Hello Jan
That is a very interesting observation Jose has made. The Hornby locomotive is actually an O Gauge Streamlined Locomotive manufactured between 1936 and 1941, sold as a set or individually as shown with the image below, taken from the 1939-1940 Toys of Quality from Meccano Land catalogue. It was based on the "Silver" class locomotives marking the Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935, "Silver Link", "Silver Fox, etc.
This is not the first time such an interesting tinplate base plate has turned up. I sold a 39 series sedan years ago that had a set of windows on the inside of the base plate. Unfortunately, I did not have a camera capable of close-up photography at the time nor did I have the foresight to keep it. The windows were blue and the surrounding a deep red. I deeply regret selling that car, that is for sure.
Kind regards
Bruce H. (150)
20161127/1046/2154
A picture of the grey and violet blue examples below. Both have the round front support pillars, as discussed on talkmodeltoys:
http://www.talkmodeltoys.com/discus/messages/27668/521.html?1380678558
There, the grey one (with oval pillars) in my post is the one replaced by the example shown here. The quality difference is obvious. Kind regards, Jan
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