Starting in no particular order, Cromer Models were obviously more of a transport maker, but items 6, 7, 8 and 10 come well within the parameters of figure collecting, or, if you know me, wagon collectors!
And, like all seven makers in this post, using white metal (or 'whitemetal'/white-metal) a catch-all for low-melt, lead-free, pourable soft-metal alloys, usually a majority tin-based, with various additives including antimony, cadmium, bismuth, and/or zinc . . . obviously, if you start adding aluminium and/or magnesium, you get harder alloys as used by die-casters. Add a bit of copper and you can get pipe-weald or solder, which more experienced - than me - modellers sometimes use, to glue these models together.
Already in the Tag List, as I think I have a couple of Wyatt & Tizard (W&T) wagons in the collection, and again, more of a vehicle range, but some nice horse-drawn items. The horse is a copy of a Britains beast, which they themselves scaled-down for the Lilliput line.
Mastercast are another which came and went before I was even aware of their existence, but clearly they had the beginnings of a nice range of scenic accessories, indeed, I may have the gravestones in the master-pile somewhere, I know I have a set or two, but one may be a late addition to the Linka sets, Linka having had several owners now!
As far as I know this was it for Kemco, if they ever made it to shops, and they look to be influenced by Hornby-Triang and Airifx figures, but it's only an artist's impression, still, it may help someone (including me!) ID some 'unknowns' in the stash?
This Pullman image came from Jon Attwood, and shows two examples from his collection, he sent them with some Roger Saunders bits which I've given a seperate post to, and from the accompanying text in Jon's eMail I don't think there was a connection - but I stand to be corrected Jon!
I think this ad'/puff-piece was actually in Military Modelling, but would have been shared with the publisher's stable-mates, which included Diecast Collector and Railway Modelling, I think, where I might have hoovered it up? And Highway Models aren't to be confused with the US maker Highway Miniatures.
Lovely set of firefighters, and it's funny, or ironic, as there are hundreds and hundreds of firemen (as they were still called in the 1980's!) in metal, plastic, composition, wood and tin-plate, but very few decent ones in a good OO-gauge compatible size!
Finally, the only other bit of colour in a B&W post, this is from a relatively recent PPP-Peco-Guagemaster catalogue (15-20 years old?), so these may still be around, but there are so few model-shops left now, you'd have a search-on!
And if they are THE Rose Miniatures, long-gone? However, various lines/moulds were taken-up by other makers, so there's every chance someone else is still making them as Rose, for the name, I don't know?
Many thanks to Jon for the Pullman shot, and I've just found three more emails from him, so there'll be these Railway Figure posts, 'till the end of March, at this rate!
