eldomtom2 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 A wagon used in the first series of Thomas the Tank Engine has recently come into the hands of an American collector, who is interested in knowing its provenance. They believe it to be a Milbro wagon with Tenmille parts, purchased as part of a job lot of second-hand Gauge 1 items before filming started. Pictures below: Can anyone shed any light on the meaning of the markings on the bottom, or whether or not it is a Milbro product? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 8 hours ago, eldomtom2 said: A wagon used in the first series of Thomas the Tank Engine has recently come into the hands of an American collector, who is interested in knowing its provenance. They believe it to be a Milbro wagon with Tenmille parts, purchased as part of a job lot of second-hand Gauge 1 items before filming started. Pictures below: Can anyone shed any light on the meaning of the markings on the bottom, or whether or not it is a Milbro product? 9/12/24 - A build date? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 8 hours ago, eldomtom2 said: A wagon used in the first series of Thomas the Tank Engine has recently come into the hands of an American collector, who is interested in knowing its provenance. They believe it to be a Milbro wagon with Tenmille parts, purchased as part of a job lot of second-hand Gauge 1 items before filming started. Pictures below: Can anyone shed any light on the meaning of the markings on the bottom, or whether or not it is a Milbro product? Milbro Model Railways Home Page www.milbromodelrailways.co.uk The first is to provide an introduction to model railway products sold under the Milbro trademark by the UK Sheffield-based firm of Mills Bros., both before and ... Milbro Locomotives Early Milbro catalogues featured specific locomotives from the ... Introduction to Milbro trains Introduction to Milbro trains. ****The material in this section ... Other Vintage Locos & Motors CCW's other kits (in tinplate, brass or nickel silver) could be used to ... Milbro material Milbro material is covered in six separate sub-sections here ... Miller Swan & Bernard Miller Miller Swan & Bernard Miller. **** This material was updated ... Other locos, coaches and motors Other locos, motors and coaches. There are four sub-sections ... More results from milbromodelrailways.co.uk » Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Wonderfully patinated wagon! In 0, an identifying feature, or at least a pointer, For Milbro is the way the headstocks are shaped, and This doesn’t have that shape. But, it may well be made using lots of Milbro parts, and might even be theirs, although to me the big date across the bottom says “amateur enthusiast”. Kevin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldomtom2 Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Nearholmer said: Wonderfully patinated wagon! In 0, an identifying feature, or at least a pointer, For Milbro is the way the headstocks are shaped, and This doesn’t have that shape. But, it may well be made using lots of Milbro parts, and might even be theirs, although to me the big date across the bottom says “amateur enthusiast”. Kevin The headstocks are definitely Tenmille comparing them to the Tenmille kits used in the series. Everything else doesn't quite seem to match up. Edited August 10, 2020 by eldomtom2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Hmmm ........ to me, the headstocks look old. I think I can see slots cut in them, patched over on the outside, where it probably originally had drop-link couplers (fitted where those witness marks are on the underside), with the slots allowing them room to swing. The most niaive feature about it is the huge thickness of the floor planks and the way they are dealt with at the ends, probably resulting from a misunderstanding of a drawing showing the floor-rail in side elevation. That says "hobbyist" to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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