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Monday 2 November 2020

Casey Jones...

..." Steamin' and a rollin'".

For those of a younger disposition this was a black and white western )one of many) from my youth, concerning the adventures of a railroad, its engineer (him of the title), Casey junior (his son), Fireamn Wally, redrock and the rest of the crew on the "Cannonball Express"..

[Not me in the pghotograph above, I was decidedly older when I bough this set]

All of the above preamble was so I could show my two railway set-ups for my Old West skirmishes. Railways and their robberies (invernted by Jesse James iirc) played such an important part in the OW that I had to have one.

[Contents of the Timpo set] 

[Forty inches long]

[Engine and tender, the latter held the electric motor]

[Inside the carriage and parcel compartment]

[Parcel bit with opening door !]

[Caboose with sliding doors, but no other detail]

The second set I have is even mor toy-like:

[What you see is what you got - I bought two sets]

[My two sets]

[Engine comparison]
[The two sets, side by side]
[In the foreground is my full train, two carriages and a scratch-built Express car]

[My roofless Express car with siding doors !]
[View showing unfinished internal detailing]
[Another view of the insed of the Express car]
[The whole of the upper structure of the carriage is removed to get inside]

The second set doesn;t come with tracks, but is a hefty model, well over five feet long if I added the flatcar.

In  a week where I did very little modelling or apinting, I found half an hour on Sunday to put togther these models:

[Three and a half beads and a drink straw - can you see hwat they are yet ?]
[How about now ? - they're meant to be old oil lamps - just in case you couln;t tell]
[And how they look in use]

So that's it for another week, the good news being that I managed to get a post together despite doing very little and Blogger is almost like it used to be. I even put in photographs as I typed and re-sized one of them !

Thanks for taking the time to visit, I hope there was something of interest and of course, your commetns are both welcomed and appreciated.

16 comments:

  1. Wonderful sets there Joe, both look great as a basis, and can see so much that could be done with them.
    Your oil lamps look excellent, great idea and use of materials.

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    1. Thanks Dave, both sets have their pros and cons and, as you say, need a little work to use.
      The oil lamps came about because of an ACW scene in the Whitehouse, I thought the lamps there looked like veads and an idea was born.
      I have a lot of 'stuff' I've collected, including straws of carious sizes from drinks packs etc. - I demand my Grandkids hand them over after they've finished their drinks!

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  2. Excellent trip down memory lane, with lots of gaming uses too. Those lamps are a terrific idea. Great work, Joe :-)

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    1. Thanks Blaxx, I hadn't realised I had the Timpo set and could only remember the "Big Train", but I'm pretty sure one or the other was used in a game.
      (For the Lamps, see my reply to Dave abov)

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  3. Well that brought back memories Joe & I was even singing along, It's Casey at the throttle of the Cannonball Express :)
    Love the trains mate & once again you have hankering to get back to my OW stuff for which I even have a train to put together for.

    I love the lamps & I here by notify you the I will be steeling that idea at some point to make my own :)

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    1. Haha, thanks Frank, I haven't been able to get the damn tune out of my head all day! I'm sure we'd all like to see everyone's hidden-away toys of shame too! I'm oretty sure all gamers have wanted or have played OLd West games.
      The lamps were easy, but they're bi, I wouldn;t like to do them in 28mm!

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  4. Love the trains Joe! Casey Jones was a favourite of mine back in the day

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    1. Thanks MJT, I watched Casey Jones mainly because there was little choice, but I remember there being a different western on just about every night! (Boots and Saddles, Maverock, Gunsmole etc. etc.)

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    2. So true! When I was a child there were 3 channels and they only broadcast for a few hours a day - and you try telling young people that today and they won't believe you...

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    3. Haha, our first TV was a 5" screen and I remember watching "Muffin the Mule"; at about age seven I watched the adverts for the up and coming Independant T.V. channel, including "Wagon Train" - all very exciting!

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  5. Oh yes! I had the Casey Jones train when I was a kid. I had many a game of Cowboys and Injuns with it.

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    1. Thanks ray,me you don;t still have it as it's worth about £200 now!

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  6. Thank you Michal, still doing bits and pieces

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  7. Splendid looking train sets! Excellent scratch built lanterns too!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thank Iain, the trains, sadly, have hardly been used but are still very usable.
      The lanterns were done on a whim after finding inspiration in a real one from TV.

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