Hi, rtheriaque.
Nice collection, thank you for sharing. There were 4 major makers of US Recognition models during the war. Bessarabis was first, and also went shortly out of business. Their models were wrapped in paper in boxes and rarely survived very well.
Next was South Salem, Comet and Framburg (the lamp maker). One of the conditions for contractors is they were paid on a "cost plus" basis, so models tended to have many cast parts and more assembly to increase costs. South Salem went out about midwar, and Comet became the major maker, with Framburg second. After the War, Comet continued selling and adopted the name Authenticast, while Framburg dropped the line and went back to their Pre-War avocation of lamp making. Superior started out as a caster for Comet/Authenticast, and eventually bought out the company in the 1960's. Superior also cast some Framburg models, as some were considered a little better detailed than Comets, and has also cast some South Salem. In the commercial world, it was considered better to reduce cost of manufacture, so most small parts were cast in one piece hulls. In the 1970's, Superior started upgrading their models, making some completly new, and started casting seperate small parts (they only came in kit form by then). Later the seperate parts started to go away again, to cut costs (1990's?). This is a breif synopsis, you can get more information through sites like the 1250 Scale Message Board, which has some pretty authorative collectors.
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