I purchased 18 of the AM FP units in the 1980's and all of them had Sagami motors with HobbyTown universals. Lucky for me AM would not seel just the shells at that time so I had a ready market for the shells, of which I had no use.
Rusty --- In [email protected], JGG KahnSr <jacekahn@...> wrote: > > > Most of my AM freight cars have "USA" cast into the dies, which suggests that > they were originally produced here, but > quite a few scale models which used to be made entirely in the US ended up in > East Asia where low labor costs resulted > in larger sales by offering ready-to-run cars for those that didn't want to > assemble their own kits (Intermountain in O > scale being an obvious case before they sold their dies to Atlas). > The AM boxes still suggest that scale cars are available as kits, although I > suspect it is no longer possible to buy them > that way new. > > Jace Kahn > > General Manager > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > > > Mike, back in the last century American Models did have a label on their > > engine boxes that claimed they were made in America. I would assume > > that it actually meant it was assembled here because I think all their > > motors were from Asia. I also think most of the earlier freight cars > > were cast here. At the Dearborn convention we saw a hopper car mold > > setting on a shelf. That being said the people who actually had the > > injection molding were elsewhere. I would bet the only S manufacturer > > to actually make their own plastic castings would be PBL in California > > besides the long ago Loco Workshops boxcar kits--what a relic! > > > > Bob Werre > > > > > > > > > > > > I just read in my new S Gaugian magazine that American Models does > > > have its tooling in China, as I thought I understood they made all > > > their product in the US. > > > > > > Again, hopefully soon this will pass and all the S makers effected by > > > this will be back in full operation. > > > > > > Mike > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
