Saturday, June 27, 2020

A relation in Germany?

Old Machine Factory by Auhagen
While Martin was searching for Grusom Casket kits he came across this beautiful model by the German company Auhagen. I must admit the overall form and arrangement are indeed reminiscent of the AHM / Pola Grusom Casket kit as Martin pointed out to meNot to mention that the kit's name has 'machine factory' in it, and a spin-off from Grusom Casket was a 'machine shop'. And, Grusom Casket was originally manufactured by Pola of West Germany. Was Grusom Casket chosen to be manufactured by Pola because it had some similarity to a German building type that suggested the kit could be successfully marketed in Germany and elsewhere in Europe as well as the US? Interesting speculations aside, I can't draw a direct connection with Grusom Casket. But, as I've said before, the similarities are similar :-)


Repair Shop by Auhagen
Well, there's one other thing. Auhagen is also marketing the one storey part as a separate kit - the Repair Shop in the photo on the right - which is what AHM did with the 'machine shop' end of Grusom Casket. As well as the Repair Shop there is also a red brick variation in their Gas station with a car workshop kit.

Much thanks to Martin's eagle eyes for finding these kits! I continue to be amazed by what's out there.

1 comment:

  1. Hello, the Auhagen kits where first produced during the cold war period in the former Germany Democratic Republic. During these days it was produced under the VEB VERO label. VEB means Volkseigener Betrieb, and could be translated to Company owned by the people. After the german unification the VERO company were taken over by the original owner family Auhagen, which run the company since then. The Buildings you have shown here are built to a scale between H0 and TT.

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