I added two gunners on the left so to make a crew of 4, bought two nice guns (if guns can be considered “nice”) and completed the crews set with 3 more gunners… and added a sailor and an officer to the right. That was all I needed and they are at last in place. Tradition of London on the back (Two mountain guns on mules marching…). Enjoy (even if you probably had to zoom on them).
Guess it is better if I provide the zooms myself.
The finally completed Artillery set… thanks to Steadfast pieces.Zoom 1Zoom 2Zoom 3
For those really observant… the “white towel” around the body of the Maxim is a putty “repair” because years and eons ago it came broken and I was unable to glue in place in other way… there… all explained.
Britain’s extra large set (two trays) Coldstream Guards… fantastic gift from my parents!detail
On a trip to London (UK) my parents had the great idea of bringing to me this awesome set of BRITAINS… one of the last produced treditional lead stes before they went “plastic”!
I was really pampered because I had been sick for quite a time.
Now, that picture in Facebook brought along a lot of reminiscences… just seen in an Auction in the USA… (not that I am going to bid at all…) I had the real thing at the time it was needed… and what is more… I played with them, my small brother (10 years gap) played with them, my sister’s young boy played with them… guess those Toy Soldiers delivered in spades!
Many many years later on a visit to my mother I inspected the remains of the lot… took them home, sprayed them black and repaint them all (of what was left), then once displayed again I detected a bit of lead rot… cleaned… varnished… tried to mend… whatever… sent finally to Bonham’s where James Opie put a price on them and said farewell to collect “antiques” forever…
I already had a lot of plastic, rubber and aluminium toy soldiers… but that box suddenly become the apex of my loot! I am glad I was so young that I did not thought for a second to “preserve them” or “collect them”… they went to war on the floor with unfurled colurs and the band gaily playing!
Sorry for the poor quality of the pics but they were really small and have not found others…
As a result you all know I was hooked on Toy Soldiers for life…
