Sandhurst39
Private 1st Class
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- Jun 9, 2013
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JB. Looking good! I’ll get cracking shortly on the trumpeters for you as an add on.
JB. Looking good! I’ll get cracking shortly on the trumpeters for you as an add on.
Here's a link to a Youtube channel with many videos of the Household Cavalry, and other mounted ceremonial troops: https://www.youtube.com/user/SchmidtLondon/videos
This one shows the Band in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vAjqdVKW-E
...It is not known exactly when the Household cavalry changed over to (mostly) black horses - but, there was a tradition of using pale Grey horses for trumpeters...
Looks great! I imagine that instrument is fun to wear while mounting your horse.
Dave
These are looking amazing JB. I knew you wouldn't disappoint :salute:::salute::
Johnny I always enjoy seeing the work you do! Can’t wait to see all of them on display!
Dave
I plan to order some from Andrew for my Durbar display need some more mounted musicians I have the lancers band WB did a while back and I also have a Marlborough mounted band but I know from my reading/research there were a few bands there so just need to figure out which one to go with first and then order the castings.
Dave
Hi Johnny
The Marlborough set is only 8 pieces it’s a mounted pipe band with 6 pipers a drummer and the band duffarder. They are from the the 17th Bengal Lancers set numbers D19,20 and 21 from the Durbar line. The band is nice but like you mentioned small and needs to have a couple of other bands with it to really add to a large display.
The 1903 Durbar had over 35000 troops so they need some music to get them through the parade! I have a couple of marching bands that are around twelve figures so I think a couple of mounted bands would really help and since we won’t be moving anymore I can set up a work space that I don’t need to worry about moving and get back to painting figures. I have some already on the bench that need to be finished.
Dave
One of the units I am considering from the Cavalry Division present at Delhi is the 19th Bengal Lancers but there were a lot of units present at Delhi that are ignored for some reason like the 1st and 2nd Punjab Cavalry who were part of the 3rd Brigade of the Cavalry Division. I would also like to see the Guides better represented as well as other native regiments like Gwalior or Bhopal Lancers etc. it would be great if I had the ability to do the 15 Hussars which while not an Indian Unit it would be great to have them on display as well. I guess this sort of dreaming will just get me into trouble so one set at a time.
Dave