::  FSM HISTORY  ::
Fine Scale Miniatures began in 1965 at the suggestion of a friend and was originally called Gay Nineties Models.  In the summer of 1966 the name was changed to FSM.  The first FSM ad appeared in the May 1967 Model Railroader (a small watertank).   George was ambitious from the start, producing about 3000 of this first kit.  According to George, he almost quit in 1970 while he was working in a catering truck in the morning and building Fine Scale kits at night in his basement.  Luckily, George persisted and after switching to limited run kits, things picked up greatly.  The rest is history...  Fine scale has been producing the highest quality craftsman kits available for close to thirty-five years now.  

In 1998 George produced the first of the Jewel Series kits- a wonderfully detailed pile driver.  George wanted to make craftsman kits available to newer modelers and modelers with limited incomes and this was his answer.  (As a college student at the time, I was more than thankful for this move- as I could  afford my first Fine Scale Kit!).  The smaller Jewel Series kits did not prove to be as popular as the larger diorama kits, however, so George moved back toward the bigger kits.   

George has help in packaging, but other than that he completes all work on the kits himself.  Simply amazing.  Hopefully Fine Scale Miniatures will continue to produce outstanding craftsman kits for many years to come.  


::  FSM KIT LISTING AND PHOTOS  ::


Picture Key:

Box = Picture of Box
Box Open = Picture of kit contents
Box 2 = Picture of different box for same kit
Ad = Original Ad photo
Pic = Other picture of Kit


Pictures

Kit #

Kit Name

 

25

Branchline Water Tower

 

30

Signal Tower

[BOX 1]  [BOX 2]

35

Two-Stall Engine House 

 

40

Flour & Grain Mill

[BOX]  [OPEN BOX]

45

Freight House

[BOX]  [OPEN BOX]

50

Ice Station

[BOX]  [OPEN BOX]

55

Weary Willy's Truck Terminal

[BOX]  

60

Coaling Station

[BOX]  [OPEN BOX]

65

Black-Jack's Car Shop

 

70

Flagstop Station

[BOX]  [OPEN BOX]

75

Coal Bunker

 

N/A

Tree Stumps

[AD]

N/A

John Allen Special

[BOX]  [OPEN BOX]

100

Jacob's Fuel

[BOX]  [OPEN BOX]

105

Pile Driver

[BOX]  [OPEN BOX] [PIC]

110

The Depot

[BOX]  [OPEN BOX]

115

Coal & Sand Shed

[BOX]  [OPEN BOX]  [AD]

120

Two-Stall Round House

[BOX]  [OPEN BOX]

125

Water Tank & Tool Shed

[PIC]  [OPEN BOX] [BOX2]

130

Ezra Cooper's Garage

[OPEN BOX]

135

Two-Stall Engine House

[BOX]  [OPEN BOX]

140

Sawmill

[BOX]  [OPEN BOX]

145

Coaling Tower

[BOX]  [OPEN BOX]  [PIC]

150

Freight House

 

155

Coal Dock

 

160

Logging Repair Shed

 

165

Rock Bunker

[AD]

170

Sawmill

[BOX]

175

Railcar Shed

[BOX]

180

Sandhouse

[AD]

185

Crocker Bros. Feed Mill

[BOX]

190

R. Schramm Manufacturing Co.

[AD]

195

Barnstead Lumber Company

[BOX]

200

Rollin Sawyer Chemical

[BOX]  [PIC]

205

Wilfrid J. Brambell Co.

 

210

Icing platform

[BOX]

215

Mackenzie Milling Company

 

220

Chester W. Rawlings Co.

 

225

Sewall's Foundry

[BOX]

230

Branchline Coaling Bucket Station

[BOX]

235

Station

[PIC]

240

Water Tank

 

245

Starkey Coal Co.

[BOX]  [PIC]

250

Barongould's Tannery

[BOX]  [OPEN BOX] [PIC]  

255

G. Wiliker's Machinery Sales

[BOX]

260

Chippy Hollow Hardware

[BOX]  [PIC]

265

Swakhammer Welding

[BOX]  [PIC]

270

Roadside Delights

[BOX]  [AD]

275

Duffy Coal Company

[BOX]  [PIC]

280

Cartwright's Machine Shop

[BOX]  

285

Jefferies Point Stave & Heading Co.

 

290

Emporium Seafood Co.

[BOX]  

295

Fox Run Milling

[BOX]  [AD]

JS-1

Pile Driver
[BOX]  [PIC]

JS-2

George Bailey's Produce
 

JS-3

Stuffy's Brewery

::  NOTE  ::
I do not have pictures of all kits.  If you happen to have a picture of a kit that I do not, please send me a scan- so I can add it to the table.  Thanks.  

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