Weekend tinplate photos/videos 6/1/18

Some weeks ago mention was made on the forum about Märklin replicas made by Wilag from Switzerland in the eighties. Wilag made replicas of the 1 Gauge large (57 cm) passenger cars in the 1941J etc series of Märklin. Darstaed (also of Switzerland) made in the same period replicas of the 0 gauge 40 cm series. After Wilag had made this series they made some passenger cars in the same tinplate style ("what Märklin could have made"), amongst others the Rheingold cars I show here. They also made a series of PLM cars that I showed earlier: Wilag PLM. The Rheingold was a luxury train running from Hook of Holland in Netherlands to Basel in Switzerland following the river Rhine (more on luxury trains in my e-book on that subject).

Here the Rheingold is running with an ASTER German 01 pacific in live steam:

Regards

Fred

A refurbished Flyer 3322:

No firebox light on this one, and I'm not sure if the link-couplered tender is correct. Still, looks/runs great.

PD

further down the af prewar rabbit hole,i love how their boxes are so plan,and anything in the box i'm a sucker for got these 3- 4040,1,2 with boxes, like the black trucks on these,and a box of o straight track, I will have to find a way to display the box now,,,humm

Fred, that Rheingold consist is beautiful!  When I returned to the hobby, a Rheingold was one of the first passenger trains I put together, albeit in N scale (Arnold).  Next up was the Maerklin HO version.  As I've moved into larger trains, an O or Gauge 1 is now on my list.  Thanks for sharing!

So, for the last few weeks we've been looking at the Pennsylvania Railroad as depicted by Bing. This week we'll take a look at NYC, PRR's competitor...again as depicted by Bing

Box cover

...and the contents

Fred: That Rheingold consist together with that Aster Pacific is definitely the creme de la creme! Your collection and knowledge of European models is second to none! BRAVO!

The Swiss firm HAG has made during the fifties a nice serie of passenger cars, they are very representatives of trains from Switzerland; note the frosted windows that look very nice when lighted. They also made a baggage car to match with the cars that unfortunately I don't have. The most comon ones are green and there where also red and blue. The restaurant car is very typical with the pantograph.

They also made some very nice freight cars.

As usually have a great tinplate weekend and stay in touch for more tinplate.     Daniel

Daniel: Have not seen a diner with a pantograph in quite some time! Also nice kessel wagons! THANKS for sharing!

Papa Steve has a thread running on the forum about Flyer's crazy numbering system.  I made a post over on that thread about a very attractive passenger train that Flyer marketed over 4 years time.  During that time the engine and tender combinations changed, the type of trucks changed, and the type of couplers changed.  I won't bore you with all of the details, but here are the catalog illustrations and then what the trains looked like, ala Robert Butler.

1936

1937

1938

1939

Have a Great Tinplate Weekend

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

European acquisition week for me.

Hachette canvas-covered gondola

Distler 3-rail electric track

and Michael Foster's 1st book (of 5 to be released) about British tin trains

I talked to Michael by email this week and he stated Volume 4 , which I believe is Mettoy, should be released in late September with volume 5 out just after Christmas. FYI Volumes 2 (Betel, British Marx and Wells) and 3 (Brimtoy) are available from Bill Blystone Books in Pittsburgh.

A few adds in the collection

Brimtoy Set 400/3 made around 1938

Karl Bub Set 6424 made around 1937

Fischer train made around 1930 clockwork for 3-rail with light

Fischer Victoria Box and lamps ( battery powered)

Greetings

Arne

Arne: VERY NICE European tin!

1930's Leland Detroit monorail and a standard gauge Lionel 42 in action on the layout this morning.

224E and a string of 600 passenger cars make a stop at the station.

back about a month ago I got these two cars in. 

Woops for got to put this pic in, now it will make sense lol 

Now the first 3 pictures shows it while the paint hasn't cured yet so it looks more red that it actually turned out. Picture four will show you the final results 

And here is the final product. I was deciding between a few different color combinations before settling with this.  

rtraincollector posted:

back about a month ago I got these two cars in. I decided the 812 definitely need a redoing, I had a friend sand blast the 812, and he even primed it for me. 

Now the first 3 pictures shows it while the paint hasn't cured yet so it looks more red that it actually turned out. Picture four will show you the final results 

And here is the final product. I was deciding between a few different color combinations before settling with this.  

Hi Bill,

Looks great!  What color and make of black did you use for the frame? I have had a hard time matching the look of the semi gloss Lionel frames.

Thanks!

George

I will look later but believe the cheap brand from Wal-Mart lol. 

A Repro Ives Circus Train rolling past the Marx Super Circus 

Lionel 42 double header on the layout this afternoon. With the big wheels and double sets of driving rods, these are among my favorite standard gauge engines; lots of action when they're in motion. Both these examples retain their original paint- the black one in front is the earlier single-motor variety with the sliding door, the dark gray one behind is a later dual motor version. The black one has a longer coupler on it, allowing the two to be run together without the pilots fouling each other. The freight train behind them is a mixed bag of Lionel and Ives cars from different eras. Enjoy!

Cleaning a 2817 while watching train videos. 2😁👍

Joe Gozzo

All look great 

Trainlover160 posted:

Cleaning a 2817 while watching train videos. 2😁👍

Joe Gozzo

Wow Joe! That is beautiful! You are doing great! Very shiny.

Is that an MTH/LCT or is it original?

George

George S posted:

rtraincollector posted:

back about a month ago I got these two cars in. I decided the 812 definitely need a redoing, I had a friend sand blast the 812, and he even primed it for me. 

Now the first 3 pictures shows it while the paint hasn't cured yet so it looks more red that it actually turned out. Picture four will show you the final results 

And here is the final product. I was deciding between a few different color combinations before settling with this.  

Hi Bill,

Looks great!  What color and make of black did you use for the frame? I have had a hard time matching the look of the semi gloss Lionel frames.

Thanks!

George

KRYLON satin enamel

the cap looks kinda flat with a gloss but it's what I have been using for a few years, originally bought it for the bottom of some Rail-King PRR passenger cars that had a olive green bottom and trucks. ( olive green on a train car bottom and trucks ?? who was thinking when they did that. )

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

Papa Steve has a thread running on the forum about Flyer's crazy numbering system.  I made a post over on that thread about a very attractive passenger train that Flyer marketed over 4 years time.  During that time the engine and tender combinations changed, the type of trucks changed, and the type of couplers changed.  I won't bore you with all of the details, but here are the catalog illustrations and then what the trains looked like, ala Robert Butler.

1936

 

 

1937

 

1938

1939

Have a Great Tinplate Weekend

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Love those passenger cars.  Here is my AF passenger fleet - I think the same cars.  These came to me with bent steps, much dirt and tarnished brass.  I managed to restore them to reasonably good looks with working lights, but haven't been successful in protecting my passengers from rain and wind.  Now all I need is a couple of rusty beat up cars that I can get dheaply and salvage the roofs.

The locomtive is another story, which I'll post something aobut in a few minutes.

Following up on my post about an hour ago.  For the sequel to my reponse on this topic,. see new topics "Scratch built tinplate" and "Restoring an AF 401" - in a few minutes

just won this......

George S posted:

Trainlover160 posted:

Cleaning a 2817 while watching train videos. 2😁👍

Joe Gozzo

Wow Joe! That is beautiful! You are doing great! Very shiny.

Is that an MTH/LCT or is it original?

George

 

 Thanks so I George I picked it up a while back I have a thing when I get a new or used car I clean it with Maguire's cleaner wax and it is LCT. It was used and slightly dusty.😉

Joe Gozzo

George S posted:

Trainlover160 posted:

Cleaning a 2817 while watching train videos. 2😁👍

Joe Gozzo

moo

Wow Joe! That is beautiful! You are doing great! Very shiny.

Is that an MTH/LCT or is it original?

George

 

 Thanks so I George I picked it up a while back I have a thing when I get a new or used car I clean it with Maguire's cleaner wax and it is LCT. It was used and slightly dusty.😉

Joe Gozzo

rtraincollector posted:

George S posted:

rtraincollector posted:

back about a month ago I got these two cars in. I decided the 812 definitely need a redoing, I had a friend sand blast the 812, and he even primed it for me. 

Now the first 3 pictures shows it while the paint hasn't cured yet so it looks more red that it actually turned out. Picture four will show you the final results 

And here is the final product. I was deciding between a few different color combinations before settling with this.  

Hi Bill,

Looks great!  What color and make of black did you use for the frame? I have had a hard time matching the look of the semi gloss Lionel frames.

Thanks!

George

KRYLON satin enamel

the cap looks kinda flat with a gloss but it's what I have been using for a few years, originally bought it for the bottom of some Rail-King PRR passenger cars that had a olive green bottom and trucks. ( olive green on a train car bottom and trucks ?? who was thinking when they did that. )

Thanks Bill!

Just got these.... Die cast 3/16" 0 gauge Heavy weight pullmans.  They are HEAVY.

These are tough to find, at least around here.

Some video of the layouts we set up at the the Huntington Beach Concourse car show this past weekend.

Steve

https://youtu.be/wNtQFEwDJbI

beautiful stuff!

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Some video of the layouts we set up at the the Huntington Beach Concourse car show this past weekend.

Steve

https://youtu.be/wNtQFEwDJbI

A little something for everyone. Great day for it too.

Rob English posted:

Just got these.... Die cast 3/16" 0 gauge Heavy weight pullmans.  They are HEAVY.

These are tough to find, at least around here.

 

Great cars Rob, if they are tough to find for you... i don't think I have any chane to find such a set in France.

Do you know who made them ?  Maybe home made ones by a tallented modeller or kits.

FRENCHTRAINS posted:

Rob English posted:

Just got these.... Die cast 3/16" 0 gauge Heavy weight pullmans.  They are HEAVY.

These are tough to find, at least around here.

 

Great cars Rob, if they are tough to find for you... i don't think I have any chane to find such a set in France.

Do you know who made them ?  Maybe home made ones by a tallented modeller or kits.

they look like ,late prewar American flyer

They look like 496TLs or 496Ts if they are unlighted. Circa 1940-41