Indian Army Lancers 54MM: W.Britains and Tradition of London

I finally ended messing with those sets… in the end it has been a year long (on and off)… but it is finished.

It is interesting in a way because trying to bend horse’s legs to add stability to the toy soldiers I broke some (the alloy used is sturdy but brittle!) and then I bought replacements, learned to repair, paited redundant figures… in the end lots of fun!

I segregated the pics from an ancient post I was complementing as things caught form and progress was evident.

Finally decided to put them alltogether in one Post

A part of my collection consists of Bengal Lancers in Parade Dress, I first got the Tradition of London dismounted figures at the front, and then bought some W.Britains Centenial sets to have the mounted Toy Soldiers… as usual I elaborated a bit and got for the mounted sets a British Officer, an Indian Officer and a Stndardbearer… buying two sets of each it gives you two “redundant” figures a bugler and an officer… Antony Spencer from DORSET SOLDIERS did some of the conversions… and I did the rest. Nearly finished.

*A simple paintjob transform an officer of Hodson’s Horse (Blue tunic) into a Governor’s Bodyguard Officer (red tunic). Quite easy and straighforward.*

*As it was broken… why not try to repair?*

*Success with the first quickly implied disassemble the next one…*

*Now, using the two unbroken parts… a horse with a good rear leg and tail appears… (add a new head and right arm… and a brand new Toy Soldier will be added to the collection)*

Author: Alejo Dorca

Born in 1952. Married in 1976. Two sons and a daughter. 4 grandsons to date, 3 boys and a girl. Arquitect in 1978. Retired in 2016 aprox. Lifelong Toy Soldiers aficionado. View all posts by Alejo Dorca