To recap a bit, back in September Debra and I drove down to Raleigh, North Carolina to meet two gentleman who have collections of models that E. L. Moore made. The story about the meet-up is here. They generously offered to allow me to photograph their collections, and it's those photos I'm posting in this series.
Without further ado, here's the list,
Fertilizer Plant
Elizabethton Depot
1900 era shortline terminal yard
Brick Enginehouse
Home for Small Locos and Yard Blacksmith Shop
Central Warehouse
Bunn's Feed and Seed Plant
Jones' Chemical Co.
Schoolhouse and Church
Dilly Manufacturing Co.
Water Tower at Elizabethton
Green House
Stucco House
Elizabeth Valley Cabin
Green Cabin
Molasses Mine and Factory
HOJPOJ Mfg. Co.
Spratt and Kean Meat Packers
Apple Cider Mill
McGee Lumber Co.
Background Building
Small MFG. Plant
Major Hoople's Brick Warehouse
Sail Loft
Two Boats
North Conway Station
Carolina Foundry
Branch Line Station
Norfolk and Southern Yard Office
Firehouse
The RMC Paper Company
Stuckum Glue Works
Village Store
Button Works
Novelty Creators Inc.
Bandstand
Tuscaloosa Depot
Cabin
Wilt the Whip-Maker
Fort
Three Store Fronts and a Shop
Junk Yard Dynasty
York County Court House
Uncle Sim's Snuffery
Kelley's Folly
C. Reid for Feed and Seed
Mountain water wheel mill
Lumber shed
Spumoni Country Estate Barn
Cotton Waste Plant
E. L. Moore's Cotton Waste Plant - Take 2
Brick building extension
Village Grist Mill
Duck blind
Cract and Dentit Manufacturing Co.
Outhouses
Last spring when one of the collections was first brought to my attention, a number of building photos was sent to me. Posts about those models can be found here,
Ma's Place
Two cabins
The schoolhouse
Half of the HOJPOJ Mfg. Co.
In February 2022 I was contacted by E. L. Moore's grandson. It turned out he had a collection of his grandfather's models. He generously shared photos of them with me, and kindly allowed them to be posted. Here's the list:
[list last updated on 13 March 2022]
Nice to see so much of E.L.s work featured here, and in colour too. Glad so much survived! I loved his articles and have made several for my own layout - Bunn's mill and the meat plant among others. They were classics of their kind. Must tag your site as a 'favourite'. And nice to see John Ahern mentioned too. (I'm English by the way.)
ReplyDeleteThanks John! Bunn's is one of my favourites too. I first learned about ELM when I stumbled across MR and that article in the summer of '73. I was quite happy to see it at the meet-up and was glad that it was still in good condition.
DeleteIs it that long since I last looked at this site? Thanks for so much new material - such a pity I have so much trouble finding back issues of RMC and RM - but where would I put either the mags or the models? Speak to you again soon!
ReplyDeleteSorry for the delayed reply. It's a long weekend here and I've been off line doing other things.
DeleteThanks for coming back and taking a look!
Tried to follow several of the links in this article, got an error message:
ReplyDeleteNET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID wouldn't let me proceed
Thanks for letting me know. I'll investigate.
DeleteI've tested all the links by selecting each one and I don't see a problem - all go to the pages they are supposed to. Was there a specific set of pages that was giving you trouble?
DeleteCame upon a set of Weston Mini-Figures (a division of Campbell Scale Models) of Mrs. Spumoni, Pistachio & the Family Wash. Had no idea that they existed and was glad to obtain them. Are there other E L Moore figures out there ?
ReplyDeleteI have those ones too. I think he used a lot of Weston figures and some of the Airfix OO/HO civilian plastic figures. I should go and try and identify where each of his figures came from. Until then, you might want to look at these posts for clues: https://30squaresofontario.blogspot.com/2017/02/e-l-moores-casting-call.html , https://30squaresofontario.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-adventures-of-baby-spumoni.html , https://30squaresofontario.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-adventures-of-e-l-moore-train.html , and https://30squaresofontario.blogspot.com/2022/04/frankensteins-photographer.html
DeleteI forgot to mention he used Weston's Flexible Freddy, both as is and as a basis for figure conversions.
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