E. L. Moore's 4th Schaefer Brewery model

All photos courtesy of James L. Dixon

A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by E. L. Moore's grandson, James L. Dixon, and we've been engaged in a conversation about his grandfather's work ever since. He generously provided photos of his collection of his grandfather's models, and has allowed me to share them here at the blog.

One model that immediately caught my eye was this one of the Schaefer Brewery. You may recall that I wrote extensively about that model, and how it was turned into a plastic kit by AHM, back in the fall of 2020. 

Wood burned shingles on this end

This version of the brewery was built by ELM in 1979 for his grandson, which I believe makes it the 4th model ELM made of this brewery.

The first, made in the fall of 1966, was the basis of the article, F&M Schaefer Brewery, that appeared in the March '67 issue of RMC. The model seen in the article was given to Hal Carstens, then owner and editor of RMC, for use on his home layout.

Almost immediately after finishing the first model, ELM built a second for his friend Bart Crosby.

The third version of the model, likely built in the winter of 1966 / 1967, was made for the AHM company to use as the prototype for the plastic kit they manufactured of the model in 1967. I believe that model was sent to Nikolas Pfusterschmid, who was based in Austria and had a multi-decade career as a marketing and product development representative in the hobby and toy industry. 

I figured those three models were lost to time, and was quite pleasantly surprised to see that there was a 4th, even though it was made many years later. And although it might be the 4th in the line, it has a very prestigious pedigree.

It appears the wall boards on this end were made by scribing wood sheets. The brick looks to be Northeastern sheets.

The shingling on the other roofs appears to be some sort of paper with a tile pattern printed on. I recall using some of that same paper way back on some model I built in the '70s, but darned if I can find a picture of it to confirm.

Even in 1979 ELM was still using his signature green on his projects.

And that's that for the famous Schaefer Brewery build. It's good to see a version still in existence.