A*M*S*I Miniature Landscaping.
Clare-Bell Brass Works.
The Dollhouse Factory.
New England Hobby Supply.
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.
Walthers.
X-Acto (House of Miniatures).
Suppliers
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