Not my comment, Don...I presume you mean William1.
PD
@pd: You are absolutely correct!! I apologize for misquoting you. The comment was by William 1.
Don
Yeah, the "Tinplate photos and videos" post used to be a weekly post. Each week Chris Lonero would get us started. It resided in the Tinplate forum.
A couple years ago, it got sent to the Photo Album forum where it took its present form as this one long post. At that time, many of the most prolific posters exited the forum. I must admit the resultant dearth of activity has caused me drift away.
@Don McErlean posted:
....Here is the Marx Monon FM diesel "B" unit, 8 wheel variety. This really shows the Marx art of lithography, note the use of shadows in the portholes, hatch doors, and vents to give the illusion of depth, the car side is in fact completely flat.
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Finally the end view. I am really impressed with the shadow effect for the end doors. They look remarkably 3-dimensional and when you look at the item, you would swear that they in fact are openings in the side. They are not, the doors are completely 2 dimensional and flat. The optical illusion is really well done.
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Thanks for posting this. Although I have the 4-wheel version, I'm ashamed to admit that I never noticed the shading on the doors. It's a really nice effect on an inexpensive toy train.
Mallard4468: thanks for your comment. Marx really employed artists in developing their lithography. In effect it was the use of lithography that allowed Marx to keep the price down and make inexpensive toys
Best wishes
Don
SalV: beautiful caboose. Did you customize it or is it a purchase and from whom??
Don
A bit of an eclectic "Odds & Sods" post for the new stuff in the collection today...
A Karl Bub baggage car sans roof !
A cast JEP Vin car
And a little Bub CIWL to tag behind my SonderKlasse loco ( HO scale)
And it just wouldn't be me if I didn't include something a little special ( well to me anyway !)
Firstly a Keim unpowered section of what I can only conclude is a pretty rare Belgian Liveried carriage from their 4.5V trolley/tramcar variants ... I have seen plenty of the light blue ones , and they used the same sort of pressing for their yellow monorail , but this livery is a new one to me .. Interestingly it has the Stations marked on the litho in several different regional dialogues and spellings , from what I gather a combination of Dutch French and German !
Same towns , just different names in the different regional dialects! Shame the locomotive is lost to the seeds of time 
But really exciting for me is ( Thanks to a good mate Peter in Brisbane, Queensland) my first , and most probably ONLY Whitanco
in the collection , very hard to come by and only a carriage frame , but it exists and was found so I am more than happy with it
He indeed has a couple of complete carriages but had the extra shell and was happy to share the love with me ... Thanks Mate!
@Don McErlean posted:SalV: beautiful caboose. Did you customize it or is it a purchase and from whom??
Don
Got this new in the box for $82 Bucks! From Pat`s trains!!! ( I also have the refrigerated box car same price!)
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Go to Pat`s! Great prices!!! see link above...Thanks Pat! 
Don McE - To clarify, my comment was referring to this thread used to be a weekly thing in the tinplate section and I looked forward to it every week. Now it is kind of buried here and I didn’t know it was here till I stumbled on it trying to find 3Rails’ videos. Now I know where to look. Sorry if it rubbed you the wrong way.
Cheers, W1
Nice to see @Fatman that you have an interest in HO gauge JEP, they are fun trains to collect and a mixed of scale and tinplate. As usually some very good pieces....
Here is an original Lionel Flying Yankee but paint is restored. They are not always easy to find in great condition so for the moment I will do with this one....waiting for a perfect model.
Daniel
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William1: thank you for your comment and for taking the time to clarify your comment. I too remember the prior way the post went and liked it. For reasons unknown to most of us since the post was mostly pictures and videos they moved it to where it is today. I hope you continue to post because the foreum is one of the few places where tinplate ( both modern and historic) can be viewed. We still do have the “tinplate trains “ thread in the train thread which is also a good place to post for us tinplaters. Please continue to post we miss old members like yourself and hope you stay with us
Sincerely
Don
Hey, Take it easy. Old members…. I’m starting to think I resemble that remark.
Thanks for your thoughts McE. Tinplaters never get old, a little patina just makes them all the more handsome.
My bride likes my ever increasing patina. She likes the tinplate too.
Hey Guys...I am OK with a little patina...it's the RUST I worry about 
! My comment about "old" was merely in reference to our extensive and superior experience and expertise!
Don
Sal V,
Bought that set for my wife when it came out. I think I had to wait almost a full year for the cars to be delivered.
Thanks for the heads up on the caboose and reefer. My caboose arrived today and the reefer was shipped today
Charlie
