King and Country Glossy (1 Viewer)

[DMNamiot]

Hi Louis,

Thanks for sharing They are quite nice!

I wish they still made the glossy stuff I would be very much into them.

All the best

Dave

 

[sv288]

I heard they only made a couple of those what Louis has pictured down near the bottom.

 

[jazzeum]

Are you talking about the Chess set, Les Mis or the Camel Corps?

 

[sv288]

Les Mis.

 

[Louis Badolato]

I believe there were 500 Les Mis sets for the theater (400 of which were given to cast and crew and the remainder of which sold out in the theater on opening night) plus an additional 100 sold through K&C.

 

[sv288]

Very neat. But what about like those really old planes that KC made. Like what you have in your collection.

 

[jazzeum]

If you want to see photos of the old planes, you can see many of them (most which come from Louis' collection) on www.toysoldiersusa.com

 

[sv288]

I've seen all of those. I would like to know how old they are.

 

[jazzeum]

I've seen all of those. I would like to know how old they are.

As in when they were first produced? If so, that's hard to say. Give me some ones you're interested in and I'll see what I can find out.

 

[Louis Badolato]

I've seen all of those. I would like to know how old they are.

The original wood planes were made between 1990 and 1996.

 

[sv288]

Lets see, lets see, oh the B-17 that Louis is holding on the last collector magazine.

 

[Louis Badolato]

The B17 was first listed in the price list enclosed in the 1991 post card catalogue. It was produced in several versions right up until 1996. The versions I have seen include "A Bit O'Lace", the Memphis Belle, and mine, the Sentimental Journey.

 

[sv288]

Did Andy ever make the Heinkel He219.

 

[jazzeum]

As far as I know, just a HE 111 (photo attached).

 

[sv288]

Because my Great Grandfather was a german night fighter ace.

 

[jazzeum]

Did he fly the Heinkel you asked about? What other planes did he fly?

 

[sv288]

HE 219 and the Owl.

 

[Louis Badolato]

The only German nightfighter version that I am aware of K&C making back in the day was the Junkers Ju88J nightfighter version (I have one in my collection, so there should be a photo on Bill Sager's website).

 

[jazzeum]

The Owl was also known as the Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu (Eagle Owl) and it was a German twin-engine twin-boom three-seat tactical reconnaissance and army cooperation aircraft. It first flew in 1938 (Fw 189 V1), entered service in 1940, and was produced until mid-1944.

There aren't too many great photos of it.

 

[sv288]

Yeah I see that. I wish Andy would make a HE 219 but he told me that the antennas would be to delicate.