MTH ARMORED SET PICTURED ON FB

Interesting shade of "olive drab" those folks overseas applied to that locomotive!

Thanks for the heads up, GARDNER.

Pictures look good (except the color -- stay calm, everyone -- it's just the engineering sample!).

I'm looking forward to this set -- it grabbed my attention enough to become my first pre-ordered item in several years!

WOW. Is that the color it's suppose to be? I thought it was a darker shade of green.

The MTH facebook page said that this is the wrong color on the first engineering sample.


franktrain

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The MTH facebook page said that this is the wrong color on the first engineering sample.

Missed that part. Good thing it is a nice looking set too.

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Originally posted by franktrain:
The MTH facebook page said that this is the wrong color on the first engineering sample.


franktrain

That color looks like it came right out of an Earl Scheib paint booth

Steve

I want the "battleship grey" finish on mine as per the original!

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Originally posted by Tinplate Art:
I want the "battleship grey" finish on mine as per the original!

It better come as the Battleship Grey, that's the only reason I pre ordered. I have a couple of TTHF versions, one OD & tan, the other blue & tan. I wanted the grey TTHF version but have never found one.

Steve

What's with this "battleship gray" stuff"? It's obviously an ARMY train and we Army vets remember OD above all other colors!

Actually, I don't much care what color they make it--I wasn't around when the original was made--so long as it's not that Gawdawful light green (which I'm confident it will not be).

If exact color is a determining factor for you, you're too much of a rivet counter for the colorful world of tin.

GREEN ARMY MEN???

rat

I'm with Allan on this one, I don't care what color it is, I'm just very pleased that they are moving forward with production. Many years I've wanted one of these and I even lost some money attempting to purchase a repro. Mine is pre-orderd and a circle of vintage O is waiting!

James

the green version will be released in 2013

rat

I doubt the colour of the model will be by design, however in The First World War when the very first steel helmets were being produced by the British, they were painted in a shade of what was known as Apple Green - not so far off the colour of this model, which I assume dates from around the same period? It's possibly urban myth, but one story about the paint colour for the helmets suggests that because they were being produced in a mad rush, certain railway companies made large quantities of paint available, and the Apple Green was arrived at as a result of mixing some of them - remember the art of camouflage as we know it today had not yet fully come about in 1915 when the helmets were being produced. Some company commanders took such pride in their men and kit, they even had them polishing the helmets so that they shined! So maybe this gloss shade of green is not so far off?
Dave Upton

Wrong color or not it's still awesome!!!

The "barfy" green (ARGGH!) shown above is definitely NOT Lionel's "Apple Green" - I have an "Apple Green" 408E and a 418 series combine right in front of me as I type this!

Mine BETTER be grey as advertised, or NO SALE!

See pages 6 and 7 in TCA's "Lionel Trains - Standard of the World, 2nd ed."

Dark gray.

Bob Bubeck

Bob:

THANK YOU!

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Originally posted by Tinplate Art:
Mine BETTER be grey as advertised, or NO SALE!

This is the first item I have pre-ordered in many, many years and if it ain't grey I hope MTH/Lionel Tinplate Corporation takes a direct hit from an artillery barrage. Needless to say I won't accept the order.

From what I am reading the first year of production (1917) at the beginning these were painted olive, (olive drab) and then the color changed to Battleship gray. From 1918 through 1921 they were Battleship gray. I would imagine these first olive 203s are quite rare and expensive if they exist.

It looks like MTH told there production facilities to paint them olive. Apparently the Chinese have different color olives than we do.

Robert

OD is what I'm looking for! If the rest of you guys want some other color and will therefore need to cancel, I'll get a campaign going to have folks purchase the ones you pass on. No problemo!

...However, if they make it in the more common gray, I'll also purchase one or two of those.

I ended up not pre-ordering this one, but I came close.

Will wait and see how everyone likes their sets once they arrive and I can read some reviews.

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Originally posted by MOPAC:
From what I am reading the first year of production (1917) at the beginning these were painted olive, (olive drab) and then the color changed to Battleship gray. From 1918 through 1921 they were Battleship gray. I would imagine these first olive 203s are quite rare and expensive if they exist.

It looks like MTH told there production facilities to paint them olive. Apparently the Chinese have different color olives than we do.

Robert

That ain't olive. It looks more like something Linda Blair barfed up in the Exorcist.

I think I would like it in gray.Might pick one up when it comes out.

Allan,

We will paint it any color you like when it comes in!

Merry Christmas everybody!

Dave

Here's a photo of the TTHF repro in brown and green. I don't know if this is a accurate paint scheme or not but I think it's very attractive. The train was produced in matching colors as well. Do I understand from a previous post here that it was also made in other finishes?

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Dave Wilson
Cumberland, Md.

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Allan,

We will paint it any color you like when it comes in!

You da man, King Mouse! We'll have to see what the final MTH/LCT version comes out with, and then decide from there. But if I was going to have a new coat of paint applied to that set, you can be sure that I would be delighted to give the job to you. After all, I have seen your handiwork/craftsmanship up close and personal.

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Originally posted by Dave Wilson:
Here's a photo of the TTHF repro in brown and green. I don't know if this is a accurate paint scheme or not but I think it's very attractive. The train was produced in matching colors as well. Do I understand from a previous post here that it was also made in other finishes?

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Dave Wilson
Cumberland, Md.

Here are the two color combinations I have.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xutLCdfdng8

Steve

Dave- How long ago were tha TTHF stes made? That engine sure looks nice.

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Originally posted by stur-it:
Dave- How long ago were tha TTHF stes made? That engine sure looks nice.

Early 90's the adds were showing up in CTT.

Steve

Thanks for the Info.

The TTHF / Rich-Art Army set was reviewed in the May 1993 issue of CTT. There was also a two passenger cars and loco gray version available.

They also advertised these Army Train Accessory Groups, for future release: Medical Corps; Signal Corps; Anti-Aircraft Artillery; Front-Line Headquarters. They consisted of a car, assorted figures and related paraphernalia. To my knowledge they were never produced.

The organization still exists according to Google.

Ron M

I am pretty sure Lionel Tinplate Corporation or MTH will be making the Armored Set in various color combinations in the years to come.

This could be a popular series of tinplate sets.

Paul

I may be the odd man out here, but I actually like the green in the picture at the top of the thread. I know the original was issued in a different color, but the new version's color has a nineteen-teens "feel and look" to it. I may buy it, in anticipation of the upcoming World War I centennial.

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Originally posted by PWTrains:
I am pretty sure Lionel Tinplate Corporation or MTH will be making the Armored Set in various color combinations in the years to come.

This could be a popular series of tinplate sets.

Paul

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As a Naval Academy Grad and a Navy SEAL, I'll be waiting for the blue U.S. Navy version to be produced before I take the plunge and purchase one!

Bob

Being a military train I think more of a matte finish would be better than a gloss.

Steve,
Thanks for the video and now I want one!
PCRR