The last of my new ETS cars for show and tell this week. Let’s see your Tinplate!
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Many train manufacturers have offered small people in their accessories range but JEP has never offer any.
This week I have added some to the big JEP station, they are all lead and mainly from a small french manufacturer MDM from the fifties, not sure about the dog which is certainly from Great Britain....
And another piece from BING, a small ringling station from the thirties, it can be used either with O and 1 gauge, original key. A curiosity is that there is no manufacturer marks on it despite it is definitely BING.
Have a nice tinplate weekend, Daniel
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Many of the larger toy and model manufacturers made different sized series of 0-gauge trains. Some of the tinplate toy manufacturers had also made metal pots and pans and the story goes that, since these were made indifferent sizes, this influenced them to also make their trains in different sizes as you can see in the picture below with 3 sizes of JEP Pullman cars (from left to right 15, 20 and 24 cm long). Of course, the different sized trains were made for the different budgets of the parents buying a train for their boy.
Not only the French company JEP, but also the German companies Märklin and Bing are known to have been involved in the manufacturing of household items.
The picture is from an e-book I made on the history of Gauge and Scale for Toy and Model Trains. The book can be downloaded for free here: http://sncf231e.nl/gauge-and-scale/
Regards
Fred
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colorful consists by Hafner Trains...
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Just bits and bobs this week
A nice double signal
A well loved bridge ( German?) Not in hand so I cant check for marks lol ...
And a non-running little Bing Tabletop loco ... needs drive gear replaced , but it came with the tender and finescale spares so was worth grabbing ( I have a bit of an unfulfilled as yet lust for these little sets ... but hard to come by at my wallets limit , so its hunt n stalk lol! )
Just amazing how they packed so much into such tiny loco's at the time ..
Oh and if anyone has rolling stock for the Bing Table Railway they dont want huge money for ... Hit me up ! LOL! 
A ride behind the crew of Marklin's "Der Adler", The Eagle, (1985 version) on the Elevated.
Jim. Congratulations for your wonderfull layout. Great display of accessories and trains and the Santheon elevated railway is a pure work of art, he has a great sens of art display , perfect size and colors.
Even in Europe such à nice layout is far from being common.
Daniel
When I started collecting Marklin tinplate I had a vision of what it could look like once I was able to put it all together. I’m still a ways off (especially since I don’t have a room yet), but so far I am not disappointed. Now, I just need to come to grips with off-loading the other things I’ve collected and love, but will probably never see the light of day again.
Once again, another great Friday of photos and videos.
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FRENCHTRAINS posted:Jim. Congratulations for your wonderfull layout. Great display of accessories and trains and the Santheon elevated railway is a pure work of art, he has a great sens of art display , perfect size and colors.
Even in Europe such à nice layout is far from being common.
Daniel
Thanks, Daniel! The elevated station and loop took over a year from concept to delivery and setup, but it was worth the wait. The total layout redesign aims to capture some of the charm of European tinplate. I am very pleased with the look of it. Best wishes,
Jim
Picked up a pair of Austrian Gnadler coaches this week. One "bier" boxcar and one passenger coach. 4-wheel O-gauge but , in keeping with Fred's size post from earlier, really large, similar in stature to Dorfan pullmans or Unique 7-inch cars. They use inverted tab and slot connectors that should mesh with Bub or Mettoy inverted couplers. The hunt continues.
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MR. Kelly-Evans: I award you this week's prize for both that super-splendid elevated railway and that equally awesome O gauge Der Adler! Your layout should be a feature in the TCA Quarterly! Too cool for words alone! BRAVO!
DANIEL: LOVE those MDM figures! I assume they are O scale in size?
Scott Smith
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Tinplate Art posted:DANIEL: LOVE those MDM figures! I assume they are O scale in size?
ART, yes they are O gauhe hand painted models.
Tinplate Art posted:MR. Kelly-Evans: I award you this week's prize for both that super-splendid elevated railway and that equally awesome O gauge Der Adler! Your layout should be a feature in the TCA Quarterly! Too cool for words alone! BRAVO!
Thanks, Art. The Adler is actually gauge 1, a small model to be sure, but 1 gauge none the less.
JIM: THANK YOU for that gauge correction as I was not sure, and, should have asked. ☺
American Flyer Set M13 from 1915/1916
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The set with lithographed wood sided Northwestern passenger cars
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PhillyChris posted:
When I started collecting Marklin tinplate I had a vision of what it could look like once I was able to put it all together. I’m still a ways off (especially since I don’t have a room yet), but so far I am not disappointed. Now, I just need to come to grips with off-loading the other things I’ve collected and love, but will probably never see the light of day again.
Once again, another great Friday of photos and videos.
I really like this engine and caboose !
If you have time please post more photos of the locomotive 🚂!
PW53inVa posted:Always enjoy Tinplate Friday. Been a long time since I posted anything. Here is my small collection of Modern Marx Freight Cars. The Domino Sugar Hopper is my latest addition.
Dean
Dean that is beautiful! Don't be a stranger!
Just pick this up at the Fed-x store. Large compound gear is frozen (normal) but the motor does want to run. I’ll cut the original gear off, file the mounting post a little to accept a new gear. Hopefully it will be a runner. Also lots of cleaning to do on the inside of the box top. A bird must have nesting over it. Covered in doo.
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beautiful Steve!
Dave (Steamer)
Thanks for the compliment on my small collection of new marx and I will try to post a little more often than once every 6 months. I always enjoy the pictures of your layout and projects and look forward to seeing more. This is a great place to learn about tin trains.
Dean
so we'll so ya here next Friday (if not sooner)?
my old Marx
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Dave
Great collection of vintage Marx. I really like the 3/16 Marx with the scale trucks.
Only problem with Marx is that it is a little bit addictive but great fun at a reasonable cost. I guess the Marx motto of "One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them?" should have been a clue that we would want more than one.
Here's one more that is not tin, but Marx tin related. Hangs in the little workshop next to my train room/laundry room. I guess it's always time for more Marx.
Dean
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Robert S. Butler posted:American Flyer Set M13 from 1915/1916
The set with lithographed wood sided Northwestern passenger cars
a right hand key with a clip in motor!?!... i didn't know that combination even existed... nice! some day i still hope to find a Type II loco. here is the best i can do... 
those early "wood side" cars sure are purdy.
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You know I like em rough
A couple of early Ives sourced locally here in Aus... apparently in the family for years before being passed on, it amazes me how these things find their way down south and I am sure every one comes with a story, sadly I dont really know what led these to coming here ... and yep one is missing the cowcatcher , but hey even disabled puppies need a home
Both locos have the Apr 4th 1911 patent applied for stamp
but the #17 loco has an altered lower/larger date being 1914, but having a 5 stamped over the 4 .. not sure if they did that often or not?
The #5 is stamped 1917
Both nice runners despite their rough exteriors
Chris Lonero posted:The last of my new ETS cars for show and tell this week. Let’s see your Tinplate!
Cool cars Chris, liking what I can see of the pic above the Leuna car.
Joe Gozzo
Last project underway before the layout went dormant - stringing lines along the mainline:
Hoping to get back down to the basement this fall.
PD
The older I get the more tinplatey I become, and this thread doesn't help! Wonderful stuff everybody, wonderful stuff!
Hello,
As requested, here are some close ups of the replica 2-C-1. It is a Christian Selzer model. There is nothing fancy about it. Very simple, but nicely done.
Chris
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37” from the pilot to the end of the tender.
Steve
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Marx 8-wheel 6" cars with tab/ slot couplers were never available in sets, only over the counter...
for only a dime (... ok, +40% if you want to nitpick), i think it was well worth the upgrade...
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overlandflyer posted:Marx 8-wheel 6" cars with tab/ slot couplers were never available in sets, only over the counter...
for only a dime (... ok, +40% if you want to nitpick), i think it was well worth the upgrade...
Good factory example of the numbering system for the 6" cars. This was consistent through all the car types.
Steve
PhillyChris posted:
Hello,
As requested, here are some close ups of the replica 2-C-1. It is a Christian Selzer model. There is nothing fancy about it. Very simple, but nicely done.
Chris
Thanks for posting these. It may be simple to you but I think it looks great. Too bad Lionel could never get a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement under their tinplate shells!
give me time.....
Chris, thanks for this post. Lots of cool tinplate contributions from everyone.
Scott, enjoyed the video very much. Thanks!
Some prewar tinplate fun for the weekend- the Detroit Leland Monorail and a long Ives freight train (with a 3243R at the front end).
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