Skyline #M6 Set of 3 Billboards

Today is the last in our look at the series of tin-litho structures made by Skyline during the late '40s early '50s. It wasn't a very expansive line of buildings but it was quite nice and offered some alternatives to Marx and Lionel buildings of the period. In fact, the billboards are quite unusual in that tin-litho billboards simply weren't made by toy train manufacturers, plenty of plastic and paper billboards were made, but not tin-litho. Also, the litho'd lattice-work beneath each billboard picture is quite true to billboard design of the early-to-mid-1900s.

This last installment features set #M6 - 3 tin-litho billboards lettered for 'Pan American World Airways', 'Pepsi', and 'Atlantic' oil. The billboards measure 5 1/4" ((13.3cm) L x 3 3/8" (8.6cm) H. This is the only Skyline set I own that has the original packaging, albeit rather beat up. Enjoy!

Skyline #M5 Scarsdale Home

Today's featured Skyline building is the #M5 Scarsdale Home. It uses the same stampings as the #M4 Oak Park Home featured last week but is clad in brick lithography vs. stone. It measures 5 7/8"

(14.3cm) D x 7"  (17.8cm) L x 3 7/8" (9.2cm) H and unlike the Oak Park Home, this one is fitted for interior lighting. Enjoy!

Skyline #M4 Oak Park Home

Last week Monday Toys & Stuff interrupted the Skyline series so we could share the photos from the 2012 Nellis AFB Aviation Nation air show. Today, we pick up on the broken string and return to Skyline featuring the #M4 Oak Park Home. The detailing on this little cottage is every bit as good as that found on Marx tin-litho and it's small size makes it a good fit on just about any train layout. It measures 5 7/8" (14.3cm) D x 7" (17.8cm) L x 3 7/8" (9.2cm) H and my sample doesn't appear to have been fittted for interior lighting. Enjoy!

Skyline #M3 Freight Shed

Toys & Stuff has been covering the tin-litho buildings produced by Skyline in the late '40s early '50s for use on 3-rail O-gauge layouts.  Today we look at the #M3 Freight Shed.  It measures  4" (10.2cm) D x 14" (35.6cm) L x 4 1/8" (10.5cm) H. Enjoy!

My sample had very loose upright columns and it was a challenge getting the thing to stad fairly straight for the photographs.

That piece of metal you see hanging beside the middle column is actaully a 'U'-shaped channel which holds the wiring in place for the light fixture located in the roof. There are little 'wings' at the top and bottom meant to fold over onto the column to hold it in place, however mine was old and worn out and I was afraid to bend them any further for fear of breakage.

Skyline #M2 Interlocking Tower

Last week we started a new, but short, tin-litho building series - those made by Skyline in the early 1950s. We featured the large M1 Passenger Station, and today we look at the M2 Interlocking Tower which measures 5 1/4" (13.3cm) D x  6" (15.2cm) L x 7 5/8" (19.4cm)H. Enjoy!

Skyline #M1 Passenger Station

Well, last week Monday Toys & Stuff featured the brochure from Skyline showing their line of tin-litho structures and craftsman kits. Now, I don't have any of the kits but I cancan certainly show you the tin! We start this new series with the Skyline #M1 Passenger Station, a fairly large structure measuring 7" (17.8cm) D x 14" (35.6cm)  L x 5 5/8" (14.3cm) H. Enjoy!

Skyline Brochure

In the late 1940s and early 1950s Skyline produced a series of buildings for O-gauge layouts. Some of the buildings were cardstock kits and some were tin-litho. Now normally on Monday's, Toys & Stuff tries to feature tin-litho buildings, but today we're shakin' things up a little by presenting the brochure for these terrific structures as a way of introducing the line. I don't have any of the cardstock kits, but over the next few weeks I can at least present the tin-litho stuff. So, for today, let's take a look at the Skyline brochure and next week we'll start looking at the tin. Enjoy!

Front cover.

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