Jaymar #255 39 PC RR & Village Construction Set - Pt 12 Crossing Gate and Signals

Today wraps up our series on the Jaymar 39Pc Village and Construction Set. We hope you've enjoyed it!

The crossing gate in the 39pc is identical in appearance to that in the smaller set but is twice the size and measures 6 3/8" (16.2cm) L x 7/8" (2.2cm) W x 2 1/4" (5.7cm) H.

Enjoy!

Crossing Gate

Crossing Signal and Semaphore

There are two each of the crossing signals and semaphores in the set. 

Crossing Signal (crossbuck) 2" (5.1cm) W at base x 3 3/4" (9.5cm) H 

Semaphore 2" (5.1cm)  at base W x 4 3/4" (12.1cm) H

Jaymar #255 39 PC Railroad and Village Construction Set - Pt 11 People, Misc

We're almost finished with the 39pc Jaymar Village and Construction set, just one more installment.

People

These are the figures which came with the set. The cover art does not show the group of four people (far right) - what I call the 'Platform Crowd' - but does show a man reading a newspaper. The Platform Crowd measures 2" (5.1cm) H x 2 3/8" (6cm) W.

Signs

Notice that although there are two 'STOP' and two 'RR' signs they are slightly different. The tallest sign (the 'STOP' sign 4th from right) is 2 1/4" (5.7cm) H x 1 7/8" (4.8cm) W

Barricade

The barricade is fairly large measuring 3" (7.6cm) L x 1 1/2" (3.8cm) H

Without some kind of brace, the barricade will just fall flat.

Boxcar on Siding

The supporting flaps at the base are long since gone and I had to glue on some braces in order to allow the boxcar to stand on its own. It measures 2 1/4" (5.7cm) H x 3" (7.6cm) W

Bases

There would probably have been 28 bases which came punched as circles needing to be separated

The Village

The whole set-up below measures 48" (121.9cm) W x 25" (63.5cm)

Here's the cardboard Greyhound bus featured in an earlier post pulling up to the station.

Jaymar #255 39 PC Railroad and Village Construction Set - Pt 10 Shanty and Baggage Wagon

The shanty, or shed - which ever you prefer - differs slightly from the one in the smaller 34pc set in that it has an attached tool bin. It measures 2" (5.1cm) W x 2" (5.1cm) D x 2 3/4" (7cm) H. The baggage cart rightfully should have been featured along with the railroad station but I didn;'t have the photos ready at the time. It measures 2" (5.1cm) L x 5/8" (1.6cm) W x 7/8" (2.2cm) H. Enjoy!

Jaymar #255 39 PC Railroad and Village Construction Set - Pt 9 Bus Shelter and Billboards

The Bus Shelter included in this 39pc set is basically the same as that which came in the smaller set with one small exception - the Army recruiting poster is different! I have no idea why the artwork is different on the two, but there you have it. Both are shown below for comparison. The shelter measures 2 7/8" (7.3cm) W x 1 1/2" (3.8cm) D x 2 3/4" (7cm) H

Bus Shelter

The poster from the 34pc set

he poster from the 39pc set

Billboards

The three billboards are unique to this set and offer a fascinating glimpse on products that were probably quite hot during the 1950s: PanAm Airlines, the Washington automobile, and Wham candy bars.

The billboards measure:5 1/2" (14cm) W x 3" (7.6cm) H

Pan American World Airways (aka PanAm) was the largest international air carrier in the United States from 1927 until its collapse in December 1991

This one is tricky. There was a Washington Automobile Company which lasted only from 1921 to 1924, but clearly this billboard does not show an auto that old. The one pictured here looks similar to a 1950 Hudson but I could find no references to any 1950s car manufacturer who made a model 'Washington'.

Apparently Wham Candy Bars are still being made as a retro candy. Here's one description I found of them:

"Remember these tasty little chewy bars? Raspberry flavoured with fizzy candy embedded in them, wrapped in the most retro packaging you could think of!

Buy sweets: http://www.grumpyssweetshop.com/wham-bars#ixzz2m9np2Jlc"

Personally I don't remember them growing up in the '50s, as my favorites for the most part tended to be chocolate bars, and the site listed above (as well as others I found) showed entirely different packaging.