The Battle of Ali Masjid 1878 - Pt 1 Elephants (1 Viewer)

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The Battle of Ali Masjid took place on 21 November 1878, it was the opening battle in the Second Afghan War.

Here the 45th RATTRAY'S SIKHS escort an Elephant Drawn gun battery. Two of the 45th RATTRAY'S SIKHS have volunteered as Gunners















Elephant Gun Battery - Trophy of Wales

Ammunition mules - Trophy of Wales

45th RATTRAY'S SIKHS - Little Legion

Cheers

Martyn

 

[TomB]

The Battle of Ali Masjid took place on 21 November 1878, it was the opening battle in the Second Afghan War.

Here the 45th RATTRAY'S SIKHS escort an Elephant Drawn gun battery. Two of the 45th RATTRAY'S SIKHS have volunteered as Gunners















Elephant Gun Battery - Trophy of Wales

Ammunition mules - Trophy of Wales

45th RATTRAY'S SIKHS - Little Legion

Cheers

Martyn

Like the elephants...you really have a wide ranging collection of India and Sth Africa ....I like the older style TS..are they lead?..nothing wrong with that ofcourse....that would make them more original than modern TS.....regards TomB

 

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Like the elephants...you really have a wide ranging collection of India and Sth Africa ....I like the older style TS..are they lead?..nothing wrong with that ofcourse....that would make them more original than modern TS.....regards TomB

Thanks again Tom..the soldiers are all cast in white metal

Cheers

Martyn

 

[TomB]

Thanks again Tom..the soldiers are all cast in white metal

Cheers

Martyn

I though your soldiers....from the sculpt style.... were older.....I have a Deprado lead figure and the same figure cast in white metal..dont know what the story was there as I picked the figures up from a flea market...I vaguely know the story about lead....when approximately did they stop making soldier's in lead ?......hey....looked up the Boer War on Google images....the Boers look very muck like the early Aust Bushrangers.....the attire would have been much the same in any early English colony at the time I imagine...... cheers...TomB...... PS.....also downloaded the old movie...Breaker Morant... from UTUBE .to get an idea of the uniforms of the time....cheers TomB

 

[GICOP]

I though your soldiers....from the sculpt style.... were older.....I have a Deprado lead figure and the same figure cast in white metal..dont know what the story was there as I picked the figures up from a flea market...I vaguely know the story about lead....when approximately did they stop making soldier's in lead ?......hey....looked up the Boer War on Google images....the Boers look very muck like the early Aust Bushrangers.....the attire would have been much the same in any early English colony at the time I imagine...... cheers...TomB...... PS.....also downloaded the old movie...Breaker Morant... from UTUBE .to get an idea of the uniforms of the time....cheers TomB

Hi Tom

Not sure when lead was no longer used but I would guess late 50's early 60's.

All my Little Legion figures/sets are brand new, made from 2010 to the present day. The age of my Trophy collections start in the late 70's and end, when the Company ceased business around 2005. Glad you spotted the great similarity between the WW1 and Boer War uniform as worn by your Troopers. Breaker Morant is a great movie

Cheers

Martyn

 

[TomB]

Hi Tom

Not sure when lead was no longer used but I would guess late 50's early 60's.

All my Little Legion figures/sets are brand new, made from 2010 to the present day. The age of my Trophy collections start in the late 70's and end, when the Company ceased business around 2005. Glad you spotted the great similarity between the WW1 and Boer War uniform as worn by your Troopers. Breaker Morant is a great movie

Cheers

Martyn

From your posts you appear to have a wide Trophy collection....I guess they would now be starting to be unique .....The Breaker movie was good...more courtroom than a shoot em up.......last I read in the paper they were trying to get a pardon for Breaker and company because it is thought they were set up...British justice was a bit rough in the Army those days......do you have any drawings or pic of the uniforms...I dont imagine they were still wandering around in Red Coats at that stage of History......cheers TomB

 

[GICOP]

From your posts you appear to have a wide Trophy collection....I guess they would now be starting to be unique .....The Breaker movie was good...more courtroom than a shoot em up.......last I read in the paper they were trying to get a pardon for Breaker and company because it is thought they were set up...British justice was a bit rough in the Army those days......do you have any drawings or pic of the uniforms...I dont imagine they were still wandering around in Red Coats at that stage of History......cheers TomB

Hi Tom

Check out this link for original Boer War uniform pictures and those of reenactors, but the red tunics are relevant to the First Boer War (1881) - Majuba Hill era

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=bo...ZisA4TxOrKogLAJ&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1280&bih=897

Cheers

Martyn

 

[TomB]

Hi Tom

Check out this link for original Boer War uniform pictures and those of reenactors, but the red tunics are relevant to the First Boer War (1881) - Majuba Hill era

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=bo...ZisA4TxOrKogLAJ&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1280&bih=897

Cheers

Martyn

Thanks for that....lots of beaut pic's....will check them out...cheers TomB

 

[W T Allison II]

Hi Tom

Not sure when lead was no longer used but I would guess late 50's early 60's.

All my Little Legion figures/sets are brand new, made from 2010 to the present day. The age of my Trophy collections start in the late 70's and end, when the Company ceased business around 2005. Glad you spotted the great similarity between the WW1 and Boer War uniform as worn by your Troopers. Breaker Morant is a great movie

Cheers

Martyn

Hi Martyn: According to Joe Wallis' "Regiments of All Nations", The 1967 Safety in Toys Act prohibited toy soldiers from having lead content which forced Britains and other makers to switch to plastic for a time. Tommy

 

[TomB]

Hi Martyn: According to Joe Wallis' "Regiments of All Nations", The 1967 Safety in Toys Act prohibited toy soldiers from having lead content which forced Britains and other makers to switch to plastic for a time. Tommy

Thanks for the info to Martyn on lead...I thought it was earlier than that.....I have a lead figure which I am sure was produced after 67.....not Brit produce.....probably HK ........so I guess some makers were a bit slow in changing.......I brought the figure at a flea market;;;(Two figure's in fact) and was told by the seller that the first figure came out as lead and was withdrawn and replaced by a white metal figure.....I have both.....only mentioned this as a matter of interest....TomB

 

[GICOP]

Hi Martyn: According to Joe Wallis' "Regiments of All Nations", The 1967 Safety in Toys Act prohibited toy soldiers from having lead content which forced Britains and other makers to switch to plastic for a time. Tommy

Thanks for the info to Martyn on lead...I thought it was earlier than that.....I have a lead figure which I am sure was produced after 67.....not Brit produce.....probably HK ........so I guess some makers were a bit slow in changing.......I brought the figure at a flea market;;;(Two figure's in fact) and was told by the seller that the first figure came out as lead and was withdrawn and replaced by a white metal figure.....I have both.....only mentioned this as a matter of interest....TomB

Thanks for the info Tommy and Tom :salute::

Cheers

Martyn

 

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The Afghans bring an elephant drawn, large caliber gun into action



All Figures - Trophy of Wales

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Martyn

 

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Afghan chief checks the gun gets into position



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Martyn

 

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Elephant drawn gun and gunners



All figures - Trophy of Wales

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Martyn

 

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The water supply arrives



All figures - Trophy of Wales

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Martyn

 

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......it's thirsty work




Oxen Drawn Water Cart set - Trophy of Wales

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Martyn

 

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Gatling gun being brought into action



Elephant Gatling gun - Trophy of Wales

45th RATTRAY'S SIKHS - Little Legion

Cheers

Martyn

 

[Wolfgang_UK]

Hey Martyn,


nice figures and very nicely aranged. Where does the background and the groundwork come from ???? - both looking great and blend in very well with the figures.
kind regards
Wolfgang

Gatling gun being brought into action


Elephant Gatling gun - Trophy of Wales

45th RATTRAY'S SIKHS - Little Legion

Cheers

Martyn

 

[GICOP]

Hey Martyn,


nice figures and very nicely aranged. Where does the background and the groundwork come from ???? - both looking great and blend in very well with the figures.
kind regards
Wolfgang

Many thanks Wolfgang :salute::

The mat is from JG Miniatures and I found the backdrop after doing a "Google" search for Desert/Mountain pictures. I saved one picture I found and printed it off twice on A4 sized cards then I reversed the picture and printed it off again twice, this gave me 4 x A4 pictures. I then spliced them together.

Cheers

Martyn

 

[Wolfgang_UK]

Hallo Martyn,

what a fantastic idea - thank you very much for your reply. I got to try it out myself soon. A real booster to finally get on with my own diorama projects.
Hope to see more of your work here in the future ....
Thank you for shareing - kind regards
Wolfgang