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. I donated my time but was reimbursed for expenses. I had a professional designer put it together and Ron Sebastian wrote the copy.
As I recall we had lots of Southwind items, some River Raisin, some Overland SD's, & whatever SHS had (switcher and a few cars) at that time. BTS was pushing his magazine. Although American Models didn't contribute financially they did supply product and I did include a fair amount of my own PRS cars. I might have missed some but that's the bulk. Unfortunately, as I recall most of the contributors where unhappy about something or another. 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/
