Hiriart History & Interview (1 Viewer)

[PolarBear]

These are in Spanish but worth taking a look at

YouTube Video interview with Jaime Hiriart-showing his studio and working on figures

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NvKUUw3SHI

History of Hiriart: page can be translated using Babelfish http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

http://soldaditossudamericanos.blogspot.com/2009/01/hiriart.html

 

[damian]

He is certainly a prolific manufacturer.
Thanks randy for posting that link.

 

[jazzeum]

Thanks for the link. As a fluent Spanish speaker, I would, however, recommend Google Translator instead.

 

[PolarBear]

Thanks for the link. As a fluent Spanish speaker, I would, however, recommend Google Translator instead.

Here is the google translation--it is better than the Babelfish

Jaime Hiriart
Montevideo
c.1961 - Continued
Wood / Lead / enamel (glossy)
54mm / Beds

Hiriart is a manufacturer early: between ten and fourteen years (1951-1955) produced two hundred soldiers on board, painted on the front and back, and approximately 100mm in height. Then, during the course of adolescence, continues with the same technique, reducing the scale and incorporating marine and aviation miniature armies. As early as 1960, wood carving around eight hundred figures, mainly to form military parades including cavalry and artillery trains full. Almost without wooden soldiers for marketing, Hiriart makes his first experiences in the melt and cast in metal alloy of the first figures in 1972. Two years later, achieved a commercial success which extends to the present. More than three thousand models in their catalog, making it one of the leading manufacturers of toy soldiers in the region, with substantial exports to America and Europe. Beyond the demands of mass production, their soldiers in the style that distinguishes its old wood carvings.

 

[ucla1967]

These are in Spanish but worth taking a look at

YouTube Video interview with Jaime Hiriart-showing his studio and working on figures

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NvKUUw3SHI

History of Hiriart: page can be translated using Babelfish http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

http://soldaditossudamericanos.blogspot.com/2009/01/hiriart.html

Randy,

Thank you posting the YouTube link and a means of translating the interview into English. I watched the YouTube video earlier when Alcuino posted his thread on his Hiriart collection. However, my computer skills are so poor that I had no idea how to do what you just did nor know how to translate it. This must be a fairly recent interview because the two sets on the right are recent additions to the catalog: 1339 WORLD WAR I AUSTRALIAN LANCERS. The last set in the catalog is number 1341 which was just added this year. The front two sets on the left are 1168 CHASSEURS DE AFRIQUE and behind them are two special variations (with a mounted officer rather than one on foot) of set 1153 MEHARISTES, L'ARMEE D'AFRIQUE on camels. Hey, I just received two of those special sets Friday, one for Randy and one for me. Interesting.

 

[glossman]

Many thanks to Randy for posting the link to the Hiriart videoclip and the translation as well.

If I read it correctly, Hiriart has been producing metal figures commercially since 1974 and is still doing so now. This company must be one of the longest in the business for traditonal toy soldiers. Apart from exports, there must be a substantal number of collectors in South America to sustain this.

Raymond.