Weekend photo/video's 6/16/16!

One of the things I like about American railroading is the open end observation car. Here are some tinplate examples:

BING (Germany) 0 gauge:

American Flyer 0 gauge:

Bing (Germany) Tischbahn (Tabletop) 00 gauge:

Lionel 1691 prewar 0 Gauge:

Lionel 644 Postwar 0 gauge:

Marx 0 gauge:

Regards

Fred

From the archives:

Lionel 225E

Painted the tender this week. I didn't have any flat black paint, but I did have a can of glossy enamel hanging around. So I painted the tender with that, then sanded it to get a matching finish.

Very nice examples Fred. 

Chris,

the Bowers/Mullins reproductions of the classic Lionel Bungalow and Villa are very good repros. They are very true to the originals and come in all the painted colors that were originally offered. They did not reproduce the lithograph versions. At a fraction of the price of an original, these repros are an easy way to populate your railroad empire. Not to worry, these are clearly marked on the bottom and on the inside of the roof. 

ARNO

Some pictures of modern french tinplate models made by AS now out of business unfortunately. All those models are 20 years old.

Pacific K 8

140C SNCF or 280 consolidation for you in USA

040 TA open cab

040 TA

220 Named RAVACHOL

Autorail X 5500

BB71000 nicknamed "the PEDALO" 

Have a nice tinplate weekend, 

Daniel

A quick restoration project this week... an American Flyer Type I.  It had been indiscriminately blasted with black paint, which covered up a layer of gold paint, which covered up the remnants of the original paint.  The boiler bands cleaned up nicely, although the side rods didn't clean up quite as well.  Motor was pretty complete, just needed a lot of cleanup from said paint and rust, plus had a bent rear axle that had to be replaced:

In the shed for the night.

pd posted:

From the archives:

Lionel 225E

did someone mention 225E?

moderneraSG posted:

Chris,

the Bowers/Mullins reproductions of the classic Lionel Bungalow and Villa are very good repros. They are very true to the originals and come in all the painted colors that were originally offered. They did not reproduce the lithograph versions. At a fraction of the price of an original, these repros are an easy way to populate your railroad empire. Not to worry, these are clearly marked on the bottom and on the inside of the roof. 

ARNO

Yes these are nicely done for sure!   I would definitely like to find some more.

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

In the shed for the night.

love the shed, what is it??

Three new ladies from Barclay Company arrived today and are officially residents on my Std. Gauge layout. My daughter and I agree they look like sisters! I love their dresses and hats. I am going to repaint one as a blonde, one as a redhead, and one as a brunette and call them Patti, Maxine and Laverne. Now if I could just find them a litho nightclub (or USO canteen) to sing in...

great pics everyone!

Carey TeaRose posted:

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

In the shed for the night.

 

love the shed, what is it??

 

Carey, It's a original Hornby. You can probably by the near clone made by Darsaed.

https://www.shamrocktrains.com...rstaed-engine-sheds/

Steve

Carey TeaRose posted:

Three new ladies from Barclay Company arrived today and are officially residents on my Std. Gauge layout. My daughter and I agree they look like sisters! I love their dresses and hats. I am going to repaint one as a blonde, one as a redhead, and one as a brunette and call them Patti, Maxine and Laverne. Now if I could just find them a litho nightclub (or USO canteen) to sing in...

 

 

 

 

If you have Laverne, you'll need a Shirley.

Steve

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Carey TeaRose posted:

Three new ladies from Barclay Company arrived today and are officially residents on my Std. Gauge layout. My daughter and I agree they look like sisters! I love their dresses and hats. I am going to repaint one as a blonde, one as a redhead, and one as a brunette and call them Patti, Maxine and Laverne. Now if I could just find them a litho nightclub (or USO canteen) to sing in...

 

 

 

 

If you have Laverne, you'll need a Shirley.

Steve

gosh, how I thought that show was horrible. Nope, just the Andrew Sisters.

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Carey TeaRose posted:

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

In the shed for the night.

 

love the shed, what is it??

 

Carey, It's a original Hornby. You can probably by the near clone made by Darsaed.

https://www.shamrocktrains.com...rstaed-engine-sheds/

Steve

what size engines can you fit in it, any Std. Gauge??

Here are some examples of American Flyer's streamlined engine from 1936 modeled on the Pennsylvania railroad.

The Freight set

The Passenger set

Have a great tinplate weekend.

Greg

Steve's Hornby shed is the #2A  which were similar to the earlier #2 but had no skyight, ventilators, or chimneys.  Attached is a photo of the #2.  Steve's sale to me of the Kibri HO engine shed enabled me to submit this Kibri HO station and loco shed (with Lionel in background)photo this week.

Lew Schneider

On the layout today. This little guy with his red lantern is of unknown mfg, cut off the pin under the base, so he could be positioned anywhere.

He's the little dude that jumps out of the various Lionel crossing shanties. When he gets over the hole in the base, it makes the red lantern glow.

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

He's the little dude that jumps out of the various Lionel crossing shanties. When he gets over the hole in the base, it makes the red lantern glow.

thanks Papa! I've wanted to get one of these.

pd posted:

From the archives:

Lionel 225E

great pic of yours in situ.

Carey TeaRose posted:

what size engines can you fit in it, any Std. Gauge??

Carey, The height of the opening is 5.5 inches, so strictly O gauge.

Steve

I'm a little late this weekend, but here's a tinplate video to watch.  A while back I picked up these derelict 1926 Ives 187-188-189 cars and rebuilt them, making them Ives Cadet Blue:

So here they are winding their way around the figure-8 and through the tunnels and bridges on the "south table" of the layout – a little different scenery than usual. Traction is provided by a black MTH Ives 3245.

Happy Father's Day to all the dads among you playing with trains today!

david

David, cars look great! They look right at home on the ol' south side of the layout. 

Good job. Happy Father's Day to all who fit that role. 

ARNO

Another Dorfan rescue is on the rails. This was actually a 157 which should be a clockwork, but I bought it as a shell broken into 4-5 pieces. The tender had been brush painted over the decals. The engine had been epoxied together and a Marx electric motor installed. The tender shell was striped, repainted and home made decals applied.

Steve

Chris Lonero posted:

happy almost weekend everybody.  Getting started a little early tonight but today I dropped by my LHS and found these 2 little gems for short money.   These 2 early Father's Day presents to myself are an original standard gauge 124 station and what looks like a Lionel O gauge bungalow but isn't and for the $10 I paid for it I'm not splitting hairs!   The 124 will be getting some parts for a make over. Stay tuned!    Let's see your tinplate! 

 

 

LHS? Lionel Home Store?

Local Hobby Shop

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Another Dorfan rescue is on the rails. This was actually a 157 which should be a clockwork, but I bought it as a shell broken into 4-5 pieces. The tender had been brush painted over the decals. The engine had been epoxied together and a Marx electric motor installed. The tender shell was striped, repainted and home made decals applied.

Steve

Papa, what are these little Accessory Controllers next to the track?

My wife took my helpful hint and got me this LCT tinplate passenger car set.  Sidetrack Hobbies has a great price on these right now, almost half off list!  I am not sure why the red looks almost pink in my photos, but you can see the set clearly in the last standard photo.

Great photos everyone!  Another great tinplate weekend! 

Thanks Arno!   As you know, the "south table" anex of the layout has all traditional 42" diam. curves and switches, as well as the vintage tunnels and bridges, so only the "smaller" standard gauge trains can run there... these just barely qualify... can't put the pantographs up!

Steve, you are making good use of those Marx motors.  This one looks like it was made that way - even the valve gear fits!

d