No real tinplate but some paper this weekend:
A few days ago a new book on British Toy Trains by Michael Foster has appeared. Michael Foster is writing a series of 4 books on the lesser known and cheaper budget British tin toy trains. Design and photography of these books is by Michael Bowes (known for Blurp books on tinplate accessories and on Issmaier trains). Book 3 is now available and on its way to me. It describes the products of Brimtoy. Previous books described amongst others Chad Valley and British Marx. The next book, which will appear in 2018 will be about Mettoy.
Here a few pictures of Brimtoy accessories, which I assume will be described in the book:
And from France on its way is a just issued book about Fournereau. Fournereau was a successor of Marescot (who introduced the first scale like model train in France around 1925) and made a series of locomotives and carriages from 1930 until 1960 which are highly regarded in France. So if you like French trains have a look here: http://trains.lrpresse.com/A-1...sme-ferroviaire.aspx. Here is a video showing Marescot/Fournereau train.
Regards
Fred
