Weekend tinplate photos 📸 and videos 📽 5/2/19!

I'd like to find one of the 0-4-0 steamers like was used in the work train set.  Guess I have to look out for hte log car as well.

I'd be satisfied to find one of the cabooses

There is a 4 wheeler caboose on ebay right now i think..

Haven’t had time to unpack the cars yet 

Steve

I saw that one Dennis, holding out for the four wheel trucks

A few photos of our 400e/comet sets.  They turned out great!!

Those are beautiful!

I don't think I have ever shown this one before, but here's my American Flyer 7011. This variant has the reversing lever through the top of the hood.

Al - those are beautiful!

Running the Ives 3242 this morning.

A couple of Dorfan cars and a Marklin warning bell that are new to the collection. Didn’t notice the steel journals on the box car until Gary pointed it out.

George

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Haven’t had time to unpack the cars yet 

Steve

Hot Dang!!! That's a beauty!!! Really regretting that I had to pass on these sets!! But what can you do when you have three daughters in college? There will always be another train...I guess...

Sunrise

not to dismiss any of the other Dorfan flats as not having a genuine load, especially Steve's boxed version, and i'm not 100% certain my log load is original, but they certainly do look period...

there are only three pieces where it looks as though six would be a full load.  the board dimensions are:  3/4" x 3/8" x 6½" all three dimensions undersize by a few hundredths (age?).  if anyone is aware of how the tops of the posts were secured, if at all, i'd like to hear about it.

here is the UP boxcar nobody has shown so far.  pretty sure the roof is a repaint.

and another variation for the truly insane collector...

is the ladder on the other side, or is the brake wheel?

the Derrick is definitely a favorite...

just to relate how fragile Dorfan paint is at times, i use an extremely soft paint brush on models i take off the shelf to photograph and when knocking a bit of dust off the Derrick today i saw a little fleck of red paint on the deck.

and to wrap it up, here is a little better picture of the 4wh bobber caboose Steve also showed in one of his sets...

 
its hard to resist being a Dor-fan!

cheers...gary

overlandflyer posted:

not to dismiss any of the other Dorfan flats as not having a genuine load, especially Steve's boxed version, and i'm not 100% certain my log load is original, but they certainly do look period...

there are only three pieces where it looks as though six would be a full load.  the board dimensions are:  3/4" x 3/8" x 6½" all three dimensions undersize by a few hundredths (age?).  if anyone is aware of how the tops of the posts were secured, if at all, i'd like to hear about it.

 

 

its hard to resist being a Dor-fan!

cheers...gary

The Ives log cars used a brass chain. They were attached on one end and just looped over the other side. the Dorfan car has holes on both sides. I am going to put gold colored chains on mine. I found chain extenders at Walmart in the jewelry section for $3. I am also going to find some sticks in my woods to make the log load like Steve has on his.

George

i suppose i should be glad they didn't use masking tape ...

I am going to guess that this is not original, but the use of the twisted wire is a novel idea to keep the load in place.

There are three "logs" on my lumber car.  I thought I had a better close up of the top of the car.  I will have to go take another photo to show more detains.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Pretty sure Ives uses a similar style chain.

I took a few more photos and its pretty obvious someone did this at home.

I wish it had more of the red paint left.

I can't tell for sure, but the catalog page that Dennis posted doesn't seem to show anything being used to secure the lumber.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

yours has more paint left than my Ives! 

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

I took a few more photos and its pretty obvious someone did this at home.

I wish it had more of the red paint left.

I can't tell for sure, but the catalog page that Dennis posted doesn't seem to show anything being used to secure the lumber.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

I had an American Flyer with copper wire. I was able to make the correct solid bars from thick hanger rods. They turned out pretty good but can probably be identified as not original. Another candidate for the TCA “restored tinplate” sticker. 

George

the Ives chain holddown is asymmetrical, though.  one side is anchored and the other loops over a hook shaped top. ...

i was sorta hoping someone would show an example with a string/ twine simple tiedown.  i thought i had seen something like that once and it looked fairly old/ period/ original.  ... who knows.  sure wish smart phones were also celebrating their 100th birthday. 

and a final, final Dorfan shot for the weekend.  PRR hoppers not loaded with coal seems wrong...

cheers...gary

Sometimes, the copper wiring holding the wood load in place is correct, but I suspect not in Greg's case.

NWL

overlandflyer posted:

 

and a final, final Dorfan shot for the weekend.  PRR hoppers not loaded with coal seems wrong...

cheers...gary

These look great!

This Krause loco and tender look a lot like the Carette loco and tender posted by FRENCHTRAINS on 5/3.

overlandflyer posted:

smokin' !

nice tom thumb, does it pull freights or turquoise coaches?

Bill Decker posted:

This Krause loco and tender look a lot like the Carette loco and tender posted by FRENCHTRAINS on 5/3.

So your saying these 2 look a lot alike?