D.Day British Leaflet (1 Viewer)

[King & Country]

Hi Guys,

Our latest 14 pages, full colour leaflet covering all of our latest D.Day British releases as well as some 'End-of-the-Run' items is now up on our website. Read Full Digital Copy, click HERE

Authorized K&C Dealers and our own regular collectors will also be receiving this great new leaflet in the coming days.

It also features some dramatic diorama pix. Hope you like it!

All the best,
Andy

 

[Mirof]

Thanks for sharing

 

[kings of Alt Clut]

Would this leaflet appear in the fiction or non-fiction shelves of your local bookshop [i saw someone post this, it made me smile]. See below for a representation of the answers on the accuracy questions on these new sets, but silence makes it's own noise and i can take it the historical errors are real. Might be the photo quality but those RN uniforms do not the bkue colour i expect.

 

[MLH13]

Thank you for posting, Andy. Looking forward to your October releases!

Mark

 

[Desertkiwi]

Would this leaflet appear in the fiction or non-fiction shelves of your local bookshop [i saw someone post this, it made me smile]. See below for a representation of the answers on the accuracy questions on these new sets, but silence makes it's own noise and i can take it the historical errors are real. Might be the photo quality but those RN uniforms do not the bkue colour i expect.

.........Gee whizz you're a happy camper aren't you?

 

[Northgate Woods]

.........Gee whizz you're a happy camper aren't you?

Toddy mate,
I was thinking the same thing cobber.^&grin Sort of reminded me of a reggae hit tune by the Baha Men from Trinidad in 2000. "Who Let The Dogs Out"{sm4}

Cheers Howard

 

[arnhem44mad]

Hi Guys,

Our latest 14 pages, full colour leaflet covering all of our latest D.Day British releases as well as some 'End-of-the-Run' items is now up on our website. Read Full Digital Copy, click HERE

Authorized K&C Dealers and our own regular collectors will also be receiving this great new leaflet in the coming days.

It also features some dramatic diorama pix. Hope you like it!

All the best,
Andy

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Would be nice to see some Royal Navy crewmen in Oilskins and caps! Similar to the USN figures released a few years ago!

Scott

Scott

 

[Barkmann]

.........Gee whizz you're a happy camper aren't you?

I sort of agree, there has to a point to let it go, but the guy only asked questions. I guess you - and Northgate Woods - differ from him in opinion, thats the forum, ying and yang, that what makes this forum. I like the Walt Whitmann quote "Be curious not judgemental", he's the former you and Northgate Woods are the later.

We all have more in common than not and if we were face to face then the discussion would be interesting and friendly. However, it is human nature to be passionate about things and people tend to be more so about the things they feel are negative and/or wrong.

He needs to let it go, my opinion is they are historically inaccurate, but i choose to just not buy them and when it boils down to it that's what you do. There's plenty of other stuff to take my money, i have three of the new sets [DD341, 345 and 338, all G] and i like them very much, but there are others in the range i won't buy, as do not like them, [337] the officer, as i do not like the pose, saw it 'in person' looks rigid and unnatural, like i used to pose my action man when i was a kid, that an opinion so don't bite my head off. Is there also any reason his boots are brown and the others are wearing black boots.

On accuracy, for me its on a scale, there are certain thing i would let go, others not and it is upto the individual where you sit on that scale. The one thing I draw the line at is, 'Was the equipment/unit/vehicle/tank actually there?' That's the main reason in my choices, the LCs are also a no, but i have 4 of the British LCAs and they are great. Wrong LC, would the D Day US troop collectors accept if those troops at Omaha were landing in LVTs? I think not. The UK price will also put a few people off, which is nothing to do with K & C. The main independent UK stockist is doing the LCs at £438.95, which is $571US, whereas if i bought it direct it is £286, if i had to pay the due it would add another £65 on top. Still a bit much for me for something that does not even make my acccuracy acceptance scale.

Have a good weekend, mine is sorted as just got below

 

[arnhem44mad]

I sort of agree, there has to a point to let it go, but the guy only asked questions. I guess you - and Northgate Woods - differ from him in opinion, thats the forum, ying and yang, that what makes this forum. I like the Walt Whitmann quote "Be curious not judgemental", he's the former you and Northgate Woods are the later.

We all have more in common than not and if we were face to face then the discussion would be interesting and friendly. However, it is human nature to be passionate about things and people tend to be more so about the things they feel are negative and/or wrong.

He needs to let it go, my opinion is they are historically inaccurate, but i choose to just not buy them and when it boils down to it that's what you do. There's plenty of other stuff to take my money, i have three of the new sets [DD341, 345 and 338, all G] and i like them very much, but there are others in the range i won't buy, as do not like them, [337] the officer, as i do not like the pose, saw it 'in person' looks rigid and unnatural, like i used to pose my action man when i was a kid, that an opinion so don't bite my head off. Is there also any reason his boots are brown and the others are wearing black boots.

On accuracy, for me its on a scale, there are certain thing i would let go, others not and it is upto the individual where you sit on that scale. The one thing I draw the line at is, 'Was the equipment/unit/vehicle/tank actually there?' That's the main reason in my choices, the LCs are also a no, but i have 4 of the British LCAs and they are great. Wrong LC, would the D Day US troop collectors accept if those troops at Omaha were landing in LVTs? I think not. The UK price will also put a few people off, which is nothing to do with K & C. The main independent UK stockist is doing the LCs at £438.95, which is $571US, whereas if i bought it direct it is £286, if i had to pay the due it would add another £65 on top. Still a bit much for me for something that does not even make my acccuracy acceptance scale.

Have a good weekend, mine is sorted as just got below

Officers boots could be brown mate.

Scott

 

[Barkmann]

Officers boots could be brown mate.

Scott

I agree they could have been brown boots, there was a brown issue boot, there was a company called William Lennon [who are still around] and also a company called Locus that made Brown Officer boots. I am not being critical, i just wondered why K & C had decided to give this particular officer brown boots, it must have been a deliberate decision as all the other D Day British figures boots were black. Does he represent a actual officer? I know officers purchased their own boots to regulation standards, but as many did not, I have some of the EA sets and the difference between the British and the Aussies is the boot colour. Not saying he is an Aussie, but just wondering why?

 

[Desertkiwi]

I sort of agree, there has to a point to let it go, but the guy only asked questions. I guess you - and Northgate Woods - differ from him in opinion, thats the forum, ying and yang, that what makes this forum. I like the Walt Whitmann quote "Be curious not judgemental", he's the former you and Northgate Woods are the later.

We all have more in common than not and if we were face to face then the discussion would be interesting and friendly. However, it is human nature to be passionate about things and people tend to be more so about the things they feel are negative and/or wrong.

He needs to let it go, my opinion is they are historically inaccurate, but i choose to just not buy them and when it boils down to it that's what you do. There's plenty of other stuff to take my money, i have three of the new sets [DD341, 345 and 338, all G] and i like them very much, but there are others in the range i won't buy, as do not like them, [337] the officer, as i do not like the pose, saw it 'in person' looks rigid and unnatural, like i used to pose my action man when i was a kid, that an opinion so don't bite my head off. Is there also any reason his boots are brown and the others are wearing black boots.

On accuracy, for me its on a scale, there are certain thing i would let go, others not and it is upto the individual where you sit on that scale. The one thing I draw the line at is, 'Was the equipment/unit/vehicle/tank actually there?' That's the main reason in my choices, the LCs are also a no, but i have 4 of the British LCAs and they are great. Wrong LC, would the D Day US troop collectors accept if those troops at Omaha were landing in LVTs? I think not. The UK price will also put a few people off, which is nothing to do with K & C. The main independent UK stockist is doing the LCs at £438.95, which is $571US, whereas if i bought it direct it is £286, if i had to pay the due it would add another £65 on top. Still a bit much for me for something that does not even make my acccuracy acceptance scale.

Have a good weekend, mine is sorted as just got below

.....discussions surrounding ‘accuracy’ are ingrained in the forums fabric and come with the territory.

In the end it simply boils down to what you like or dislike.

For some accuracy is paramount and for others not so.

Finding the middle ground in such discussions can be a challenge for some.

Love the Sharpe series.

 

[Desertkiwi]

Toddy mate,
I was thinking the same thing cobber.^&grin Sort of reminded me of a reggae hit tune by the Baha Men from Trinidad in 2000. "Who Let The Dogs Out"{sm4}

Cheers Howard

Love it mate. ^&grin

 

[Barkmann]

.....discussions surrounding ‘accuracy’ are ingrained in the forums fabric and come with the territory.

In the end it simply boils down to what you like or dislike.

For some accuracy is paramount and for others not so.

Finding the middle ground in such discussions can be a challenge for some.

Love the Sharpe series.

I agree finding the middle ground is challenging, but there does appear, amongst some on the forum, an even greater challenge to admit there are inaccuracies. However, the question on boots was not an accuracy question, as officers did wear black or brown boots, but was there a reason for him wearing brown boots, such as is the figure based on a person or a picture. The pose of the figure is not an inaccuracy, but an opinon, as you said it is either like or dislike.

Cheers

Try the Adrian Goldworthy Napoleonic books, the premise is kind of the opposite to Sharpe, it starts with Gentlmen serving in the ranks as they not wealthy enough to get a Commission, but still use the mess etc, the first of 6 books is called True Soldier Gentleman. Another 3 series of books, which for me are outstanding, are the Markham of the Marines by Tom Connery (pen name for David Donachie), first is called A Shred of Honour.

 

[panda1gen]

I am easily pleased - I am just glad that some more late war NW Europe Brits are being made, they have been seriously outnumbered over the last 20 years.





I quite like the poses and enjoy taking photos of them, but each to his own.