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Wednesday 28 October 2020

Autumn Review - British Army of the Crimea

 In rather the same format as my other Crimean autumn reviews of the the combined collections of Alan Cook and my own, there follows a series of pictures of the British Army.  There is a slight problem in that I have two Light Brigades on parade and more highlanders than were available at the time, however, It all comes together to make a fine collection.

I will let the pictures tell the story:


















23 comments:

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    1. Thanks, I reckon there are over 700 figures in the combined collection.

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    1. I was a bit taken aback by the size of it myself when I finally finished setting them all up.

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  3. C’est Magnifique! I won’t bother with the rest of the quote!

    Very impressive looking collection Bob.

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  4. Wow, that is a spectacle, how big is your Russian army?.
    Cheers,
    Paul.

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    1. I think the combined Russian armies are larger than the British, but overall the allies outnumber the Russians when you add up the British, French, Turkish and Sardinian contingents.

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  5. A splendid parade Bob...
    You can never have enough highlanders... and with two light brigades you can throw one away in a pointless but glorious charge into the teeth of Russian guns and still have one left to do something sensible with 😁

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Indeed, I can also have a very long thin red line, or a short fat one!

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  6. Just wonderful Bob!
    Best regards
    WM

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    1. If I had a big enough space I would parade the entire allied army.

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  7. A wonderful looking army you have on parade there.

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    1. Thanks, although much of the work is down to Alan Cook.

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  8. What a Terriffic collection!

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  9. Thanks for your comment. The uniforms appear to be based on regulation dress for home service, and yes there are inaccuracies.

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  10. I read somewhere that the figures were released at about the same time as the film. I remember going to see it when it first came out. I was still at school.

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  11. It was a tradition for toy soldiers to look uniform and smart!

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  12. I suppose that it is a matter of taste.

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