What Toy Soldier items Have You Acquired in The Last 2 Weeks ? (4 Viewers)

[Barkmann]

John Jenkins, from Matt at Hobbybunker, when he was over in the UK at a show, someone collected them from the show and i have just seen him.
A Jacobite Mounted Flagbearer, which is of excellent quality and a Saxon Priest, which would also work well in the Conquest of America Range


Got these from a plastic model show, they are made by make in soft metal, Del Prado type, i was drawn to the US para on the small motorcycle and got all 4 for £10/$13. I Italian, 1 AK, 1 WW2 German and 1 Para

 

[Barkmann]

Picked up a French Sergeant for my Jacobite range. Really nice figure, search goes on for the last few sets.

 

[saxon lions]

One of the drawbacks of making HECO style models of obscure early WWI warplanes is the lack of accurate plans. Thus, whilst making my MS Type BB I was struggling to determine the exact arrangement of the cabane struts. Luckily, I discovered that another similar Morane Saulnier design the Type P, albeit a parasol monoplane had the same cabane strut arrangement with many photos of a modern replica displaying this strut arrangement. So having solved the problem of creating the Morane Saulnier fuselage and now having nine spare croissant moulds suddenly a captured MS Type P became a very attractive proposition for a new project especially as I had never previously made a parasol monoplane.



Thanks to the Albin Denis web site I was able to discover that this Morane Saulnier Type P from Escadrille 31 crewed by Maréchal de Logis (sergeant) Charles Gauthier (pilot) and Private Abel Denis (gunner) forced landed in German-held territory, near Bersee, after an aerial combat against Vizefeldwebel Georg Strasser of Jasta 17, on July 10, 1917. The plane was subsequently assigned to Jastaschule I at Valenciennes / Famars commanded by ace Hauptmann Martin Zander and interestingly the Germans retained Escadrille 31's Spartan Archer motif albeit devoid of the usual surrounding circle.

Ironically, the same lack of accurate information that dogged my Type BB researches came back to haunt me with the Type P, but this time the confusion was over the differences between the Types P and LA. a conundrum only solved thanks to the kind help of the American expert on Russian Aviation Karl Bobrow.



Once these issues had been solved the model went ahead reasonably easily and I even managed to attach the wing via the struts so securely that it can be safely picked up by the wings making it a very pleasing addition to the collection and thanks to Karl I can look forward to possibly completing my Morane Saulnier 2 seat collection with a captured Imperial Russian Type LA.

 

[Louis Badolato]

One of the drawbacks of making HECO style models of obscure early WWI warplanes is the lack of accurate plans. Thus, whilst making my MS Type BB I was struggling to determine the exact arrangement of the cabane struts. Luckily, I discovered that another similar Morane Saulnier design the Type P, albeit a parasol monoplane had the same cabane strut arrangement with many photos of a modern replica displaying this strut arrangement. So having solved the problem of creating the Morane Saulnier fuselage and now having nine spare croissant moulds suddenly a captured MS Type P became a very attractive proposition for a new project especially as I had never previously made a parasol monoplane.

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Thanks to the Albin Denis web site I was able to discover that this Morane Saulnier Type P from Escadrille 31 crewed by Maréchal de Logis (sergeant) Charles Gauthier (pilot) and Private Abel Denis (gunner) forced landed in German-held territory, near Bersee, after an aerial combat against Vizefeldwebel Georg Strasser of Jasta 17, on July 10, 1917. The plane was subsequently assigned to Jastaschule I at Valenciennes / Famars commanded by ace Hauptmann Martin Zander and interestingly the Germans retained Escadrille 31's Spartan Archer motif albeit devoid of the usual surrounding circle.

Ironically, the same lack of accurate information that dogged my Type BB researches came back to haunt me with the Type P, but this time the confusion was over the differences between the Types P and LA. a conundrum only solved thanks to the kind help of the American expert on Russian Aviation Karl Bobrow.

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Once these issues had been solved the model went ahead reasonably easily and I even managed to attach the wing via the struts so securely that it can be safely picked up by the wings making it a very pleasing addition to the collection and thanks to Karl I can look forward to possibly completing my Morane Saulnier 2 seat collection with a captured Imperial Russian Type LA.

Fantastic looking conversion, Mark!