The Hubley Manufacturing Company made accurate metal Hubley made simple diecast metal toys all the way through the 1970s.
The first Hubley toys appeared in 1909 and were made of cast-iron, with themes that ranged from horse-drawn vehicles and different breeds of dogs, to tractors, steam shovels and guns (Smitsonian Institution, website). In fact, the company suddenly tried to compete with a variety of market segments all at the same time, pitting itself against other metal kid's toy maker, kit manufacturers, and British diecast producers. For example, the Hubley Ford 4000 tractor was reproduced by Scale Models, up through the 1990s and perhaps later (Scale Models 2010). As a result, all remaining Hubley/Ertl metal kits are fairly rare. One popular toy was a (nominally) 1941 Cadillac sedan that sometimes came decorated as a About 1960, however, a change occurred as Hubley became known for its detailed metal car kits, which were unique in a market of dominantly plastic offerings. These cars were about 1:50 scale and measured approximately 3From about 1959 to about 1962, Hubley got into making plastic models in about 1:24 scale, just a tad larger than the standard 1:25.
These metal kits, issued in various scales, were more expensive than plastic models, and, when finished, were naturally quite heavy. A series of colorful but rather unexciting generic make diecast toy trucks were available in a variety of forms (Around 1980, Hubley was acquired by CBS Toys which later sold many dies to Ertl and Scale Models, both of Dyersville, Iowa. In 1965 was acquired by the Lido Toy Company (Wall Street Journal, August 5, 1965). The Hubley Manufacturing Company was first incorporated in 1894 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania by John Hubley.
By about 1960, different lines were introduced to distinguish toys for younger folk from products for older hobbyists. Hubley produced a wide range of A Hubley plane from the 1930s was the Charles Lindberg-style Ford Tri-Motor with pontoons. Some of these were more toy-like and made assembled for the retail market, for example a Also in plastic, Hubley did make contracted promotional models, cars very similar to those made by A more conventional promo line by Hubley were the full-size Ford wagon and sedan series starting in 1960, a niche not covered by AMT.
Hubley continued offering a full-size Ford wagon and sedan for the 1961 model year, but apparently only made a wagon for 1962. Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. Pressing this form into finely compacted sand created an impression for molding. For a particular toy, bookend, or doorstop, metalworkers would first carve a wood form, or hammer out the basic design in metal.
Faith Hubley (née Chestman; September 16, 1924 – December 7, 2001) was an animator, known for her experimental work both in collaboration with her husband John Hubley, and … Cast iron heated to 3000 degrees was poured into the sand mold and, when cooled, the form would pop out.
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