Good Morning from the San Francisco Bay Area and welcome to the new releases for September.
We hope to announce the results to the End of Summer Trivia questions on Thursday, so I know the excitement is overwhelming, but you will have to wait, just a little while. By the way Mike Miller did not win.
Some great new releases, which we hope to have at the Chicago show. My favorites are the Portuguese and of course Raid on St Francis. For those of you attending if there is anything special from the Jenkins Collection, that you would like to see, please let us know and we will try to bring it along.
We hope to have these on the web site later this morning.
www.sierratoysoldier.com
As always, we hope you enjoy the new releases as much as we do.
Best regards
Mike
Sierra Toy Soldier Company
KNIGHTS OF THE SKIES
GGC-08 German Mechanic and airfield accessories,#2
(6pcs)
Retail us$62
THE BATTLE OF CHIPPEWA July 5th 1814
Ammunition wagons were used to carry the reserve ammunition for the guns and were normally to be found at the second line or in the Park of Artillery.
The later 1814 “New Pattern Ammunition Wagon” is based on an engraving of a burning wagon at Waterloo.
This model is based on designs found in the excellent book, “British Napoleonic Field Artillery” by C.E. Franklin.
The wagon was designed to carry 180 rounds of ammunition for the British 6-pdr.
It was normally allocated a team of six horses.
BCHLIMB-04 BRITISH AMMUNITION WAGON, circa 1814,
(6pcs)
Retail us$69
Please note, use horses from sets BCHLIMB-02, and BCHLIMB-03 x 2
This set is suitable for Waterloo and for later Peninsular War displays.
THE PENINSULAR WAR 1807-1814
CAZ-02 PORTUGUESE 1st CAZADORES, 1809 Loading and Firing #2
(2pcs)
Retail us$78
THE SEVEN YEARS WAR
LEUT-05 ARMY OF FREDERICK THE GREAT PRUSSIAN GRENADIER CASUALTIES #2
2 Figures (6pcs)
Retail us$76
THE BATTLE ON THE MONONGAHELA 1755
There were reported to be over 500 pack horses with Braddock at the Monongahela.
This first set will be one of 3 sets of standing horses, with two sets of walking horses to follow.
Packs are separate from the horses, and are interchangeable.
BAL-07A PACK HORSE #1
(2pcs)
Retail us$48
BAL-07B PACK HORSE #2
(2pcs)
Retail us$48
THE RAID ON ST. FRANCIS
From mid 1758 until 1762, Rogers’ servant was known to be a young black man named “Prince”. He was to accompany Rogers on the St. Francis Raid.
In the eighteenth century, servants were often referred to as “belonging” to a particular master. In the military this meant that the servant was usually clothed in the master’s cast-off clothing.
The main reference to Prince is in 1762 when Rogers’ brother James placed an advertisement in the “Boston Weekly Post-Boy” November 22nd 1762.
“Ran away from me the Subscriber at Londonderry, in the Province of New Hampshire, on the 18th September, a Man Servant named Prince about 40 years of age, about 5 feet 5 inches high, speaks good English.”
It was reported that Prince had first run away from Major Rogers in 1760.
Previously Rogers’ servant had been with him for many years. During the Battle of Snowshoes they became separated, and the servant found himself traveling with Captain Henry Pringle, and Lieutenant Boyle Roche. Pringle wrote that during the retreat , “one night the servant, straggled from us, where he sat down, fell asleep and died immediately, tho a very strong man.”
RR-06 “PRINCE” (Rogers’ Servant)
(1pc)
Retail us$39
THE FIRST SUDAN WAR 1884-1885
RML-03 ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY 2 Figures Firing #2
(2pcs)
Retail us$68
THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
The BT tanks were a series of Soviet cavalry tanks produced in large numbers between 1932 and 1941. They were lightly armoured, but reasonably well-armed for their time, and had the best mobility of all contemporary tanks of the world. The BT tanks were known by the nickname Betka .
They first saw action in the Spanish Civil War. A battalion of BT-5s fought on the Republican side, and their 45 mm guns could easily knock out the opposing German and Italian light tanks.
The BT tanks were "convertible tanks". This was a feature designed by J. Walter Christie to reduce wear of the unreliable tank tracks of the 1930s. In about thirty minutes the crew could remove the tracks and engage a chain drive to the rearmost road wheel on each side, allowing the tank to travel at very high speeds on roads. In wheeled mode the tank was steered by pivoting the front road wheels. However, Soviet tank forces soon found the convertible option of little practical use in a country with few paved roads, and it consumed space and added needless complexity and weight. The feature was dropped from later Soviet designs.
The direct successor of the BT tanks would be the famous T-34 medium tank, introduced in 1940.
REP-02 BT-5, “Fast Tank”,
(2pcs)
Retail us$178
** PLEASE NOTE THE T-26 TANK RIDERS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO FIT THIS MODEL**
REP-01A The T-26 Tank Commander can be used with this model.
Well that's it for this month, hope you enjoyed.
Mike
Sierra Toy Soldier Company
We hope to announce the results to the End of Summer Trivia questions on Thursday, so I know the excitement is overwhelming, but you will have to wait, just a little while. By the way Mike Miller did not win.
Some great new releases, which we hope to have at the Chicago show. My favorites are the Portuguese and of course Raid on St Francis. For those of you attending if there is anything special from the Jenkins Collection, that you would like to see, please let us know and we will try to bring it along.
We hope to have these on the web site later this morning.
www.sierratoysoldier.com
As always, we hope you enjoy the new releases as much as we do.
Best regards
Mike
Sierra Toy Soldier Company
KNIGHTS OF THE SKIES
GGC-08 German Mechanic and airfield accessories,#2
(6pcs)
Retail us$62
THE BATTLE OF CHIPPEWA July 5th 1814
Ammunition wagons were used to carry the reserve ammunition for the guns and were normally to be found at the second line or in the Park of Artillery.
The later 1814 “New Pattern Ammunition Wagon” is based on an engraving of a burning wagon at Waterloo.
This model is based on designs found in the excellent book, “British Napoleonic Field Artillery” by C.E. Franklin.
The wagon was designed to carry 180 rounds of ammunition for the British 6-pdr.
It was normally allocated a team of six horses.
BCHLIMB-04 BRITISH AMMUNITION WAGON, circa 1814,
(6pcs)
Retail us$69
Please note, use horses from sets BCHLIMB-02, and BCHLIMB-03 x 2
This set is suitable for Waterloo and for later Peninsular War displays.
THE PENINSULAR WAR 1807-1814
CAZ-02 PORTUGUESE 1st CAZADORES, 1809 Loading and Firing #2
(2pcs)
Retail us$78
THE SEVEN YEARS WAR
LEUT-05 ARMY OF FREDERICK THE GREAT PRUSSIAN GRENADIER CASUALTIES #2
2 Figures (6pcs)
Retail us$76
THE BATTLE ON THE MONONGAHELA 1755
There were reported to be over 500 pack horses with Braddock at the Monongahela.
This first set will be one of 3 sets of standing horses, with two sets of walking horses to follow.
Packs are separate from the horses, and are interchangeable.
BAL-07A PACK HORSE #1
(2pcs)
Retail us$48
BAL-07B PACK HORSE #2
(2pcs)
Retail us$48
THE RAID ON ST. FRANCIS
From mid 1758 until 1762, Rogers’ servant was known to be a young black man named “Prince”. He was to accompany Rogers on the St. Francis Raid.
In the eighteenth century, servants were often referred to as “belonging” to a particular master. In the military this meant that the servant was usually clothed in the master’s cast-off clothing.
The main reference to Prince is in 1762 when Rogers’ brother James placed an advertisement in the “Boston Weekly Post-Boy” November 22nd 1762.
“Ran away from me the Subscriber at Londonderry, in the Province of New Hampshire, on the 18th September, a Man Servant named Prince about 40 years of age, about 5 feet 5 inches high, speaks good English.”
It was reported that Prince had first run away from Major Rogers in 1760.
Previously Rogers’ servant had been with him for many years. During the Battle of Snowshoes they became separated, and the servant found himself traveling with Captain Henry Pringle, and Lieutenant Boyle Roche. Pringle wrote that during the retreat , “one night the servant, straggled from us, where he sat down, fell asleep and died immediately, tho a very strong man.”
RR-06 “PRINCE” (Rogers’ Servant)
(1pc)
Retail us$39
THE FIRST SUDAN WAR 1884-1885
RML-03 ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY 2 Figures Firing #2
(2pcs)
Retail us$68
THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
The BT tanks were a series of Soviet cavalry tanks produced in large numbers between 1932 and 1941. They were lightly armoured, but reasonably well-armed for their time, and had the best mobility of all contemporary tanks of the world. The BT tanks were known by the nickname Betka .
They first saw action in the Spanish Civil War. A battalion of BT-5s fought on the Republican side, and their 45 mm guns could easily knock out the opposing German and Italian light tanks.
The BT tanks were "convertible tanks". This was a feature designed by J. Walter Christie to reduce wear of the unreliable tank tracks of the 1930s. In about thirty minutes the crew could remove the tracks and engage a chain drive to the rearmost road wheel on each side, allowing the tank to travel at very high speeds on roads. In wheeled mode the tank was steered by pivoting the front road wheels. However, Soviet tank forces soon found the convertible option of little practical use in a country with few paved roads, and it consumed space and added needless complexity and weight. The feature was dropped from later Soviet designs.
The direct successor of the BT tanks would be the famous T-34 medium tank, introduced in 1940.
REP-02 BT-5, “Fast Tank”,
(2pcs)
Retail us$178
** PLEASE NOTE THE T-26 TANK RIDERS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO FIT THIS MODEL**
REP-01A The T-26 Tank Commander can be used with this model.
Well that's it for this month, hope you enjoyed.
Mike
Sierra Toy Soldier Company
