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 Posted - December 25 2012 : 7:35:04 PM
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Going classic tinplate here, an auction picture I took of the set I bought, haven't retaken photos yet. Looks like a complete set, with transformer and track also purchased. Not my first O gauge Ives, but the first complete set, I think.
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Posted - December 25 2012 : 11:28:29 PM
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Those are Marx trains AMC.
That is a nice looking set ya got there!
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Posted - December 26 2012 : 12:13:58 AM
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quote:Those are Marx trains AMC.
Carl T.
Originally posted by choochin3Â -Â December 25 2012Â :Â 11:28:29 PM
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I don't believe so, Carl. I have Marx as well, and these are not the same, Marx tended to mark their cars with their symbol. I will look these up in my big reference book with Ives to be sure, though. I am no expert, but I do have references to check. :)
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Posted - December 26 2012 : 12:31:04 AM
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Trust me AMC,those are Marx 3/16 scale trains.
Made in the late prewar,early postwar period.
The dimentions of the metal freight cars are about the same as American Flyer S gauge trains.
Marx really did a nice job with these cars,but injection molded plastic cars were the death of these fine models.
Try this site. www.marxtin.com
From the looks of the sheet metal locomotive,I'd say you have a prewar set,postwar sets have the die cast 999 locos,with a solid pilot.
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Posted - December 26 2012 : 1:53:25 PM
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my set is a tenshodo american/jap set ken
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Posted - December 26 2012 : 6:40:58 PM
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Yup, you're right, it's a Marlines set, has a MarX logo on the tender, and Marlines on one of the cars. The look is SO different, they just don't look like Marx at all, compared to the 6 inch cars I have many of now. So this is actually more of an S gauge scale than O gauge?
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Posted - December 26 2012 : 7:40:11 PM
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my custom Roundhouse SSW set I got on christmas!! The 4-4-2 had some wiring issues but it's all fixed now! The seller poorly packaged it and many detail parts off it fell off  Going to the train store tommorow with my $250 christmas money to get a few engines and some ZAP to put the detail parts back on. Other than that everything else was flawless!! Couldn't be happier for a $50 ebay find!!
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Posted - December 26 2012 : 10:31:59 PM
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quote:Yup, you're right, it's a Marlines set, has a MarX logo on the tender, and Marlines on one of the cars. The look is SO different, they just don't look like Marx at all, compared to the 6 inch cars I have many of now. So this is actually more of an S gauge scale than O gauge?
Jerry
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â December 26 2012Â :Â 6:40:58 PM
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I know some American Flyer guys who removed the Marx trucks,and replaced them with Flyer trucks.
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Posted - December 27 2012 : 09:36:22 AM
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This is my SOTW:
It was a custom blue (w/ red stripes) set of La Belle wood passenger cars that were custom painted and detailed. They came with a large collection of things I purchased a while back. They all have fully detailed interiors. They even came with a Best Of Show (or something like that) ribbon from some mid-western (NMRA?) train show competition. The ribbon is still in the box somewhere:
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Posted - December 27 2012 : 6:37:30 PM
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I like the Ma&Pa coach. (geez,I'm starting to sound like Microbuss)
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Posted - December 27 2012 : 7:11:41 PM
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quote:I like the Ma&Pa coach. (geez,I'm starting to sound like Microbuss)
Originally posted by choochin3Â -Â December 27 2012Â :Â 6:37:30 PM
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hehe It's fine I like that car too 
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Posted - December 28 2012 : 09:36:25 AM
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| sean love those labelles,hard to make for the average modeller,but great if you can ken
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Posted - January 03 2013 : 03:16:58 AM
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Not so hard Ken, but it takes passion ! It needs platform handrails or I make some custom ones! - Erich
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Posted - January 03 2013 : 07:14:48 AM
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| it also takes a good pair of eyes,which mine are not,but thats life,ken
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Posted - January 03 2013 : 08:08:47 AM
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thats why I use reading glasses for building !  - Erich
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Posted - January 03 2013 : 08:24:33 AM
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| erich,my eyes are that bad my glasses need glasses ken
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Posted - January 03 2013 : 08:37:55 AM
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so you have to improve your haptic skills  -Erich
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Posted - January 03 2013 : 08:46:31 AM
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| hi erich,my sense of touch is ok,but have shovels for hands,when my eyes were ok i could compensate for my hands,now i am just plain clumsey and its frustrating, ken
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Posted - January 03 2013 : 10:48:25 AM
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I have 20/700+ vision in both eyes. My eyes are horrible. I want LASIK!
I may have platforms Erich! I have a bunch laying around. If you have a picture of what you need, let me know.
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Posted - January 03 2013 : 10:55:44 AM
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Thank you Sean! Here it is! - Erich
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