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The Sturmpanzercraftwagon A7V is absolutely suberb. In reply to Egonzinc - HECO was producing for around 30 - 40 years from the late 70s onwards until ill health brought production to a halt. Throughout most of the time production was by Tony Williams and his partner Adele usually did the...

Thanks Louis for the vote of confidence

Two new HECO planes for the Saxon Aces Collection B The Nieuport 17 was converted into a Siemens Schuckert copy of the plane the SSW DI which the Jasta 5 Saxon ace Kurt Schneider flew in April 17 and thought highly of although by the time it was issued to the Jastas it was out powered and...

Two new HECO planes for the Saxon Aces Collection A A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to win two new HECO models (Nieuport 17 and Sopwith Triplane) on Ebay from the same seller as Louis got his Camel comic although unfortunately I lost out on a nice Albatros DV. The two planes have now...

Red Tinplate Monster to Halbersadt DII (via DIII) B Before painting I discovered the only Saxon Ace I knew for certain had flown a Halberstadt was Hartmuth Baldamus who appears to have used a Halberstadt DII (AV) made by Aviatic during Oct / Nov 1916, which meant a slight modification to the...

Red Tinplate Monster to Halberstadt DII (via DIII) A At the turn of the year I acquired two of these lovely? red tinplate monsters with the intention of modifying / converting them into models to fit in with my collection of HECO tinplate planes in the markings of WWI Saxon Aces. [/ATTACH]...

The last two are to me the most interesting of the Saxon aces the leading Saxon ace Franz Buchner and Rudolf windisch with his dog Fifi and the SPAD VIIC he may have flown operationally against the French early in 1918 Fokker DVII - Franz Buchner - Jasta 13 - Oct 1918 SPAD VIIC - Rudolf...

Sorry for the bad news but all the figures/dogs are personal conversions using old hollow cast or recast figures the dogs generally come from second hand dealers and toy fairs Here are two Fokkers with their respective pilots Fokker DrI - Franz Hemer - Jasta 6 - Mar 1918 Fokker EV -...

Thanks Louis for all the help and advice. These are the two other Albatros fighters in the collection a HECOs regular DV which was the first model made for me by Tony Williams, and the DIII made by Alf Blatch as to the best of my knowledge Tony never made a DIII unless it was as a one off. To be...

I have just aquired thanks to Louis these two Heco planes which I have slightly modified and repainted to fit in with the other five HECO and one by Alf Blatch that currently make up my collection of HECO planes in the markings of Saxon aces. I hope other collectors of the great HECO Planes will...

Re - the Steam Engine sometimes Louis can be a little economical with the truth as the real kindness was from Louis.

I have been a member of this forum for some time but this is my first post. I collect 54mm old or replica figures for conversion to figures representing the Saxon Army 1871-1918. For the last few years I have become hooked on the aces of Saxony and their mounts. I have 5 HECO planes which Tony...