) that many manufacturers especially of the inexpensive trains, never changed their litho or stamping masks so they could be marked U. S. zone forever.  Who knows.  The set, both loco and cars, have plastic wheels, so I would estimate its unlikely earlier than the 1950's.  Marx for example went to plastic in 1953-54 and Hornby in March of 1951.  Well, at any rate, here is my 99 cent HWN passenger set

Well best wishes to all and a Happy New Year !!

Don

Hi Don !

As has been rightly mentioned it is indeed a Wimmer   HWN was very early on a supplier to many chain stores etc and this little fellow is most likely one of those shipped over in big numbers to the US in the post war prosperity period of the 50's to 60's , hence the wolf in plain clothing look ...

You can also find him with the tender in proud HWN livery

Going by my experience there are far more of these cheap and cheerful Wimmer sets in the States than in Europe! ( because that's where the money was after the war )  It was a real boon to the toy-makers of the time, and they took full advantage of the American presence in Germany , ( Hence the U.S. Zone ), establishing profitable trade to help Germany advance from the terrible destruction and poverty following the defeat of the war . Japan also had a similar such lifeline after WWII ( and even WWI )

Some new ones coming to me ...

A trio of O gauge  Karl Bub Baggage wagons 2 in dark brown and one in the lighter variation ...

and probably 2 out of this collection of Bub/Bing that has been offered to me all below are 1 Gauge ,  ... not sure which ones yet ( lol ) what would YOU choose.. I am being drawn to the two extreme right front and back ones , although the passenger coach is missing the buffers ?

Decisions decisions ....

I was drawn to the same pair even before I saw what you wrote, for what little that may be worth to you.  Can buffers be found?

@Fatman- Thank you so much for your information and confirmation that my little clockwork steam set is HWN.  I also agree that the time period is likely to be the 50's and 60's  and the "postwar prosperity" time period.  Your variation with HWN on the tender now gives me something else to look for.  @StevefromPA- told me about the fact that for some of the passenger cars, the coach body can be detached making it a flatcar and HWN even produced other bodies that could be attached to make a boxcar.  Mine has some sort of release lever but it seems frozen at this point and I need to lube it (or hit it with some "Liquid Wrench") so I don't break it when I try and move it.  The clockwork motor seems to be ok but the brake lever is "frozen" at this point and I don't have a key, so messing with that is a future activity.

Beautiful Bing/Bub cars by the way.  Like @palallin- I would vote for the extreme right front and back to be 1 gauge but the one that seems to be marked with an "11" (or is that 2nd class) would be another possibility.

Best wishes and Happy New Year

Don

@Fatman posted:

A trio of O gauge  Karl Bub Baggage wagons 2 in dark brown and one in the lighter variation ...

Simon,

the lighter brown car is not made by Bub, that´s a Issmayer car.

Arne

@Arne posted:

Simon,

the lighter brown car is not made by Bub, that´s a Issmayer car.

Arne

Thanks @Arne    That's even better news . I was just going off what the seller ( a mate in Queensland)  told me and assumed he had seen it written somewhere ! I have a similar but not quite the same version made by Bub ... but no steps and door recessing different with different litho but similar ... the Issmayer/Bub connection catches me out again ! Looking at it now its obvious

Its got me buggered how you keep all of the knowledge you have in your brain ! Mine keeps dropping stuff everywhere !

@palallin I am sure I will have a rusty something with buffers laying about somewhere ( I hope) but if not I reckon I can live without them .... I love not being OCD about things like that it makes my life so much easier and allows me to grab all sorts of crap LOL!

Like comments above I was drawn to those end two variations .... but then the seller made it easy for me and told me he only wanted to keep one , .. so it seems the other 4 will be coming here ... wallet lighter but decision made

So these 4 Gauge 1 beauties  are coming too ...

Happy New Year everyone and happy Tinplate.

Nothing new for the moment but it will come next....

@Fatman Simon, if you need original Bing buffers in gauge 1 ... I do have some....

Daniel

More old junk, I felt like running some trains after pouring a  little green paint on the layout lol  Kind a like the Athearn boxcars on prewar trucks!

@FRENCHTRAINS posted:

Happy New Year everyone and happy Tinplate.

Nothing new for the moment but it will come next....

@Fatman Simon, if you need original Bing buffers in gauge 1 ... I do have some....

Daniel

Thanks Daniel ... I have had a closer look at the picture and it appears the particular one he was talking about never actually HAD buffers ... LOL ! But again your offer to help out is just marvelous ..

Good morning everyone!

Just finished cleaning up this Bing station. Very nice for its age. When I plan to retire in 18 months layout construction will move forward. (Still looking for a retirement basement.) Enjoy the rest of the weekend! Miketg

That Bing station looks great! What did you use to clean it?

Thanks,

Bob

Hi Bob,

This came to me in great condition so I did not do much. First cleaning was cool distilled water and qtips. Second cleaning was warm water and qtips, no soap at all as I did not want to damage any of the finish. Final cleaning was with a damp wet cloth. That is it. The piece was so nice to start with that I did not want to take any chances in damaging it.

Miketg

I use water to cleaning only on very dirty parts. Mostly I use "Meguiar´s cleaner wax".

Arne

Well today my offering is both "Tinplate" and "Marx" so I guess I will post to both threads.  Some of you may recall that I have been trying to assemble a "Seaboard" tinplate Marx passenger set for some time.  I had obtained one A unit, a Bogota coach, and the 6" tinplate caboose previously.  Well I had managed to obtain the observation car and just over last weekend the dummy A arrived.  Now all I am missing is the B unit (the single most scarce piece of the FM line) and the green / yellow "Montclair" coach.

Here is the new Marx Seaboard FM AA unit with the two matching passenger cars.

Here is a close up of the new Marx #4000 dummy A unit.

Best wishes

Don

Just displayed some Hornby trains in a cabinet in the storage room.  Trains are French and British ones mainly from the thirties.

Now to the next one...

Have a nice weekend, Daniel

@FRENCHTRAINS- Daniel, great display.  Close observation allows me to now know more things I don't have!

Best wishes

Don

Quick video of my O-scale loop on the SG Upstairs Layout- I created the "Majestic Mountain" from chicken wire and newspaper and Elmer's glue, primered and then painted in acrylics. Design and paint scheme after a 1929-1930 American Flyer catalog illustration. The Mountain is 6 ft long x 2 ft high, x 1 ft deep. Two SG tracks run through it.

Showing a few 'special' items I had specifically created for the Circus scene on my SG Upstairs Layout. The red jeep is 1/24, repainted and decaled after "Boss Man" Charlton Heston's in the film, "The Greatest Show on Earth".  Also a redone G-scale bubble wagon that I had decals specifically made and applied for my Circus. Lastly, Mrs. ButtonsN.Bows- who is CEO of the Circus and Head Clown, is an Aristo Craft #1 Gauge figure I repainted, modeling her after my professional Clown persona from years ago. I had/have a similar pink wig and style of costume. The blue "Publicity Banner" seen behind the green light tower, was a former promotional piece I used in my Clowning, that we created a wood and string framing for. MTH Ives Circus cars are seen heading down the track towards the repro 115 station, going through a Pride Lines Passenger Shed. An original Barclay gentleman I repainted, stands next to his 1/24 automobile, on the back side of the T- Reproduction Roundhouses.

@Nation Wide Lines posted:

I think this topic somewhat overlaps the "Buy, Make Anything Cool - Tinplate" topic, which has been seeing more posts lately.  So it is not necessarily dying, it's just that the posts have been on that topic lately.

I have plenty of pics I can share here! Bought and Made some time back, but still cool.

A tail end Tuesday pic taken today, a day late. On the SG Main Floor Layout. “Bogie” in the trench coat is a Preiser G-scale figure. “Big Ben” has a working clock, it’s a chocolate mints tin. The green passenger cars are the MTH Repro Stephen Girard set. The MTH repro 200 series freight cars are pulled by a pink 408E.