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John Schow Anderson (8 August 1925 Alameda County, California – 6 November 2000 Hayward, California) was a design engineer and entrepreneur in the model railroading industry. Anderson was one of three co-founders of Associated Brass Products, Inc., a California corporation based in Pinedale, Fresno County, California. ==Associated Brass== The following three partners founded Associated Brass on June 2, 1959, organizing it as a California corporation: : * John Schow Anderson : * Bruce Charles Bechtold (30 July 1929 – November 1967) : * Harry T. Parker (16 March 1914 – 31 July 2001) The firm owned a foundry that manufactured model railroading products under the "Cal-Scale" brand. Bruce Bechtold was the grandson of the Bechtold Stage Line family. He grew up living in the Denver home built by his grandparents about 1933. He was an Air Force veteran, having spent time at Castle Air Force Base, Merced, California. Because of his model railroading interest, Oscar Neubert III (27 November 1925 Fresno, California – 27 October 1991 Fresno, California), also an Air Force veteran,〔''City News in Brief: Sergent Retires'', The Fresno Bee, pg. 7B, col. 1, March 24, 1965〕 introduced Bruce to Anderson and Parker. Bechtold went to work as an engineer for Kemtron after his release from the military.〔 Parker worked for Kemtron as production foreman.〔''Polk's Fresno City Directory'', R.L. Polk & Co. (1960) 〕 Anderson, Bechtold, and Parker formed Associated Brass Products to be more in control of the use of their talents. Anderson was a master die maker, Bechtold a pattern maker, and Parker supervised the plant. The Associated Brass facility was located in Pinedale, Fresno County, California. The company manufactured some of the finest lost wax brass castings ever produced for model railroading, many of which are still in production today.〔''Interview with Paul Budzik'', ''International Plastic Modelers Society, United States Branch, Journal'', Vol 2, Issue I, December 1989 〕 Bowser Manufacturing, a Pennsylvania corporation based in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, purchased the Cal-Scale line from Anderson and Parker in June 1985. Anderson and Parker subsequently sold their commercial casting operation—foundry, which included the property and physical plant at 7070 N. Harrison Ave, Pinedale, to David Sciacca, who operates the plant today under the name "Valley Brass & Bronze". Valley Brass does not produce model railroading products. Anderson and Parker never sold the corporate shell, Associated Brass Products, Inc. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Anderson (Cal Scale)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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