Some battered hollowcast Britain’s from job lots that are long overdue for repair.
They are due to lose their battered Redcoats and acquire new heads, new arms and handsome navy blue jackets. I shall keep the navy blue trousers and red trouser stripe.
I have some Dorset Soldiers recast arms and spare firemen’s heads so this seemed a good chance to create some 54mm shiny toy soldier versions of my scrap 15mm Thyer Brigadia Militia and Volunteer FireFighters.
They will eventually look like armed Victorian Firemen in their shiny brass helmets.
Combined Militia and Fire Brigade, now where have I seen that before?
Dad’s Army BBC TV episode “Brain versus Brawn” where the Home Guard become firemen …
These are part of my ImagiNations Forgotten Minor States (FMS) in MittelMittel Europe pictured and described here in the mid to late 19th Century
Hello I'm Mark Mr MIN, Man of TIN. Based in S.W. Britain, I'm a lifelong collector of "tiny men" and old toy soldiers, whether tin, lead or childhood vintage 1960s and 1970s plastic figures.
I randomly collect all scales and periods and "imagi-nations" as well as lead civilians, farm and zoo animals. I enjoy the paint possibilities of cheap poundstore plastic figures as much as the patina of vintage metal figures.
Befuddled by the maths of complex boardgames and wargames, I prefer the small scale skirmish simplicity of very early Donald Featherstone rules.
To relax, I usually play solo games, often using hex boards. Gaming takes second place to making or convert my own gaming figures from polymer clay (Fimo), home-cast metal figures of many scales or plastic paint conversions. I also collect and game with vintage Peter Laing 15mm metal figures, wishing like many others that I had bought more in the 1980s ...
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7 thoughts on “Old Britain’s 54mm on the repair table … Thyer Brigadia troops”
Really looking forward to to see those militia firemen ( or is it firemen militia) becoming ready for battle in their splendid uniforms. Is the Airfix fire engine still available, perfect transport. I wondered if they might have a small rocket troop instead of cannon as it seemed most appropriate…
Oddly I think I have an unbuilt Airfix 1/32 fire engine or bus from the recent reissue in the kit cupboard somewhere …
The rocket troop is an excellent idea, something Congreve or Coastguard to knock up quite easily.
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They are going to look very smart Mark!
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Smart and shiny, that’s the way!
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Really looking forward to to see those militia firemen ( or is it firemen militia) becoming ready for battle in their splendid uniforms. Is the Airfix fire engine still available, perfect transport. I wondered if they might have a small rocket troop instead of cannon as it seemed most appropriate…
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Oddly I think I have an unbuilt Airfix 1/32 fire engine or bus from the recent reissue in the kit cupboard somewhere …
The rocket troop is an excellent idea, something Congreve or Coastguard to knock up quite easily.
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Another inventive Cornishman with the life saving rocket … https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Trengrouse
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The fire engine ladder could double as a platform from which to launch rockets . See illustration
https://www.google.com/search?q=napoleonic+congreve+rocket&tbm=isch&hl=en-GB&prmd=sivn&rlz=1C9BKJA_enGB615GB615&hl=en-GB&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_k62Ag9XrAhUOMRoKHXdYA6kQrNwCKAF6BQgBEL4B&biw=1024&bih=653#imgrc=OlWwl4MulB6c8M
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An excellent idea!
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