Weekend tinplate photos 📸 and videos 🎥 4/16/20!

American Flyer Steel Mogul - 1930

Catalog 

...and the set

Running test for the Lionel 763e, definitely needs 072 tracks to be happy. Next step finding matching set of freight or passenger cars.

Have a nice weekend and be safe,  Daniel

Good things come in small packages ?

Hoping so 'cos this week is thin on the ground for me for newies but I did just find a JKO ( Kraus ) tender to slot in compliment my existing Kraus

Should slot in OK between my 20V loco and carriages ?

One more Flyer tank car:

Thanks, Chris, for keeping this Friday tradition going. I've added a third small radius loop to my European-themed layout.

A bit tinkering this week, first I had repaired some lights.

Heinrich Fischer

Tipp & Co

Heinrich Fischer

Distler

For a Carette station, I had made a new fence

And a few news, which arrived today

Left Kibri newspaper building and Groetsch gate, middle Karl Bub train indicator with light, right Distler small station and Wimmer (HWN) barrier.

Arne

JKE: NONPAREIL Marklin layout and trains, as always! THANKS for sharing!

Sure do miss our Dutch friend, Fred! 

FRENCHTRAINS posted:

Running test for the Lionel 763e, definitely needs 072 tracks to be happy. Next step finding matching set of freight or passenger cars.

Have a nice weekend and be safe,  Daniel

Daniel, the Grey 763E could have come with the Blue Comet 2613/4/5 cars and 2800 series freight cars which I think you already have some of.

Here's a few recent additions to my upstairs bedroom layout. Been looking for the Marx windup crane that is shown in old catalogs with the Marx Trucking Terminal. They are far and few between so I settled for a Hans Biller windup crane which seems to be the same size as the Marx.

Replaced my K-Line/Marx like plastic diner with a nice tinny one.

Thanks to all for all the great pictures and stay safe.

Dean

DANIEL: Is your NICE gray 763E actually the much desired gunmetal finish? THANKS in advance!

Tinplate Art posted:

DANIEL: Is your NICE gray 763E actually the much desired gunmetal finish? THANKS in advance!

Yes Art, it is an original Lionel from 1938-40. The body of the loco has been painted black so when I got it I try to do a new gunmetal paint, not easy to match but I am pleased with it for the moment. If i could find a better matching paint I will redo it. Finding a good match to the original gunmetal color is very hard.

Daniel

a few new acquisitions recently:

Flyer 231 coaling station, the top is all there, but I am going to have to make some legs for it.

JEP passenger "set" which I bought for the clockwork locomotive

and this yet to be identified station that I really liked for the lithography. Can't go wrong at 10 bucks. I believe it is Issmayer and missing a canopy on the other side but unsure of the year.

Dennis Holler posted:

FRENCHTRAINS posted:

Running test for the Lionel 763e, definitely needs 072 tracks to be happy. Next step finding matching set of freight or passenger cars.

Have a nice weekend and be safe,  Daniel

Daniel, the Grey 763E could have come with the Blue Comet 2613/4/5 cars and 2800 series freight cars which I think you already have some of.

Dennis, I have a blue comet set and no loco to match but they are the first models product and my 800 series freight are older and not period for the loco. I was thinking buying a set of 2613-14-16 passenger cars in two  ton green, I find they are very attractive. I have seen some on your pictures and they look really nice.

Daniel

Daniel:  IAW my references the 2613-14-16 came in sets with either the 226, 263 or 763 loco.  Note that the 2613  series came in state green or blue .  The 613-14-16 which is the same car except it does not have the "box" couplers came with many more engines but still included the 763.  The interesting thing is that the 613 series did NOT come in green but it did come in terra cotta / cream and red / light red as well as the blue / silver Blue Comet livery.  Both the 613 and the 2613 series in blue/silver were nicknamed the O' gauge Blue Comet when pulled by the blue 263E loco.   So with your 763 you could pull Green, Terra Cotta, Light Red, or Blue passenger cars depending on whether you went with the 613 or 2613 series and both look about the same except for the couplers. 

Of course regardless of what its pulling the 763E is MAGNIFICENT!

Best Regards, Don McErlean

Jim O'C posted:

a few new acquisitions recently:

and this yet to be identified station that I really liked for the lithography. Can't go wrong at 10 bucks. I believe it is Issmayer and missing a canopy on the other side but unsure of the year.

Jim,

yes it´s Issmayer from the 20s. You can see a smaller previev of the complete Issmayer book at Blurb, a similar station is on page 196.

Issmayer

Greetings

Arne

New arrival yesterday. A Tinplate Traditions 10-1213-1 starter set from 2004.

Steve

A tinplate Madison Hardware by Sunset Trains & Toys

Steve