Monday, March 12, 2012

Austro-Hungarian Hussars - 38mm

Finally finished the unit of HWG-Modelle Austro-Hungarian hussars.  And, I have gotten more information about the mysterious HWG-Modelle company, courtesy of Wollner expert Robert Lonsing.  He writes:

HWG-Modelle has nothing to do with Wollner/Kober, there is definitely no connection. HWG-Modelle was or is a consolidation of two manufacturer only for the purpose of better selling:
- Erich Kollenz: HWG-Design started in the 1970's (mainly guns and limbers through all ages) and
- Josef Sichard, Vienna: pewterer and tin-founder since 1825
Your purchases are definitely no Wollner- but Josef Sichard-castings from old moulds (bought in addition about 1880-1900).
My thanks to Herr Lonsing for his help in solving the origin of these castings. Without further preamble, here are the figures (painted in acrylics, sprayed with two coats of gloss).




4 comments:

  1. Hi Steve,

    Beautiful figures sir! Lovely plumage and with the two coats of gloss varnish are very evocative.

    All the best,

    DC

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  2. I wonder when they were actually cast and if someone still hs the mold?

    Very pretty anyway.

    -ross

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  3. Thanks, David ! I have enough Sichart castings left to finish the infantry formation and also paint a squadron of uhlans. All in due time. ;-)

    Regards,
    Steve

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  4. Ross,

    Thanks. And I did not publish all of the message from Robt. Lonsing, but he says that Peter-Ewald Kovar now owns these old molds. I have the e-mail address if you're interested.

    Berliner Zinnfiguren still has enough cavalry castings left to make decent units of but you could probably cut a better deal getting direct from Kovar.

    Regards,
    Steve

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