Weekend Photos - October 2024

[healey36]

Terrific shot of a great "model", Dennis, and yeah, you need to get that upper-loop into operation.

[HONDO74]

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Virtually nothing on the search list, hence this is what I came home with. Found two items I needed...a Lionel 6462-125 to complete a postwar 707 set (wrong car, so back on the list for April), and a couple brake-wheels for prewar Flyer freight cars. The NOS C&NW wood reefer is a Christmas gift for my seven year-old train buddy Owen. The others were impulse buys

What is the issue with the Lionel 6462-125 ??

[healey36]

An issue only in the sense that it is the wrong one for the set. The 6462-125 is bright red; this 6462 I bought is "brick red" and made in 1950, six years before the #707 set was sold.

Other than that, this 6462 is very nice, not all beat up and having its original complement of six barrels. There was a box, but that went into the bin as it was in bits. I bought it from a couple women in the Red Hall who, I believe, were selling off a family collection.

I saw a nice Ives 1708 stock car that I should have grabbed, being one of, if not the only, of Ives' 17XX-series Lionel didn't carry over into their line. I don't have any of the 17XX-series cars, so I left it for someone who might. Here's a pic of one from the Ives Society site.



Now, if you can find an Ives 1678 stock car, then you've hit paydirt. Why Lionel chose to not carry either the 1708 or the 1678 forward into their line, not sure, but I suspect it had to do with the fact that the stock car motif was just printed on the cars and not cut out. Both are, however, excellent examples of Ives’ lithography.

[healey36]

Getting down to the end of the month...trying to finish off a few projects before the holiday stuff becomes all the rage.

I saw a pic of a tin service station by Distler, vintage unknown. The company made stuff both before and after WWII, all of stamped tin. Lithography was pretty nice, so I decided to try to make something similar. Top pic is the original, bottom pic is my faux-tinplate version:



I'm going to add a "Shell" sign to my version, but I can't seem to find my box of decals and stickers at the moment. As soon as I find those, I'll make a station sign and add that. All paper, matt board, and a few bits of wood, except the pump, which I found on eBay for a few bucks (couldn't find any decent graphics for making one).

I also made a "putz house" version just for the heck of it:



The base is a bit bowed, so I need to fix that. Kinda fun, although the glitter is a freakin' mess.

[robert.]

Run it across a sheet of sandpaper. All will be good.

[webenda]

The tin service station by Distler is fascinating because of the closed self-measuring gas pump.
This photo is photoshopped. The original photo can be seen here:> https://aoghs.org/products/diamond-fill ... e_vignette




Some of the old links in these reference URLs don't work anymore but the images are interesting.
https://www.thehenryford.org/collection ... act/92008/
https://oldgas.com/forum/ubbthreads.php ... ype=thread
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/price-r ... -gas-pump/

[healey36]

Thanks for that, Wayne; that style of pump on the European (German) Distler toy was unfamiliar to me. My immediate impression was that it was just a poor attempt to "model" a pump of the day, but now I see the Distler designer(s) had a prototype in mind. Very cool indeed.

Paul R.

[RBH29]

Hi Healey,
You do really nice work with the cardstock buildings. I'm interested in making some 19th century passenger rail cars with clerestories in the faux tinplate style for a Holiday layout. I've googled around for templates but haven't come up with anything. Can you point me in the right direction of a resource? As an alternative I can draw up my own but I'm not sure how to do the clerestories. Any help you or anyone else reading this can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,

Richard

[healey36]

Thanks, Richard. I have fun with them, but they distract me from getting other stuff done

I've never tried making any rolling stock, but its an interesting idea. I don't know of any O-gauge sized graphics files out there for use; I expect you'd have to make them up yourself. It's always easiest if you have something to start with, so I googled "wood-sided passenger coach" and got a number of images that could be useful, a few of them from MTH. Attached is an example that looks usable, at least for two sides. The image has a nice detailed graphic that could be used to make two sides. You'd have to use the graphics to cobble together ends (probably not too tough). The real question is how one would make the roof with its embedded clerestory windows. Some compound curves/shapes there I'm not sure how to make.

Anyway, check out the attached and see if it might be helpful. If you want me to cut it down to just the side graphics, I can do that.

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[RBH29]

Thanks! That's exactly the style I'm looking for and an excellent starting point. I'm thinking of making two versions; a toy-like half length car mounted on old Marx, 4 wheel frame or a fabricated Howard Lamey designed frame and a more realistic full length car mounted on a Lionel flat car. I'd like to change the color to green except I don't know how to do that yet. I can probably get one of my tech friends to help me. The clerestory roof remains a challenge to figure out.

I thought your archive of old magazines might have an example or two. Thanks for your help!

Richard

[healey36]

I don't recall any usable graphics for rolling stock in the stash of old mags, but it's a good idea and I'll check it out when I get a hot minute. Got my daughter coming over tonight to carve pumpkins and I'm on the hook for a pot of chili; tomorrow I'm working the last day of early voting...might be a few days before I get back to this.

Paul R.

[RBH29]

There's no rush at all. I think I meant to say "vintage" magazine collection, not old.

[healey36]

“Vintage” is fancy for “Old”, at least around here, lol.

I should also look in the few copies of the Cyclopedia that I have. I’m pretty sure there were line drawings of passenger cars in there, although I don’t know if they were early types.

[healey36]

Closing out October 2024 with an annual ritual...daughter and new son-in-law came over last night and we carved a few pumpkins:



Supposed to be 80 degrees today...crazy.

[gregj410]

All very impressive but I think I like the ghost the best! We handed out candy at my daughters last night. I’m amazed at how few people carve pumpkins and put candles in them anymore.