Documentation: other brands catalogues ▲ ►
- Distler documents (Germany)
- Playcraft documents (United Kingdom)
- André Porte documents (France)
- Bachmann documents (USA)
- Cyclops documents (Australia)
- France-Trains documents (France)
- Fobbi documents (France)
- TRAM documents (France)
- Keyser documents (United Kingdom)
- Rico documents (Spain)
- Revell documents (Germany)
- Hornby documents (United Kingdom)
Distler (Germany)
Collaboration with Distler
was an important step in the Jouef history in the mid 1950's. With the help of the electric motor from Distler
, Jouef could reach the electric scale trains market using this famous motor nicknamed large sausage
. Exchange between those 2 brands allowed, in France the introduction of the Electromatic
car system (electric car with a battery that you can recharging through a filling station), while Distler
put on the german market some building kits made injected plastic, as Distler
did not make such products.
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Playcraft (United Kingdom)
 catalogue 1961 |
 catalogue 1962 |
 catalogue 1963 |
 catalogue 1964-1965 |
 catalogue 1965-1966 |
 catalogue 1966 |
 catalogue 1967 |
 catalogue 1968 |
 mode d'emploi |
 40 maquettes |
 50 maquettes (1965) |
 catalogue 1969 |
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André Porte (France)
This high quality small-scale production started in 1959 near Orleans (France). It used injected plastic in order to have easy to build kits. The buildings were very detailled and were tinted from the block. The range included typical buidings from various French regions. As their high quality design, most of them were still in the Jouef range (even to the Lima range in 2003, and like the rural church in the current MKD building kit range included in Hornby-Jouef range)
 catalogue 1964-1965 |
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Bachmann (USA)
Jouef
as brand name, was not present in the north american market, but under the well-known brand Bachmann
.
After a non-successful attempt in 1972 with some building kits from the Jouef range, Bachmann
put on the market in 1985
two marvellous train sets in the Classic Collectors series
range: the French High Speed Train (TGV) and the Orient-Express.
But the adventure was for a short time, as these train sets were included only in Bachmann
1985 and 1986 catalogues.
 catalogue 1972 |
 catalogue 1973 |
 catalogue 1985 |
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Cyclops (Australia)
Jouef
as brand name, was not present in the australian market, but through the toys, games and hobbies australian well-known reseller Cyclops
. Collaboration between the two brand names was successuful, as two locomotives with australian livery (the French electric locomotive CC 7100 SNCF became the electric locomotive CC 4601 NSWR, the French Diesel locomotive BB 66150 SNCF became the Diesel locomotive 4801 NSWR) were issued in two australian train sets in 1976, in addition to sell the Jouef range.
 catalogue 1976 |
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France-Trains (France)
FRANCE TRAINS, is a brand created by Albert MILLET in 1967. The range included very high quality models like passenger coaches OCEM exposed rivets and smooth sides series, oldtimer coaches from East and North compagnies, CIWL sleeping cars, travelling post offices and only one freight wagon (bogie open goods wagon type ARBEL).
Some moulds have been reused by TRAM in 1982-1983, and then by Jouef since 1985.
 catalogue 1972 |
 catalogue 1974 |
 novelties 1976 |
 catalogue 1977 |
 catalogue 1979 |
 catalogue 1981 |
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Fobbi (France)
FOBBI is a scale model train brand created by Jacques BARRET in 1980. The range included low end range scale models for kids, rather than Jouef and Lima brands who focussed on high end range scale models for railway enthousiasts and modellers. The start range is build around a Diesel locomotive BB 67007 SNCF, shorter lenght passenger coaches and some freight wagons (flat wagons, covered wagons). A TGV scale model was build, re-using the same driving bogie of the BB 67007 bogies, then an electric locomotive BoBo 22200 SNCF. Trains sets were sold in departement stores and supermarkets during the Christmas period. After the CEJI bankrupcy in 1985, the Jouef electric trains activity was acquired by Jacques BARRET. Then, he launched the production of low end train set range under the brand Jouef by Fobbi
which were sold in supermarkets until 1990.
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TRAM (France)
TRAM reused some tools and moulds of France-Trains
after the bankruptcy of France-Trains
in 1981. A catalogue was issued which included
some ex-France-Trains scale models. The adventure of TRAM was for a short time as the tools and moulds were bid by Jouef in order to launch
the Jouef Prestige
passenger coaches range in 1986.
 catalogue 1983 |
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Keyser (United Kingdom)
The British brand Keyser is well known in UK for locomotive building kits in white metal in the beginning of the 1980's. For French modellers, those kits were difficult to build with the glue technique because approximative assemblies and poor driving quality. The locomotive building kit range was first distribued in France by Jouef then by MKD after 1981. This range included original scale models like Buddicom, 4-6-0 G Paris-Orleans steam locomotives, 2-8-2 TC Nord tank locomotive, BoBo 9004 SNCF electric locomotive, Renault VH and X 5500 SNCF railcars.
To solve the poor driving quality, some transkits
were launched later by MKD with the help of frame, driving system and electric motor coming from the Jouef range, the body is still in white metal. Two French electric locomotive transkits were sold:
- electric locomotive 2D2 5500 SNCF Waterman (frame, driving system from Jouef 2D2 5516 SNCF ref. 8451)
- electric locomotive BB 16500 SNCF (frame, driving system from Jouef BB 17000/25500 SNCF ref. 8354/8362)
 catalogue 1982 |
 catalogue 1983 |
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Rico (Espagne)
The Paya
family, located in Ibi (province of Alicante, Spain), manufactured small sheet metal toys in a traditional way and sells on the street markets many products for adults as plates, goblets, showers, lamps and other miniatures for children from 1905. Four PAYÁ HERMANOS
former employees founded an another tinware company in 1910, and the doll maker Santiago Molina Rico joined them in 1919 before taking control of this compagny in 1922 and giving the name RICO, SA
to the compagny. In the 1930s, it was a real golden age in the manufacture of tinplate toys. Paya and Rico have been competing with different models, especially in means of locomotion (boats, trains, cars, planes). In the 1950s, there was a decline due to the low demand and lack of raw materials for tinplate toys, but in meantime, this is the era of the appearance of the plastic toy. Its splendor, like that of most Spanish toy manufacturers, coincides with the 1970s and early 1980s. Under the influence of video games, Rico introduced to the market very sophisticated products for the time with high prices.
High prices, the oil crisis of the late 1970s, the overcrowding of staff, the emergence of supermarkets will lead to the closure of Rico in 1984.
The collaboration with the Le Jouet Français
group began in the 1970s. Rico put on the Spanish market some electric train sets manufactured by Jouef in Ireland around 1980-81.
 triptyque 1970 |
 catalogue 1980 |
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Revell (Germany)
In 1983, Jouef is included in the CEJI
which consisted of Revell
German specilist of plastic building kits.
The Revell
HO scale range had some plastic models of static rolling stock and the building kits of woodwork and sawmill made by Jouef.
The narrow gauge HOe range is also displayed in the 1986 catalogue.
 catalogue 1984 |
 catalogue 1986 |
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Euroscale (Belgique/Italie)
 catalogue 1995 |
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Hornby Railways (United Kingdom)
In order to celebrate the launch of Eurostar
services in 1994 between Paris, London and Brussels using the Channel
tunnel, Hornby Railways sold in United Kingdom some Eurostar
trainsets from 1995 to 1996, made by Jouef at HO (1/87th) scale,
before the launch of its own Eurostar
model made at OO (1/76th) scale.
 catalogue 1995 |
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