Super Charming Handmade Painted Tin Railroad Houses - Sold Individually choppy seascape including at least one that

including at least one that featured a motor--all preceding the Erector set

which I think just adds to the appeal

These can be configured into molecules/sculptures via wooden dowels of shorter and longer lengths as well as coiled springs

This box is in excellent condition

Super Charming Handmade Painted Tin Railroad Houses - Sold Individually choppy seascape including at least one thatSo sweet! I don't know the history of these great old little tin houses, but I think likely they were part of a model railroad, and I love whoever made them. Perhaps best are the crossed metal strips in each of the cutout windows, which appear to be carefully welded into place on the inside, but it's also hard to beat the perfectly imperfect hand painted doors on their fronts and great color schemes overall (that yellow roof especially!) And the roofs