BlueComet400 posted:navy.seal posted:riki posted:As far as I know. Jim does not do metal Tinplate.
If Jim doesn't do tinplate, how would you classify the ten Olympian Hiawatha cars, which Jim custom built and sold to me? I would call them Modern Era Standard Gauge (MESG} tinplate.
Bob Nelson
Isn't mass-production one of the criteria for tinplate trains? Either way, Bob, that is one beautiful train. It blows away the detail of my JAD Hiawatha!
John
John,
If one uses the categories established by Arno Baars (modernerasg) for Modern Era Standard Gauge (MESG) trains, "mass production" is not a requirement for all types of MESG tinplate trains. I think Arno would have categorized the 10 Waterman-built Olympian Hiawatha cars I own as "craftsman-built MESG tinplate". As I recall, Arno established four categories of MESG trains, the criteria for each category he described in detail in an article he wrote for the TCA Quarterly. Unfortunately, I don't recall in which specific TCA Quarterly issue this article was published.
Bob Nelson
Waterman-built Milwaukee Road diner
