last of the Ashton`s

[Jan]

today I received the last "in series produced "Ashton Model . Gerhard Klarwasser has finaly stopt( after 36 years of building ) making fire truck models . he has made more then 121 models , quite an achievement for a one man business ( his wife Liz also did a lot of work packing and shipping ) I think it is a sad day . there are now only a very very few companies left making fire truck models. gone have Athearn/Code 3/ Conrad/ Corgi/ DeHanes/First Gear/ Matchbox/Signature/TWH/Yat MIng and a lot more smaller producers.the firereplicas models are superb but not always affordabel for many of us , I live in Europe and shipping and tax increase the price to pay for a model to such a level that I no longer am willing to pay the price ( even if it is an spectacular nice model ) it would be nice to have a company produce some new models from rural areas that are relatively simple to produce , it has not always to be a perfect model .
Chrismas time is coming , I hope Sante will listen to my wish .

[J-M]

I also got my Ashton recently - indeed a sad day for those of us who have collected Gerhard's models. I always looked forward to his flyers in the mail and enjoy my Ashton collection immensely.

J-M

[JoeO]

What was the last truck he made?

[J-M]

1953 Ward laFrance 56T for Osco, Illinois

J-M

[JoeO]

1953 Ward laFrance 56T for Osco, Illinois

J-M

Thanks I have not seen that yet.

[J-M]

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[JoeO]

IMG_7441.jpg

Thanks for sharing nice looking truck