Tinplate weekend pictures/Video's 5/6/16 !

Chris, I'm jealous.  Can you tell us more about how you did it?  How did you do the decals?  What did you use for the structures?  Even the beer bottles are great!  

George

Just watched the video, great job with the operating smoke stack too!

George S posted:

Chris, I'm jealous.  Can you tell us more about how you did it?  How did you do the decals?  What did you use for the structures?  Even the beer bottles are great!  

George

Thanks George.  The structures are all things I had lying around waiting to be recycled.   The main building is a Marx military training building and the smaller one is an old Marx switch tower. The small building housing the smoke unit is an old pre war Lionel box car that had to be cut along with the roof of the switch tower and the Windows. last but not least the stack is a 3/4 copper pipe.  The stickers are Ebay and the bottles I've had forever that came from a truck I have that's too big for this application.   I tried to go with appropriate colors that would look good with the overall Sam Adams colors. 

The CV from the Black Lagoon has finally returned to the layout.

Steve

Steve,

What building is the CV next too?

Joe Lyons posted:

Steve,

 

What building is the CV next too?

Joe

It's a Hornby 2A Engine Shed.

Steve

Hi steve,

Can you tell me about the track in the previous picture?  What is it ?

Thanks,

Mike

Chris, the bottlecap is the finishing touch.  Neat!

I saw an old Issmayer trolley for sale while browsing German eBay, and I really liked the open, step-through design.  But the seller wouldn't ship here, so I kinda did my own interpretation.  It's all bent and soldered 22 gauge sheet metal, 10-1/2" long, with a USA Trains G scale R22-12 motor block converted to standard gauge:

david

American Flyer's Dixie Queen

The set comes in two different shades of blue.

I refer to them as the Dixie Twins.

Great stuff again this week folks.  Thanks for the visual treats.

Have a great tinplate weekend

Greg

Steve that CV looks like it was found on the Titanic!

my 6" Marx bought here.

MR_P posted:

Hi steve,

Can you tell me about the track in the previous picture?  What is it ?

Thanks,

 

Mike

Mike, the track is 5 rail tubular track to allow running O & Std Gauge at the same time.

Steve

This is awesome! Luv it!  

Great to see all your wonderfull pictures.

Today, still on carpet central, running the Washington Special LIONEL set. One of my favorite standard gauge set. All original except back pony wheels of the 385e, i replaced the spoke wheels with original disk wheels.

And first test of my newly acquired 408e all original, even the wheels. That's really a great and powefull engine even if the pendulum unit is ...temperamental, it seems to improve with running time.

Just for pleasure a little run of the 390e, one of the best looking steam engine made by Lionel for me. looks perfect with 500 serie freight cars.

Daniel.

FRANCE

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

The set comes in two different shades of blue.

I refer to them as the Dixie Twins.

 

Those are sweet!  I could probably be quite happy just collecting prewar Flyer tinplate. Really nice.

david

FRENCHTRAINS posted:

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Daniel.

FRANCE

 

Daniel, that set would be a great find even over here, it must not be easy collecting Standard Gauge in Europe!  That's an unusual set and a really nice one!

david

David, it is not easy at all to find Standard Gauge trains in Europe, just seen some in Germany and only founded a Lionel 8 in France during many collecting years. All my collection came from trips in your country, York show, train shows on the east coast, antique shops and also from some very good friends in USA. This set comes from the Chicago area.

Daniel

FRANCE

hojack posted:

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

The set comes in two different shades of blue.

I refer to them as the Dixie Twins.

 

Those are sweet!  I could probably be quite happy just collecting prewar Flyer tinplate. Really nice.

david

 

 

Agreed.   Very nice set!       I would love see LCT come out with this set. 

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

MR_P posted:

Hi steve,

Can you tell me about the track in the previous picture?  What is it ?

Thanks,

 

Mike

Mike, the track is 5 rail tubular track to allow running O & Std Gauge at the same time.

Steve

Thanks steve, is this custom made or is someone producing ?

MR_P posted:

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

MR_P posted:

Hi steve,

Can you tell me about the track in the previous picture?  What is it ?

Thanks,

 

Mike

Mike, the track is 5 rail tubular track to allow running O & Std Gauge at the same time.

Steve

Thanks steve, is this custom made or is someone producing ?

Hi Mike.   I can answer this one for you. The track on Steve's layout he made himself with tubular track.  Gargraves makes a 5 rail track but you have to bend it yourself to make your curves.    Having personal experience with it I don't recommend it!  It is a major "PITA" to work with. 

Last weekend was a great tinplate time for me -- attended an auction that featured a train collection from an estate.  Found several tinplate goodies:

An Ives Std Gauge Set that was repainted with a brush!  

A Thomas Industries O Gauge tinplate set.  The Loco needs plenty of TLC, but the cars are in decent shape.

Finally, an American Flyer #1220 O gauge set with set box.  Nice condition overall -- in fact that loco might be too nice to be original.

All in all a pretty good day for tinplating!

MR_P posted:

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

MR_P posted:

Hi steve,

Can you tell me about the track in the previous picture?  What is it ?

Thanks,

 

Mike

Mike, the track is 5 rail tubular track to allow running O & Std Gauge at the same time.

Steve

Thanks steve, is this custom made or is someone producing ?

Mike

Here is a video I made to give an idea how it is made.

Steve

https://youtu.be/84gGR_fO7ww

Steve

Thanks for the video on how you make the STD/O track - very clever and great product when done. Should talk Kirk and Chris into making them!

Jim Waterman

Rob, that's quite a haul for one event!  I love the Thomas Industries trains, I think they are under-appreciated.  They came out with that General locomotive 10 years before Lionel did one, and their materials and fit and finish and level of detail are superb.  They are right in there with the best MESG makers.... except that it's O Gauge!! What shall we call it, MEOG?

david

hojack posted:

Rob, that's quite a haul for one event!  I love the Thomas Industries trains, I think they are under-appreciated.  They came out with that General locomotive 10 years before Lionel did one, and their materials and fit and finish and level of detail are superb.  They are right in there with the best MESG makers.... except that it's O Gauge!! What shall we call it, MEOG?

david

The cars are lithographed if I remember correctly, which was a defining trait of much tinplate production... So how about METP instead?

hojack posted:

Rob, that's quite a haul for one event!  I love the Thomas Industries trains, I think they are under-appreciated.  They came out with that General locomotive 10 years before Lionel did one, and their materials and fit and finish and level of detail are superb.  They are right in there with the best MESG makers.... except that it's O Gauge!! What shall we call it, MEOG?

david

David, it was a fun auction.  Mostly postwar o gauge, so I wasn't fighting it out with too many tinplate guys on these items.  I also picked up a brand new Lionel repro 305 Hellgate bridge for a really great price.

The Thomas Industries items are new to me, but when I saw this set it caught my eye.  Now that I've done a bit of reading/research on them, I'll be keeping my eye out for more.  Even though it was made a little earlier than what we typically call Modern Era, this train seems to be made in the same spirit as MESG items. MEOG works for me!

Thanks for the compliments Hojack and Chris.  Flyer made many passenger sets with those car bodies.  They used a variety of mid sized boxcabs to pull them.  They come in a rainbow of colors. It would be nice to see folks introduced to them in modern tinplate

Rob,

It is possible that the steamer in your 1220 set is in its original finish.  Many of the engines produced in that era were "jappaned".  That finish tends to hold up very well and look almost new in my experience.

I'm seeing all kinds of things posted this week that I will have to look for on ebay.      

Greg

Here is a photo of a Clockwork Bing "Windsplitter" Pacific I've been chasing after for 20 years.  Once belonged to my late friend Michael Cann.  Dates from the mid 1920s.

Lew

lewrail posted:

Here is a photo of a Clockwork Bing "Windsplitter" Pacific I've been chasing after for 20 years.  Once belonged to my late friend Michael Cann.  Dates from the mid 1920s.

 

Lew

That's really wonderful!  I am really growing to appreciate the German tinplate.

George

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

Rob,

It is possible that the steamer in your 1220 set is in its original finish.  Many of the engines produced in that era were "jappaned".  That finish tends to hold up very well and look almost new in my experience.

I'm seeing all kinds of things posted this week that I will have to look for on ebay.      

Greg

Greg,

I looked at the loco more closely and found a bit of evidence for originality. There's some gold paint remaining on bell and the cast headlight (above the socket for the toy headlight).  If it was refinished, someone was careful not to cover the accent color.

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

The CV from the Black Lagoon has finally returned to the layout.

Steve

Steve, you must fish at the same Lagoon I do!  I caught this old green frame 260E there a few years ago

I'd like to find a steamer like that 260 just for the challenge!

A rare Bing NYC loco in light grey. Found in bad condition and very dirty.

Repair

Together with a green NYC and a dark gray Canadian

Karl Bub Train on a Marklin station

PEVE Penzverde Train from Hungary

Arne

Here is a new, Marx Iron City reefer addition to my collection.  This will go nicely with the 7" cars in my Nickle Plate Road set.  I was not sure what size this would be when I bought it.  I thought it might be bigger and would go with my Lionel 2800 series cars, but it is O27.  However, I had been looking for 7" litho cars for a while, and this was just a happy accident.

George

A little bit of orange.

Great stuff this week guys! 

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

The CV from the Black Lagoon has finally returned to the layout.

Steve

Steve how about putting a "Fire Up The CV" sign next to it?

George S posted:

lewrail posted:

Here is a photo of a Clockwork Bing "Windsplitter" Pacific I've been chasing after for 20 years.  Once belonged to my late friend Michael Cann.  Dates from the mid 1920s.

 

Lew

That's really wonderful!  I am really growing to appreciate the German tinplate.

George

Yes George. Lew has some very cool pieces in his collection!  

had to double check the number of drivers....sure looked like at first glance like 4 or 5. that is a beauty.

Lots of cool stuff!