What Toy Soldier items Have You Acquired in The Last 2 Weeks ? (2 Viewers)

[Obee]

These two sets of kits by First Legion have arrived today from an intestate seller on Ebay.


FL54001 Great British Gordon Highlanders - "Scottish Fury" at Waterloo


FL54003 Imperial Guard Lancer "Hunting for Grasshoppers" - Waterloo 1815

Both boxes hadn't been opened, and on inspection I can see that all the parts are there.

Best thing is that they cost me a total of AUS$60 (US$40) delivered !!!!
There was only one other bidder too .......Win Win for me

These will keep me busy over the coming winter, assembly and painting and I'll be sure to post images of the completed sets when done.

John

 

[Poppo]

These two sets of kits by First Legion have arrived today from an intestate seller on Ebay.

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FL54001 Great British Gordon Highlanders - "Scottish Fury" at Waterloo

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FL54003 Imperial Guard Lancer "Hunting for Grasshoppers" - Waterloo 1815

Both boxes hadn't been opened, and on inspection I can see that all the parts are there.

Best thing is that they cost me a total of AUS$60 (US$40) delivered !!!!
There was only one other bidder too .......Win Win for me

These will keep me busy over the coming winter, assembly and painting and I'll be sure to post images of the completed sets when done.

John

Hard work!{sm2}

 

[BHogan]

These two sets of kits by First Legion have arrived today from an intestate seller on Ebay.

FL54001 Great British Gordon Highlanders - "Scottish Fury" at Waterloo

FL54003 Imperial Guard Lancer "Hunting for Grasshoppers" - Waterloo 1815

Both boxes hadn't been opened, and on inspection I can see that all the parts are there.

Best thing is that they cost me a total of AUS$60 (US$40) delivered !!!!
There was only one other bidder too .......Win Win for me

These will keep me busy over the coming winter, assembly and painting and I'll be sure to post images of the completed sets when done.

John

I'm looking forward to seeing your progress. And the final result!

Brendan

 

[Currahee Chris]

I picked up a Russian painted German Landsknecht hoisting a beer stein and a painted plastic Krampus.

I also picked up a wounded spartan from TGM, a Swiss ceremonial figure from KC, an "orphaned" 2ID WW2 Tank Rider with a Bazooka from TCS and FL NOR 06 recently.

 

[tdubel]

New Acquisition from Manes Marzano - Fernando signed it as a 1 of 1 2023. Who knows if he will make another one, but I bought it for the love of my elephants collection!

 

[paxtoysoldier]

Very unique and pretty. A worthy elephant set.
Paddy

 

[Warrior]

New Acquisition from Manes Marzano - Fernando signed it as a 1 of 1 2023. Who knows if he will make another one, but I bought it for the love of my elephants collection!

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Aside from the fun I had hanging out with you for two days at MFCA, getting to see a lot of my customers for the first time in a year and making nice bank at the show, it was fun to see you running around buying stuff for your collection, you truly enjoy the hobby and at the end of the day, that's what is the most important thing of all, the sheer enjoyment the hobby brings to people such as yourself.

 

[tdubel]

Aside from the fun I had hanging out with you for two days at MFCA, getting to see a lot of my customers for the first time in a year and making nice bank at the show, it was fun to see you running around buying stuff for your collection, you truly enjoy the hobby and at the end of the day, that's what is the most important thing of all, the sheer enjoyment the hobby brings to people such as yourself.

Thanks George. I really do appreciate this hobby and the thrill of the hunt, makes it fun. Also, keeps me young in my opinion. Every show feels like as a kid going to the toy store. Just love it.
TD

 

[Spanish soldier]

Roman cavalry collection

 

[Pauck]

Oldies but goodies

I bought two old models,
King & Country WS131 Sd.Kfz.251/22 Ausf. C (Pakwagen, Summer version), no box but price was o.k.
Think a summer camo version never exist, because was introduced Nov. 1944, but IMOP looks cool.



Collectors Showcase CS00355 Panther Ausf. G Normandy
Some failure: if you want open the hatch for engine compatment you must lift the turret and the container of the Rohrwischgerät (gun wiper?) is applicatet to high on the left side so it is not possible to move the turret only in a snarrow angle. Driver figurine looks awful (on the photo is a K&C figurine)
Otherwise I like it.

 

[Grey Heron]

New Acquisition from Manes Marzano - Fernando signed it as a 1 of 1 2023. Who knows if he will make another one, but I bought it for the love of my elephants collection!

I love the elephant pulling this beautiful artillery piece. Well done in scoring this model.

Cheers,
Grey

 

[Grey Heron]

JJD - LtCol Banastre Tarleton and one 3rd Continental Dragoon trooper.

JJD - Minamoto No Kuro Yoshitsune

TGM - Four Viet Minh foot. Two French Legionnaire's Dien Bien Phu

WBritian - Old Growth Oak Tree Summer and 18th–20th Century Harvested Corn with Pumpkins

 

[saxon lions]

At last I have a ‘Gitterschwanz’ – the RAF FE8

Those who collect HECO tinplate models will probably agree that amongst Tony Williams' most iconic creations were the ‘Pusher Biplanes’, with numerous Vickers Gunbus’ , DH2s and FE2bs being made . The Pushers nicknamed Lattice Tails or ‘gitterschantz’ by the Germans were an allied and particularly British response to the German invention of interrupter thereby allowing a machine gun to fire relatively safely through the propeller. The Pusher layout enabled allied pilots to also fire forwards by placing the engine behind the pilot. In contrast the procurement agency for the German Air Service ‘Idflieg’ never rated the ‘Pusher’ concept believing they lacked the maneuverability of the more conventional tractor engined planes.

My collection whilst virtually entirely of the planes flown by the Saxon aces in the German Air Service and includes a number of captured allied types flown by them usually for evaluation purposes most notably Windisch’s SPAD VII. However, I wanted if possible to add a ‘gitterschwantz’ but as my friend Wolfgang-UK will attest my extensive attempts to find pictures of ‘Pushers’ in German markings let alone one flown by a Saxon proved fruitless no doubt due to their lack of interest in them. Then out of the blue I discovered that a number of the last Pusher type to enter front line service the FE8 had been captured intact and for some reason the Germans had decided to evaluate at least two of these which received German markings. One of these 7624 formally flown by the captured George Mapplebeck found its way into Jastaschule 1 at the time the Saxon ace Hans Hoyer was training with the unit prior to assignment to Jasta 36. I have also wanted to add Hoyer who uniquely among the Saxon aces received the state’s highest honour the St. Henry Order whilst serving in the artillery prior to assignment to the Air Service, but to date I have been unable to discover the markings of any of the planes he flew in action. Thus this addition finally meets two of my long term objectives albeit a tentative link at best.

The Royal Aircraft Factory – Farman Experimental 8 to give it its full title was designed at around the same time as the DH2, but production was delayed due to problems with the engine (where have I heard that before) so only entered frontline service in August 1916 by which time the Pusher concept was already obsolete and the type only fully equipped 40 and 41 Squadrons of the RFC. The plane was the most streamlined of the British Pushers (a relative term for a pusher) and uniquely had a four bladed propeller two features that may have influenced the Germans to evaluate this new plane at the front which was faster than the DH2, but less maneuverable. The FE8 had the dubious distinction of being the last Pusher type to be withdrawn from frontline service. My original intention was to convert a HECO model with help from Louis but I soon realised that in doing so would mean replacing most of the original thereby negating the whole point of modifying a HECO model, thus whilst using the original for inspiration I determined to scratch build this 'gitterschwantz' completely out of metal using copper brass aluminum and tinplate with the usual copious amount of 'Chemical Metal filler.

 

[saxon lions]

I also now have a Saxon made Biplane - The DFW CV

At last I have a Saxon made plane for my Saxon aces the DFW CV. The Deutsch Flugzeug-Werke were based in Leipzig, Saxony and although they failed to design a successful fighter they did produce the CV one of Germany’s finest two seat planes with over three thousand built for the German Air Service, and some remaining in service into the 1920s with some Eastern European air services. A DFW CV served with Jasta 43 as a 'hack' or general runaround and the Saxon ace Otto Creutzmann was photographed in front of it whilst with the unit. The model was created via yet another conversion of that horrible but incredibly useful red monster I first used for my Halberstadts.



Creutzmann's reallocation to the DFW has enabled me to allocate his vacated Fokker DVII (Alb) to another notable Saxon ace Helmuth Steinbrecher who apart from scoring five victories has the claim to fame of being the first man to leap a burning plane in a parachute and survive.

‘Up to that time I had been a Doubting Thomas in the matter of chutes. I had been under the impression that baling out with a parachute from a single seater would be only rarely be successful. And I did not know exactly what to do to get out of the plane. But in the moment when the flames licked my face, I did know at once what to do’. Steinbrecher served in the Luftwaffe in WWII.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Mark,

Fantastic conversions! Love the scratch built pusher-plane!:salute::

 

[saxon lions]

Thanks Louis without your help I would not have been able to work out how Tony Williams attached the tail section of the pusher securely and I was only too happy to implement a variation of this for my model.

 

[Wolfgang_UK]

Re: I also now have a Saxon made Biplane - The DFW CV

Hi Mark,

it is only since I tried to build models in tinplate myself that I came to appreciate the vast amount of work and dedication you put into your models.
But I guess that once one has been infected with the tinplate virus there is no other way of a cure but to dedicate your talent, work and funds into that part of the hobby as well. While my heap of failed trials and given-up models constantly rises you have managed to built up a great collection on your theme the Saxon Airservice of WW1.

Love to see your models displayed here, as well as under the HECO, Semi-HECO{sm4} Threads. Allways a reason to be cheerfull to see new models arise from your workshop. Your knowledge, research and determination are hard to be equaled. Hope for the day to grasp all that needed knowledge about working with tinplate that you have allready got.

Keep up your good work.

Kind Regards

Wolfgang

 

[Louis Badolato]

Thanks to our friend Arnold (Noli-Poli), I was able to add another Honour Bound Gold Edition Sherman (H-3, 7th Armored Division, Normandy 1944) as well as a magnificent Tiger Tank (my first Tiger had been restored after damage in transit, this one is mint):

 

[Grey Heron]

Really please with The Battle of Cowpens Series from JJD.

 

[rekp]

Latest addition to my ww2 movies section along with the Kellys Heroes sets ... was rude not to at £49 bnib . Moved house recently and have finally got a room for the collection . Will post images when complete