Help about Nap Spanish Fusilier ? (1 Viewer)

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Hi,

a Del Prado Spanish Infantryman has come my way, but I can't find any refernce to him in all of the listings, so I was wondeing of anyone can help me?
He is a Fusilier, Castropol Regt, Spain, 1812-13 and if freatured on the front cover of this book, on the left, in the light blue uniform and white cross belts.

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I can account for 100 figures already, but he makes 101 !!!!!

HELP :)

John
 
John...

I picked up a book this time last year that you may find helpful, Armies of the Napoleonic Wars edited by Chris McNab. The section on Spain (pp.294-341) is packed with illustrations, including the one pictured on the Osprey book. In regard to that particular illustration, it reads..."Fusiler, Castropol Infantry Regiment (1812-1813). While at Algeciras new uniforms from Britain were supplied to the regiment on 24 June 1812."

As I read further, I discoverd that many of the Spanish uniforms were issued from Britain, fusilier coatees with the same distictive "short" cut. An earlier fusilier uniform for an Andalucian regiment c.1811 is almost identical with the exception of the shako. Apparently shakos were hard to come by and many wore the "round" hat - a bell shaped top hat of sorts with cockade on the left.

With that said, Castropol fusilier regiments c.1809 wore white breeches with high gaiters, white coatee with long tail turbacks and faced in red, and the same white crossed belts. In May 1809 they were issued with British made jackets, but I am unclear at what point the color was changed.

Hope that is some help.
 
Nicholas,

thanks for the details about the soldier, thats very interesting.

What I really want is to the catalog number for this soldier, because he's not listed in anything I have, nor can I find him on a sellers website.

Here is an image of the figure.
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Anyone know?

John
 
Ahhhh...sorry for the unnecessary dissertation. The blister wrap on the figure reads "SNP108"...not sure what the NF number is unless it is also NF108.
 
might depend on where the fig was released-
Snp 108 might mean soldat nap pied loosely meaning nap foot...

Grant
 
Grant & Nicholas,

Yes, my blister pack has SPN 108 too... therefore this could be an extra figure released but all the books that come with them say its a set of 100 figures. Still the mounted Naps were 120....

Anyone else knows ????
 
John...


I know this series goes up to at least NF106, as there are a few additional releases. Would you like me to find the descriptions of the figures beyond NF100?
 
There are 110 line items for the foot figs and 121 for the cav.
the 2 cannons count in on the foot figures so- 108 foot figs is what i gather.
now the problem is the series has been renumbered between the original set with books and the way dealers need to order them (I am a Dealer).

Many of the figs moving forward do not have the books with them.

In the next few weeks I hope to have my site back up and running to reflect the way current system-moving forward.


this figure is indeed number 108,
107 in "infantry officer 1802"
106 sergeant old guard grenadiers
105 Rifleman York rangers
104 Sapeur young guard (french pioneer)(pers favorite)
103 officer life guard
102 trumpeter 1st regt, guards of Honour
101Grenadier 92nd Gordon Higlander-(pers favorite)
100 Voltiguer 1806

Feel free to contact me for availabilty. I should have some of these- in stock.


Regards,

Grant
 
Nicholas,

finding those extras would be WONDERFUL :)

I'd really appreciate that, then i can complete my listing and keep searching for the figures,

John
 
John:

This is what I was able to find. Not sure about the additional figures perhaps Grant knows.

NF101 Estorff's Hussar Hanoverian Trooper 1814
NF102 Officer, Hessen-Darmstadt Leib-Regiment 1812
NF103 Belgian Trooper, 5th Light Dragoons
NF104 Portuguese Rifleman, Cazadores 1812
NF105 Rifleman, York Rangers, 1796
 
Nicholas,

thanks for those, but I have them numbered as:

NF67 Estorff's Hussar Hanoverian Trooper 1814
NF66 Officer, Hessen-Darmstadt Leib-Regiment 1812
NF77 Belgian Trooper, 5th Light Dragoons
NF65 Portuguese Rifleman, Cazadores 1812
NF99 Rifleman, York Rangers, 1796

So the mystery deepens...

John
 
Hi,
I have a complete (or so I thought) collection that I collected week by week over here in the UK (100 figures). Just for clarification, the numbering of the figures I have matches the numbering on the Del Prado USA web site http://www.delpradousa.com/delPrado_series_2.html (Not sure if this site is still active or not). Is there now a different numbering system? If there are more than 100 figures in the series, like John, I would like to track down the figures I don't have.

I have matched some of the figures listed on this thread with the number I have in my list:

List by Nicholas Number match I have
NF101 Estorff's Hussar Hanoverian Trooper 1814 67
NF102 Officer, Hessen-Darmstadt Leib-Regiment 1812 76
NF103 Belgian Trooper, 5th Light Dragoons 77
NF104 Portuguese Rifleman, Cazadores 1812 65
NF105 Rifleman, York Rangers, 1796 99
My numbers match with John

List by Grant
107 in "infantry officer 1802" ??
106 sergeant old guard grenadiers 96??
105 Rifleman York rangers 99
104 Sapeur young guard (french pioneer)(pers favorite) 98
103 officer life guard 97??
102 trumpeter 1st regt, guards of Honour ??
101Grenadier 92nd Gordon Higlander-(pers favorite) 95
100 Voltiguer 1806 94

So I'm still unable to positively identify five from the list above (plus the 108 figure) without more detailed descriptions or photos of the figures. I sure would like to get to the bottom of this as well and complete my collection!!

Pete
 
Me again....
Think I've solved the numbering between the numbering John and I have, and the list Grant posted (100-107).

If you subtract 6 off Grants number you have the numbers John and I have so:
100 Voltiguer 1806 94
101 Grenadier 92nd Gordon Higlander-(pers favorite) 95
102 trumpeter 1st regt, guards of Honour 96
103 officer life guard 97
104 Sapeur young guard (french pioneer)(pers favorite) 98
105 Rifleman York rangers 99
106 sergeant old guard grenadiers 100
107 in "infantry officer 1802" ???

All except 107......no idea on this

So what figures make up 94-100 in Grants list?

Pete
 
Pete,

thanks for your investigation on the numbering.....

Yes it would be great to get a full list AND see where the extra one I have fits into the scheme of things. Do you have this Spanish Fusilier in your set?

I may see if I can find anything on some Continental websites.... they sometime help, if you can translate.

John
 
John,
I've had a look at the French list and is only contains the 'original' 100. The only change is that the original 1-11 have been switched with 12-22.

No I don't have the Spanish figure in my collection. Which, so far, is the only new figure that's been identified.

I have the complete list (UK v French) in a spreadsheet. PM me with an email address if you want a copy.

Thanks

Pete
 
I am working on listing all of these on my webiste -I am revamping it- I will do this line first (nap). and let you know.
probably a week or so.
Grant
 
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