Kosta is getting wonderful presents from a generous friends :)

So nice that you're sharing pictures of your pretty niece! She seems really happy with her new friend.
My niece Nicole also receive some gifts from that misterious Danish lady, I have to follow your example and put a picture of her when possible. Who knows, they represent the future community of STS?
Thanks for sharing these pictures, a big hug to your niece and hurray for the misterious lady!

Roger wrote:

So nice that you're sharing pictures of your pretty niece! She seems really happy with her new friend.
My niece Nicole also receive some gifts from that misterious Danish lady, I have to follow your example and put a picture of her when possible. Who knows, they represent the future community of STS?
Thanks for sharing these pictures, a big hug to your niece and  hurray for the misterious lady!  

Thank you Roger
Yeahh, please, make some photos of Nicole, when it`s possible :)
For shure , they are the future of STS

Aww! How sweet!

LeeAnn wrote:

Aww! How sweet!

Indeed! ^.^

Greeting for your niece :)

Thank you friends :)

Hello again here guys :)
My collection of an old and beautiful, compositions models is growing faster :)
Today, I want to show you a big banch of models, which I have from my new friend Attila ( Attis) :)

First one photo with all of them :

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:) It is so exciting for me, to have them in my hands. :)
Even some of them are not in good condition, they have them great history...and I can feel that :))
I`ll try to write the names of the brands...but this will be a hard job...becouse for some of them, I couldn`t find nothing....but it is also exciting for me, trying to find more about them..in this way, lurning more about the history of the animal models :)
And I realy need also your help guys for that...
Please, correct me if I`m wrong with some brand and year identification...and also to help me find an info for some of the models :)

Ok, so first the bach of the bears :

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Let`s start with the Lineol Polar bear 1950 :

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and, Lineol Polar bear cub 1950 :

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next model.. a polar bear cub. The paint it`s almost gone and it look`s like brown bear...but it is polar. According to Figurenmuseum.de , it look`s like it is Elastolin 1930-35 ... When I checked the catalogue photos, I found a similar model from Elastolin 1939-40 ....and a bit more clear, from 1954... I`m still not shure ..

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next one, a small model of polar bear. I couldn`t find nothing for this model...

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And the last one from the bears, a brown bear cub. Also I couldn`t find nothing about it ...

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Next model is Lineol Otter, according to  Figurenmuseum.de it is from 1950 ...I saw it in a catalogue photos from 1958 :

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Next one : tiger cub . Acorrding to Figurenmuseum.de it is Elastolin 1920-25 ... but from catalogues, I found a similar model from 1954 :

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next model : Jaguar. InFigurenmuseum.de I found a similar model which they say it`s a Elastolin leopard 1925-30 ... but look`s different like a details of mine. Then I found a model from Pfeiffer Tipple-Topple 1955 Catalogue, actually two models - a leopard and a jaguar, which look`s like mine :

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I`m continue with Lineol dromedary 1950 :

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I realy like this model..but I`ll have a lot of work on it :)

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Next one Lineol 1950 Wisent :)
This one is different from the models which I saw, like this one from Susanne..or Kiki..
The texture it`s not so visible..and the paint job- different . But it is almost in perfect condition :)

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next one : a beautiful model of Ostrich :) I found it in a Elastolin 1954 catalogue :

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And the last model : Lineol Giraffe ..like Kiki wrote for his one, it is made for his series IV from 1940 to 1960 :

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This poor guy has only one ear... , but I`ll make one for him :)

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Thank you very much Attis, for sending me these so many and nice, old models :))
I`ll try to restore some of them, but also I`ll try to keep this vintage looking vision.. something, which I realy like :)

Thank`s for watching guys :)
And thank you in advance , for your help, finding more info for them :)

Wow, Kosta, you have wonderful models here!
It's always so interesting to understand that your newcomers have a very long story, and some ones are older than you  Especialy when you get some animals about 100 years old
I always try to guess how my retired animals lived, where and with which people. And later some people (sculptors; people as you, who repaint them; or people as me, which «show» streets and forests to old newcomers) give them the second life. It's great feeling, I think.
And I'm sure you'll give the great pension to your novices
It was very kind of Attis to send such old and rare animals to you

What a great and interesting flock of old beauties

Take care now, - these old Composition models are VERY addictive

They are just gorgeous Big congrats!

Thank you very much Anasta , Susanne and leeAnn 

SUSANNE wrote:

Take care now, - these old Composition models are VERY addictive

I think, I`m already addicted ..

Oldies but beautys! Congratulations Kosta!

Kosta, it is fantastic to see how your collection of composition figures is growing! I'd love to help you with all these you can't identify but my tools are exactly the same as yours. STS catalogues, figurenmuseum and that's almost all. Your Lineol are correctly identified once those turned more or less common on forum and they're not hard to identify. I don't know how composition production works, but if it is as pvc figures, a less textured figure is possible when a mould is getting old. Maybe your wisent is one of last productions of that figure what helps explaining the great condition and less conspicuous texture. These figures are the wonders of our hobby in my opinion and they are a mix between toys and decorative little statues.

Thank you very much Andreas and Roger :)
I think , you are right Roger...about the wisent :)))
...and I like statues.... :)

This Bear is a Hausser, it is often sold as a panda.
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Could be a part of teh Pfeiffer Lilliput series also sold later by Elastolin
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Hausser, was also used as Lion cub  
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Hausser and Tipple-Topple used the same mold for this one. Mine is Hausser has a very different painting.
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I'm sorry I can't help a lot .

The last leopard is Hausser-Elastolin.
It was made for many years and in many painting-variations

Some were painted as if the mouth was closed !
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Eeeeek ! Composition models are terribly dangerous for people who have a weak spot for variations

The main problem is that Tipple-Topple used the same mold...

Congratulations Susanne

Kikimalou wrote:

The main problem is that Tipple-Topple used the same mold...

As far as I understand it, Tipple-Topple was the name that the Hausser brothers ( Who owned Hausser-Elastolin ( often called Elastolin for simplicity))  gave to the models made from the Pfeiffer moulds when they bought Pfeiffer in 1925 -  - gosh, what a mess

Thank you very much Kiki, I think you helped a lot with this info
Also thank you Susanne, for the info and photos

SUSANNE wrote:

Kikimalou wrote:

The main problem is that Tipple-Topple used the same mold...

As far as I understand it, Tipple-Topple was the name that the Hausser brothers ( Who owned Hausser-Elastolin ( often called Elastolin for simplicity))  gave to the models made from the Pfeiffer moulds when they bought Pfeiffer in 1925 -  - gosh, what a mess

Hahaha, yeahh, a very interesting mess

SUSANNE wrote:

Kikimalou wrote:

The main problem is that Tipple-Topple used the same mold...

As far as I understand it, Tipple-Topple was the name that the Hausser brothers ( Who owned Hausser-Elastolin ( often called Elastolin for simplicity))  gave to the models made from the Pfeiffer moulds when they bought Pfeiffer in 1925 -  - gosh, what a mess

It is a bit more complicated than that, when Hausser bought Pfeiffer, they used some molds for their own brand and used others for Tipple-Topple. Both have catalogues and are different trademarks even if they had the same owners. Nevertheless; some molds where used for Elastolin and for Tipple-Topple in the same time. For example:Lynx, leopard, girafe calf, camel calf, beaver, otter...

Kikimalou wrote:

SUSANNE wrote:

Kikimalou wrote:

The main problem is that Tipple-Topple used the same mold...

As far as I understand it, Tipple-Topple was the name that the Hausser brothers ( Who owned Hausser-Elastolin ( often called Elastolin for simplicity))  gave to the models made from the Pfeiffer moulds when they bought Pfeiffer in 1925 -  - gosh, what a mess

It is a bit more complicated than that, when Hausser bought Pfeiffer, they used some molds for their own brand and used others for Tipple-Topple. Both have catalogues and are different trademarks even if they had the same owners. Nevertheless; some molds where used for Elastolin and for Tipple-Topple in the same time. For example:Lynx, leopard, girafe calf, camel calf, beaver, otter...

This is great !!! Thankyou for the info, Christophe
At last I begin to understand ....I hope

Thank you too, Kiki :)
Susanne, you will have a lot of work for your Jaguar-notebook

Hello everybody,
my birthday was before more then two weeks...and I got so much and so nice presents, as animal models
And the best thing is, that I got this presents form friends, which I have from this forum
But these days are a bit crazy action for me..so I`m a bit slaw with taking photos...but,
I made also a present to me - a new cell phone, with better camera and nice effects,
so now, I can show my wonderful presents with better photos :)

Some of you know our bulgarian friend - Maria (Teardrop).
She is so generous person and I`m happy to call her - my friend :)
She is the only person from this forum, which I met in real...but of course, that easy for us, becouse we live in the same city  
I saw her on my birthday and she surprised me with so wonderful presents..
I want to start with the first one :

Fox - amazing sculpture by the russian artist - Svetlana Hitrovo, made from velvet clay.
Anasta knows very good this artist and the ``Velvet Clay Studio`` where Svetlana works with the great artist - Evgeny Hontor.
But I`ll let the photos speak better,  about this real piese of art :

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Look all these amazing details and colors...showing great imagination, talent and technique :

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And now, to have an idea about the size - a comperation with my Papo fox :

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I`m in love with this fox ! :)
And the material - velvet clay is amazing...very soft and so light :)
Thank you very much Masha (Maria), for this great present :) , but I have many other models from you, which are coming with photos :)