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Hello Ian,
It is not just Scottish Regiments who had pipers.
See below the link for La Meridiana's piper from The 40th.(Pathan) Regiment, Bengal infantry, circa 1895.
It states to be 54mm in size but is much nearer to 75mm.
It is available from El Greco in the U.K. see link below. There may be a supplier nearer to you.
40th Pathan Rgt. Bengal Inf, 1895 - La Meridiana - El Greco Miniatures – El Greco Miniatures Ltd.
Attempted to display box art image below but no luck, so hope the above link works. Same with a picture of my figure.
Yours,
Douglas
Thanks for the note Douglas.
You are correct about not all pipers being Scottish. The Irish Guards have a pipe band dressed in saffron color kilts and many armies from the former Brit Empire such as Pakistan, Canada and Jordan have pipers. Some years ago there was a display of pipers from the French navy at the Edinburg Tattoo.
As far as diecast models are concerned I have two non Scots military in my collection. First is an Indian army piper K&C SOE 018. Second is John MacGregor playing his pipes during the siege of the Alamo, K&C RTA 072.
I checked out the link . It is a resin model and I do not really like these. They seem to lose their color in my experience. I will check it out again.
Thanks for all of your comments and observations.
iang
i have one K and C oneView attachment 301838
Hello Ian,
It is not just Scottish Regiments who had pipers.
See below the link for La Meridiana's piper from The 40th.(Pathan) Regiment, Bengal infantry, circa 1895.
It states to be 54mm in size but is much nearer to 75mm.
It is available from El Greco in the U.K. see link below. There may be a supplier nearer to you.
40th Pathan Rgt. Bengal Inf, 1895 - La Meridiana - El Greco Miniatures – El Greco Miniatures Ltd.
Attempted to display box art image below but no luck, so hope the above link works. Same with a picture of my figure.
Yours,
Douglas
I collect model soldiers but now only bagpipers or sappers. Good quality models, K%C or Britains Museum stuff.
I have over 20 so far but if anyone knows of early models available or other manufacturers I would appreciate a heads up.
Ian.
Hi Ian, I have an early K&C WW2 Scots Piper (EA02) which I could probably sell on eBay but would be happy to send to you as a gift. It’s unboxed but otherwise in good condition. PM if this is something you’d be interested in. I’ll even throw in the postage from the UK but any tax etc. you’ll have to sort that out. Cheers. Simmo.
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