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Lundby, also known as Lundby of Sweden, is a Swedish maker of dollhouses and miniature furniture for the mass market. Lundby dollshouse furniture has been produced since 1947 and their dollshouses have been sold since the late 1940s. The company started in the Gothenburg borough of Lundby, which also gave the company its name.
[4] [5] The Art Institute of Chicago's rooms are among the museum's most popular permanent collections. [5] The Knoxville Museum of Art is home to 9 of the remaining rooms, while The Children's Museum of Indianapolis and the Kaye Miniature Museum in Los Angeles have one each. [1] Some of the Thorne rooms are miniature replicas of actual rooms. [1]
1:24 or half inch scale (1 foot is 1/2") was popular in Marx dollhouses in the 1950s but only became widely available in collectible houses after 2002, about the same time that even smaller scales became more popular, like 1:48 or quarter inch scale (1 foot is 1/4") and 1:144 or "dollhouse for a dollhouse" scale. 1/24th scale dolls houses, and ...
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An instant sensation was the "Disney" house, featured in the 1949 Sears catalogue. The popularity of Marx dollhouses gained momentum, and up to 150,000 Marx dollhouses were produced in the 1950s. Two house sizes were available, with two different size furniture to match; the most popular in the 1/2" to 1' scale, and the larger 3/4" to 1' scale.
≈1:52 – 1:48: Heroic scale of 32 mm miniatures. 1:50 scale is a popular size for diecast models from European manufacturers. 1:48 is commonly known as quarter scale or American O scale. 40 mm: ≈7 mm: ≈1:45 – 1:43: Older figures from the 60s and tend to be thinner / shorter than new metal ones. Close to O scale model railroads. 54 mm ...
Locomotive No. 5661 is a 4-6-4 oil-fired steam engine, known as the "Hudson", [7] built in 1961 by E.C. Eddy of Fairview. The locomotive originally ran on the Pinconning and Blind River Railroad. It now runs on the AuSable on selected Sundays and holidays. [21] The Hudson steam locomotive was restored circa 2002.
Accurate Miniatures is an American manufacturer of scale plastic model kits. It is owned by Collins-Habovick, LLC and is located in Concord, North Carolina , United States. Their products primarily consist plastic model airplane kits from World War II , though they also make model kits of planes and automobiles from other eras.