Telegraph Soldier Sets (1 Viewer)

[1879fanatic]

Guys,
check this MIgnot French Telegraph set out. I can't post pictures of it but would look nice in this thread!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330309823065&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123
Mike

 

[PolarBear]

Guys,
check this MIgnot French Telegraph set out. I can't post pictures of it but would look nice in this thread!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330309823065&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123
Mike

Here are some of them

 

[1879fanatic]

Randy,
Thanks for catching what I was puttin' down. What a set for a telecommunications diorama. Even the guy on the pole! I don't collect Mignot CBG though, and the price is is making me break out in hives!
Mike

 

[PolarBear]

Randy,
Thanks for catching what I was puttin' down. What a set for a telecommunications diorama. Even the guy on the pole! I don't collect Mignot CBG though, and the price is is making me break out in hives!
Mike

Mike

Do you know the unit and/or time period? Looks like Crimean War era?

Randy

 

[Leadmen]

Some Dimestore communicators.

 

[Leadmen]

Pole climber. J

 

[PolarBear]

John

Those are great. How many floors is your basement storage area?

 

[PolarBear]

Here is another view of the Camp Randall WWI US signals set that i found on the web

 

[1879fanatic]

Here is another view of the Camp Randall WWI US signals set that i found on the web

Randy,
Aren't they gunnery range instructors yelling to "cease fire!"?
Beaut of a set. Very vibrant colors . Looks like a repaint job to my finely unskilled eye.
Mike

 

[PolarBear]

Randy,
Aren't they gunnery range instructors yelling to "cease fire!"?
Beaut of a set. Very vibrant colors . Looks like a repaint job to my finely unskilled eye.
Mike

They forgot to yell fore!

I think this was shot outdoors on somebody's sidewalk, the sunlight making he colors more vibrant/

 

[1879fanatic]

Randy,
Any idea who the manufacturer is on this set?
Mike

 

[PolarBear]

Randy,
Any idea who the manufacturer is on this set?
Mike

Camp Randall

Here is the photo I posted earlier in the thread to compare with the outdoor shot

 

[PolarBear]

Dorset:

Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Signallers Officer and Signallers with mirror, tripod, flags, pad and pencil and Sentry

 

[1879fanatic]

Mark Time
Mark Time Heliograph Signal Team of the Royal Fusiliers. Includes Heliograph, Coverman, Signaller, Officer and Reportman.
Mike

 

[PolarBear]

Redoubt Enterprises:

Heliograph Crew. The Sudan 1880s

 

[1879fanatic]

Randy,
Cheater...thats 28mm I just saw...

Reviresco,
This set consists of an 1886 US Cavalry heliograph, an operator with code book, a Sergeant with binoculars an officer writing in his message book, and a station flag.

 

[1879fanatic]

How small do we want to go?

15mm Peter Pigs excellent Patrols in the Sudan range

 

[PolarBear]

How small do we want to go?

15mm Peter Pigs excellent Patrols in the Sudan range

If we can see it without an electron microscope, it is fair game.

Thanks for the additions and keeping the thread going.

I think one or both of us should archive these in an album?

Randy

 

[PolarBear]

Perry Miniatures

British Heliograph Section: Sudan 1883-85

 

[PolarBear]

This is stretching it (the telegraph wire ) a bit but these guys used the telegraph to send back their stories

Perry Miniatures

British Newspaper Correspondents Sudan 1883-85

The wargames folks are more adventurous than the 54m people in their choice of subjects. This is the size to go if you like 19th C Colonial Brits.