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    Max Chevallier has restored and SAVED a Mould tooling which "Kaputnik" had contaminated by casting sticky Plastic into it. He removed using surgical Tweezers the Contaminant, it took an entire morning by hand, but the result (second photo below) IMG_2024-10-31-11-15-57-841.jpg is impressive.
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    Because the previous owners had such a negative Public or Industry image e are re making ALL "Display" Models. This will take time. Here, basic undercoats have been applied ready for proper painting and assembly to begin. 1/32 Parts shown (Mountford Range Kits).



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    The assembly of the Display models continues. Once theres "enough" we will upload. have a nice weekend.
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    One BOFORS on Carriage Display Model is for a British or Commonwealth crewed BOFORS Gun in the North African or "Western desert" Campaign. Another BOFORS Gun on carriage is destined to create a "New" Russian WW2 Crewd variant of the weapon. I am working on "NEW" Russian Crew figures for that.
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    My English step father was a sailor on board HMS Searcher which shipped a lot of the Russian Allied Military equipment to Murmansk in early WW2 years before the opening of the Persian Iranian rail head to Russia using the Trans Siberia railway. He saw Churchill tanks Bofors guns all sorts of stuff got loaded into the Ships hangars
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    I have just finished spraying the British 5.5 Inch Howitzer Gun parts Army green basic colour. Another British WW2 Gun Display model is also being painted, depicting a Desert Allied or Commonwealth Unii in action in 1941/2.
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    The Kaput guys had labelled this as "man with feather plume hat" !!! Looks like a pair of German "Landschnekts" to us. Any other opinions please? IMG_2024-10-22-18-35-10-157~2.jpg
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    A Burgundian Foot Soldier Looting and Stealing from a French Village. Burgundian soldiers earned a very bad reputation during the war between France and the English King. It may have been an influenceing factor to bring Joan D Arc into the War in Domremy (la Pucelle).
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    The ONLY Four surviving Rosedale Crecy Knight Mounted masters. happily we have the toolings intact, and just made fresh new castings this week. (Minus the Arms and weapons lost by kaputnik !!). I have substituted arms armour and weapons however. So the Knights WILLL be avilable again soon. 54MM Scale.
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    A Chota Sahib figure originaly from our ex Sarum Studio Figurine Range, (we own both scales of the Entire production) takes a walk out in the States, disguized apparently as a "Real model" American trucker....we appear to have inherited the "Real Model Master for him. most "informative".nice modern figure. 90MM scale. "ELVIS" on rear jacket panel.

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    One of the Rosedale Medieval Archers or Bow men. many include a base with a wooden stake included as part of the Kit, in 54 MM Scale. (master shown was made in Lead sometime during the late Sixties.
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    One of Al Charles's Saxons in 54 MM Scale (In our considered opinion closer to sixty MM scale size)*. Well detailed and lifelike. There are a good number like him in the range too.
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    Amazingly, "No" the Busty Vampire woman winged figure is NOT one of "Cliff Sandersons" fantasy figures. Al and Dale apparently.....
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    Interesting unusual action poses, and high levels of detail mark this range of figures. The helmet armour and halberd of the taller figure are particulalry finely detailed
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    Another one of the late and great Al Charles masterpieces in Miniature.

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    One of Our Large Scale Figures, this time an Indian from North America. BIGGER than 90 MM Scale and finely detailed, very lifelike.


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    Some Al Charles Medieval Knights. Als work is omi present amog the 3Rosedale" Range masters. And is a JOY to behold....
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    WW2 Mobile Gun Carriage Mk 2 Version Parts /castings. A heavy large carriage exists for the 3.7 Inch Gun and a similar carriage (rubber tyred) for the "Bofors" Gun.

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    Parts for the Mountford 40 MM WW2 British Bofors Gun on Carriage. Barrel is present inside the other 40 MM Bofors Kit parts...There are FOUR possible Bofors Kit choices in this range. 1/32 scale.


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    The Tragedy that met our eyes when we checked the "Rosedale" masters...these were clearly maliciously damaged, crushed and "Torn" around a year ago. breaks are "fresh" but bag is "dirty". Fools no one here....Kaputnik again.


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    Rosedale Masters for the "Battle of Zama". Some relatively minor damage, but figures "missing" and oh look?! We have been joined by a Saxon warrior as well. Poor chap such a long way from Stamford Bridge eh?!!! Like lots of Rosedale under Kaputnik it got mixed up in the wrong boxes...
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    Mountford Original Production Masters for the "Bristol Bloodhound" Missile system. 1/48 Scale.IMG_2024-01-14-11-44-20-847.jpg


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    Our Kit Box Artwork for the British Seventeen Pounder Gun.


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    Below. Parts for the Royal navy "Sea cat" Missile System. Crew "masters" and someparts appear to be taken from painted "display" Models !!!


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    Al and Dale looks like. Rather a fine medieval Knight on his Horse. Note the two options for helm Crests. 54 MM Scale

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    We have discovered MASTERS dating back to "Falcon" in the year 1974. And other MASTERS dating back to 1978, 1984, 1977, and even 1968....
    The older figures are actually SUPERIOR in craftsmanship to many "new" offerrings today !!!
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    We finally found that in fact we have MANY more "MASTERS" than Moulds. Certainly Max will re make toolings for at least a percentage of these rare special older "treasures" and re issue the figures and kits again to the Hobby world. We have around Seven Thousand differrent toy soldier or kit choices. What a potential workload !!!!
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    Original Plastic production "Masters" for the Mountford british 17 Lb Anti tank Gun. Except...N Z "lost" parts of the original "Masters" and made substitutions for Metal "castings" (sub masters) instead. And "failed" to tell me anything.....like all the rest of the stuff then....All the Crew are GONE too.....F F FFFF "FOOEY" !!!!



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    I need to remake the British WW2 Army Gun Crew for the Seventeen Pounder Gun. Well, the Chinese word for "Crisis" also is the SAME word for "Opportunity". Lol.
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    Best practice perhaps to make a Western Europe Khaki Twill crew, and a Tropical Short Burma or Desert Crew at the same time. Did the Australians ever use the Seventeen Pounder by the Way in Burma???
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    Our lovely Medieval Knights originaly by Rosedale. Alas the former owner "lost" the Mould for their Arms and weapons....so I have to now research and make "new ones" again.....another Delay BAH !!!@@(((((

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