Weekend tinplate photo's/video's 5/27/16

Chris Lonero posted:

The first weekend of summer!   Let's start it out with some tinplate!   Some shots around the layout.  Let's see your tinplate!

fantastic! Where did you find the huge building and the Lionel Electric trains sign?

Carey TeaRose posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

The first weekend of summer!   Let's start it out with some tinplate!   Some shots around the layout.  Let's see your tinplate!

fantastic! Where did you find the huge building and the Lionel Electric trains sign?

I got that a few years back from a forum member getting out of the hobby.  They turn up on EBay occasionally.  

It's the Lionel 6-32905 Irvington Factory

Steve

Here are some photos from the archives of train watching on a Sunday afternoon.

Heading for the scrapers torch.

Have a great tinplate weekend.

Greg

Hello Chris;  great pictures as always. Question;  What is the finish on your table top layout?  It looks like its stained and then you added different layout finished plots.  Looks great.  walter wayne

Chris Lonero posted:

Carey TeaRose posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

The first weekend of summer!   Let's start it out with some tinplate!   Some shots around the layout.  Let's see your tinplate!

fantastic! Where did you find the huge building and the Lionel Electric trains sign?

I got that a few years back from a forum member getting out of the hobby.  They turn up on EBay occasionally.  

what would this be called and what mfg.  if I wanted to go on 'the hunt'? I'm assuming its O-scale litho, and new?? What # are the red lamp posts, please? Lionel, RailKing?

Archive photos today, still busy lol. Tinplate boxcab diesel is being held up by the fact that I haven't cut the hole for the mechanism yet; any suggestions as to how to do so?

Lovely 495 proved that smoke from the stack isn't always good, turns out that's where the brownish oxide I asked about came from. Forgot it wasn't a smoker to begin with lol.

Somebody needs to make this in tinplate, even if it's by modifying the newsstand of the postwar era

Happy Memorial Day Weekend to all!

Murnane posted:

Happy Memorial Day Weekend to all!

digging this blk/wht picture!!

From the archives:

For Memorial Day weekend, I want to show you a tinplate trolley I made. It started when I saw this Issmayer trolley on German eBay:

I really liked the open style, and especially the shape of the openings in the side. But the eBay seller didn't ship to this country, so I set about making my own version.

For a motor, I used one that I frequently convert; a USA Trains R22-12 motor block made for G Scale:

I take it apart and rewire it: as you can see, I remove the rail swipes, change the wheels to some red spoked drive wheels, while re-gauging it to Standard Gauge, and add center rail roller pickups. It's a compact, self-contained, and quite strong motor that fits nicely under the floors of small trolleys like this. It is a DC motor, so there is a bridge rectifier tucked up above the motor under one of the seats to convert the AC from the Standard Gauge track.

The trolley has CMT cowcatchers and a Bachman G Scale trolley pole; otherwise, it's all just 22 gauge sheet metal bent, cut and soldered. With the step-through trolley sides, it seemed to make more sense to have a step all along the side of the trolley. The trolley is 10-1/2" long and 7-3/4" high with the trolley pole down.

Have fun with your tinplate trains this weekend!

david

Carey TeaRose posted:

Murnane posted:

Happy Memorial Day Weekend to all!

 

 

digging this blk/wht picture!!

Thanks!

Here's another one for you!

thank you!!!

hojack posted:

For Memorial Day weekend, I want to show you a tinplate trolley I made. It started when I saw this Issmayer trolley on German eBay:

I really liked the open style, and especially the shape of the openings in the side. But the eBay seller didn't ship to this country, so I set about making my own version.

For a motor, I used one that I frequently convert; a USA Trains R22-12 motor block made for G Scale:

I take it apart and rewire it: as you can see, I remove the rail swipes, change the wheels to some red spoked drive wheels, while re-gauging it to Standard Gauge, and add center rail roller pickups. It's a compact, self-contained, and quite strong motor that fits nicely under the floors of small trolleys like this. It is a DC motor, so there is a bridge rectifier tucked up above the motor under one of the seats to convert the AC from the Standard Gauge track.

The trolley has CMT cowcatchers and a Bachman G Scale trolley pole; otherwise, it's all just 22 gauge sheet metal bent, cut and soldered. With the step-through trolley sides, it seemed to make more sense to have a step all along the side of the trolley. The trolley is 10-1/2" long and 7-3/4" high with the trolley pole down.

Have fun with your tinplate trains this weekend!

david

 

terrific, I love it!

Following up on Arne's posting a couple of weeks ago I'd like to share photos of some Hungarian Mint Company a k a Hungarian Coin Company trains.  One set of photos shows their small 0-4-0 box cab pulling a mixed European consist including  Manamo coach from Spain, 2 Hungarian Mint 4 wheelers   wheel coaches, and a Moskobel coach.  The other set shows the Hungarian Mint's Pioneer Express from 1954-55.

Lew Schneider

A small village above the main line

Al

El Classico posted:

 

Somebody needs to make this in tinplate, even if it's by modifying the newsstand of the postwar era

made by Corgi.

d

sometimes familys really surprise you,,,,when ask by my brother what I wanted for my bday,,,,,i showed him a picture on the forum of this beast,,,,,,he  though for a few moments then said,,,you have had a crappy 5 months health wise,,,,,so you order it and give me the bill,,,,best bday present ever !!!!!!

Terry!

Very Nice!!! I love the Pipers. I was hoping someone would post a photo of the Lehigh Valley. Now start saving for the passenger cars!

Enjoy!

Sunrose

terry hudon posted:

sometimes familys really surprise you,,,,when ask by my brother what I wanted for my bday,,,,,i showed him a picture on the forum of this beast,,,,,,he  though for a few moments then said,,,you have had a crappy 5 months health wise,,,,,so you order it and give me the bill,,,,best bday present ever !!!!!!

Holy cow! Wish I had family like that lol. What they lack in quality, usually is made up for by quantity lol. Usually flea market finds from my grandad.

terry hudon posted:

sometimes familys really surprise you,,,,when ask by my brother what I wanted for my bday,,,,,i showed him a picture on the forum of this beast,,,,,,he  though for a few moments then said,,,you have had a crappy 5 months health wise,,,,,so you order it and give me the bill,,,,best bday present ever !!!!!!

hooray! Happy Birthday!

waynew posted:

Hello Chris;  great pictures as always. Question;  What is the finish on your table top layout?  It looks like its stained and then you added different layout finished plots.  Looks great.  walter wayne

On the two sections you see I removed a section of homasote I put on the layout originally Dow to the bare plywood.   The switch tower i painted them put a think coat of grass over a coat of white glue. The flowered bushes are scenic express.

The street with the fire engines I brought down to bare wood and masked and painted the roads with gloss "Paintes touch" gloss black. 

Carey TeaRose posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

Carey TeaRose posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

The first weekend of summer!   Let's start it out with some tinplate!   Some shots around the layout.  Let's see your tinplate!

fantastic! Where did you find the huge building and the Lionel Electric trains sign?

I got that a few years back from a forum member getting out of the hobby.  They turn up on EBay occasionally.  

what would this be called and what mfg.  if I wanted to go on 'the hunt'? I'm assuming its O-scale litho, and new?? What # are the red lamp posts, please? Lionel, RailKing?

It's called the Lionel Irvington factory no: 6-32905 which was labeled and marketed by Lionel. "Not sure if MTH made it" The lamp posts are Lionel repro's made by MTH. no: 56 lamp posts.   Go check eBay there are a few there now.  

terry hudon posted:

sometimes familys really surprise you,,,,when ask by my brother what I wanted for my bday,,,,,i showed him a picture on the forum of this beast,,,,,,he  though for a few moments then said,,,you have had a crappy 5 months health wise,,,,,so you order it and give me the bill,,,,best bday present ever !!!!!!

WOW!   Nice to have that kind of relationship with your brother very nice! 

kris,yes you are correct,,,,we all have  had our ups and downs,,,,but their for each other in the end, guess I will have to donate a kidney for the cars tho,,,,,hahahahahaha

Chris Lonero posted:

Carey TeaRose posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

Carey TeaRose posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

The first weekend of summer!   Let's start it out with some tinplate!   Some shots around the layout.  Let's see your tinplate!

fantastic! Where did you find the huge building and the Lionel Electric trains sign?

I got that a few years back from a forum member getting out of the hobby.  They turn up on EBay occasionally.  

what would this be called and what mfg.  if I wanted to go on 'the hunt'? I'm assuming its O-scale litho, and new?? What # are the red lamp posts, please? Lionel, RailKing?

It's called the Lionel Irvington factory no: 6-32905 which was labeled and marketed by Lionel. "Not sure if MTH made it" The lamp posts are Lionel repro's made by MTH. no: 56 lamp posts.   Go check eBay there are a few there now.  

Thanks for all the info here. I dig the Lionel factory and found a few listed on the evilBay, but just can't finagle the real estate for it on my table...yet Will look for the lamp posts.

a couple of quick snaps on the layout :

1st pic, showing what will be on the plexi or glass platform on the raised track circle. Experimenting today with different ideas for a small, plain platform. The thinness of the marble is good, but not the coloration.

2nd pic, evening coming on in TrainTown...  in the foreground is my paper template for a litho structure I'm thinking of getting, placed right at the edge of the Pride Lines station platform.

This week some serious track-work was finished on my garden track. I did add a 3rd rail to my Gauge 1 outer loop such that I now can run 3-rail electric gauge 1 trains like you can see in this video of a tinplate BING electric 4 Volt goods train of some 100 years old. The sun was shining so the lit front light is not that noticeable.

With the same extra rail I can now run S gauge also in the garden (which I showed yesterday on the S Forum which you might have seen already):

Regards

Fred

A Memorial Day tribute by my friend Ed Berg. Most of his structures are paper scans pasted to cardstock.

Steve

https://youtu.be/u_sGfoeNCNw

I was lucky enough to get this Palisades Park car when it came out a few years back.   The rest are a few new shots of the station area,  still hunting for a few more affordable 156 station platforms and would like to install some ballast and such.  Did I mention I really like the state Green passenger cars!

Some trains from France this week, all made by  L. R. for Louis Roussy or LE RAPIDE.

Daniel

sncf231e posted:

This week some serious track-work was finished on my garden track. I did add a 3rd rail to my Gauge 1 outer loop such that I now can run 3-rail electric gauge 1 trains like you can see in this video of a tinplate BING electric 4 Volt goods train of some 100 years old. The sun was shining so the lit front light is not that noticeable.

With the same extra rail I can now run S gauge also in the garden (which I showed yesterday on the S Forum which you might have seen already):

Regards

Fred

you are running these OUTSIDE??  It doesn't ruin the track being outdoors??

Carey TeaRose posted:

you are running these OUTSIDE??  It doesn't ruin the track being outdoors??

 

Yes, these are running outside but after the run are of course taken inside; the track is especially made  (of nickel silver rail and plastic moulded sleepers which contain UV and heat protection for use outdoors) so it can be left outside.

Regards

Fred

The pictures are of an American Flyer "brass piper" circa 1935, that I have recently restored. When I purchased this in 1998, it was in poor condition and it was a "I got to get to this project". The engine now runs great, as do most Flyer engines of that era and it has a ringing bell and firebox glow.  

Eric Hofberg

TCA, LCCA

terry hudon posted:

sometimes familys really surprise you,,,,when ask by my brother what I wanted for my bday,,,,,i showed him a picture on the forum of this beast,,,,,,he  though for a few moments then said,,,you have had a crappy 5 months health wise,,,,,so you order it and give me the bill,,,,best bday present ever !!!!!!

Terry,

Happy Birthday and congrats on the new toy!

Thank you for posting it.  I really love this one, but could only afford this...  

George

Here are some more pictures and a video of my new toys.

The boiler is glowing red hot! 

I was blowing the whistle, but it didn't record the sound. [correction - I can hear the sound on my iPad, not on my PC.]

Happy Memorial Day!

George

It's here and very impressive! Much nicer in person. Special thanks go out to Chris and Papa Steve! Really appreciate your suggestions on whereto find this keeper.

great stuff guys! a few shots this week trying out my new tender I made for 2055.

Hey Chris I was just thinking about the Samuel Adams Brewery that you posted a few weeks back have you thought of making a matching Samuel Adams box car or tank car to go with that Brewery  on a 500 or 200 series?

Joeg