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Toy Soldier Collector Casting around December 2012

Casting around

December 2012
Paul Stocker looks at the latest castings to arrive on the market

Dorset Soldiers - Various new releases

Should you happen to have a Britains model of the State Coach in need of some care and attention, Giles Brown may be able to help. This seems quite fitting in this jubilee year when collectors may have State Coaches on their mind. Giles has made reproductions of the Britains horses to enable collectors to replace missing or damaged ones. They can also be used for the State Landau (the open carriage used by the Queen) once made by Corgi. The horses are cast in Giles’ two part ‘fore and aft’ style, one with an outrider and one without.

The horses cost £9 each as castings (£25 each painted gloss). Giles can also provide replacement wheels for the State Coach and castings of these cost £1.90 each.

Another attractive new horse is a reproduction of the one originally supplied with Britains’ farmer’s gig and it’s a useful one as it could obviously used for a number of other horse-drawn vehicles. The horse casting costs £7.20 (£16.50 painted gloss).

Giles’ additions to his range of Soldiers of the World include a Danish infantryman from WWII wearing an interesting helmet and a member of the more modern Ugandan Honour Guard. If the Honour Guard doesn’t have any appeal, the same figure could be painted as a British Royal Marine in the distinctive Lovat No.2 uniform and I recall that Giles produces an arm carrying an SA80, which would bring it right up to date. Both figures cost £4.10 each as castings (£9.50 painted gloss).

Giles’ new releases measure 54mm approx. Postage in the UK is an additional 10%, 18% for overseas orders with a minimum of £3. Giles sets a minimum value of £10 for all orders.

Contact:
Dorset Soldiers
48 Fortuneswell
Portland
DT51LZ
Tel: 01305 823003
www.dorsetsoldiers.com

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