Heco Tinplate Models (2 Viewers)

[Louis Badolato]

Re: Heco Tinplate Vehicles

Here are the photos

Thanks Brad! Did you notice that on the closeup of the Nissen Hut, you can look in the wondows and see the black and white checherboard tile floor Tony and Adele put in the interior!

 

[jazzeum]

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Yes, I did. That's pretty neat. The V2 Rocket platform is quite, quite impressive. Nice pickup.

 

[Louis Badolato]

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Yes, I did. That's pretty neat. The V2 Rocket platform is quite, quite impressive. Nice pickup.

Thanks! There are only two Heco products I think would be more impressive than that Rocket Platform: one of the big WWII Aircraft (I can't even imagine how cool the JU52 mentioned in the article would be) or that WWI German Gunboat depicted on page 15 of this thread.

I have to admit though, some of the buildings I have photographs of (provided by Tony Williams, with special thanks to Clive for getting them for me) are also pretty spectacular. There is a Hospital, a Canteen (complete with women serving the Tommies and GI's coffee and donuts) and even a Barrage Baloon Hanger with a crew of men guiding the barrage baloon inside with ropes.

 

[Louis Badolato]

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My new Heco Tiger and Hawker Hurricane have shipped, and should arrive Thursday or Friday . . . photos to follow on receipt!

 

[Louis Badolato]

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I just sent Brad three photos of my newly acquired "A.W. Military Figures" (the predecessor company to Heco, under which name Tony Williams operated from 1973 through 1980) tinplate Royal Engineers Telegraphic Tool Wagon, with a polite request that he post them for me.

 

[1879fanatic]

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I just sent Brad three photos of my newly acquired "A.W. Military Figures" (the predecessor company to Heco, under which name Tony Williams operated from 1973 through 1980) tinplate Royal Engineers Telegraphic Tool Wagon, with a polite request that he post them for me.

Louis,
I am especially waiting to see the RE Wagon, as is Randy, and others, I'm sure. In your Aerodrome Room, I bet you have nightmares of tripping and falling!
Great stuff!
Mike

 

[Louis Badolato]

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Louis,
I am especially waiting to see the RE Wagon, as is Randy, and others, I'm sure. In your Aerodrome Room, I bet you have nightmares of tripping and falling!
Great stuff!
Mike

Brad e-mailed me that he was away until tonight, and would post the photos tonight or tomorrow.

Additionally, I am working out of a client's office in the city today, and my Heco Hawker Hurricane and Normandy Tiger Tank were delivered at my home. I am bouncing off the walls because I can't wait to see the Hurricane in person!

 

[Louis Badolato]

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Louis,
In your Aerodrome Room, I bet you have nightmares of tripping and falling!
Great stuff!
Mike

Mike,

The photos in the "Aerodrome Room" - great title for the room by the way, I think I will adopt it - are of a raised diorama platform, 12 feet by 6 feet, which is not walked on, so no, I don't fear tripping and falling on the aircraft more than my usual fears of being clumsy around the museum.

Louis

 

[Louis Badolato]

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I opened the package . . . and I was gob-smacked!!

I have just sent Brad 4 photos of the Hawker Hurricane (by itself and with the rest of my all-Heco mini airfield), 3 photos of my two Heco Tiger Tanks (1 in Normandy camouflage and one in markings almost identical to the new King & Country Kursk Tiger Tank), and a photo of the two certificates that came with these works of art, with a polite request that he post them when he gets a chance.

Wait until you see them . . . they are awesome!!

 

[jazzeum]

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Here are photos of the tinplate Royal Engineers Telegraphic Tool Wagon from A.W. Military Figures, the predecessor company to Heco under which Tony Williams operated between 1973 and 1980.

 

[jazzeum]

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Here are photos of the Hurricane. The last photo are the certificates for the Hawker Hurricane and the Normandy Tiger Tank, coming up next.

 

[jazzeum]

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Here are three side by side photos of Louis' two Heco Tiger Tanks, one in Normandy camouflage and one in nearly identical markings to K&C's new Battle of Kursk Tiger.

Some very awesome pieces no doubt

 

[thebritfarmer]

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Very nice Louis, are horses in that set metal?? They look very much like the plastic Clydesdales that are made by Britians.

 

[Louis Badolato]

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Very nice Louis, are horses in that set metal?? They look very much like the plastic Clydesdales that are made by Britians.

The horses and the driver are white metal, with the horses affixed to tinplate stands. The wagon is all tinplate, except for some wood in the axles, and the cloth top.

 

[Louis Badolato]

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Thanks again Brad for posting the photos for me.

 

[thebritfarmer]

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The horses and the driver are white metal, with the horses affixed to tinplate stands. The wagon is all tinplate, except for some wood in the axles, and the cloth top.

Thanks Louis

 

[Louis Badolato]

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Thanks to the kindness of good friend Marc (Beaufighter) I just traded some duplicate retired K&C for a different Heco Nissen Hut (in blue RAF markings) and a Heco RAF Airfield Water Tower. I am forwarding Brad the photos he e-mailed me with a polite request that he post them on this thread. More photos of the buildings on my Heco mini-airfield will follow upon arrival.

 

[jazzeum]

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Here are the photos

 

[Louis Badolato]

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Thanks Brad! Pretty soon my Heco airfield is going to rival my K&C airfield for size. Now if I could just find a Heco Hanger . . .

 

[Louis Badolato]

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Can't wait to get the Heco RAF Nissen Hut and Water Tower. I have decided to re-arrange my entire airfield, to try to be more creative and set up the airfield closer to the way Gordon Neilson originally envisioned when he first set it up for me 3 years ago. He had the whole thing set up at an angle to the viewer, as he felt it gave a more visually striking impression. I will try to follow this concept when I rearrange the field. I am thinking of setting up all five Nissen Huts (2 new K&C, 1 vintage K&C and 2 vintage Heco) on an diagonal line parallell to the angle of the runway and the control tower, and siilarly place the Heco Wind Sock Tower and the Heco Water Tower on an angle, near the Heco Nissen Huts. I will set up the Heco stuff all together near the Nissen Huts and towers, towards the rear of the airfield, so Heco has its own area.

All the Heco and K&C BiPlanes will go behind this line of Nissen Huts, for a separate WWI portion of the airfield. This should also make the airfield look a bit more authentic and less crowded than its present configuration (with WWI, inter-war, and WWII aircraft on the same field). I just have to wait for the Heco and one more K&C Nissen Hut (which I already ordered) to arrive, and then I will send Brad some photos of the redesigned airfield with a polite request that he post them on this thread.