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Re: General Shiny News
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:36 pm
by Ilkley Old School
Essex Boy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:56 pm
Actually, 30mm Spencer Smith ACW would make for wicked AGW games. Just saying.
I was thinking just that last night.
I also have shiny Prince August 40mm tricorne types and I was thinking that a game on the lawn in the back garden in the summer with Gin and Tonics sounds rather fun.
Re: General Shiny News
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:13 pm
by tim.w
Ilkley Old School wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 3:35 pm
Tim Hall wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 2:30 pm
I rather think Whiskey is referring to the "30" mm Spencer Smith ACW figures, part of the output from the original range, as used by Sir Donald Featherstone.
You mean these chaps
Thats them! Yes 30mm, I got muddled with Jacklex.
Re: General Shiny News
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:17 pm
by BaronVonWreckedoften
Ilkley Old School wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:36 pm
I also have shiny Prince August 40mm tricorne types and I was thinking that a game on the lawn in the back garden in the summer with Gin and Tonics sounds rather fun.
Boaters, blazers and bow ties? Sounds like an old front cover of "Military Modelling" from the 1980s.
I think General Shiny-News would be a great character for the Ayton VBCW game.
Re: General Shiny News
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:28 pm
by Essex Boy
Ilkley Old School wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:26 pm
Essex Boy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:55 pm
The Jacklex ranges have recently gone to Mark Lodge, who hopes to have them in production for September. He also hopes to fill in some of the gaps in existing ranges and to branch out into the French expedition to Mexico.
I feel more temptation coming on.
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Mark also collects Hinton Hunt Napoleonics. He lives rather near Ayton I believe.
Yes, he mentioned the HHs. He lives near York I believe.
Re: General Shiny News
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:32 pm
by Essex Boy
Ilkley Old School wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:36 pm
Essex Boy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:56 pm
Actually, 30mm Spencer Smith ACW would make for wicked AGW games. Just saying.
I was thinking just that last night.
I also have shiny Prince August 40mm tricorne types and I was thinking that a game on the lawn in the back garden in the summer with Gin and Tonics sounds rather fun.
I'm not sure about the garden game........I've tried that and found significant down sides. An alfresco game on a table tennis table however...................
Re: General Shiny News
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:24 am
by Tim Hall
Ilkley Old School wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 3:35 pm
Tim Hall wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 2:30 pm
I rather think Whiskey is referring to the "30" mm Spencer Smith ACW figures, part of the output from the original range, as used by Sir Donald Featherstone.
You mean these chaps
that's the fellas.
Re: General Shiny News
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:32 am
by Etranger
BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:17 pm
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Boaters, blazers and bow ties? Sounds like an old front cover of "Military Modelling" from the 1980s.
And very fetching you look too. December 1980. I've got that one somewhere!
Re: General Shiny News
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 7:57 am
by Purple
Wow!
That looks like it’s peeled straight from a featherstone. Wonderful
Re: General Shiny News
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:35 pm
by Essex Boy
Back in the 1970s our very own Mick (Subedai) and his special friends had a very large collection of these fellows. They didn't let little tykes like me play with them.
Re: General Shiny News
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:15 pm
by Ilkley Old School
My latest shiny figures finished today.
Both of these are original Hinton Hunt figures. Picton has been painted with scarlet coat, rather than black, based on HH original painting instructions which can be found on Clives Hinton Hunter blog.
