Thursday's forgetfulness brought forth a Friday with remembrance--in addition to that brochure, the Scale manufacturers informal group also sponsored a few pages in one of the "other" scale magazines--Railmodel Journal or Model Railroading. I might be wrong, but I think Jim Kindraka might have ramrodded that effort. I remember photographing RR's SD-7/9, the SHS PS-2's, a couple of issues of Billy Wades magazine, maybe some Omnicon F unit kits and ??? So this effort might have pre-dated the brochure referenced below. I recall using a couple of the Houston S Gauger's modules that I built for the set. I just felt I needed to set the record straight in that the S Manufacturers (whomever they consider members) have made some efforts to promote the scale since 1949.
Bob Werre PhotoTraxx.com > Since Pieter has asked the RMC thread be closed, I will say one thing > about a scale effort that I was involved in that sort of works with > Rusty question. It was the late 90's I guess, I produced a brochure > for the Chicago based trade show that contained all scale > equipment--it was supposed to be a cooperative effort. It followed a > time theme (very much like the This is S Brochure effort by the NASG > but without any hi-rail) The front cover showed many closeups of > products from all the people who sent me product. The inside > contained three layout shots of possible situations Steam, Early > Diesel, and 'as Modern as S gets'. I think we ran about 8,000 > copies. I have a handful left. > Bob Werre > PhotoTraxx.com >> >> Then there were efforts early on to try and get some type of >> organizational S group going before the NASG. At that time NMRA >> seemed to be a bigger influence in the modeling group at large but I >> have always felt like it struggled between O and HO. I remember when >> I asked around about S in the late 60's. I was pretty much just >> looked over to the guy behind me. Considering how I am i can >> understand why some one would want to do that though. >> >> J. Rustermier >> >> --- In [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>, >> Bill Roberts <bill@...> wrote: >> > >> > >> > > Posted by: "Rusty" thebrassbasher@... thebrassbasher >> > > Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:37 am (PDT) >> > > >> > > Do any of you remember just what and who this orignation was. It >> is in a logo printed on the upper left corner of Midgauge Models >> boxes in blue. >> > >> > Associated S Gauge Manufacturers appears to have been a short-lived >> trade group from the late 1940s. >> > >> > I found full-page ads in several 1948 issues of Model Railroader >> magazine that featured small ads from S scale manufacturers. They >> were very much like the ads that appear today on the inside front >> cover of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine. >> > >> > One of the ads listed the Associated S Gauge Manufacturers as a >> part of the heading. It had an address at 20 N. Wacker Drive in >> Chicago. The only supplier with a Chicago address was S-pikes >> Equipment Co. at 444 Civic Opera Bldg. Perhaps there was a connection >> between the two. >> > >> > I skimmed the 1949 issues and found only one full-page ad early in >> the year. In later issues ads from S suppliers appeared throughout >> the magazine. Apparently the Associated S Gauge Manufacturers didn't >> last very long. >> > -- >> > Bill Roberts >> > >> > [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/
