lionel lines

Lionel lines trains are fun to play with. They are nice to hold in your hands and run them over the tracks. Personally, I get most satisfaction from restoring pre-war cars and engines that I obtain as overpainted, rusted wrecks and like to turn them into shining gems. This blogsite tells you about my evening hours.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

To restore or to refrain

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When do you decide to restore a toy train and when do you decide to leave if as it is? That depends on the rarity of the object, the condit...
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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Painting Paya coach roof tops

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It has already been a few weeks since I painted the self-fabricated replacement roof for the Paya 987 Salon coach. Since then the other orig...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Merkur flat bed car

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The Merkur flat bed car 9449 is excellent for moving cars about. Therefore, I filled it up with two nice ones. It is almost starting to look...
Sunday, March 22, 2015

Modelspoorbeurs Zutphen Spring 2015

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This weekend a large regional swap-meeting was held in Zutphen. So we went to assess the offers, the sales and the displays. Our first imp...
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Sunday, March 15, 2015

Overcast days are great to get things finished

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It was a chilly, overcast day. So, I took my drying box with old fashioned light bulbs from the storage, properly removed the dust and spide...
Sunday, March 08, 2015

Spring is in the air

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What a wonderful weekend indeed. Time to walk through the forest, feel the heat of the sun rays and see the still bare trees. But the excite...
Sunday, March 01, 2015

MSCV Herwen 2015

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This weekend the local model railroad operator society ( MSCV ) celebrated their 35 years of existence and therefore they filled the local s...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015

New wheels for the Paya Coaches

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At Rail 2015, I also purchased 12 new sets of wheels and axles for the Paya coaches. The Merkur 9852 standard wheels, fit the old Paya coach...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Rail 2015 in Houten

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This weekend Rail 2015 was held in Houten (somewhere in the Western bit of the Netherlands). This is a swap meeting and a display of model r...
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