Buy/Make Anything Cool Lately (Tinplate Version)

There is one on eBay in Australia.

Steve

Mine has a "Best Before" date of Sept 2015.

However I think I've been misleading everyone.  Apologies for that.  I had another look at mine and there seems to be different colors on different sides.  So perhaps it's just a case of fading on the sides facing the sun or light.

 

Yup, looks like too much light

Funny, I wanted to say I liked the sandstone color better, but didn't want to offend. 

It could look better on some layouts than tan with the pastel shade it has too.

Adriatic posted:

Funny, I wanted to say I liked the sandstone color better, but didn't want to offend. 

It could look better on some layouts than tan with the pastel shade it has too.

I agree with you that the warm sandstone color is better ... and also more correct.

Shows you how damaging the Sun can be to litho. 

George

well under the make....this 807 was in the bunch of four wheel cars someone tried to make into two truck cars buy mangeling the frames. The body looks ok in the pics, but like some of the others had a heavy handed brush repaint. 

paint strip and new paint, and set on a spare 620 frame and trucks.

And let there be light!

Just getting back to this thread.

Thanks folks for all of the postings on "Big Ben" and for the sleuthing.  Mine is all tan and has a "Best if used by" date of 9/30/2014.

This is another piece that I spent some time looking for on ebay because I saw it in someone's photos of their layout.  I have had it for several years now.

And a size comparison with Big Ben

The next layout will have a Wide Gauge portion (maybe 5 rail track) and I have been considering having a World's Fair theme park on it.  Perfect place for these pieces, and I also have a reproduction Hellgate Bridge  that I could use.  Does anyone have a "tinplate" model of any other iconic buildings?  Hmmmm  wonder if I could find a cookie tin of St Basil's in Moscow.

Thanks again for your posts.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

 

I just remembered that I also have the Statue of Liberty by K-Line (?)

While she may not be tin, I think she could work in with the World's Fair Park theme.

Maybe I can find one of those pot metal versions of Lady Liberty with a clock on ebay.  

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

I just remembered that I also have the Statue of Liberty by K-Line (?)

While she may not be tin, I think she could work in with the World's Fair Park theme.

Maybe I can find one of those pot metal versions of Lady Liberty with a clock on ebay.  

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Or you can build a Vegas strip with these in the middle of the layout

 

 

New age cast bronzeplate?

This is my planned centerpiece for a micro tinplate layout when I'm ready. It was going to go into my TV, but I couldn't see the top well enough. I need a larger TV.  

The little Kong billboard magnet was not a part of it.  The roof comes off the main structure at the edge of the verticle lens to access the bulb. Top windows are vents.  It could use a smoke unit there imo

These  lamps were not cheap and were hard to aquire even from the maker (NY,NY)  Ever see one grab it. You likely won't see another for many many years.

($400ish wholesale in the 90s)  15" to peak; 19" to the ball on top. 

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

I just remembered that I also have the Statue of Liberty by K-Line (?)

While she may not be tin, I think she could work in with the World's Fair Park theme.

 

Maybe I can find one of those pot metal versions of Lady Liberty with a clock on ebay.  

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Lady Liberty is in my travel show tub. She is always front and center.

Steve

A recent find of two German signals, the AF lamppost is just to give an idea of the size. They all are in need of some restoration, the center one is a Marklin from the 1900's years but I do not know who have made the platform clock model. It is intended for the french market, funny to notice that there is a severe misspelling on the right, in french, trains is the same than in English not "Traines".  It must also have been lighted, the clock is on a cellulose base. Maybe it is DOLL but I am not sure at all, any idea welcome....

Daniel

Hello Daniel,

the clock was made by Karl Bub, here a picture from catalog 1936.

 

Arne

Arne posted:

Hello Daniel,

the clock was made by Karl Bub, here a picture from catalog 1936.

 

Arne

Hello Arne,

Many thanks for your answer, I will make a lighting unit to complete it.

All my best wishes, Daniel

Hello,
I had found two Bub Pullman coaches, both in bad condition, one discolored, the other burned, except the couplings defective. However, the cars have nearly the same suspension as the Bub Adler coaches.

A paper case was first printed to try out.

Looks already good, so the two coaches were used.

The couplings were repaired and reinforced with wire.

Frames and roofs got new color.

Due to the slightly different character of the chassis, it was difficult to paint the yellow lines properly. Was painted with a 1 mm paint marker.

The first sheet was, as so often, scrap metal, the image was shifted from the middle.

So the drawing was reworked a bit and reprinted. But there was an unexpected difficulty, I noticed that both sides of the car are printed differently.

The whole was then laminated to the sheet using transfer paper. Then it was painted with clear lacquer.

And finish.

Greetings
Arne

How do you get your nice roll and corners at the bottom Arne? Any pattern shots of the area?

Adriatic posted:

How do you get your nice roll and corners at the bottom Arne? Any pattern shots of the area?

This is easy. Here a few pictures with a scrap part.

The sheet has to be a bit longer so you can bend. First bend to top.

Now a wire on the front and bend down by hand and a block.

Next bend down, easy by hand.

After them, cut the sheet.

For the corners, you need a few blocks and bend down by hand.

Finish.

 

Arne

Very nice tutorial!  Thanks Arne. I certainly like to see everything you post here.

This weekends tinplate pick-ups:

 

MARX Pedestrian bridge, sporting Pennsy herald, crossing over 2 Lines  of track.

 

Not sure if you’d count this as tinplate? Maybe I’m asking that just because it’s my first American Model Toy’s train. Not Lionel or Flyer but not Marx or Unique Arts. I love them. Cleaned off the on combine car and it ran beautifully.