Marx #T7-34 U.S. Armed Forces Training Center Barracks

Last Monday we looked at the Marx #T7-34 olive drab Barracks which came in their Army-centric training center playsets. Around 1956 they started offering multi-service training center playsets and subsequently started offering the two-story barracks in white with yellow trim with a large medallion on the roof proclaiming "U.S. Armed Forces Training Center'. This version has a separate fire escape. The original fire escapes were yellow hard plastic, but mine is a repo and is yellow soft plastic.but completes the structure quite nicely. The repo is available from 'The Hobby Bunker' whose site is in the links at the right of the page. It's a terrific structure and a great addition to the tin lovers collection. Enjoy!

Marx #T7-34 Army Barracks

Today on Marx Monday we feature the #T7-34 Army Barracks. This is the first tin-litho version of the two-story barracks and was introduced in 1954 in one of the Army Training Center playsets. It is has olive drab walls, with yellow trim, a speckled 'tar paper' roof, and a separate stove-pipe style black chimney with red cap (the chimney on my example is a repo). The yellow fire escape on this version is lithographed on one end wall while on other versions the fire escape was a separate yellow hard plastic piece.  The building measures 5 3/4"W x 11 1/2"L x 8"H (14.6cm x 29.2cm x 20.3cm) and is quite an impressive centerpiece for a training center set-up or diorama, overwhelming the smaller headquarters buildings offered in other sets. Enjoy!