ABC

ABC (plastic toys & figures, Hong Kong pirate)


ABC Manufacturing (whitemetal figures, see: Battalions in Miniature)


ABC Model Railways


ABC Models (die-cast buses/omnibus models)

ABC Models (online retail store - for The Model Shop, Northwitch, Cheshire)

ABC - ABC Model Railways

Richmond Hill Farm, Richmond Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX44 7XF, United Kingdom
Tel: 07813 031152
eMail: info@abcmodelrailways.com
Website: http://www.abcmodelrailways.com/

Early 1980's - Current

Retailer who had two shops, now only doing the rounds of Toy Fairs, Swap Meets and club exhibitions/open days, where they sell second-hand model railways in various scale, put on their own exhibition layouts/dioramas and retail the old Model Scene range of scenics and tools. Now mail-order only, via the email above, unless you arrange to see them at a show.

What They Say
"Following the closure of our two retail outlets, we continue to trade at exhibitions and selected toyfairs all over UK, we been trading for over 32 years, now offering a range of new & pre-owned models from T gauge, Z, N, OO9, HOe, HOm, 00, H0, 0.16.5, 0. Full range of track, modellers bit’s & pieces, tools, scenic’s, we hold a big range of OO9 & Bemo."

What This Entry Needs
Whatever anyone feels needs to be added

ABC - ABC Manufacturing

See: Battalions in Miniature

ABC - HK - Hong Kong

Hong Kong.

Mark: ABC in a diamond lozenge lying on its long-side.

See also; CK, CM, CMV and HK.

Early (but poorer quality) Hong Kong based pirate producing rack-toys at the bottom end of the market. Various figures mostly pirates of other manufacturers, all marked ‘ABC’ and/or Hong Kong. Similar ranges/figures issued by the other marks mentioned above suggest some sort of (lose?) relationship between them all.

Listing (incomplete)

20mm WWII range (sets)

- Combat (1965, piracies of Kleeware mini-truck and 7 Britains Lilliput)

- Unbreakable Military Police Patrol

40/50mm range (loose)

- 8^th Army/Desert Infantry (at least 2 poses, cross-copies of Crescent/Timpo)

- Indians (3+ poses, piracies of Britains ‘Swoppets’)

- Knights (piracies of Britains ‘Swoppets’)

- Renaissance (piracies of Britains Herald ECW)

- US Marines (ex-Britains hollow-cast)

- British Line Infantry (ex-Britains hollow-cast)

Other Items
- Mini Trucks (Kleeware [from Dinky] 1-ton Humber 30kwt truck piracies)
- Cargo Lorries (tinplate/plastic, various bodies/liveries seen including ABC)

Probably ABC (as per the ex-hollow cast items above)

- Kahki Infantry Stading at Attention (ex-Britains Herald)

- Highland Bansmen (ex-Britains Herald)

- Highlanders (ex-Britains Herald)
- Guardsmen (ex-Britains Herald)

- RAF Regiment (ex-Britains hollow-cast)
- [Cowboys]  (ex-Britains swoppets)

Links

ABC on My Main Blog

Further Reading

Plastic Warrior magazine No. 158