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Repaint those old trains with a children's theme

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Posted by POTRZBE on Saturday, January 28, 2012 8:01 AM

That was most excellent!  My kids and I enjoy toy trains, emphasis on  'toy'.  I see these Marx sets on eBay for very little money.  Can you point me to some resources for repainting them?  Thanks in advance.

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Posted by Seayakbill on Saturday, January 28, 2012 4:43 AM

Very nice, I am pretty sure the youngsters would get more enjoyment out of those 2 sets than the run of the mill starter sets. Excellent video, thanks for sharing.

Bill T.

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Repaint those old trains with a children's theme
Posted by dsmith on Friday, January 27, 2012 10:16 PM

Here is an idea, if you have some old trains that are in poor cosmetic shape, you might try repainting them in a children's theme for your kids or grand kids.  A friend of mine painted up 2 sets of old Marx trains for his grand kids, one as a Batman Train and one as a Princess Train.  It's just a simple spray paint job with stickers made on the computer and printed out.  

Warning:  I would only paint them up like this if the cars and engines are in bad shape, there is no sense in painting up a nice looking piece of history.

Here is a video of the result.  I think they worked out well and the kids love them.

http://youtu.be/OMUkg_VxAI8

  David from Dearborn  

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