03-30-2014, 05:58 PM
How about February 1946. That's the oldest one I have...
Cover price $0.25
Yearly subscription $2.50
Pages 150 (7"x10" format)
Advertisers 89 (most for individual shops)
Articles 17 (5 are listed as "feature articles")
Staff 5 listed on masthead, including Linn Westcott
NS Track n/a; 8 - 3' sections of O gauge track $7, or if you are hand laying, 99 feet of rail for $6.75
Locos S gauge "Nord Mikado" kit $38.97; HO Varney Docksider "built up" $25
Ground throw n/a; tips and tricks (called "kinks") includes a tip on building a sprung mechanism to hold points against stock rails
Power pack DC 12v, 2 amp $13
Classified ads $0.05 per word
Directory ads no price listed
Directory ads pages 3 1/3
Event schedule fee n/a
Also...
Rolling stock kits from $1.50 to $6; listed with and without trucks
Structures - e.g. Ice house $1.50, cottage $0.75; complete farm $1.15
Photo submission, when used, pays $2
Number of photos with people 4 - 1 man, 2 men wearing ties, 1 woman
Addresses of those who write to the editor are published with their letter
Scales - O, OO, S, HO, with about a 40-10-10-40 split
"Flat-dull" lacquer $0.25/2 oz.
Andrew
PS the movie Mr Peabody & Sherman was awesome! I saw it with my 9 year-old.
Cover price $0.25
Yearly subscription $2.50
Pages 150 (7"x10" format)
Advertisers 89 (most for individual shops)
Articles 17 (5 are listed as "feature articles")
Staff 5 listed on masthead, including Linn Westcott
NS Track n/a; 8 - 3' sections of O gauge track $7, or if you are hand laying, 99 feet of rail for $6.75
Locos S gauge "Nord Mikado" kit $38.97; HO Varney Docksider "built up" $25
Ground throw n/a; tips and tricks (called "kinks") includes a tip on building a sprung mechanism to hold points against stock rails
Power pack DC 12v, 2 amp $13
Classified ads $0.05 per word
Directory ads no price listed
Directory ads pages 3 1/3
Event schedule fee n/a
Also...
Rolling stock kits from $1.50 to $6; listed with and without trucks
Structures - e.g. Ice house $1.50, cottage $0.75; complete farm $1.15
Photo submission, when used, pays $2
Number of photos with people 4 - 1 man, 2 men wearing ties, 1 woman
Addresses of those who write to the editor are published with their letter
Scales - O, OO, S, HO, with about a 40-10-10-40 split
"Flat-dull" lacquer $0.25/2 oz.
Andrew
PS the movie Mr Peabody & Sherman was awesome! I saw it with my 9 year-old.