Weekend tinplate photos/videos 7/28/17!

Hafner Century of Progress Freight

Steve

CR or Charles Rossignol made a large number of different, very small, almost two dimensional, stations (Gare in French). This week these 2 arrived:

This picture shows a some variations:

Regards

Fred

Ultimate tinplate:

Model of RMS Queen Elizabeth by Bassett-Lowke for Cunard back in the 1930's. 

PD

Last week someone expressed a desire to see some more Marx in this continuing thread - here's some

The box top fantasy

...and the internal reality

Marx?can do.....

On of Thomas' friends you rarely see, Festus, the rusty old engine.

I've got one of Festus's friends....but no face, no motor.....just a shell of his former self.....

Chris Lonero posted:

Lets see your tinplate! 

my fav box cab,,,,,the mighty toaster on wheels,,,i want some in road name,,,,oh mth !!!!!

Picked up an interesting mashup this week from Ray Ellen. This is a Hiawatha round back shell that has been partially repainted with a Marx double reduction motor installed. The workmanship is really something to see. I believe Ken Lua built something similar many years ago using a black square back Hiawatha. The builder expertly built a bracket for the back of the Marx motor and riveted it into place. The front of the motor is held in with two screws the conventional way. He also added custom front and rear trucks, a smokestack, nickel handrails on the boiler and a large headlight bulb. One of my luckiest American Flyer finds ever. 

Just founded this week a clockwork steam engine. Made by SIF, marked JP, it dates from the first years of JEP trains around 1918-20, just before the name JEP appeared.
Condition is not perfect, missing two lead molded lanterns on the front of the engine and the tender which has to be marked SIF on each side but still running well.
There is a brass plate with the name of a famous shop in Paris, Au Bon Marche, which was the seller.

A french electric engine, a 442 tank model made in the spirit of HORNBY locomotives with a modern can motor which allows it to be used easily for a show without overheating problems of the originals.
It has been made in very small quantity by a small french manufacturer, Michel Brocard, and sold under his brand Atelier 43 in very small quantity in 1990-95.

Have a great tinplate weekend, Daniel

The cab on the SIF appears to be pointed?

Jim O'C posted:

The cab on the SIF appears to be pointed?

Yes it is, it looks more german than french, even if it was made for the french market.....

Locos with the windcutter style cabine where typically german.

FRENCHTRAINS posted:

Jim O'C posted:

 

Locos with the windcutter style cabine where typically german.

Daniel, 

I think it looks like a PLM Coupe Vent (Typical French

Regards

Fred

sncf231e posted:

FRENCHTRAINS posted:

Jim O'C posted:

 

Locos with the windcutter style cabine where typically german.

Daniel, 

I think it looks like a PLM Coupe Vent (Typical French

Regards

Fred

Fred, you are right, it is a coupe vent PLM, more or less, but after all it is a toy....

Very best,  Daniel

Other new acquisitions this week.

Nonpareil gondola, I got a pair of these

Flyer 1218 loco for restoration intact as far as I can tell

another Hiawatha for repainting and restoration

Nice #10 gold band flyer clockwork loco sans key and mainspring.

Two what I believe are Bub or Fandor early coaches

Greetings friends,

Today I received another station acquisition--an O gauge Kibri 52-4 from 1937 - 38.  It is almost the same size as the Cabo station to its right.  In the background is a more common Kibri station which is definitely a bit smaller than O gauge.

Enjoy.

pd posted:

Ultimate tinplate:

Model of RMS Queen Elizabeth by Bassett-Lowke for Cunard back in the 1930's. 

PD

That is very cool!   Is it all metal?  

The hull and many other parts are made of wood. Beside their model railway line Bassett Lowke made lots of ship models and in the end the company made industrial models only. Full story can be read here: https://www.amazon.com/Bassett...Fuller/dp/0904568342

Regards

Fred

 I was watching YouTube about a month ago and someone did a review on this Caboose I've never really been crazy about the color scheme until I saw this review so I had to get it to go with the orange and blue 400e that I got from Chris Lonero.  I probably won't be buying any of the other cars in this series.

Joe Gozzo

I like that color Joe. Not too much orange and blue. That is the thing with club cars for me is too much of one or two colors is a bit much.  I like a variety of cars and colors in my consist. That caboose doesn't scream club car it's nicely done. 

terry hudon posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

Lets see your tinplate! 

my fav box cab,,,,,the mighty toaster on wheels,,,i want some in road name,,,,oh mth !!!!!

Terry, I picked up a semi beat up 9 shell, I think I'm gonna NH it real good. Not sure if I want to do the McGinness Orange scheme or earlier Green/Gold scheme.  Most likely it will also have a different undercarraige as well.

Jim

Chris Lonero posted:

I like that color Joe. Not too much orange and blue. That is the thing with club cars for me is too much of one or two colors is a bit much.  I like a variety of cars and colors in my consist. That caboose doesn't scream club car it's nicely done. 

Thanks Chris, my thoughts too. Wanted to break up the orange a little. My lighting makes the body look yellow. It is more of a cream or almond color.

Joe 

PD:

Is that your own AWESOME ship model?  Totally COOL!