boerboy
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damian
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The link did not work I am afraid. What I am trying to find out is whether my train is by Hicks Atwell or some one else.
boerboy
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Please post picture of your train and I will tell you ^&grin
Al
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Try this link Al
http://www.treefrogtreasures.com/fo...hy-Trains&p=171695&highlight=train#post171695
Cheers
Martyn
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Try this link Al
http://www.treefrogtreasures.com/fo...hy-Trains&p=171695&highlight=train#post171695
Cheers
Martyn
This is a HA train for the Boer war: an engine with two/three box cars, the Sudan train is different: it has an engine and flatbed car with cannon in front of it...
Al
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Louis Badolato
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So where are the photos?:smile2:
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Hicks has never officially collaborated with Trophy, Jim H. or anybody else as far as I know. He just made his "stuff" and populated it with regular Trophy figures which was obvious and cheap choice at that time
I personally owned /sold two types of boats, an Arab dhow, and two types of trains made by him. I probably still have their pictures in my archive and I will dig them out when time permits.
Al
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Gosh, you guys want everything. Seriously, just picked it up at VF, need to unpack it and photo it. It is a charming piece, not perfect by any means, but I like boats!
Once I finally get off the road, will try to get some photos.
TD
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Those are cool. The figures do not quite look like Trophy. Thanks for posting and filling me in on my Train.
Louis Badolato
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I love the Sudan War Train. My son's is the Boer War train, and doesn't have a train station. If you ever want to sell or trade the Sudan Train and Station you still have, let me know.:wink2:
damian
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Who was or is Hicks Atwell? Any information would be useful. There really needs to be a book about Trophy and the Trophy dealers in the US and UK.
Jim Hillstead wrote a great article about Trophy in one of the magazines a few years ago. He usually posts pdf's of his articles on his website but I am not sure if he has posted the Trophy one.
Jim Hillstead wrote a great article about Trophy in one of the magazines a few years ago. He usually posts pdf's of his articles on his website but I am not sure if he has posted the Trophy one.
hi al, skip the call to louis, i will pay more
just joshing louis, although you never know. It's a fabulous piece
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Hicks Attwell was a hobbiest from Boston, MA and he passed away about 10 years ago. He made gunboats, trains, huts for fun and never made them in production numbers.
Yes, we need a Trophy reference and honestly I have been working on my Trophy web site for a while... it is not ready yet but will be soon (I hope)... then I think we will be able to populate it with pictures and other data with kind help from Trophy fellow collectors :smile2: The information on web site is easy to update and modify so it would be my preference to the Trophy book which would be obsolete the day you publish it ^&grin
I already have talked almost with every Trophy dealer in the US (with exception a few dealers including Mike Laeding , we just exchanged a few e-mails) and collected from them a lot of "Trophy references" ( close to 800 pages) and many many interesting stories...all this information will be available at the web site when it's ready...
The UK dealers is a different story, they are out my reach so far , so I hope that our fellow collectors from the UK can help
I have Jim's article on Trophy and I can scan and post it in my gallery if somebody interested.
Al
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Hicks Attwell was a hobbiest from Boston, MA and he passed away about 10 years ago. He made gunboats, trains, huts for fun and never made them in production numbers.
Yes, we need a Trophy reference and honestly I have been working on my Trophy web site for a while... it is not ready yet but will be soon (I hope)... then I think we will be able to populate it with pictures and other data with kind help from Trophy fellow collectors :smile2: The information on web site is easy to update and modify so it would be my preference to the Trophy book which would be obsolete the day you publish it ^&grin
I already have talked almost with every Trophy dealer in the US (with exception a few dealers including Mike Laeding , we just exchanged a few e-mails) and collected from them a lot of "Trophy references" ( close to 800 pages) and many many interesting stories...all this information will be available at the web site when it's ready...
The UK dealers is a different story, they are out my reach so far , so I hope that our fellow collectors from the UK can help
I have Jim's article on Trophy and I can scan and post it in my gallery if somebody interested.
Al
That is very interesting. You deserve some sort of civic award for your efforts. Truly you do. A website would be better than a book as you can update it. I would be very interested in a PDF of the Trophy article.
Thanks very much.