We often feature, here at Small Scale World, the output of Gem, Gemodels, Gem Models, the cake-decoration and novelty figures of George Musgrave's 'Gem' and Festival (as also supplied to and copied by Culpitt et al), he who also sculpted for Britains, among others, and I have mentioned from time to time the name change from Gem, to Gemodels, due to the threat (or veiled threat?) of legal intervention from the other Gem.
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This GEM stands for George E. Mellor, a very well known name in the model railway world. Manufacturing a range of railway parts from the late 1920s onwards (I'll see if I can get a more accurate date from my old magazines stash). Loco kits appeared in 1964. He was still trading in the 1990s,and died in 1994. I met him at a model railway event in Camborne about 35 years ago, he was propped up by two attractive women (his daughters?) and waxing lyrical about modelmaking, I wish I had stopped to listen, There are so many questions that I didn't know to ask at the time.
I have built a couple of GEM chassis kits and can confirm that they are well engineered, go together easily and produce a smooth running model.
J
That's very useful Jon, as the 'other' Gem is George E Musgrave! And I'm not sure if that detail has been in previous explanations, Cheers!
H
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