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DESCRIPTION:Hand crafted wooden toy train set is in about 1:18 scale, 25 inches in total length including 2 additional carts, of actual vintage train. This antique style wooden toy train model set is all Hand-assembled with 100% wood. This collectible wooden model train set is painted in Oak wood color. This wooden train set toy features rotating wheels and is entirely hand-finished. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:History of Toy train. There have been models and toys of trains for as long as there have been real railways. Indeed some early 'models' of locomotives were made first as sales promotional tools for the early railways, even if they later might have become playthings. The defining event in toy train history was the launch by Marklin in 1891 of the first complete system of trains. While the first models were derived from earlier products, what Marklin introduced was a series of standard track gauges, ready to use track sections for those gauges, and a range of locomotives, rolling stock and accessories to match. Now you could have an initial train set, but continually add and expand till your miniature railroad empire was complete - which it never was! This was of course good for the toy manufacturer, indeed this is possibly the first example of the expanding range, with items at various price points (Christmas, birthdays, parents and relations and pocket money sized), which is one of the basic features of most successful toys since. At the same time as Marklin was introducing the toy train to Europe America was experimenting with electrical novelties. One result was that several ranges of electric toy train were available from the later 1890s which in their size and use of home assembled two rail track rather resembled the pre-Marklin type of train. But they had a following, despite plenty of German imports. Also from 1900, Ives, an established US toy maker decided to compete with the likes of Bing with clockwork tinplate trains in gauges O and 1. As will happen, fusion occurred, in that Lionel, one of the 'novelty' makers, adopted European style tinplate tracks and some constructional approaches, but only offered electric trains. All of which kept the Germans innovative. Wheels: The wheels on your Hand-crafted wooden train set are designed to roll. Take care to display on a flat, level surface, preferably with a raised lip or edge. Care of the finish: Never use any kind of solvent, cleaner or polish on any parts of this collectible wooden train model set, as this may damage the coating. This collectible wooden train model is assembled and finished by hand. Dust, fingerprints and smudges can be wiped away with a soft, dry cloth. A cotton swab can be used to clean small, hard-to-reach places. |
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