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Re: Re: Re: Re: Next Project with 1/72 Figures...

Hi Dave,

many thanks for your kind offer. As for upcomming projects figures for the Sikh wars would be great.
Beside this the planning up to 2009 is:

2006 Hasting - at the moment nearly 4000 figures
2007 Lord of the rings (sorry, but the guys wanted it - not my interest, I will paint for the next projects)
2008 - Aliwal
2009 - Aspern (a big one!)

For my plate at home I want to continue with the Romans after October. When this is finished I thought about another colonial project.

Dave, you will be surprised when you see some of my conversion on the Strelets homepage. I sent some photos just to make you happy to Strelets last week.

Your artillery is absulute great! Very good ideas and wonderful done! I have Bengal lancers in metal and I thought about a charge of these troops against some Pathans. The Strelets ones have the field uniform in Khaki and I want to have the old colourful one. Beside this, the turbans of the Strelets are too small for my taste. As you are talking about spiked helmets, what would you think about the last stand of the Guides in the Kabul residency (no politics now please) in 1878? Inspired by the movie "the far pavillions"?

So we can dream together! BTW, for future plans you could contact me outside the forum.

cheers
uwe

For hank and other Crimean freaks

Hi Hank,

As I am a great fan of the crimean war too
I've collected together some old metal figures for the Crimean war. Old Scruby, Minifigs S-Range and some others. French Guard infantry, British line and Guards, Rifles, Turks etc.

There was really great stuff on the market 30 years ago. The best of these figures I sent to Finescale factory. They will make a mould for me and cast the figures. I have to pay the mould and then will get the figures for around 50 cent each. So if anybody like some of these guys, tell me. But it will take some time, Finescale is busy at the moment.

I can show you some figures when I have them.

cheers
uwe

Re: For hank and other Crimean freaks

BTW, I don't want to earn money with this! Just to increase this great range from Strelets with more poses and new units and let you take share of these figures if you want.

cheers
uwe

wunderbar

Hi Uwe, What a philanthropist you are and please take that as a serious compliment. Ist wunderbar.

As they say If the mountain wont go to mohammed, mohammed goes to the mountain.
bravo Uwe.

I'll contact Hinton Hunts mold owner (i did a catalog website for them) and see if they can cast some figuresin Georgia(USA).
BRITISH GRENADIERS, HIGHLANDERS,RUSSIAN INFANTRY(HELMETS) , British foot (in PRINCE ALBERT sHAKO)

Re: wunderbar

Hi Hank,

I would like to call myself a freak The mountain could be true when I look at my collection...

I have the Hinton Hunt British range too and made a mould of the two firing/advancing British line.
As for the Russians, I have just some samples.

cheers
Uwe

Re: Next Project with 1/72 Figures...

Hi Hank,

I don't blame you for sticking with the Crimean Range from the S*R Team, but I buy what I can, when I can. In my old age I'm getting a little desparte!

I take you up on your bet before. If you are unhappy in any way with the S*R British Hussars, I will send you one box at my expense, and you just tell me how you want them. I will send you a set no less enjoyable than the best of my collection.

I honestly believe we will both be pleasantly surprised, and if not, we will both be "pleasantly surprised!"

Cheers Hank! And Gentlemen keep thier bets! - Dave H.

Re: Next Project with 1/72 Figures...

Hi Dave,

I like to complete thingS i START and i was miffed bamboozled when strelets skipped the future listed crimean figures for all these WW1 equestrians.I hav e about 35 boxes so far, all Crimean War.
It swhat drew me into their figures etc.

If Strelets communicated a reason or openly something to expalin and forecast a new release date then that would have been fine.But Strelets are in an ominous silence, niet ?

If thE Strelets bRITISH cRIMEAN WAR hUSSARS riders come wothout the flying furry coatees then you win a box off me.

I wait for the infantry to add to my own collection, EAmhars or Uwe's Finescale mercenaries .Just Look what Uwe has started with Finescale, just awesome/wunderbar, hopefully other 1/72 or 20mm will catch on.Snooze and they lose.
Have fun David.

Some other ideas

Hi Hank,

just to make you and Dave more happy I talked with Newline Design about the Aliwal project. We used their range for Isandlwhana too and I suggested them to make a Sikh war range. After I sent them photos for all the units they said yes! The production will beginn at the end of the year.

As for Finescale what would you think Dave, if we put your conversions in a mould to cast them?

cheers
uwe

Re: Some other ideas

Dear Uwe,

Good work with Newline Design! And I look forward to seeing your Contribution you sent in :-)

As for the Anglo-Boer Wars Contribution, it is very much my hope to inspire and motivate the S*R Team to go forward and produce Artillery and other related figurine poses in soft plastic for us. Just cannons and crews like the Crimean Russian Naval set. I am a hopeless soft plastic enthusiast. Also, S*R has only released these sets once so far and will hopefully release the Highlanders this December. I am far from giving up on motivating them to go forward with more Anglo-Boer Wars, Sudan Campaigns, Zulu, Gordon and so on.

Again, I am very much looking forward to seeing your Contribution - Happy Collecting