Hi Mirof,
No, the 1/32 ACW was NOT a Corgi range! Nor were the Knights. Made by another company whose name was "Forward March" I don't exactly know what happened to them, but they are no longer around.
The 1/50 WWII WAS a Corgi range, and very good they are too. Don't come up too often on ebay, and when they do, they are not cheap!
There were to be 8 themes in the Forward March series:
Trafalgar
Battle of the Somme
Battle of El Alamein
Desert Storm,
Civilians at War
Great Leaders
Heroes
Special Forces.
The idea was to have 12+/- "items" in each theme; I say "items" as some were quite large dioramas/vignettes.
I have the "brochure" on each theme, but my computer is not letting me in to resize them for posting here.
Some of the figures and dios were absolutely First Class, others not so.
As I said in my first post, no theme was completed. I suspect that they were considered to be too expensive at the time of issue, which made for poor sales, and Corgi pulled the pin.
In my opinion, the 2 sets you have posted are not the best from the Trafalgar series. The "Death of Nelson" vignette is very good, Nelson, Hardy and the Royal Marine are good; the Signalman and Ships Surgeon are excellent. That is all that were produced. Great pity! I would have loved to have the Corranade Crew and the sailor in the crows nest! Similar story with the other series.
There are always Corgi Forward March figures on eBay, but some of the sellers want a fortune for them!!
Happy Collecting,
Oberstinhaber