Letโs see your tinplate!
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A few new arrivals. Also a spectacular caboose and hopper, unfortunately the trucks on those broke.
Steve
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My treats from Germany have finally arrived. Marklin 2117 coaling station is something I never thought Iโd be able to own. Happy days!
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Phillychris, congrats your Marklin coaling station is gorgeous, it is a great model and really not an easy thing to find.
This week i had the opportunity to add a new JEP loco to the collection, a classic steeple cab, a salt box as we call them. It is the first model of the loco made in 1925 with a big motor on a brass frame. I have always enjoy those models maybe as it was the first one that i bought when i start collecting trains.
And the more comon one which is a little later production, 1926.
Have a great weekend, Daniel
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Some signals this week.
CR (Rossignol) trains and accessories are in general quite small. They made however a range of signals which are quite large at 25 cm.
I thought the next signals with a height of 13 cm are also CR since JEP trains are in general larger. But JEP also made a range of smaller signals shown here. The second one from the left is CR, the other four are JEP:
Regards
Fred
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Fred, on your second picture the signal on the left is HORNBY from the M serie. A typical french Lartigue model.
Very best, Daniel
Thank you, Daniel,
Now you told it is Hornby, I could find it in the books.
I will have to rewrite my book http://sncf231e.nl/tin-stuff-from-fred-2/
Regards
Fred
If prewar and 1950s Lionel and Marx streamliners qualify as tinplate, these videos show several running on my layout. The layout is crammed into an upstairs bedroom and is heavy on operating accessories, with very little scenery. Track is FasTrack. All trains in the videos have been converted to TMCC operation by installing AC Commander modules from Sunset Models. Some of the early Marx engines came with motor wheels not compatible with FasTrack. In these engines, a motor from a later Marx engine, with compatible wheels, was substituted for the original motor.
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hearncl posted:If prewar and 1950s Lionel and Marx streamliners qualify as tinplate, these videos show several running on my layout. The layout is crammed into an upstairs bedroom and is heavy on operating accessories, with very little scenery. Track is FasTrack. All trains in the videos have been converted to TMCC operation by installing AC Commander modules from Sunset Models. Some of the early Marx engines came with motor wheels not compatible with FasTrack. In these engines, a motor from a later Marx engine, with compatible wheels, was substituted for the original motor.
Great videos! Nice layout with beautiful tinplate trains.
Thanks for sharing.
George
RSB: STUNNING Bing loco and cars! PHILLYCHRIS: That absolutely beautiful Marklin coaling station is THE accessory of the week! GREAT find! BRAVO, gentlemen!
DANIEL's NICE JEP steeplecabs also deserve special mention!
Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:A few new arrivals. Also a spectacular caboose and hopper, unfortunately the trucks on those broke.
Steve
Wowsers!
This morning I received from USA a nice Lionel 115 station, I wanted one since a long time to match with my post war Lionel collection. I already have a 113 without lights and think i will use it with a terrace when i will find one.
The 115 has been made pre and post war, i think 1935 to 1941 and later 1947. Is it possible to know if my new station is pre or post war ? Inside the station which is all original paint and very good condition I founded an inspection tag, no idea if it is the original one of the station, i was stuck inside since certainly a long time. Of course production at the Irvington factory is pre and post war so.... who has an idea of production date of my model ? Anyway even if it is a pre war one I will enjoy to keep it, it is such beautiful...
Thanks, Daniel
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A CLASSIC, nontheless, regardless of year of production! SAVOR and ENJOY! โบ
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Whoo Hoo .. A lovely start to the weekend contributions !
And even more Whoo Hoo! I finally get to post a few myself after my recent drought of aquisitions ( lol! )
Picked up a Sakai Pegasus H&P Tanker
Some rather beat up but quaint Mettoy pullmans
And some terrific little Clockwork Tri-ang Minic vehicles to add some character !
Ambulance ( with figures even! )
And a great "Horse" and tipper combo
Along with a lovely Bulldog tipper
However the Creme de la Creme of the weekend for me personally is also an enigma, and I might need my good European friends Daniel and Fred to help me reach a conclusion ?
I found and fought for a charming Hornby MO(?) locomotive and tender that appears to be a wee bit special ...
Now as always this isnt in my hand just yet so pictures here will have to be the ones provided to me ...
The back story is that this loco is from the Late Bill Bakers collection here in Australia , and as Bill is no longer with us to give us the REAL backstory to it , we have to make our own ...
Now I HAVE seen this loco and tender combination before , and I have seen it attributed to both Hornby UK and Hornby France ... the tender does appear to have a Serie Hornby transfer on it but its NOT clearly legible in the photo provided to me ... So now the fun begins ...
Because this lovely little critter is .......... electric .... not clockwork !
It could well be a clockwork converted at a later date by an owner, but it looks to be very well done and with a drive I am not "au fait" with and appears to have an early bakelite type connector between the tender mounted pick-up and the Loco proper ..
As it comes from an incredibly well connected collector in his day , I just cant shake the premise that this might be a special locomotive indeed ? Could it be a French Hornby electrified version? a prototype? or just simply a very well modernised example of a clockwork?
Either way its a fascinating little bit of kit and I'ma love it !
My sensible side of me is saying " Nicely done Modification" but there is that little tingle at the back of the neck simply because it comes from probably the biggest Hornby collector estate in the southern hemisphere?
What say you @sncf231e Fred and @FRENCHTRAINS Daniel ( and anyone else of course ! )
Fatman, as you found it yourself it is a nicely done modification, all original ones are clockwork models.
The M0 serie loco has been produced 1927-29 in Liverpool factory in Great Britain. They where sold in GB and France at the same time and the models for the french market has a decal with "imported from England" on the underside.
Originally there is no linkage on the loco, the modifications on this one makes it something special and as it is not a rare model that looks fine for me and there is the little "plus" when you know from where it comes.
For me it is a nice little model and if the price was right a nice loco easy to run.
Very best, Daniel
Thank you so much Daniel , its nice to have confirmation in an area of the hobby I have a few gaps in my knowledge of , also great to get the French perspective/information that is often missing when researching !
I am really hoping to get some info on the motor unit when it is in my hands as hopefully there will be something to identify the time period when it was actually converted
I have an English MO in the collection from the same time period but of course it IS clockwork ...
I love the look of this one and although I am usually a fan of keeping things original mytself as well , I think it by itself also speaks of the ingenuity of early modellers and as such am happy to have a chance to own and display it .
Thanks to all of you who have "liked" my photos. I have recently updated my website which now contains 195 photos organized into 11 categories. Check it out at www.myworldoftrains.shutterfly.com. Better yet, if you are coming to the Boston area, let me know and I'll give you a personal tour of the collection.
Lew Schneider
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Hi Lew,
Just went and visited your website. Great photos and a really fine collection!
Miketg
FRENCHTRAINS posted:Phillychris, congrats your Marklin coaling station is gorgeous, it is a great model and really not an easy thing to find.
This week i had the opportunity to add a new JEP loco to the collection, a classic steeple cab, a salt box as we call them. It is the first model of the loco made in 1925 with a big motor on a brass frame. I have always enjoy those models maybe as it was the first one that i bought when i start collecting trains.
And the more comon one which is a little later production, 1926.
Have a great weekend, Daniel
Interesting about the different versions- thanks for pointing that out. The 1925 version rides noticeably higher; gives it a different look, I like it! Here's a picture of my later version along with a JEP E-501 I recently acquired. Check out my post in the Buy Anything Cool Lately? thread for more details on that.
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Miketg posted:Hi Lew,
Just went and visited your website. Great photos and a really fine collection!
Miketg
Many thanks. Happy that the site works and you had no problems navigating it.
Lew Schneider
Seems tinplate was the flavor of the day at todays TCA Western Division meet.
Steve
John Smatlak posted:FRENCHTRAINS posted:
Interesting about the different versions- thanks for pointing that out. The 1925 version rides noticeably higher; gives it a different look, I like it! Here's a picture of my later version along with a JEP E-501 I recently acquired. Check out my post in the Buy Anything Cool Lately? thread for more details on that.
Very nice John, great to see those nice locos. i will answer on your other post, Daniel
This Locomotive was made by Ron Fox back in the mid 1980โs from tinplate and fibreglass. Itโs modelled after the Victorian S class โSpirit of Progressโ locomotives. Only 3 of these were sold in kit form with this one been assembled by Ron as a demonstrator at train shows and HRCAA meets. (This one has a โFoxโ mechanism the other two were assembled with โGoddardโ mechanisms)
Ron Fox was one of only a few hobby manufacturers who kept Australian O gauge alive during the โdark agesโ of the 70โs and 80โs. You can find out more on Ron Fox and his career in manufacturing O gauge on his YouTube channel.
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Jamie Thompson posted:This Locomotive was made by Ron Fox back in the mid 1980โs from tinplate and fibreglass. Itโs modelled after the Victorian S class โSpirit of Progressโ locomotives. Only 3 of these were sold in kit form with this one been assembled by Ron as a demonstrator at train shows and HRCAA meets. (This one has a โFoxโ mechanism the other two were assembled with โGoddardโ mechanisms)
Ron Fox was one of only a few hobby manufacturers who kept Australian O gauge alive during the โdark agesโ of the 70โs and 80โs. You can find out more on Ron Fox and his career in manufacturing O gauge on his YouTube channel.
Jamie, many thanks for the link, all is extremely interesting and I didn't know anything about Ron Fox.
Now maybe I will have to find some.....
Very best, Daniel
JAMIE: THANK YOU for sharing that exquisite model! May I assume that it belongs to you? Our down-under mates are full of delightful surprises!
Tinplate Art posted:JAMIE: THANK YOU for sharing that exquisite model! May I assume that it belongs to you? Our down-under mates are full of delightful surprises!
Thanks Tinplate Art.
Yes I am the current caretaker of this model. I think it is the isolation (Ie shipping costs, import duties etc..) that have bred some rather unique models.
Plus the HRCAA (Hornby Railway Collectors Association of Australia) helped foster a cottage industry for O gauge. Other cottage industry Manufacturers were Alan Middleton, Bill Goddard, Maurie Haines, Errol Goddard.
Sadly history is pouring through our fingers as many of these Men have either passed away now or are advance in age. Hopefully someone is documenting the history behind these models...
A rich and fascinating history!
NICE LCT Army loco and train! I always admired that loco since seeing an original in the museum case at the Lionel showroom in NYC as a youth in the early fifties. I also purchased and ran that LCT set until a friend offered me an even trade for an MTH standard gauge weigh scale still sealed in its shipping carton. Couldn't resist!