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Above: Cover of the 1939 American Flyer catalog Although best remembered for the S gauge trains of the 1950s that it made as a division of the A. C. Gilbert Company, American Flyer was initially an independent company whose origins Read More …
By Bruce Hansen, A.C. Gilbert Heritage Society Newsletter, December 2006 The Magnetic Fun and Facts sets were relatively popular from the 1920s through World War II. Most, if not all, of the experiments continued in Gilbert Electrical sets into the Read More …
By A.D. Goolsby, A.C. Gilbert Heritage Society Newsletter, June 1999 In addition to Erector, A.C. Gilbert was of course responsible for many other products as well. One category that has been “slighted” are the Polar Cub fans. There is a Read More …
Larry writes: This is my version of the famous model from 1914 submitted by Richard Harrison and Samuel York. I improvised a bit and installed plating behind the hull girders for strength. I also added moveable main gun turrets fore Read More …
