Windup Airship added to my Marx Windup Layout

[dsmith]

How about this....I added a flying windup Airship to my small Marx Windup Train Layout. http://youtu.be/r_YDCq6MR20

[submmbob]

David

Nice!

Some day I would like to put a small Naval Air Station w/ blimp on the O-gauge layout. 

Have to find one of those to go w/ the Marx stuff.

Thanks for sharing

Bob

[cnw1995]

Love the windup Tinplate! Where did you find your airship?

[wallyworld]

I have the same one and it's a hoot. 

[silentman]

Totally great! I need more windup stuff, its so freaking cool. Thanks for sharing!

[cnw1995]

Well, it's out of stock at my favorite source:  http://www.tintoyarcade.com/zeppelin-aeronave-green.html?search=zeppelin

[JamesP]

Very nice layout, and the windup airship is a wonderful addition! 

 - James

[Firelock76]

That wind-up airship is just too cool for words!  I gotta get one myself!

What can you tell us about it?  Is it a repro, an original, any idea when it was first built?

Looks to me like vintage 1930's.

[dsmith]

I purchased mine from eBay for $11. There is no brand name on the box and came wrapped in a Chinese newspaper from Dec. 2013. I assume that it is a reproduction of a vintage toy. The construction is poor, with very thin tin(nicely lithographed) and mine stopped working after I wound it up too much. I disassembled it, worked on the spring, greased all moving parts and it has been working fine ever since. The propeller came flat, so you will need to bend the blades.