It was announced that Weaver Models is closing June 29, 2015. The owner is retiring and was unable to find a buyer for the business. This is a huge loss to the O scale community and a big loss for the Model Railroading community in general. Weaver Models started making hopper cars for the two rail O market and expanded into 3 rail. They made many affordable and reliable locomotives which are the mainstay of many O Scale layouts. The average model railroader probably knows of Weaver Models through their Scalecoat Paint line which was an affordable and quality paint sold good size bottles at reasonable prices. Our thanks to Weaver for 50 years of service to the hobby.
The James River Division's purpose is to share the fun and excitement of model railroading with modelers in Central and Southside Virginia.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Next Meet is Virtual Zoom Meeting on February 10th. Login details will be sent via Email the week before to members and regular attenders....
-
In what I hope is the beginning of a long term trend Gordy Robinson the NMRA President was interviewed on Lionel Strang’s A Modelers Life. ...
-
This Friday the 11th of February we will have a members hangout at 7 pm. Our special guest will be NMRA President Gordy Robinson. Come to ...
-
Our next in person meeting is still on for September 11th. Please note we are asking everyone to where a mask and those who are not vaccin...
No comments:
Post a Comment
All comments to the JRD blog are moderated and they will appear after approval which can take up to a day. Thanks.
JRD BlogMaster