Gotham Subdivision

:: FSM HISTORY ::
Fine Scale Miniatures began in 1965 at the suggestion of a friend and was originally called Gay Nineties Models. In the summer of 1966 the name was changed to FSM. The first FSM ad appeared in the May 1967 Model Railroader (a small watertank).   George was ambitious from the start, producing about 3000 of this first kit. According to George, he almost quit in 1970 while he was working in a catering truck in the morning and building Fine Scale kits at night in his basement. Luckily, George persisted and after switching to limited run kits, things picked up greatly. The rest is history... Fine scale has been producing the highest quality craftsman kits available for close to thirty-five years now.

In 1998 George produced the first of the Jewel Series kits- a wonderfully detailed pile driver. George wanted to make craftsman kits available to newer modelers and modelers with limited incomes and this was his answer. (As a college student at the time, I was more than thankful for this move- as I could afford my first Fine Scale Kit!). The smaller Jewel Series kits did not prove to be as popular as the larger diorama kits, however, so George moved back toward the bigger kits.

George has help in packaging, but other than that he completes all work on the kits himself. Simply amazing. Hopefully Fine Scale Miniatures will continue to produce outstanding craftsman kits for many years to come.

:: FSM KIT LISTING AND PHOTOS ::

Picture Key:
Box = Picture of Box
Box Open = Picture of kit contents
Box 2 = Picture of different box for same kit
Ad = Original Ad photo
Pic = Other picture of Kit

Pictures	Kit #	Kit Name
	25	Branchline Water Tower
	30	Signal Tower
[BOX 1] [BOX 2]	35	Two-Stall Engine House
	40	Flour & Grain Mill
[BOX] [OPEN BOX]	45	Freight House
[BOX] [OPEN BOX]	50	Ice Station
[BOX] [OPEN BOX]	55	Weary Willy's Truck Terminal
[BOX]	60	Coaling Station
[BOX] [OPEN BOX]	65	Black-Jack's Car Shop
	70	Flagstop Station
[BOX] [OPEN BOX]	75	Coal Bunker
	N/A	Tree Stumps
[AD]	N/A	John Allen Special
[BOX] [OPEN BOX]	100	Jacob's Fuel
[BOX] [OPEN BOX]	105	Pile Driver
[BOX] [OPEN BOX] [PIC]	110	The Depot
[BOX] [OPEN BOX]	115	Coal & Sand Shed
[BOX] [OPEN BOX] [AD]	120	Two-Stall Round House
[BOX] [OPEN BOX]	125	Water Tank & Tool Shed
[PIC] [OPEN BOX] [BOX2]	130	Ezra Cooper's Garage
[OPEN BOX]	135	Two-Stall Engine House
[BOX] [OPEN BOX]	140	Sawmill
[BOX] [OPEN BOX]	145	Coaling Tower
[BOX] [OPEN BOX] [PIC]	150	Freight House
	155	Coal Dock
	160	Logging Repair Shed
	165	Rock Bunker
[AD]	170	Sawmill
[BOX]	175	Railcar Shed
[BOX]	180	Sandhouse
[AD]	185	Crocker Bros. Feed Mill
[BOX]	190	R. Schramm Manufacturing Co.
[AD]	195	Barnstead Lumber Company
[BOX]	200	Rollin Sawyer Chemical
[BOX] [PIC]	205	Wilfrid J. Brambell Co.
	210	Icing platform
[BOX]	215	Mackenzie Milling Company
	220	Chester W. Rawlings Co.
	225	Sewall's Foundry
[BOX]	230	Branchline Coaling Bucket Station
[BOX]	235	Station
[PIC]	240	Water Tank
	245	Starkey Coal Co.
[BOX] [PIC]	250	Barongould's Tannery
[BOX] [OPEN BOX] [PIC]	255	G. Wiliker's Machinery Sales
[BOX]	260	Chippy Hollow Hardware
[BOX] [PIC]	265	Swakhammer Welding
[BOX] [PIC]	270	Roadside Delights
[BOX] [AD]	275	Duffy Coal Company
[BOX] [PIC]	280	Cartwright's Machine Shop
[BOX]	285	Jefferies Point Stave & Heading Co.
	290	Emporium Seafood Co.
[BOX]	295	Fox Run Milling
[BOX] [AD]	JS-1	Pile Driver
[BOX] [PIC]	JS-2	George Bailey's Produce
	JS-3	Stuffy's Brewery

:: NOTE ::
I do not have pictures of all kits. If you happen to have a picture of a kit that I do not, please send me a scan- so I can add it to the table. Thanks.