Something for Rufus

[bob turner]

Gorgeous!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I'd like to know more about the Zimmer kit history myself. I only have a few of those kits, but I thought of them to be a little bit above the norm for that time.

I agree.

One more Mullet River built up kit photo for Rufus attached.

Thanks! Those kits really did turn out nice cars

[Jay Criswell]

I grabbed a box, labeled All-Nation Kits, from the storage unit. Upon opening the box I found these Zimmer kits. Note, the three on the left are labeled as "Zimmer". The others have A-N but the instructions say Zimmer.

I also noted one of the pre-painted NP kits has the deformed Ying/Yang logo. I wonder why?

There were stock car kits too and I thought they were Zimmer's but I found no notation reflecting my beliefs.

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Jay

[CMorrill]

This SR auto box I think is the oldest Zimmer pre-All Nation kit I found, because the only drawing included with the instructions is this hectograph printed sketch. What I assume are later kits had very nice multi-view drawings drafted by R. Price although the instruction sheet was still hectograph printed.

Charlie

[R.K. Maroon]

Learned something new today:

Hectograph, direct-process duplicator using either gelatin or the spirit process for making a master copy.

The gelatin process, now rarely used, requires the preparation of a special master paper upon which the copy to be duplicated is typed, written, or drawn with a special ink or ribbon. This sheet is then pressed face down against a moist gelatin surface, to which the image is transferred in reverse form. Sheets of paper pressed against this impregnated gelatin receive an image impression. Either a flatbed or rotary machine can make the duplicate copies. The master copy can be prepared in a variety of colours by using ink and carbon sheets of different shades. Multicoloured copies may thus be produced in one operation. The practical limit on copies produced by the gelatin process is about 200.

The spirit method is also referred to as the direct, or fluid, process. The master copy is prepared by typewriter, handwriting, punched card, or computer-printing devices. Master copies can also be prepared by copying machines and microfilm reader-printers. The master sheet is then fastened to a rotating drum. As copy sheets, slightly moistened by a special liquid, are brought into direct contact with the master sheet, a minute amount of the carbon is transferred to them, resulting in finished copies. Multicolour duplication in one operation is possible, as it is with the gelatin process. A further advantage of the spirit process is that information can be added to or deleted from the master. Up to 300 copies can be made from one master sheet.

I wondered if this was the same as a mimeograph. The answer is no:

The stencil duplicator or mimeograph machine (often abbreviated to mimeo) is a low-cost duplicating machine that works by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper.[1] The mimeograph process should not be confused with the spirit duplicator process.

Mimeographs, along with spirit duplicators and hectographs, were a common technology in printing small quantities, as in office work, classroom materials, and church bulletins. Early fanzines were printed with this technology, because it was widespread and cheap. In the late 1960s, mimeographs, spirit duplicators, and hectographs began to be gradually displaced by photocopying.

[Dennis Holler]

I always thought these were Zimmer...

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