Tinplate Art...not to worry, mistakes are easy especially for us "fat fingered" old folks (I am 76). Please keep posting, I for one and I am sure many others really enjoy seeing your trains and reading your input. Us "Tin" folks need to stick together! (LOL)
Regards
Dojn
NWL: THANK YOU for your support. 
Hey Art, do not stop posting please. Always a pleasure to see your posts.
Nothing new for the moment, I am stuck at home and doing some restorations but they are scale models so for today some pictures of Lionel and AF standard gauge on the carpet... some of them have been posted before, sorry for duplicates.
Have a nice weekend and take care, Daniel
Ives #2
Steve
@Tinplate Art posted:This was my second major goof on the forum in two days! Maybe I am either not paying enough attention or I am not able to participate in a lucid manner! On my real trains thread, I mis-identified a well know CSX radio frequency as 137.000 instead of the correct 161.370! Time to hang it up? :-( :-(
Art, jeez I'm sorry to do that to you! I only knew about the station because I remember JKE saying that he had purchased a Marklin Leipzig from overseas and was waiting for delivery. The forum is better when you are participating. Fire away!
Mike: GLAD you corrected my error! NO harm; NO foul! JKE definitely has the GOODS! Beautiful station and great display!
Art I am gonna join the cry ! Keep your fingers active old chum ! 
Sheesh ...if I gave up everytime I got something wrong my stay here would have been about 1.3 seconds long LOLOLOL! 
Well its been one of those weeks at Casa Fatmanos ... I made a conscious effort to slow spending for the next couple of weeks ... I dont want Tuco the WonderParrot reduced to eating baked beans out of a tin with me Of course as soon as I say that along comes half a dozen things !!!
Bearing in mind my previous "oath of Poverty" I only relented a few times !
I posted a pic to my friend in the Netherlands of the HWN carriages ^^^^ up there... and of course he hits me back with " Guess what I got in a box today?" .........
So yesssssss now the passenger carriages have a lovely baggage car coming to meet them ...
And then in the cruel cruel manner which is the norm of a "dealer" looking fondly on his addict, he brought out the big guns ... sighhhhhhh...
A Kibri ( I think) pre-war ( going by the map ) Destination board !!! Been wanting one of these for ages .. so ... sighhhhhhhhhhhh LOL! ok you can come too !
Oh and then ePay had a KLEINBAHN Transformer/controller at a ridiculous price and cheap local postage .. so ... sighhhhhhhhhhh.... "Ka-ching!"
OK Tuco the WonderParrot ... grab that tin opener for me will ya ....
FM: You are certainly a WORTHY recipient of these treasures, and rest assured, they are in proper good hands!
Sharing a can of beans with your feathered companion is perhaps a small sacrifice to obtain those artifacts! Raise a flagon of cheer on a toast of your finds! Prosit!
@Tinplate Art posted:Sharing a can of beans with your feathered companion is perhaps a small sacrifice to obtain those artifacts! Raise a flagon of cheer on a toast of your finds! Prosit!
Awwwww thanks Art 
( I have to type this vewwwy quietly , cos if Tuco finds out about the beans coming , she is gonna bite mah fingers orf! I love her greatly but like any "toddler" she is a complete narcissist psychopath ! )
"Whats that ? You want an almond ? ... Coming Dear !!! "
The Halloween garlands around the table edge went up.
After waiting 11 days, the Halloween RR station finally arrived today (10/31 at 1:35pm). Sorry, not pictured here.
Hi everyone,
There are some really great posts this week, JKE, the Marklin station is just magnificient! Fatman, love your recent haul, and I love tinned beans, especially with a fried egg. Daniel, please stay safe and Carey, you always put together wonderful displays.
As for me, two new items for the week, first is a Marklin Mitropa wagen in teak finish. To be honest don't know much about it, I assume late twentys or early thirties.
The second is a Billerbahn car with three figures, early postwar, love the figures on this especially.
All the best,
Miketg
Loving that Mitropa Mike
Oh .. I left out the ugly stepchild I also got this weekend on sale in France ... it was listed with a "take me home " price of 20Euro , and with the reasonable shipping to my Great Dutch friend , I could not say no ( again) ...
It is the ugly stepchild repaint of I think a pre-war Louis Roussy tin locomotive , when I say ugly I mean it , Heck even the seller listed it as " Fonctionelle ...Jus de Grenier "
Or " Working ... with Attic ( or barn) Juice " 
Here is its pretty side ... like they say , its the inside that counts !
And the sexxy angle to the camera "Instagram worthy" shot
And the plain jane unflattering "before " shot
And in a last ditch effort to win affection ... the pouty "bum" shot
Its a weird one however ... pretty sure the chimney is not right lol ... and also pretty sure its been painted but if so its been taken back to metal many years ago to do it ...
Then again I am no looker either ... and us mutts need to look after each other 
Mind you it would look nice in new clothes even though I am loathe to "restore" originals , will wait and see when its in hand ... but maybe worth a pretty up
Well Tinplate fans, Fatman has introduced you to his latest finds,both fabulous like the HWN carriages and the Kirbi destination board and the less fabulous, Louis Roussy engine. With his opening, I feel I can present my also NOT fabulous Lionel passenger outfit #98 from what appears to be 1925 or1928 or both (It is a mixed bag). I purchased this outfit at a very reasonable price from photo's (Lesson learned, don't do this ). It appeared to be the 1925 outfit 98 with a green 253 loco and two green 610 Pullmans and a green 612 observation. When I got it home and was able to closely examine it I found that the engine has a strap headlight which does date it to NLT 1925 if it is correctly green - OK so far. Now my loco is also missing one strap light and one pantogaph, which came with it but I have yet installed it. However the cars I discovered have Type 5b trucks with rectangular support bars to fasten the light pickup which were not introduced until 1928. So the cars and the engine are of a slightly different vintage...well not too serious. Then comes the big problem, If you have 1928 trucks and are the 1928 set you can't be green because that is the color from 1925...so you are the wrong color! You are supposed to be Mojave not Green. Now the cars and the loco as far as external bodies are concerned are in fine shape ...so I begin to look carefully at the paint. What I discover after removing the roofs and exposing the interiors to intense inspection is that the inside of the car is (or used to be) ...guess what Mojave! So the cars have been re-painted green at some point in their life. Perhaps to match the loco??? So I have a 1925 green loco with strap headlight and 1928 cars that used to be Mojave but have been repainted green. Well at least the make up of the outfit is OK...outfit 98 with the 253 engine and two 610 Pullmans and a 612 observation was offered from 1925 to 1928. Its just my parts were not made at the same time and someone decided to match the color. The cars are lighted as they were supposed to be and one even had a "gift" for me...an ancient Christmas tree light bulb in the socket (you know those old pyramid shaped bulbs with the creases in them...from the strings where if one bulb went out the entire string went dark ). However most of them are missing the "frosted" plastic window inserts. OBTW the paint job was well done, it is obvious that the trim pieces were removed before painting and they are intact and the paint is smooth with no runs or over spray, so whoever did it was skilled. However he did cover over the rubber stamping which should read "The Lionel Lines" in black over the windows. SO....long story!
Here is my 1925 or 1928 Lionel outfit 98 that is the wrong color...WOW you don't get too much worse than that!
Well the collector in me is horrified...but the operator in me is happy. I have an early Lionel passenger set that looks fine going around my layout .... even if it is the wrong color...
Don
ALL wonderful finds! :-)
Daniel: VERY NICE original standard gauge sets!
Steve's clockwork set also deserves notable mention! And Miketg's figures on that speeder trailer are very cool!
n t
Keep 'em comin!
@Arne posted:No, it´s not Kibri. Made by Beckh, Model No 80, made 1939-1941.
Arne
Oh Oh ! Fred has it as possibly attributed to Kibri in his excellent e-book ... I can see a fight coming LOL ( Fight Fight Fight !!! there can be only one ! )
( however the supplementary info provided awards it to @Arne on a knockout )
Thanks Arne !
@Don McErlean Welcome to the Mongrel Club! ...
Club Charter #1 Matchy Matchy not required ! We love them because of their faults not in spite of them
Fred is also a good source and usually very reliable. KEY word here is "possibly"! Honest mistakes can happen! :-)
Art, Fred and Arne have more tinplate recognition talent in their little fingers than I have in my whole body ( and its a bluddy big body too! )
Great knowledge !
BOTH are the BEST! I do so miss Fred's informed posts and most excellent videos!
Some Tail End Tuesday photos. Note the overhang on the GG1 on 57” curves.
Steve
@Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:Some Tail End Tuesday photos. Note the overhang on the GG1 on 57” curves.
Steve
Annnnnnnd THIS is why you should never leave a DVD of The Fast and Furious running in your train room unattended ....
@Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:
This is an extra diner. Roof has scratches and it has plastic couplers.Steve
Steve, sorry I haven’t been in touch regarding this car. Will do so later today. I appreciate you checking to see if you have an extra for me!
Also- to everyone- this page shows some fantastic tin! Constributions found on 3 different continents and what an awesome variety of manufacturers. Kudos, ladies and gents!
My latest Tin pieces from a junk box buy.
The flyer 2012 semaphore has been restored and will be listed on the for sale page along with the 2 spare flyer posts.
The Marx crossing warning really wasn't worth the time I put into stripping repainted, and re-lettering it but I thought it was an interesting piece so I'm keeping that one.
Stumbled across another Ron Fox tinplate clockwork locomotive - thanks to a fellow HRCAA member. It’s a 1980’s Ron Fox Models No2 Tank Locomotive. They were fitted with early Hornby No2 clockwork mechs. 
Lovely Fox Jamie ! ( Jamie Foxx?)
looking stunning surrounded by all you hard work too !
Couple of cheap and cheerful ones coming this week
A Brimtoy (uk) Royal Scot Loco and tender ( very lightweight mech hiding under all that lovely litho )
And a couple of not too bad bodies which will spruce up a couple of poor abused Hornbys in the collection
British Rail 60199 body 0-4-0
And a No.1 Special Body ... these locos were a step up and had better mechs and trim than the basic Hornby offerings ... A mid point between regular 0-4-0's and their bigger 4-4-2 0r 4-4-4 brothers
Fatman - Great loco...I note Brimtoy used a "Marx like" trick. Making the loco look like it had 6 drivers and a complex rod system while hiding your standard 4 wheel motor out of sight. Marx did that with many of his locos, especially the 1998 switcher series and the E-7 series. Beautiful lithography and a handsome find.
Jamie Thompson : I had not heard of the Ron Fox tinplate line before or that they were associated with Hornby. I was really interested in your mention of the HRCAA...that sounds like a group interested in operating and collecting Hornby. I am a (very) small but enthusiastic Hornby fan and was wondering if you had any information on that group and if membership might be possible for a "new guy".
Don
Hello Don, joining HRCA is great and the monthly journal is full of informations. I have been a member some years ago.
Here is the link https://www.hrca.net/
There is also a Facebook private group, very knowledgeable members; you just need to have a Facebook account, I have one just for train groups, just let me know and I will send you the link to join.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1294872377222978/
As we speak Hornby here are three clockwork variations in French liveries of the Bristish Hornby tank loco N2; they dates from around 1935. There is a fourth one that I still have to find in green for the Nord railways.
Daniel
@Fatman posted:Lovely Fox Jamie ! ( Jamie Foxx?)
looking stunning surrounded by all you hard work too !
Couple of cheap and cheerful ones coming this week
A Brimtoy (uk) Royal Scot Loco and tender ( very lightweight mech hiding under all that lovely litho )
And a couple of not too bad bodies which will spruce up a couple of poor abused Hornbys in the collection
British Rail 60199 body 0-4-0
And a No.1 Special Body ... these locos were a step up and had better mechs and trim than the basic Hornby offerings ... A mid point between regular 0-4-0's and their bigger 4-4-2 0r 4-4-4 brothers
Well done Mate. I love the Royal Scott locos. The artwork on the litho is First class. Hard to find in such good condition.
Cheers Jamie
@Don McErlean posted:Fatman - Great loco...I note Brimtoy used a "Marx like" trick. Making the loco look like it had 6 drivers and a complex rod system while hiding your standard 4 wheel motor out of sight. Marx did that with many of his locos, especially the 1998 switcher series and the E-7 series. Beautiful lithography and a handsome find.
Jamie Thompson : I had not heard of the Ron Fox tinplate line before or that they were associated with Hornby. I was really interested in your mention of the HRCAA...that sounds like a group interested in operating and collecting Hornby. I am a (very) small but enthusiastic Hornby fan and was wondering if you had any information on that group and if membership might be possible for a "new guy".
Don
Hi Don
The HRCAA is the Australian chapter of the English HRCA. If you like Hornby it may pay to join both as the HRCAA has its own monthly Journal as well. You also get the bonus of articles about Australian brands such as Robilt and Ferris.
Cheers
Jamie
FM: Love that Brimtoy and also Daniel's Hornby loks! Beauties ALL! :-)
Keep 'em comin, folks!
@FRENCHTRAINS Thanks for showing us your French Hornby No2 Locos. They are very special locos indeed. All the best in finding the green NORD loco - I hope you find one soon!
These were just sitting on the living room floor when I came down from upstairs this morning so I figured I should at least take a picture of them and send it along before putting them back where they belong.
Talking of Hornby No2 Locos. Here are two of Ron Fox’s newer creations. The Twins Atlanta and Mariella. They are slightly smaller than a number two locomotives and are powered by rebuilt 501 mechs. “Mariella” was made by Ron as a present to my wife for helping compile and edit several collectors guides on the many railway models he made over the years: 
Kind Regards
Jamie
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