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Les Marsh
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I do have the figures in the next lot of pictures.
Arnold Scissors Sharpener, c1945.
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Les Marsh
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| Atticman wrote: | | pauly wrote: | | Les Marsh wrote: | | £21 off e-bay a few days ago. |
sounds like a well bargain great buy 
note: sorry about the way I type up my posts its because Im a smoggy and thats how smoggies talk  called smoggies even though our air is cleaner than the queens in buckingham palace  |
No worries mate, we are used to translating Lincolnshire already.
Les those are great accessories, what reference books do you use to identify them.
My Doll waterwheel arrived today.  |
Thankyou for your comments.
I use the Shires 'Toy Steam Accessories, Steam Toys, some Bing catalogues, the internet and any other source I can find.
This might help with your Doll waterwheel.
http://www.fleischmann-toys.de/Doll/index.html
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Arnold Grinders.
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Arnold Man at Stamping Press, c1945.
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Arnold Sawmen.
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Les Marsh
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All my Arnold accessories together.
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Nick
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I would say those are almost an exact match to the Wilesco ones. Even the bases.  |
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Les Marsh
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| Nick wrote: | | I would say those are almost an exact match to the Wilesco ones. Even the bases. |
I am trying to find out if Wilesco took over Arnold, if they did that would explain how the later Arnold workmen are indentical to the early Wilesco workmen.
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Excellent show and a delight to see.
Great group pics.
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I dont know if Wilesco took over Arnold, I seem to remember Arnold selling electric trains and such much later.
Bing and Doll were bought by Fleischmann, Wilesco made metal stampings for Fleischmann and when Fleischmann stopped making Steam Accessories Wilesco came out with similar ones. Just as LineMar reverse engineered them and made copies.
So it is possible that Wilesco had done the manufacturing for Arnold and like with Fleischmann they made the items once their customer no long wanted to make the items, speculation only.
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Les Marsh
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My latest accessory.
Arnold Sawyer with Bowsaw, c1946.
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Another one in great condition, Les. I can see him and his workmates
connected to a lineshaft like the marklin photo in the Steam Toys book. 
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| How do you tell the difference between the late Arnold accessories and the early Wilesco ones? |
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I believe that Arnold was split up and sold off to other companies, Hornby now owns the Arnold name for the model Trains, so it is very possible that Wilesco owns the steam Accessory part of the line, however as with Fleischmann they could have been the supplier of the stamped metal and when Arnold discontinued the line it is possible that Wilesco used the dies etc that they had on hand. It is so hard to find some of this information.
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