Cohorn Mortar (1 Viewer)

[W T Allison II]

Cohorn Mortar and Crew, Set No. 1106b by Hiriart

 

[aujj65]

What a great looking set! ^&cool

Jeff

 

[villagehorse]

Now if this was in Matte, I would snap this up before the dust settled, thanks for posting, cheers, Robin.

 

[Partner]

When that mortar is fired we will have a new version of cow tipping !!

 

[ucla1967]

Now if this was in Matte, I would snap this up before the dust settled, thanks for posting, cheers, Robin.

Now if this was in matte, it would loose a lot of its charm.

 

[villagehorse]

Now if this was in matte, it would loose a lot of its charm.

True, but more to the fine eye of a Gloss enthusiast I would suggest. Cheers, Robin.

 

[W T Allison II]

Thanks Jeff, Robin, Partner and Mike. Mike, I wonder if Hiriart does matte special commissions like Len Taylor did for Trophy. Tommy

 

[jazzeum]

True, but more to the fine eye of a Gloss enthusiast I would suggest. Cheers, Robin.

Robin,

I started out as a matte collector but as I became more interested in the old K & C, I really started to like the gloss and there are just some things that look better in gloss than not. For example, WW II is much better in matte. However, the British Empire wars (e.g., Sudan, Zulu, NW Frontier) only look in gloss.

If you give yourself a shot, I bet you'd like gloss -- and this coming from a person who turned his nose up at gloss when I first started collecting.

 

[W T Allison II]

Compare Wm Hocker's Set #73, Artillery Train 8" mortar, Abyssinian War, 1868. Unusual set in that the elephant converts positions and mortar actually shoots.

 

[ucla1967]

Thanks Jeff, Robin, Partner and Mike. Mike, I wonder if Hiriart does matte special commissions like Len Taylor did for Trophy. Tommy

Hi Tommy,

I am not aware of Hiriart doing any matte commissions in the past. Guillermo really is a typical example of a small cottage industry; Len's shop was much larger. In any case, he really keeps busy with his glossy output and matte would just complicate his production schedule. As I have mentioned before, I order once a year and limit those annual orders to 120 sets. My 2013 and 2014 orders are complete and I already have 86 sets on the 2015 order! In 2011, I ordered 163 sets and he was not able to complete them all, so I had to move about 40 sets to later orders. Finally, I placed our 2012 order in March and we just received the first half of it last month and I suspect we won't see the balance until March of 2013.

 

[ucla1967]

View attachment 112931View attachment 112932 Compare Wm Hocker's Set #73, Artillery Train 8" mortar, Abyssinian War, 1868. Unusual set in that the elephant converts positions and mortar actually shoots.

That is an unusual set in that the elephant converts positions and the mortar fires from the platform. Bill Hocker has always made more toy-like toy soldiers than other manufacturerers that one could play with, in theory. I suspect that in the real world, one would not have fired that mortar from the back of an elephant and, if you did, you would not have wanted to be anywhere around there at the time.

 

[W T Allison II]

That is an unusual set in that the elephant converts positions and the mortar fires from the platform. Bill Hocker has always made more toy-like toy soldiers than other manufacturerers that one could play with, in theory. I suspect that in the real world, one would not have fired that mortar from the back of an elephant and, if you did, you would not have wanted to be anywhere around there at the time.

Thanks Mike. I feel certain they would have offloaded the mortar before firing or have never seen it again after the first shot. Tommy