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  1. Mike Niederman

    News?

    Jaime Hiriart was posting very regularly on Facebook as of last month at least. It looked like one was expected to DM him for more info about the sets he posted.
  2. Mike Niederman

    Help ID maker of US Navy Running at the Trail

    They are very well made and presented. Recast Britains parts based on set 78.
  3. Mike Niederman

    Does anyone make Volkssturm or Soviet Partisans?

    Dragon, Zvezda, and Masterbox all have plastic kit volkssturm figures currently available in 1/35. There's also a kit from Dragon of Berlin defenders ("Nachtjager") using things like a fliegerfaust and a complicated night vision system. You might have to search the secondary market for that...
  4. Mike Niederman

    A cavalry scene with pith helmets

    If it hasn't already been deleted, please ignore my previous post. Incorrect info.
  5. Mike Niederman

    A cavalry scene with pith helmets

    Victor, are you going to be altering the Wolseley pattern helmets? That style of pith helmet was not introduced until 1899, a year after Omdurman. The 21st wore the Colonial pattern at the time of the battle.
  6. Mike Niederman

    Gloss ID for Fijian soldier ???

    He's in the Nostalgia pamphlet, as Fiji Armed Constabulary, 1900. It also shows the set's officer in a longer jacket, with sword carried upright in the right hand, and the scabbard in the left. The brochure is frustrating in that it has lots of pictures and no set numbers. Your casting looked...
  7. Mike Niederman

    Almost no black toysoldeirs, Why??

    Approximately 300,000 African Americans served in the Vietnam War. In 1965, African Americans filled 31% of the ground combat battalions in Vietnam, while the percentage of African Americans as a minority in the general population was 12%. In 1965, African Americans suffered 24% of the U.S...
  8. Mike Niederman

    Project GOK

    Perry Miniatures also do a vignette based on the Joy painting, although I can't get past the dwarfish proportions that are the accepted 28mm figure standard. Also, any ideas on what Joy was intending with Gordon's left arm and hand gesture? Never understood it...
  9. Mike Niederman

    Simple Airfix conversions

    Duro, Kneadatite, and "greenstuff" are different names for the same product. I use Apoxie Sculpt, which is similar to another brand: Magic Sculpt. I prefer them to Milliput for ease of use. Buy the smallest quantity available, they seem to last forever. I see the online prices are frequently...
  10. Mike Niederman

    Is this Britains Picture Pack 1279B?

    Trooper from set 2074 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards. Same figure is picture 1 on pg 40 of Rose's Collector's Guide. The Picture Pack only trooper is on a trotting horse (not cantering) and has a falling plume.
  11. Mike Niederman

    What is the most special/unique set in your Durbar/Raj collection?

    From Mirof's site: https://www.mirofsoft.com/toy-soldier/ Scroll down to Nostalgia. There's a PDF of one of the mid-1970s small booklets, with a history of the company at the end. Shamus Wade also sent out single pages of his new figures with his general toy soldier sales lists. I don't know...
  12. Mike Niederman

    What is the most special/unique set in your Durbar/Raj collection?

    Warriors from Jaipur, Rajasthan, in traditional chainmail. Beau Geste did a set, too (#75).
  13. Mike Niederman

    Marie Antoinette execution in TS

    Careful, there was a fuss when I mentioned the Hocker Trump Regime sets a few years ago.{eek3}
  14. Mike Niederman

    Does anyone recognize this set of Native Riflemen in traditional dress

    Wade followed the Britains Ltd convention of one officer and seven other ranks in a standard infantry set. Below is a partial scan of the Nostalgia brochure with your guys. They are the third and fourth figures from the left. The brochure only showed the different figure types for each set, and...
  15. Mike Niederman

    What set is this fixed arm Britains Cowboy from

    He's from the "N" range, sold as individual figures, and all fixed-arm. 5N Cowboy (on Foot), with Pistol. Info from the 1940 Britains Catalogue.
  16. Mike Niederman

    Does anyone recognize this set of Native Riflemen in traditional dress

    They are a Nostalgia set, issued by Shamus OD Wade back in the 1970s. https://forum.treefrogtreasures.com/...-Figures/page2 See two photos in first post in the thread. I dug up a Nostalgia catalogue. This is set N147 Mosquito Indians, c1845. Figures designed by Andrew Rose. Figures in that...
  17. Mike Niederman

    Does any one recognize this set of Native Rifle Men

    I dug up a Nostalgia catalogue. This is set N147 Mosquito Indians, c1845. Figures designed by Andrew Rose. Figures in that particular catalogue were produced between August 1975 and December 1977.
  18. Mike Niederman

    Does any one recognize this set of Native Rifle Men

    Nostalgia. https://forum.treefrogtreasures.com/showthread.php?5141-Shamus-Wade-s-Nostalgia-Figures/page2 See two photos in first post in the thread. (This inquiry should be in the Glossy Figures section.)
  19. Mike Niederman

    W Britains Scots Grey castings

    Hi Victor, I'll say what I can about the figures based on these photos. The horse pose descriptions are the accepted collectors' terms for the poses. Top pic: Nose of trotting horse, two troopers on trotting horses, one trooper on walking horse. The rotting horse was only used for set 32 Scots...
  20. Mike Niederman

    W Britains Scots Grey castings

    Victor, the horse on the right in your picture is in what's referred to as the 'cantering' pose. It was used for the Scots Greys officer starting in 1953. Prior to then, the officer was on the same horse as the troopers, the walking pose, and was distinguished by gold painted uniform details...
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