Peter Wassmiller: Rex Mars/Tom Corbett HM Marx Compatible Space Training Center - Pt 3 with Tom Corbett Figures

Here's the handmade Training Center populated with original Marx 45mm Tom Corbett figures to give you an idea of what this thing would look like in a diorama setting. I have the complete set of Marx Tom Corbett figures but haven't yet photographed them In a way I'm kinda not looking forward to it because it's quite a big set. However, if I'm ever going to catalog all these vintage spacemen, then it's gotta get done. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Here's the suggested furniture placement

I obviously did mine differently - just because!

There are over twenty separate poses in the 45mm Tom Corbett line and including them all in this small of a space would look awkward as heck, so these are the ones I chose to include in the photographs.

The ladder was suggested to be placed on the outside of the building, however, Peter included graphics for a hatch just above where this ladder is placed. It seemed more logical to have some way to get up to that hatch.

Marx #T1-12 U.S. Armed Forces Training Center Downsized Cabin

Well, I'm gonna keep it short for right now but still have plenty of pics to share.  I can't let the first week go by without presenting a Marx piece.  We'll start with the beautiful tin-litho T1-12 U.S. Armed Forces Training Center.  I'll provide more information on this piece later but for now let's just enjoy the photos.  Enjoy!

13 Oct: Evening
Well, I had to pound through my reference books to figure out when this building first appeared on the scene and it first appeared in 1958 in the 'Montgomery Ward' Christmas wish book.  It was the tin-litho center piece of the Marx Army Combat Training Center playset.  Previous Training Center playsets included a cabin with a litho door versus an open doorway as seen in this building.