The Great Tinnie War

[Ralph A]

scattergun

These little WHW jobs were all part of series, given out in return for a donation. They represent the "low" end of the hobby; common as dirt and worth only a buck or two, but they are among my favorite little things. I especially like the zodiac figure and the pirate.

Anyone else got any of these humble little relics?

[Ralph A]

another...

note that the terra-cotta figurine above still retains a little of it's original paint job.

For your pleasure...

[Mike Dunn]

Great stuff! I don't think that the WHW items are the "low end" of the collecting area. There are thousands of them and there are some very nice and rare WHW tinnies. A great and really untouched collecting group with I would think little faking being done. Mike

[Frank Heukemes]

Dear Ralph,

Actually the terracotta sagittarius doesn´t just retain a small portion of the paint job, it is almost a completely preserved paintjob. The little man was never painted just the symbol for the starsign, here embedded in a "real" bow. That was the chracteristicum of that series, paint only the symbols to make them stand out and see how they are integrated into the whole realistic little sculpture. I had some of those in the past and when I remember it right, different starsigns had different colours on their symbols.

Cheers, Frank H.

[James Noble]

Ralph, remember back a few years ago when all Day and Propaganda Tinnies were considered low end items.

[Ralph A]

More

WHW goodies:

[Ralph A]

Cheap shot:

Comrade.

[Ralph A]

Sorry about that.

This will make up for it:

[Marc Sherriff]

Pirate

I am interested to know which region the Pirate came from.

[Ralph A]

Pirate

It came from Northern California!

Seriously, though I bought it from a friend in California I don't know from what part of Germany it originated.

[Mike Dunn]

Ralph, great Imperial Navy flag tinnie type badge. Was wondering how many of us have Imperial tinnies as well? Or should that thread be in the Imperial section. Great stuff! Mike

[Ralph A]

the famous wedding cake tinnie.

My 14th wedding anniversary is next week!

[Ralph A]

more WHW

I love these. Way way up there on the all-time faves list. If anyone ever finds any more of these and doesn't want them for his or her collection, I'd be interested in knowing about them.

[Ralph A]

What? No return fire?

Come on out and fight! Trotzig fleigt meine Fahne!

[Ralph A]

No! Not up there!

Down here!