Friday, 19 February 2021

Fodder, drinks and ball....

 In my latest posting I threw a ‘WANTED’ cry into the world. Here I repeat the exercise if for different matter. Diving into the subculture of plastic 54mm Northwest Frontier the Gunga Din movie was brought out into the sunlight once again. And several new desires sprouted from that. Gazing at contributions of Nick, I suddenly found him in one of his scenarios:


Wanted! GUNGA DIN the waterbearer, a ‘bhisti‘ but preferred to be named: bugler.

Produced by Conte, years ago, in their Northwest Frontier theme, metal (I presume).


Wanted! Screwgun carrying elephant with mahut 


Above elephant with watertank, or gatling is just as welcome.



Last question(s) for now; what figures you do fellows suggest for the Thugs AND for the native troops under command of the main characters in the gunga din movie (they are uniformly dressed in some sort of white loincloth and now and then wear the crossbelt and equipment, bare-chested).

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  1. Brad DeSantis19 February 2021 at 13:54

    Armies in Plastic has four sets of figures that might help. They have Dervish Ansars, Fuzzy Wuzzy, Mahdist Riflemen, and mounted Dervishes. Some of these figures may fit your requirements.

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  2. Tim Gow19 February 2021 at 14:16

    For the elephants I’d be on the lookout for suitable toys. The old Britains zoo range included a suitable beast.

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  3. Marcel19 February 2021 at 14:21

    Thanks gents, I’ll look into those. A firm where they have Indian mahuds (elephant riders)?








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  4. Tim Gow20 February 2021 at 06:37

    It might also be worth checking out Dorset Toy Soldiers - now in the capable hands of Mike Lewis. https://imperialminiatures.co.uk/product-category/dorset-model-soldiers/

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  5. Marcel27 February 2021 at 04:34

    Tim and Brad, I’ve aqcuired several 1/32 elephans now. They are in, washed and ready to bear a load. AIP mountain or screwguns should be easy to fetch. The platforms will be custom-made. Just a bit shorthanded on the mahout side of this story. Dorset is put forward as a well worth try. Going for that option now. Sadly their site is down at the moment (late Feb. 2021). The AIP ones are hard to be found on the internet (found nope). Third option is a paint conversion of the former HAT elephant rider, fourth would be heating a suitable cavalryman and make his legs fit an Indian ‘thickskin’.

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