1953 under the tree

Turtle 2,

   Great stuff sir simply Great!

PCRR/Dave

Nice

Very nice, I need to get something running under my tree.

Thanks for sharing,

Aflyer

Nice! I like the use of the rubber roadbed. I should stop by with my silver bullet set.

Very, very nice. The set and track look like new.

Great idea, great execution, tastefully done.

Merry Christmas!

I always loved that cover with the 'giant' trains...

Turtle2,

I know the catalog says $17.50, but since that set of your is in such nice condition, I'll offer you $25.99 for it.

LOL,

Aflyer

Turtle2,

Would you be able to give some details and size of the base? Looks like a neat idea. Great setup. Thanks for sharing with us.

Thanks,

Michael

beautiful - thanks for sharing

rdeal

I still have my original 1953 catalog from way back when!  It had the best accessories of any Flyer catalog. in my opinion. with all of those cool mini craft buildings!

Thanks for the info on the catalog box car. I am not very familiar with AF history. The size is about 43" x 48". It is 3/4 " plywood with a white felt type cover that looks like snow. I just "refurbished" it this year after many years use under the tree. I added an electrical box to plug the tree into. When I take the tree down I will post pictures of the board itself. Glad you are enjoying this as we have for all these years. While this train arrived from Santa in 1953, the attached picture shows my "heritage" with my brothers from 1948. I do not know what the train is the picture. My father usually bought American Flyer trains from the Western Auto store in our town.

TURTLE 2,

Nice photos! Thanks for posting.

Which of those three little tikes is you?

Mike A.

that's great, thanks for sharing!

I am on the left 1942, just before my Dad was drafted. Patton's 3rd Army - "battle of the bulge", came home safely. 1948 in middle and 1946 on the right.

Great story Turtle, my Dad was with Patton. He was a tanker, and started with Gen Patton in North Africa, thru to the end. Back home in 45 .

Thanks for your post. I think there is several on this forum, that can relate to those days gone by!........

Pictures of the "platform" for under the tree. The oval is 41 1/2" x 52 1/2". I cut the cord from our artificial tree and put a plug on the shorter piece that would connect into the socket I put on the board. The other end of the cord from the tree I hard wired into the outlet and ran the cord under the board in a routered groove. I have a sleeve of white material that goes over the tree stand and hides the outlet and cord. I put a knob in the center so I would know where to center the tree stand. On the back side I covered all the groves after the wires / cords were in place with the "plastic" stripes that are used to put around the edge of plywood when making shelving (Don't know the name) and these are ironed on to activate the glue and bond them to the wood. I added 2 "handles"that retract into the plywood base to make it easier to life and carry. It was more expensive than I planned ... I used my wife's 10 year old iron and it died 2 days later ...$80 for a new iron - she was happy!