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9/24/2009
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TSC Volume 1
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Contacting Dorsett Publications
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630 Depot Street, NE
Christiansburg, VA 24073
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Museums:
Organizations:
International Guild of Miniature Artisans (IGMA)
National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts (NAME)
Cottage Industry Miniaturists Trade Association, Inc. (CIMTA)
Society of American Miniaturists (SAM)
Miniature Enthusiasts Across Canada (MEAC)
National Miniature Trust
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A*M*S*I Miniature Landscaping.
Northeastern Scale Lumber Company In the early 1960's, Helen Dorsett started building miniatures for collectors (the start of Dorsett Miniatures before Dorsett Miniatures was named) and had a difficult time finding scale wood produced specifically for miniatures. As a model railroader, she turned to the one company she was familiar with...Northeastern Scale Lumber Company. In the introduction to "A Retrospective: Helen Dorsett, 1927-1999, Jim Dorsett wrote:
Jim Doyle, the founder of Northeastern Scale Models and a long-time primary supplier of scale woods to the model ship and train hobbies, was asked in 1977 by a reporter for a trade magazine what had persuaded Northeastern in the mid-70's to add 1" scale miniatures lumber to its line of hobby materials. "Well," he replied, "it all began back in the 60's with that woman from Missouri." "That woman" was Helen Dorsett. And what had alerted Jim Doyle to the existence of a nascent miniatures hobby was the publication in 1964 of a book of scale furniture plans, A Cabinetmaker's Guidefor Doll Houre Furnifure. This book, the first of its kind in a hobby which had not yet taken on visible organization or numbers, appeared at a time when no industryse~edth e needs of the few doll collectors involved in miniatures. So, Helen, drawing on her background as a model railroader, directed her readers to write to Northeastern for modeling wood. With the publication of a second volume of the Guide four years later, the early trickle of inquiries about 1" scale lumber grew to a measureable number. Finally. the emergence of the miniatures hobby in the mid-70's convinced Doyle that the decade of inquiries about materials he had not been ready to supply was no aberation.
Northeastern remains one of the premier suppliers/producers of scale woods. If you are looking for scale woods, this is a great place to start.
X-Acto (House of Miniatures).
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