I only have some memories of the earlier listings. Before 1972 when I got out of service to our country. Before that I grew up on a farm with 11 brothers so such toys were out of the question. After that it took until 1990 to be able to indulge.
Yeah, the Arnold Rapido Pacific and the Con Cor Hudson were solid locomotives. The ones I have are still going strong. Would like a few more.
I was so famous, back then, they didn't need to include my street address. No, I'm lying. However, I didn't Photoshop it out. I Painted it out. I almost didn't because it's not exactly an online secret, anyway. Doug
Wow Russell, I think I just spent fifteen minutes enjoying your AHC ad posts. A lot of wonderful memories there. The prices all seem so cheap today, but as a teen mowing lawns in the summer and shoveling driveways in the winter, I still had to budget very carefully. Some of the junk sold back then may have done more damage to N Scale's growth than it did good.
It was the ad in an AHC mailer that caused me to order my UP RSC-2 in the summer of 1968 and I excitedly checked the mail every day until it finally arrived. I was a bit disappointed because it didn't look exactly like the illustration which was of an actual RSC-2 and not of the model. It still runs to this day, though. I always worked on all my Mehanotehnika locomotives until I got them to run smoothly. Coug
I remember ordering Atlas' F unit in C&NW with great anticipation and feeling so low upon discovering it was a dog. Hard-earned money wasted. I must have taken it apart and rebuilt it a half dozen times without much improvement. Thank heaven for Arnold Rapido, Minitrix and (Kato-built) Con-Cor locomotives, else I'd have probably quit N Scale.
@r_i_straw Russell, those AHC pages are AWESOME! Brings back A LOT of memories. Would you happen to know what year those were from? I lived about a mile and a half from AHC in Manhattan and I would take my bicycle there all the time. Marshall and his infamous hair piece.
The Greenberg N Scale Price Guide from 1981 and the supplement from 1985, Dallas Mallerich was only 17 when he released the original guide. Doug
I remember when he was in high school. He was quite active in N, and started his little company, "Loco-Motives". Last i knew he was in On30, modeling and manufacturing, but I believe he is no longer active there.
Can't forget about some of the nostalgic track planning books of the era. How many folks had / have these books in their collection?
Had both of them! I still enjoy the Clinchfield book occasionally. I actually got it WAY after it originally came out. My first N scale book was about building a Burlington Northern layout. Came out in the early 1990's.
My earliest Rapido flyers: 1965 1966 1967 And the 1965 Rapido price list. It is three pages and there is a lot of stuff in it. Doug
