Yeomanry Miniatures (1 Viewer)

[Louis Badolato]

Looks fantastic!^&cool^&cool^&cool^&cool

 

[johnnybach]

Next you'll be telling me you don't want a do-nut just a wad!

Brian.

Oh - go on then!jb

PS Ever thought about becoming a Salesman?

 

[yeoman]

On 28th June 1914 a Graf und Stift car made it's way through the streets of Sarajevo to the Town Hall. It had already had a grenade thrown at it and it was decided that the route out of the city should be changed.

Driving the car was the chaffeur Leopold Lotka, seated beside him was General Oskar Potiorek, riding the running board was Lt. Col. Count Franz von Herrach and in the rear were the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie von Chotkovato Duchess of Hohenberg.

Leopold Lotka was not familiar with this new route, took a wrong turn and stopped to reverse the car. At that moment Gaurilo Princip stepped into the road and fired two shots. The first hit Sophie in the stomach and she slumped over the Archduke's legs. The second shot struck the Archduke in the throat, both shots proved fatal.

The rest, as they say, is history. Austria declared war on Serbia, Russia declared war on Austria, Germany declared war on Russia and Serbia, France declared war on Austria and Germany and Britain entered the war when Belgium was invaded.

This incident became known as "The shot that was heard around the World"Yeomanry Miniatures now presents this act in miniature.

Regards,
Brian

I thought you might like to know that Yeomanry Miniatures now have their 1904 Rolls Royce Staff Car in production. There will be a few at the London Toy Soldier Show on 25th June and orders can be placed now.

The car and occupants comprising of Driver, 2 Staff Officers and a General Officer retails at £119.95 painted and £69.95 as a kit of parts, for all of you who prefer to do your own thing.

I enclose some pictures of the finished article.

See you at the show.

 

[boerboy]

View attachment 104215View attachment 104216View attachment 104217View attachment 104218View attachment 104219On 28th June 1914 a Graf und Stift car made it's way through the streets of Sarajevo to the Town Hall. It had already had a grenade thrown at it and it was decided that the route out of the city should be changed.

Driving the car was the chaffeur Leopold Lotka, seated beside him was General Oskar Potiorek, riding the running board was Lt. Col. Count Franz von Herrach and in the rear were the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie von Chotkovato Duchess of Hohenberg.

Leopold Lotka was not familiar with this new route, took a wrong turn and stopped to reverse the car. At that moment Gaurilo Princip stepped into the road and fired two shots. The first hit Sophie in the stomach and she slumped over the Archduke's legs. The second shot struck the Archduke in the throat, both shots proved fatal.

The rest, as they say, is history. Austria declared war on Serbia, Russia declared war on Austria, Germany declared war on Russia and Serbia, France declared war on Austria and Germany and Britain entered the war when Belgium was invaded.

This incident became known as "The shot that was heard around the World"Yeomanry Miniatures now presents this act in miniature.

Regards,
Brian

Thank you, Brian
What a wonderful idea for the set!. When it will be available for "a general public" ?
Al

 

[Obee]

Brian,

this set is brilliant...... and with the coming centenary of the start of The Great War, what a most fitting set of figures and vehicle to make avaiable.

Well Done!!!!

John

 

[yeoman]

Hi John,

Glad you like the set, I thought I would commemorate the start of the First World War before Somebody else thought of it. I am planning another set to be released soon after the Mobile Canteen is in production.

Brian

Brian,

this set is brilliant...... and with the coming centenary of the start of The Great War, what a most fitting set of figures and vehicle to make avaiable.

Well Done!!!!

John

 

[yeoman]

Hi Al,

The painted version of this set is available now and castings will be available within the next two weeks. Working on the pricing at the moment and will post this during the next few days.

Brian.

Thank you, Brian
What a wonderful idea for the set!. When it will be available for "a general public" ?
Al

 

[boerboy]

Brian
These are pictures of actual car The 1911 Gräf & Stift Double Phaeton in which the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was riding at the time of his assassination on June 28, 1914. it is now located in Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Vienna.
Car seems to be black and a flag it slightly different and you can see an actual front licence plate number, maybe you will be able to make car painted true to original colors.
Al

 

[yeoman]

Hi Al,

I have the pictures you have posted and I agree the car now looks black. But I have also downloaded numerous other photographs from the internet of the same same car at the same location at different periods and in some it looks grey and in several descriptions it is described as midnight blue. I have experimented with painting the car and personally I prefer the blue.

Regarding the flag I have been in touch with the museum and have it on good authority that the flag on the car, at present, is a modern representation of the Austro-Hungarian Flag. The original was painted on wood or metal, they do not seem to know which, and is assumed to have had a wooden pole with a brass top or finial. The flag on my version of the car, approved by the museum, is actually a decal as is the number plate which reads; A 111 118. I find this rather spooky as this could be interpreted as "Armistice 11.11.18". Even the museum had not made the connection as apparently Austria ceased hostilities a week before the Armistice with Germany.

Regards,

Brian.

Brian
These are pictures of actual car The 1911 Gräf & Stift Double Phaeton in which the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was riding at the time of his assassination on June 28, 1914. it is now located in Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Vienna.
Car seems to be black and a flag it slightly different and you can see an actual front licence plate number, maybe you will be able to make car painted true to original colors.
Al

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[yeoman]

Following my last post I thought I would post the following:-

!) The artwork I was supplied with for the Austro- Hungarian Flag

2) The picture I received denoting the number plate

Brian.

Hi Al,

I have the pictures you have posted and I agree the car now looks black. But I have also downloaded numerous other photographs from the internet of the same same car at the same location at different periods and in some it looks grey and in several descriptions it is described as midnight blue. I have experimented with painting the car and personally I prefer the blue.

Regarding the flag I have been in touch with the museum and have it on good authority that the flag on the car, at present, is a modern representation of the Austro-Hungarian Flag. The original was painted on wood or metal, they do not seem to know which, and is assumed to have had a wooden pole with a brass top or finial. The flag on my version of the car, approved by the museum, is actually a decal as is the number plate which reads; A 111 118. I find this rather spooky as this could be interpreted as "Armistice 11.11.18". Even the museum had not made the connection as apparently Austria ceased hostilities a week before the Armistice with Germany.

Regards,

Brian.

 

[boerboy]

Brian
Please do not get me wrong: I know that you do a great deal of research before making your models.
Thank you for posting another picture of the car which definitely looks like blue color. I really do not know if this is lighting or they just put another car o the stand: the paintings on the wall are the same on both pictures.
The whole set is very well done and literally put you inside this terrible event....
I am looking forward seeing a price for a painted model and a kit.
Al

 

[yeoman]

Hi Al,

I have debated the car colour with Alan Caton who has a wealth of knowledge on the uniforms of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and on studying all the photographs of the car in the museum we came to the conclusion that the blue of the tunics in the pictures behind the car a too dark in the picture where the car appears black and too light in the picture where the car appears to be blue/grey. Consequently we came to the conclusion that the colour was somewhere in between and felt that by painting it dark blue we would be nearer the colour and give a more pleasing finish especially as the description I received from which I took the midnight blue colour was in German and does not translate exactly.

Consequently, although I prefer the dark blue, I cannot be pedantic and say this is the colour! So any customer who wishes the car painted black can be accomodated without any trouble, although, in my opinion, if painted black with black upholstery,black floor and tyres in takes away something from the finished model. Similarly other photographs perporting to be the actual car on the day show one car with two spare tyres on the driver's side while another has one spare tyre in a cover which appears to be quite light (pictures being in black and white).

It therefore seems to be a case of "you pays your money and you takes your choice". We are after all looking at an event that took place nearly one hundred years ago and it is not surprising that some records differ.

I am glad that you like the set, I felt that Dave Love made an excellant job of making the masters of the car and Alan's figures are awesome.

Regards,

Brian.

Brian
Please do not get me wrong: I know that you do a great deal of research before making your models.
Thank you for posting another picture of the car which definitely looks like blue color. I really do not know if this is lighting or they just put another car o the stand: the paintings on the wall are the same on both pictures.
The whole set is very well done and literally put you inside this terrible event....
I am looking forward seeing a price for a painted model and a kit.
Al

 

[Wolfgang_UK]

.....
Consequently, although I prefer the dark blue, I cannot be pedantic and say this is the colour! So any customer who wishes the car painted black can be accomodated without any trouble,-.............

Hi,
a little note, if the car would have been stock e.g. owned by the austrian court of that time it would have received the dark green coat of paint like all other imperial court vehicles of that time.
Only one surveived and is on display at the Wagenburg in Vienna.

But the car used at Sarajewo was a privatly borrowed car and to the present day the legal owners- a very austrian family- allow the permanent display at the Militärhistorische Museum at Vienna.

So the car was simply painted in factory finnish of that time: Silk Matt Black - which is just the term really because if you stand right in front of the car (either than or now) it simply appears to be very very dark chocolate brown - not black, not grey and definetly NOT blue - and you will hate this one: NOT EVEN GLOSSY!
Allright the passengers whern`t either ...
Happy research

kind regards
Wolfgang

 

[johnnybach]

Thankfully - you can buy a kit - and paint it yourself in any colour you fancy! Pink anyone???? jb{sm4}

 

[johnnybach]

Just found this pic on the web - hope it helps in the choice of colour. Does look sort of brown. jb

 

[Wolfgang_UK]

Thankfully - you can buy a kit - and paint it yourself in any colour you fancy! Pink anyone???? jb{sm4}[/QUOTE

as long as you can buy it...

 

[trooper]

Thankfully - you can buy a kit - and paint it yourself in any colour you fancy! Pink anyone???? jb{sm4}[/QUOTE

as long as you can buy it...
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Don't quite see your point. Brian has already said that it is available, why should you not be able to buy it? Trooper

 

[boerboy]

Trooper,
The car on the picture Wolfgang posted looks different from one Brian posted ( green seats, a flag in different place etc)... I guess Wolfgang referred to the different model somebody else made ?
I think "dark chocolate" color will be just fine for Brian's set as well . I also noticed that an original car had a slightly different windshield which probably would be difficult to make casting for.
This set placed into a correct layout will make a beautiful vignette! TM Terrain could make a good one.
I am also looking forward hearing about another set idea which as Brian mentioned would be made after the Canteen!.
Al

 

[yeoman]

Hi Wolfgang,

Thank you for your information. When I researched this vehicle I downloaded as many colour pictures from the internet as I could find and when you find pictures from the same source of the same vehicle photographed in the same location, one black and the other grey/blue you have to find a happy medium hence the dark blue colour. If you can supply me with any documentary evidence of the true colour and want this model I will supply it at a discount of 25%.

Regarding the shiny appearance I can only say that Yeomanry Miniatures models are painted in the "Old Toy Soldier" style which, I am afraid means gloss not matt or satin.

Incidentaly while research the details for the car I downloaded a picture of a car which is green but I bwould hasten to add not dark green and I enclose the picture. In the meantime the car I produce will be available to customers in either dark blue or black until I receive evidence of which colour is correct.

Regards,

Brian.

.....
Consequently, although I prefer the dark blue, I cannot be pedantic and say this is the colour! So any customer who wishes the car painted black can be accomodated without any trouble,-.............

Hi,
a little note, if the car would have been stock e.g. owned by the austrian court of that time it would have received the dark green coat of paint like all other imperial court vehicles of that time.
Only one surveived and is on display at the Wagenburg in Vienna.

But the car used at Sarajewo was a privatly borrowed car and to the present day the legal owners- a very austrian family- allow the permanent display at the Militärhistorische Museum at Vienna.

So the car was simply painted in factory finnish of that time: Silk Matt Black - which is just the term really because if you stand right in front of the car (either than or now) it simply appears to be very very dark chocolate brown - not black, not grey and definetly NOT blue - and you will hate this one: NOT EVEN GLOSSY!
Allright the passengers whern`t either ...
Happy research

kind regards
Wolfgang

 

[yeoman]

Ha! ha! very funny Johnnybach! I am reminded of the words of the raconteur and after dinner speaker "Blaster" Bates; "If your'e going to act like a pratt, wear a funny hat!" Look forward to seeing you post a picture of yourself with the hat.

All the best.

Brian

Thankfully - you can buy a kit - and paint it yourself in any colour you fancy! Pink anyone???? jb{sm4}