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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Aug 12, 2024 0:24:25 GMT
I have noticed that most of the buildings that seem to go with the m10005 Tin Litho Train Sets are Army Related Buildings. I guess this makes sense since they trains were manufactured and sold during World War II. I have a 78" x 36" Layout Table, with a simple oval track. I'm thinking of incorporating 3 or 4 of the Army Buildings and then lots of trees and woodland. Well, sure, timewise they fit, but the shape is as much jazz age as martial IMHO. Certainly I think your idea will work, but hardly defines the range. The layout I run my M1005 on is much more contemporary, and civilian, for instance, but I look forward to your layout. [BTW, your graphics did not come through, and I'm not sure the forum can even handle ".webp" (complete web page) files. I usually upload the bare graphic files (usually .jpg) to Shutterfly, then post the graphic files' URLs in the forum messages.]
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Post by healey36 on Aug 12, 2024 1:01:25 GMT
I have noticed that most of the buildings that seem to go with the m10005 Tin Litho Train Sets are Army Related Buildings. I guess this makes sense since they trains were manufactured and sold during World War II. I have a 78" x 36" Layout Table, with a simple oval track. I'm thinking of incorporating 3 or 4 of the Army Buildings and then lots of trees and woodland. Not made during WWII...toy train production was paused for the duration due to the unnecessary use of strategic materials. Production resumed in 1946 for most of the manufacturers.
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Post by af3020 on Aug 13, 2024 1:57:04 GMT
Healey36 is correct - no trains made during WWII. Here are some tinplate buildings that would look at home with your Marx trains: Lionel #184  The originals in good condition can get pricey but their are reproductions of this building and the other buildings in the pre-war Lionel housing series that can be found for much less. The smaller Marx Stations such as this one go well with the Marx trains - these show up all the time and you can find reasonably priced ones. Marx Oak Park  Bing turned out a number of tinplate houses - their prices and condition are all over the map but, again, with patience you can find good examples of the Bing offerings at reasonable prices. Bing   The smaller American Flyer stations and freight sheds would also work   The illustrated Lionel and Bing houses are more HO than O scale but they will fit in with your Marx train. |
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Post by healey36 on Aug 13, 2024 12:40:11 GMT
af, can you post pics of the four sides of the Flyer Town Freight Station? It be fun to try to make one of those...
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Post by af3020 on Aug 13, 2024 15:31:02 GMT
Sure thing Healey36. It will probably take me a few days to move things around to get to it (as I've mentioned, the train room is very small so I have some box moving to do) but I know where it is so I should have something for you soon.
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Post by healey36 on Aug 13, 2024 19:21:02 GMT
Thanks, af.
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Post by af3020 on Aug 17, 2024 18:48:32 GMT
Here you go Healey36. The front and the back have the same litho treatment. The same is true for the station ends.   |
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Post by oace on Aug 17, 2024 21:46:19 GMT
Really all those little buildings are as tasty as magnificient ! If it is your personal collection af3020 , you are a lucky coolector, indeed ! I particularly like the two little Bing houses...  OACE |
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Post by healey36 on Aug 18, 2024 11:01:41 GMT
af3020 thanks for the end and side shots of the freight station!
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Post by af3020 on Aug 18, 2024 17:01:41 GMT
Oace - some of them are in my collection - others are those I've photographed in other peoples collections. As for Bing, I think the most interesting house is this one  As the train rolls past the wheel rims push down on the lever you can see on the inside of the inner rail and as the wheel pressure goes on and off the lady at the door waves her handkerchief |
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Post by healey36 on Aug 18, 2024 20:02:09 GMT
That's terrific!
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Post by oace on Aug 18, 2024 23:45:15 GMT
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Post by healey36 on Aug 18, 2024 23:58:08 GMT
Looks like a very nice station to me, and in remarkably good shape.
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Post by af3020 on Aug 19, 2024 13:20:07 GMT
That's a nice station Oace - what is particularly nice to see is one that has the entire telephone insulator array on the roof - those things are so fragile that more often than not when you get a station like yours that assembly is either broken or missing.
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Post by healey36 on Aug 19, 2024 22:57:01 GMT
af3020 I tinkered with the photos you posted and came up with some graphics for a paper version (thanks again, very much). I had a bit of trouble sizing it, thinking it should probably be the same size as the no. 90 dimensionally, but I couldn't quite get the graphics to look right. I ended up making it a bit larger. I also blacked out the windows (no shades here), and flipped the "in" and "out" so they'd line up front-to-back. I was going to rename it "Lewis Park Freight Station" so it would match the no. 90 Paul Race penned, but that was going to be a lot of work, so I just left it "Flyer Town". Hopefully I'm not trampling on someone's copyright (but this is for my use only anyway). It's a start:  To the paper-cutter... 
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