Nation Wide Lines posted:overlandflyer posted:
but the Type XVII was changed to an electric type.
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For instance, the artwork does not show any brushes / brush tubes, yet Flyer cast iron engines of this era had the brushes / brush tubes on the side shown in the ad.
You should not expect that the advertisement artwork match all the details exactly. These were toys.
i have to smile a bit at the "details" missing. you could also mention they left out the rivet that attaches the headlight and the head of the connecting rod that pieces together the two half of the casting and is typically not ground down. all the things they left out are physical details not related to the actual locomotive, but clunky details that are necessary to make a working model... artist's license... make it look good.
setting aside the errors in the text, the part i still can't figure out... every other piece pictured is not just a generic shape. even some very minor details in the actual models are represented in the drawings. the artist was probably working from actual models which would make sense since every other piece actually existed. how is it that the one locomotive shown does not seem to exactly match any known locomotive, yet it shows so many features of locomotives that did exist. did Flyer plan on making an electric version of the Type XVI clockwork locomotive or a smaller version of the Type XVII?
i might have to revisit this topic some day.
