Model Train Journal

Hello O scale world...

Japanese imports began to change the O scale world at the end of the 40's with International .
So it looks like someone was importing prewar in 1936.
There was a domestic toy train market in Japan in the 30's.,many times makers copied Lionel or Ives pieces. So has anyone seen prewar imported O scale ? Here we have an article found in November Model Craftsman by Charles Penn warning modelers of the evil that lurks when buying imports.
Cheers Carey

Too bad old Charles isn't around now....he'd have a freaking coronary!

I’ll bet that article was written by a Republican!!

I have some really early Japanese made engines, but they didn't date them so I don't know if they are pre-war; I expect not. I guess I missed Charlie's comments, but anyway, I bought them about 15 years ago.

Charlie's comments are in his regular column called Plain Talk on page 50 of the 11/36 issue. He also announced an HO contest; HO can you believe... How Ordinary. He also says "OF, model railroaders alone are not numerous enough to support a magazine of this size;..." This only a few years before the name of the magazine was changed to Railroad Model Craftsman.

Steve

I remember that name change.
Boy am I old.