7th Hussars, British Cavalry Unit (1 Viewer)

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Just showing this set off.
 

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Lovely set of Hussars. Gotta love the cavalry.:smile2: -- Al
 
Your pictures raise a question that I've been meaning to ask fellow collectors:

Do you straighten swords, scabbards, bayonets, rifles, pipes, drumsticks etc to return them to their correct positions or leave them to avoid the risk of paint flake or even fatigue related breaks? Clearly the Hussars' swords here have been inadvertently vertically deviated during shipping etc.

Mark
 
Yosmanos said:
Your pictures raise a question that I've been meaning to ask fellow collectors:

Do you straighten swords, scabbards, bayonets, rifles, pipes, drumsticks etc to return them to their correct positions or leave them to avoid the risk of paint flake or even fatigue related breaks? Clearly the Hussars' swords here have been inadvertently vertically deviated during shipping etc.

Mark
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I do straighten them, very carefully{eek3}...

Paulo
 
Good question about straigtening ....I thought about it, but to be honest I was too scared to try. I'd hate to break the sword (as i have tried in the past, sometimes they straigten...with a kink...and sometimes I have had bits break)
So now I just leave well enough alone.
But interesting question you raise - I do not think their is right or wrong in it.
 
This just has to be a personal thing. BUT..........

I just couldn't live with a figure with a bent one!

Straighten - definitely - then if it breaks - replace it by drilling/pinning/ whatever!

Then probably re-painting/retouching.

Could you live with a bent sword, bent head, bent leg on a horse etcetera? Just add up the bits that could go wrong...........johnnybach.
 
Yo Troopers, being as we all know ex "Queens Own Hussars", which was formed by the Amalgamation of the 3rd Kings Own Hussars & the 7th Queens Own Hussars, seeing these we are not amused:mad: thought an old soldier like jonnybach would have noticed and 4th Hussar that they are improperly dressed, which carries a court martial offence "YOU ORRIBLE EXCUSE FOR SOLDIERS". So unless you tell me why these Hussars are inproperly dressed Troopers you are all on a months Jankers{sm3}, ask jonnybach what Jankers are{sm0}.
Bernard.
 
They aren't wearing spurs.

But I don't mind - I didn't wear any either - or them that funny hats - come to think of it - I never had a sword neither - nor them thar slap yore thigh boots.

As for Jankers - isn't that wot sailors stop their boats with? Don't start me off!

Listen boy-bach - when I was in - you wore khaki - then green - then "flower-power" - and that was that! We left all the fancy-pants stuff to the Guards and the Household Boyos!!

johnnybach
 
Hi Bernard,

Good eye I didnt notice the issue until you mentioned it. The barrel Sash is the wrong colours for this regiment. Should be Blue and White not the usual Red and Yellow.

Dave
 
Aha - I don't have a set of those - so was going by the photo. Still looks as if they don't have spurs to me from where I'm sitting. Must be the old mince pies getting tired......too much painting!

However - if that IS the answer ( a bit before even my time that) - looks like old Cardi's got me on a 252 - or a "fizzer" as it used to be called.

Maximum period of Jankers was 14 days CB (confined to barracks) - but that was usually at the more serious end. Surely I'll only get two days for not knowing that about a coupla girlies mincing about on gee-gees?

I'm Signals - me - you know - working for a living! Climbing poles and digging 'oles - that's wot we does guv! (well more like twiddling the knobs on a C11 - and trying to find Dan Dare on Radio Luxembourg - whilst pretending to send netting calls actually - remember that anyone?).

Du-oh! - Okay - pass me the potato peeler! See you outside the Guardroom in my best BD.

[And I'll bet you half the people reading this - won't have a clue what I'm on about.] jb
 
johnnybach said:
They aren't wearing spurs.

But I don't mind - I didn't wear any either - or them that funny hats - come to think of it - I never had a sword neither - nor them thar slap yore thigh boots.

As for Jankers - isn't that wot sailors stop their boats with? Don't start me off!

Listen boy-bach - when I was in - you wore khaki - then green - then "flower-power" - and that was that! We left all the fancy-pants stuff to the Guards and the Household Boyos!!

johnnybach
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You called? A bit before my time, we used Clansman.


Martin
 
DMNamiot said:
Hi Bernard,

Good eye I didnt notice the issue until you mentioned it. The barrel Sash is the wrong colours for this regiment. Should be Blue and White not the usual Red and Yellow.

Dave
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Top right 7th Queen's Own Hussars
 

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Martin Tabony said:
You called? A bit before my time, we used Clansman.


Martin
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Eh! Wot! - Clansman eh??

We used to dream about Clansman - my young shaver!

Lucky we had two cocoa tins and a bit of string, half of the time.

Lucky we even had some cocoa! - or we never would have had the tins!

Half a pint of luke-warm gravel we had of a morning - look you - to see us through 'till scoff - half of the time.

Clansman eh? - Hoo!

Digital crap! - no good will come of it all. Will get some Aussie gent owning the lot sooner or later - chances are!


Mutter, muttter, mutter..............etc.,


I even hear that the code invented by the Good Reverend, Inspector Morse is done for.... Bah! Humbug! - Ack Arr!

Youth today mutter mutter - things ain't wot they used ter be!
 
johnnybach said:
Eh! Wot! - Clansman eh??

We used to dream about Clansman - my young shaver!

Lucky we had two cocoa tins and a bit of string, half of the time.

Lucky we even had some cocoa! - or we never would have had the tins!

Half a pint of luke-warm gravel we had of a morning - look you - to see us through 'till scoff - half of the time.

Clansman eh? - Hoo!

Digital crap! - no good will come of it all. Will get some Aussie gent owning the lot sooner or later - chances are!


Mutter, muttter, mutter..............etc.,


I even hear that the code invented by the Good Reverend, Inspector Morse is done for.... Bah! Humbug! - Ack Arr!

Youth today mutter mutter - things ain't wot they used ter be!
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But I understand when you were in, Centurion was a rank, not a tank!^&grin^&grin

Martin
 
Just because they're old - doesn't make them any less funny!^&grin

Bit like me - I hope:D

Cheers chum! johnnybach
 
By God you lived a life of luxury, Johnny. Cocoa and luke warm gravel? I was in the RAF when Pontious was a pilot and we had none of that soft living. The only time we saw luke warm gravel was if we won a fourth bar to the VC, as for cocoa that was only drunk by the Marshals of the Royal Air Force when visited by the Monarch, ordinary erks had to make do with muddy puddles, if they could be found. As for communications what's wrong with smoke signals? Admittedly it was a bit complicated trying to light a fire in a Sopwith Camel when communicating with the ground but needs must etc. You pongoes didn't know how well off you were. Trooper
 
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