Peter Cowan's Kingcast Toy Soldiers (1 Viewer)

[ucla1967]

Here are the Kingcast Indian Army sets that I have on display which I posted earlier in another thread. The first four sets, from right to left, are as follows:

K30 (aka BI 23) 19th Punjab Regiment, 1902*

K16 (aka BI ??) 8th Rajput Infantry, 1897

K22 (aka BI 20) 6th JAT Light Infantry, 1903

K19 (aka BI 17) 20th Madras Native Infantry, 1901

*This set has a non-factory sticker on the bottom of the officer's base which indicates that is the 17th Punjab Regiment.

 

[ucla1967]

The next three sets starting with the figures in khaki tunics, from right to left, are as follows:

K8 (aka BI 119) 34th Sikh Pioneers, 1903

K7 (aka BI 13) 30th Punjabis, 1900

K5 (aka BI 11) 14th (Prince of Wale's Own) Ferozepore Sikhs, 1906

 

[ucla1967]

This is Kingcast set K20 (aka BI 18) 7th Bombay Infantry (Pioneers), 1901.

 

[ucla1967]

In 1989, Kingcast had 25 artillery sets in its' catalog. Most were priced at $68, but the elephant sets were $315. Here they are:

A1 Dragon Gun with Boxer Gunners and Mandarin Officer, 1900

A2 Royal Canadian Artillery in Winter Dress with 9PDR Sleigh Gun, 1890

A3 Hyderbad Artillery with 5.4" Howitzer, 1897

A4 5" Howitzer with Royal Field Artillery Crew, 1897

A5 Royal Navy 2PDR Gun and Limber, 1900

A6 Peking"International" Gun with 2 U.S. Marines, 1 Bluejacket, & 1 Royal Marine Crew, China, 1900

A7 6" 30CWT Howitzer with Seige Carriage Extension & Royal Garrison Crew (no date)

A8 Russian Artillery with Putilow 7.62CM Field Gun, China, 1900

A9 No. 4 (Hazara) Mountain Artillery Mules with Handlers & Equipment (no date)

A10 No. 3 (Perharwar) Mountain Artillery with Gunners Assembling "Screw Gun" (no date)

A11 40PDR Siege Gun with R.G.A. Crew in F.S.O. (no date)

A12 Elephant Battery with 40PDR Siege Gun Pulled by 2 Elephants with Mahouts, Gunners on Limber & on Foot, 1898

A13 Indian Oxen Team with 6.3" Howitzer & Limber, Handlers & Royal Garrison Artillery Crew, 1906

A14 6" 25CWT Howitzer with R.F.A. Crew in Shirtsleeve Order, 1906

A15 Japanese Field Artillery with Osaka 77MM Field Gun, China, 1900

A16 "The Wolf of Mafeking" 5.5" Howitzer with Crew of Mafeking Defenders & Major Panzera (no date)

A17 2.75 Krupp Field Gun with Boer Staats Artillery Crew (no date)

A18 Oxen Drawn Field Forge Wagon from Elephant Battery with Drivers & Smith (no date)

A19 Oxen Drawn Stores Cart from Elephant Battery with Handlers (no date)

A20 Sierra Leone Frontier Force with Vickers 2.95" Mountain Gun in 4 Loads Slung from Bamboo Poles, 1901

A21 Schneider 7Cm Mountain Gun, Horse Drawn, with French Foreign Legion Crew (no date)

A22 No. 1 (Kohat) Mountain Artillery in Action N.W. Frontier (no date)

A23 30PDR Field Gun with R.F.A Crew, India, 1909

A24 Elephant Packed 30PDR in 2 Loads with Walking Elephants, Handlers, & R.F.A. Crew (no date)

A25 6.3" Howitzer with F.S.O. Crew in Action (no date)

 

[ucla1967]

I saw this Kingcast set on eBay recently. It is set BA 29 Medical Marine Artillery Band.

 

[ucla1967]

Here are two photos of a Kingcast set that I have in my collection, but not on display due to space limitations. It is set BI 14 - 8th Rajput Regiment Color Party.

 

[ucla1967]

I recently saw this Kingcast set on eBay: 14th, PRINCE OF WALES OWN, FEROZEPORE SIKHS COLOUR PARTY, 1906. I believe this set is missing an officer.

 

[ucla1967]

This Kingcast set recently appeared on eBay: 45TH RATTRAY'S SIKHS COLOUR PARTY, 1897. I believe that this is set K35 or BI28 which should have 7 pieces rather than the 5 shown.

 

[The Lt.]

My Kingcast Zulu War Sets

 

[GICOP]

My Kingcast Zulu War Sets

Thanks for these pictures Joe :salute:::salute:::salute:::salute::

Cheers mate

Martyn

 

[ucla1967]

This Kingcast set is currently on eBay: A6 PEKING INTERNATIONAL GUN, CHINA, 1900. CREW OF 2 U.S. MARINES, 1 BLUEJACKET, 1 ROYAL MARINE. The list price for this set in 1989 was $68.

 

[ucla1967]

This is Kingcast's set WA01 which appeared earlier this year on eBay. I don't know what the catalog set name is, but they appear to be World War I British Flying Corps personnel.

 

[ucla1967]

Kingcast set WA02 also was offered on eBay at the same time. Like set WA01, it was unboxed and not named, but appear to be World War I German flying corps personnel.

 

[MikeNick]

Mike,
Hi.
I recently picked up this Kingcast Greek National Band on ebay. Bill the Bandman sold it to me. Unfortunately there was no box, but I like the set all the same.
Do you know if Kingcast sold any other Greeks?

Thanks,
MikeNick

 

[ucla1967]

Hi Mike,

When I sent you the heads up on the Greek band set you ultimately picked up on eBay, I didn't mention that I was not sure if it was a Kingcast set or not. Actually, I suspect that it is not because of the articulated arms, the facial detail & painting, they are stepping off on their right foot, and it would have been out of character for Kingcast to have made this set. I could be wrong, maybe Tom Dubell has some insight, in any case, it is a neat set. Congratuations on your acquisition.

Mike

 

[ucla1967]

This Kingcast set BA34 (aka K47) Royal Engineer Submarine Miners 1893, was on eBay earlier this year.

 

[uncled]

I LOVE the Kingcast line ! I recently sold my newer 40 pdr. siege gun (Indian Army, British crew) but kept the older boxed one...I also have 4-5 other sets, including the Royal Marine Lt. Infantry Color Party at attention, the "Wolf of Mafeking" howitzer and crew, and the RHA gatling gun and crew, among others. My only complaint about the gun sets is that sometime the wheels on shorter axles are sometimes bent inwards or outwards, not a huge complaint...

Wish I had a digital camera to put these great sets up on the Forum -

 

[uncled]

In 1989, Kingcast had 25 artillery sets in its' catalog. Most were priced at $68, but the elephant sets were $315. Here they are:

A1 Dragon Gun with Boxer Gunners and Mandarin Officer, 1900

A2 Royal Canadian Artillery in Winter Dress with 9PDR Sleigh Gun, 1890

A3 Hyderbad Artillery with 5.4" Howitzer, 1897

A4 5" Howitzer with Royal Field Artillery Crew, 1897

A5 Royal Navy 2PDR Gun and Limber, 1900

A6 Peking"International" Gun with 2 U.S. Marines, 1 Bluejacket, & 1 Royal Marine Crew, China, 1900

A7 6" 30CWT Howitzer with Seige Carriage Extension & Royal Garrison Crew (no date)

A8 Russian Artillery with Putilow 7.62CM Field Gun, China, 1900

A9 No. 4 (Hazara) Mountain Artillery Mules with Handlers & Equipment (no date)

A10 No. 3 (Perharwar) Mountain Artillery with Gunners Assembling "Screw Gun" (no date)

A11 40PDR Siege Gun with R.G.A. Crew in F.S.O. (no date)

A12 Elephant Battery with 40PDR Siege Gun Pulled by 2 Elephants with Mahouts, Gunners on Limber & on Foot, 1898

A13 Indian Oxen Team with 6.3" Howitzer & Limber, Handlers & Royal Garrison Artillery Crew, 1906

A14 6" 25CWT Howitzer with R.F.A. Crew in Shirtsleeve Order, 1906

A15 Japanese Field Artillery with Osaka 77MM Field Gun, China, 1900

A16 "The Wolf of Mafeking" 5.5" Howitzer with Crew of Mafeking Defenders & Major Panzera (no date)

A17 2.75 Krupp Field Gun with Boer Staats Artillery Crew (no date)

A18 Oxen Drawn Field Forge Wagon from Elephant Battery with Drivers & Smith (no date)

A19 Oxen Drawn Stores Cart from Elephant Battery with Handlers (no date)

A20 Sierra Leone Frontier Force with Vickers 2.95" Mountain Gun in 4 Loads Slung from Bamboo Poles, 1901

A21 Schneider 7Cm Mountain Gun, Horse Drawn, with French Foreign Legion Crew (no date)

A22 No. 1 (Kohat) Mountain Artillery in Action N.W. Frontier (no date)

A23 30PDR Field Gun with R.F.A Crew, India, 1909

A24 Elephant Packed 30PDR in 2 Loads with Walking Elephants, Handlers, & R.F.A. Crew (no date)

A25 6.3" Howitzer with F.S.O. Crew in Action (no date)

#A7, which I also have boxed, is a VERY impressive field piece !

 

[ucla1967]

This pair of unboxed Kingcast sets was recently for sale on eBay; prior to this, I had never seen this three figure set before. It is set C18 Afgan Mounted Tribesmen. They sold for $89.88.

 

[ucla1967]

This unboxed set, described as unidentified by the seller, recently appeared on eBay. Of course, it is Kingcast set K8 34th SIKH PIONEERS; it sold for $92.99. The buyer also won two other Kingcast Indian Army sets and may have also won two others which I didn't keep track of.