HIRIART Spanish Civil War Catalog (1 Viewer)

Mike,

As far as I can tell (although I haven't done a thorough search yet), the book is out of print (1972) and I will take a look at Abe Books to see if it's available, at a not too crazy price.

Brad,

Sorry, I misread your message thinking that you already had Bueno's book. Have you heard of Powell's bookstore in Portland, Oregon? They have a hugh selection of books.
 
Mike,

Just sent you an email, before I saw your post (sorry). ES 26 would be with the Republican flag and please submit that with your order next year.

ES 27, the one you have for resale, would be fine as is (since it probably wouldn't be historically correct otherwise). If you have any other of the SCW sets for resale please let me know and we can go forward from there.

Regards,
 
Mike,

Just sent you an email, before I saw your post (sorry). ES 26 would be with the Republican flag and please submit that with your order next year.

ES 27, the one you have for resale, would be fine as is (since it probably wouldn't be historically correct otherwise). If you have any other of the SCW sets for resale please let me know and we can go forward from there.

Regards,

Brad,

I currently have 22 Hiriart SCW sets in my collection. There are six other collectors, including two in Denmark, who I also order for. So, there are not a lot of us in the toy soldier world collecting SCW sets.

I currently have the following SCW sets available for resale:

ES02 Tiradores de Ifni Sahara

ES04 FET & JONS Milita Colour Party

ES09 Legionarios del Tercio

ES10 Legionarious Anti-Tank Gun

ES28 Bandera de la Legion*

This is one of the five SCW sets that is duplicated in the regular catalog as set 1181. This is the version I have, but if you are interested, I can get an extra ES28 label for you which you can past over the 1181 label.
 

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Brad,

Here are the rest of the SCW sets available for resale. I currently have ES29 and the other two, ES20 and 38, are part of the second half of my current Hiriart Order #6 scheduled to arrive towards the end of the year.
 

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Here is a photo of the flag of the 2nd Spanish Republic 1931-39, that was carried by regular Republican forces during the SCW. Thank you Brad for forwarding this to me.
 

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Hi Paulo,

Well, the answer is simple. Hiriart's SCW sets are entirely based on Jose Bueno's color plates which cover the 1939 Nationalist's victory parade. The SCW line did not come with box top labels until last year when I asked Guillermo if he would make one for the sets. I was hoping for a least a single generic label that I could put on each box, but he did me one better and made one specifically for each set. The labels say "Desfile De La Victoria" and then lists the specific set (e.g., Infantria 1939 ES-01). I assume that means something like Victory Parade. Now, here is where I need Brad's help translating.

I agree, though, that it would be nice to have Republican units, too. This isn't the only conflict where Hiriart has only made units from one side. They made two sets of Irish infantry, 1319 Irish Free State Inf with a General Michael Collins figure and 1320 Irish Volunteers, but no British Black & Tans to go with them. There are a number of British Boer War sets too, but no Boers. However, they do have set 1042 Tuaregs to go with the FFL sets. So maybe there is hope.

BTW, I assume you are aware of Stefano Allorini's Saimex Toys in Italy who carries the Hiriart line. His sets sell for 110 Euros, about $153 USD, and have eight figures rather than nine. He is at www.saimextoys.com. There is a Spanish dealer, El Infante, who sells these SCW sets at an outragous 207 Euros, about $287 each.

In 2006, my wife, son, daughter-in-law, and I visited your beautiful country along with Spain and Morocco. My daughter-in-law, in particular, was taken by the charm and beauty of your country. She loved the Faro music.

Hi,
Many thanks for he explanation and info. I am also glad you enjoyed your stay in Portugal and that your daugher-in-law enjoyed the Fado. It's a unique and very Portuguese sad kind of music, great voices and great singing. A more modern twist of Fado comes from Marisa or Dulce Pontes, excellent singers. Unfortunately I am not a great fan of Fado, I prefer something like Bruce Springsteen or Procol Harum or Diana Krall...:D.

Cheers,
Paulo
 
Hi,
Many thanks for he explanation and info. I am also glad you enjoyed your stay in Portugal and that your daugher-in-law enjoyed the Fado. It's a unique and very Portuguese sad kind of music, great voices and great singing. A more modern twist of Fado comes from Marisa or Dulce Pontes, excellent singers. Unfortunately I am not a great fan of Fado, I prefer something like Bruce Springsteen or Procol Harum or Diana Krall...:D.

Cheers,
Paulo

Paulo, Well, that shows how impressed I was by the Fado, I remembered it as Faro. As for me, I am a classical music fan.

I am going to order ES26 Guardia Civil Caballeria on my next order with the Republican flag. I also may order ES01 Infanteria (winter uniforms) with the Republican flag if I can confirm that the 1939 uniforms were the same as the early war uniforms.
 
Althought not tecnically part of the SCW series numbered ES01 thru ES40, here is set 1074 Academia General Militar de Zaragosa, Espana.
 

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That's an interesting set Mike. One of the things that annoyed Franco about the Second Republic was that in 1932, Manuel Azana's government closed the Military Academy of which he had been first commandant.
 
Paulo, Well, that shows how impressed I was by the Fado, I remembered it as Faro. As for me, I am a classical music fan.

I am going to order ES26 Guardia Civil Caballeria on my next order with the Republican flag. I also may order ES01 Infanteria (winter uniforms) with the Republican flag if I can confirm that the 1939 uniforms were the same as the early war uniforms.

A man with good tastes...

Paulo
 
That's an interesting set Mike. One of the things that annoyed Franco about the Second Republic was that in 1932, Manuel Azana's government closed the Military Academy of which he had been first commandant.

Boy, that is interesting; I did not know that. I assume Azana's government felt threatened by the Military Academy as a source of professional military officers potentially opposed to their regime. In my wildest dreams, I can't imagine anything like that ever happening here in the states (i.e., the U.S. Government closing the Military Academy at West Point).
 
I just came across a photo I took three years ago at Bob Walker's first open house. It shows a number of HIRIART's SCW sets on display. All the sets except the Spanish Infantry in the lower right are HIRIART.
 

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Thanks to a tip from 4th Hussar (thank you), I was able to pick up on ebay, the other set of the Mehal, pictured below (Mike's photo). I will post photos upon receipt.
 

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Brad,

Based on the label, this is the 1215 regular catalog version since it does not have the ES-03 Spanish Civil War label. It is one of my favorite sets. I have one set coming for another collector towards the end of the year plus I have an add-on set of nine extra men marching coming for a different collector who had bought the set from me last year.
 
I received the balance of my 2010 Hiriart order on January 31st. I also received a new 2011 Hiriart catalog CD which contained sets that I did not have photos of before.

ES-01 Infanteria 1939 (winter)

ES-07 Policia Montada de Seville

ES-15 Escuadron de Lanceros

ES-18 Artilleria de Montada (Municionamiento)

ES-37 Seccion de Sanidad
 

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I found a couple of additional photos of Moroccan troops. Two are of set ES-20 Regulares de Melilla and the third is of set ES-11 Falange de Morocco. Both sets have been previously posted, but not with a backdrop that is labeled "cuartel" whatever that means. Quarters?
 

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More barracks. For example, the Cuartel de la Montana was the headquarters of the military barracks in Madrid prior to the start of the Spanish Civil War, which was violently taken in July 1936.

Where did you get that building Mike? Very nice. It's the kind of building you would have seen in Spanish Morrocco or Ceuta, not Spain, which makes sense since the Regulares are pictured.
 
More barracks. For example, the Cuartel de la Montana was the headquarters of the military barracks in Madrid prior to the start of the Spanish Civil War, which was violently taken in July 1936.

Where did you get that building Mike? Very nice. It's the kind of building you would have seen in Spanish Morrocco or Ceuta, not Spain, which makes sense since the Regulares are pictured.

Thank you Brad. Actually, the photos are from the 2011 Catalog CD that I received on January 31st and are found under the Non Catalog section rather than the Spanish Civil War section. BTW, a copy of the CD was mailed to you on Saturday along with your ES-27 Infanteria set. The building looks like something that Hiriart made.

Did you see the two historic Uruguayan cavalry and naval sets I posted on the Hiriart Latin America thread this week end? I didn't have photos of either set before now.
 

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