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Expected In January!
Napoleonic Collection

• BR36067 - French Line Infantry Fusilier Advancing at Port Arms No.1
• BR36074 - French Line Infantry Fusilier Standing Firing No.1
• BR36075 - French Line Infantry Fusilier Standing at the Ready No.1
• BR36076 - French Line Infantry Fusilier Officer Advancing No.1

Battle of Waterloo, 1815

Redcoats & Bluecoats

• BR47038 - Native American Warrior, Huron, Standing Firing No.1, 1751-1764
• BR47040 -- Compagnies franches de la Marine Ensign with Colonel's Color, 1754-1760
• BR47043 -- Compagnies franches de la Marine Color, 1754-1760
• BR47049 - British Light Company Standing Firing, 1754-1763
• BR47052 - French Canadian Militia in Capote Standing Firing, 1755-1763
• BR47053 - Native American Warrior, Huron, Attacking with War Club, 1751-1764

French & Indian Wars

Limited Edition Collection / Ceremonial

• BR48013 -- Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Mounted Officer
• BR48014 -- Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Mounted Trooper

Ceremonial Collection

New Announcement - Fall Collection Expected January / February 2012!
American Civil War

• BR31115 -- Union 2nd Corps Flagbearer, Dismounted
• BR31136 -- Union Artillery Command Set No.1, Officer and Bugler

American Civil War

United States Marines

• BR48506 -- USMC Bugler, Commandant's Own, Red Tunic
• BR48507 -- USMC Drum Major, Commandant's Own, Red Tunic
• BR48508 -- USMC Side Drummer, Commandant's Own, Red Tunic
• BR48509 -- USMC Bass Drummer, Commandant's Own, Red Tunic
• BR48510 -- USMC Marching, Summer Dress, Left Shoulder
• BR48511 -- USMC Standard Bearer, USMC Flag, Summer Dress
• BR48512 -- USMC Standard Bearer, US Flag, Summer Dress
• BR48521 -- USMC Marching, Summer Dress, Right Shoulder

United States Marines

Classic Collection - Redcoats

• BR44053 -- British, King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery Set, 13 Pound QF Gun and Four Man Crew, Present Day

History of the British Army - Redcoats Collection

King & Country

King & Country January 2012 Releases

Ancient Egypt - In Stock Now!

A brand-new Sphinx… when we retired the last version we did not realize how useful or requested this item would be. So, we’ve come up with an all-new version.

• AE046 -- Sphinx

Ancient Egypt

Eighth Army - Tobruk

The Desert War” fought between 1940 and 1943 in the harsh, unyielding environment of North Africa is one of K&C’s most collected ranges both British and Empire and, of course, Rommel’s Afrika Korps. These latest add-ons are sure to please quite a few of the “Desert-Diehards”

• EA058 -- M7 Priest - Ninety of these 105mm-armed assault guns were dispatch to North Africa early in 1942… many of these were modified by the British with side skirts… some were not… this is one of the latter. Our vehicle includes a commander figure.
• EA061 -- M7 Priest Crew - Two add-on gunners that can operate the American 105.
• EA062 -- Morris CS8 British 15cwt. Truck - A familiar sight to all British and Empire forces this little truck is in 6th Australian Infantry Division markings and comes with an Aussie driver. Special Note: This little 15cwt truck is a “Series 250” release.
• EA063 -- Foreign Legion Marching with Rifle - Following the success of our earlier released Free French Foreign Legion “parade” figures we decided to add some more.
• EA064 -- Foreign Legion Marching with Light Machine Gun - A Legionnaire carries the formidable (and heavy) 7.5mm FM24/29 Machine Gun. From De Gaulle’s Free French Foreign Legion troops we move across the desert sands to The “Diggers”
• EA065 -- Foreign Legion Marching NCO with Tommy Gun - In the Legion it was the Non-Commissioned Officers who carried the sub-machine guns. Our NCO carries the 1928 Thompson.
• EA067 -- Aussie Officer with Binos - Tommy-gun in one hand and Binos in the other this typical Aussie prepares for battle.
• EA068 -- Aussie SGT. with Tommy Gun - This NCO is leading a fighting patrol out into “No Man’s Land”.
• EA069 -- Aussie Bren Gunner - The Bren Light Machine Gun was one of the mainstays of the British and Empire forces. Our Aussie has it slung over his shoulder.
• EA070 -- Aussie Advancing with Rifle - With Slouch-hat on head and bayonet fixed this particular Aussie is ready for a fight.
• EA071 -- Aussie on Guard
• EA072 -- "Bringing Up Supplies" - A “Digger” and his pack mule bring up extra ammo to the front line. A great little set!
• EA073 -- Aussie with Rifle at the Trial - Another member of the fighting patrol.
• EA074 -- Dead Afrika Korps

Montgomery's 8th Army

Fields of Battle and German Luftwaffe

A unique version of the Me.109  this crash- landed 109 belongs to Franz Von Werra, the only German pilot to successfully escape from Allied captivity and finally make it back to Germany in early 1941. Von Werra made a successful “wheels-up” landing up in Kent, England during the Battle of Britain in 1940. After several failed escape attempts he was transported to Canada where he did finally escape into the U.S. before heading to Mexico. Through Brazil across the Atlantic to Spain and eventually Germany. His exploits were filmed as “The One That Got Away” starring Hardy Kruger.

• FOB071 -- Standing Bobby - Another of the member of the “Constabulary” going about his duty.
• FOB076 -- Tommy on Guard - This “Tom” (Standard British infantryman) on guard duty outside a barracks or next to a downed Messerschmitt.
• FOB078 -- Prisoner & Escort - A wounded German pilot being assisted by another British soldier.
• LW045 -- Franz von Werra's Me 109 - Just 250 of this model are being made.

Luftwaffe
Fields of Battle

Napoleonic - Waterloo - French Line Infantry - In Stock Now!

Six all-new French infantry-of-the-line to add extra colour, depth and excitement to K&C Napoleonic Forces.

• NA243 -- French Line Infantry Standing Firing
• NA244 -- French Line Infantry Biting Cartridge
• NA245 -- French Line Infantry Loading From Pouch
• NA246 -- French Line Infantry Standing Ready
• NA247 -- French Line Infantry Prepare to Repel
• NA248 -- French Line Infantry Kneeling Firing

French Artillery, Infantry, and Dragoons.

King & Country February 2012 Releases

The Fall of Singapore

On February 15,1942, Singapore fell. Once regarded as Britain’s imperial bastion in the Far East its capture by the Japanese was the largest capitulation of British and Empire Forces in either World War. Britain’s own Prime Minister Winston Churchill called it “the worst disaster” and “biggest surrender” in British history. 70 years later few would disagree with either statement.

So, why remember it? Or even commemorate the fateful anniversary? Well it’s always easy to celebrate victories… but it’s just as important to remember defeats and learn from them important lessons. Too often defeats and setbacks can be easily forgotten and overlooked in history but this particular defeat taught the British (and others) many valuable lessons in how to fight and eventually defeat the seemingly invincible Japanese.

It also threw up one of the iconic photo images of WW2…. The Surrender Party of tall, lean British officers carrying a white flag and the Union Jack making their way to meet their Japanese opponents’ commander, General Yamashita at the Ford Motor Factory on the outskirts of the city of Singapore itself.

K&C has produced two small unique sets to mark the 70th. Anniversary of that fateful day on February 15, 1942.

• FOB079 -- Singapore Surrender - Three senior British officers, two with flags, advance towards the Japanese lines.
• FOB080 -- General. Yamashita & Staff Officer Sugita - Japanese commander, General Tomoyuki Yamashita, the “Tiger of Malaya,” together with his interpreter Major Sugita.

Fall of Singapore

Life of Jesus

This little cart pulled by two oxen was originally designed for K&C’s “Life of Jesus” series however, as you can see from some photos, it can be utilized in a wide variety of historic eras and times…

• LoJ020 -- Ox Cart

Life of Jesus

Medieval French Crusaders

• MK086 -- Mounted Templar drawing Sword
• MK087 -- French Knight with Lance
• MK089 -- Sergeant-at-Arms with double-handed Sword

Medieval Collection

Napoleon ventures deeper into Egypt

Four more additions to this colorful series which is proving to be one of K&C’s most popular

• NE011 -- Mounted Infantryman- This generally-proportioned soldier has decided to make use of a local donkey to carry him into battle
• NE013 -- The Laughing Drummer Boy - This young lad is much amused by the antics of his donkey-riding comrade.
• NE016 -- Standing Napoleon - Another study of the young General Bonaparte based on an original painting by famed military and historical artist Jean-Leon GEROME.
• NE017 -- Watching French Officer - This casually- dressed officer of Guides, hands clasped behind his back, observes the wonders of Ancient Egypt.

Napoleon In Egypt

DANGER UXB

“Danger UXB” stands for “ Danger Unexploded Bomb” and was also the title of a popular British television drama series of the late 1970’s. The series told the story of a group of Royal Engineers tasked with the difficult and highly dangerous job of defusing unexploded bombs dropped by Goering’s Luftwaffe on British cities during the Blitz and afterwards.

• FOB069 -- Bomb Disposal Tilly - Among the vehicles most used by the UXB teams was the little Austin “Tilly”. This latest “Series 250” version has a new paint-scheme, with the bright red mudguards of all bomb disposal vehicles and… a male Royal Engineers “Sapper” driver. Just 250 have been produced.
• FOB071 -- Standing Bobby
• FOB072 -- Danger UXB - A Kneeling Royal Engineers officer closely examines an unexploded German bomb. Note the “bomb disposal” badge on his left sleeve.
• FOB073 -- Sapper Sergeant - A standing R.E. sergeant, hands clasped behind his back, observes his officer at work.
• FOB074 -- Sappers At Work - As one of the Engineers listens on his head set to any “ticking” of the bomb timing mechanism the other, in shirt sleeves, goes forward to clear some more debris away from the bomb site.
• FOB075 -- Blitz Police Constable - Holding a sign in one hand warning the public this constable prevents curious onlookers from getting too near the bomb-site.

Fields of Battle

Afrika Korps

• AK085 -- Daimler Dingo Armoured Car (Afrika Korps version) - As most AK collectors already know Rommel’s forces were always drastically short of men, vehicles and supplies. However they were very adept at making much use of captured enemy vehicles, weapons and equipment whenever and wherever they could lay their hands on them… This former British vehicles although well-used and battle-weary has received large, prominent German crosses painted on it as well as a Nazi swastika flag pinned on top of its rear engine cover for aircraft recognition purposes. The model also includes an Afrika Korps driver as well as a separate MG34 machine gun.
• AK086 -- General Ludwig Cruwell - Ludwig Cruwell was a senior Afrika Korps general under Erwin Rommel. Awarded the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves for bravery, he was captured by the British when his spotter plane mistook British troops for Italian soldiers and landed near them by mistake.
• AK087 -- AK Photographer - This AK soldier captures a “moment in time”
• AK088 -- AK Feldwebel
• AK089 -- AK Hot & Thirsty - This panzer officer is feeling the heat!
• AK090 -- AK Rifleman

Afrika Korps

KRIEGSMARINE ON PARADE

One of the unexpected but great surprises of our “BERLIN ‘38” series was the huge popularity of the Kriegsmarine sailors on parade. So, we thought we would add a few more.

• LAH158 -- KM Drum Major
• LAH159 -- KM Drummer
• LAH160 -- KM Fifer
• LAH161 -- KM Singing Sailor - Belting out a traditional German marching song as he parades by.
• LAH162 -- KM Kettle Drummer
• LAH163 -- KM Naval Trumpeter

Berlin'38 Leibstandarte

King & Country Retired

BEING RETIRED THIS MONTH

A large batch this month with many more to follow… Please note we only Hyperlink the categories in case an individual piece has already sold out!

Afrika Korps

• AK059 Control Tower

Afrika Korps

Australian Light Horse

• AL006 “Dismounted Australian Lighthorseman”

Australian Light Horse

Battle of the Bulge

• BBG038 “Gun Crew Set No.1”
• BBG046 “Gun Crew Set No.2”

Battle of the Bulge

Streets of Old Hong Kong

• HK077 “The Street Book Seller Set”

Streets of Old Hong Kong

Crusades

• MK043 “Saracen w/ Lance Down”
• MK044 “Saracen w/ Lance Up”

Medieval Collection

Royal Airforce

• RAF010 “MG Sports Car Set”

Royal Airforce

WWII - German Generals

• WS136 “General & Adjutant”
• WS137 “Discussing the War”

Normandy '44 - Waffen-SS & Wehrmacht

World War II Russian Cossacks

• WS142 “ Cossack Feldgendarmerie with Prisoner”
• WS143 “Mounted Cossack Officer w/ Sword”
• WS144 “Mounted Cossack Scout”
• WS145 “Mounted Cossack Holding Rifle (Looking Right)”
• WS146 “Mounted Cossack Holding Rifle (Looking Left)”
• WS147 “Standing Cossack and Horse”
• WS148 “Mounted Cossack Pointing”
• WS149 “Dismounted Cossack NCO”
• WS150 “General Helmut Von Pannwitz”

Russian Cossacks

Retirements

John Jenkins

JJ DESIGNS COLLECTORS’ CLUB 2012, MEMBERSHIP FIGURES

This coming year, there will be a choice of 2 Membership Sets available. The Membership also includes the following; THE 2011 COLLECTORS CLUB ANNUAL, THE 2012 CALENDAR

• JJCLUB-SET#12A -- Samuel "Sandy" Jenkins, Wagoner - Battle On The Monongahela 1755

Samuel Jenkins was an African American. In 1754 he was Captain Charles Broadwater’s slave. They lived in Springfield, Virginia, where Broadwater was a member of the Virginia militia.

The next year when Captain Broadwater and the Virginia soldiers joined General Braddock's army. Samuel Jenkins went too.

Jenkins was not a member of the army. He was paid to help the army as a driver of a provision wagon. General Braddock paid 15 Schillings per day for each wagon with 4 good horses and driver. Jenkins was one of over 200 wagoners on the Braddock Campaign. A young Daniel Boone was also on this list as a wagoner.

Jenkins's job as wagoner was to keep his horses in good health and keep his wagon in good operating condition. He kept his team of horses under control on steep mountain climbs and dangerous descents without brakes.

Braddock’s army built a road 6 feet wide through dense forests. It was very difficult as there were rivers and streams, swamps, rocks, stumps and boulders that all got in the way. Jenkins braved insects, snakes, rainstorms and heat during his long journey.

Jenkins drove a wagon loaded with 2000 pounds of supplies or food. A lot of food was needed for Braddock’s huge army. Wagons would have carried cheese, Indian corn, rum, flour, rice, peas, salt, flour, bacon, salted beef and pork. Oats and forage for the 2500 horses was also hauled in wagons like Jenkins's. There was little for them to eat in the forest.

The supply wagons were not with General Braddock when he was defeated. Braddock had split his army. The supply wagons were so slow that about half the army went ahead without them. After the battle, as the retreating soldiers caught up with the supply wagons and the rest of the troops, there was panic and fear. The wagons were needed to carry wounded and injured soldiers back to Fort Cumberland where a hospital was set-up for their care. They needed to get rid of the provisions that Jenkins had so carefully transported. They did not want the French to get the food, muskets, gunpowder or any of the other supplies, so the supplies were burned.

It was claimed that Samuel Jenkins went on to live until he was 115 years old.

The Membership also includes the following;

• THE 2011 COLLECTORS CLUB ANNUAL.
• THE 2012 CALENDAR

• JJCLUB-SET#12B -- Pvt. James Jenkins, and Pvt. David Jenkins - 24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment Of Foot, Anglo-Zulu War.

Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded for this famous conflict but, like many of the ranks, 295 David Jenkins, 2nd Battn. 24th Regiment. received only a standard Zulu Wars medal. His name was omitted from the official roll of honour and he remained unrecognised even by his own regimental museum as a defender of Rorke's Drift possibly because he had been a member of a different division of the Regiment to the other soldiers at the mission.

Although he was introduced to King Edward VII on his royal visit to Swansea in 1904 and despite overwhelming evidence of his presence at Rorke's Drift , he became the forgotten man, forgotten by history and historians.

It was only when one of David Jenkin's descendants discovered a Bible which had been awarded only to those who had survived that bloody day that conclusive proof of his claim to be a Rorke's Drift Hero was accepted. David Jenkins died in 1912 and is buried in Cwmgelli Cemetery, Treboeth.

It was reported that Sergt. Wilson, Ptes. Payton, Desmond, 295 Jenkins and Roy, had been sent to the rear with prisoners, according to the letter written by Col. Sergt. Wm. Edwards (kia Isandhlwana).

It was most likely David Jenkins, was the soldier who was reported to have saved Chard, by shouting for him to duck his head down, at a key moment in the battle, when the person behind Chard was hit by a sniper bullet.

He was later to be one of a handful of soldiers in 1879 to be asked to act as models for Lady Butler's famous painting “The Defence of Rorke's Drift.” Her depiction of the battle, a favourite of Queen Victoria's, now hangs in St. James' Palace in London.

Acting Commissariat James Dalton came up with a brilliant plan to form a defensive arrangement. He intended to connect the hospital, store room and the cattle kraal with stacks of mealie bags and wagons. The injured men in the hospital could not be moved so volunteers were needed to protect them. The men who were to go down in history were Corporal William Allen, Privates Thomas Cole, John Dunbar, Fredrick Hitch, William Horrigan, John Williams, Joseph Williams, Henry Hook, Robert Jones and William Jones. These men were each given a sack of ammunition and barricaded into the cubby holes in the hospital. They were, as Henry Hook famously said, 'pinned there like rats in a hole'.

At the time of the battle, there were a total of 139 men although 35 were officially sick and a couple of others were non-fighting men.

841 Private James Jenkins was one of the men officially reported sick, and during the evacuation of the hospital was killed.

Contemporary accounts by Gunner Evans, Surgeon Reynolds and the Rev. Smith – offer evidence that 841 Jenkins was killed in, or possibly in the immediate vicinity of the hospital. Gunner Evans implies that he had been in the same room as Pte Adams and Jenkins - and it could be read that he left them there when he escaped - this would tie in with Reynolds' comments that several men refused to leave and only three, Jenkins included, were actually killed in the hospital.

Rev. Smith's accounts goes into further detail and states that Jenkins was dragged away whilst venturing through one of the holes cut in the internal walls.

These two figures are designed to supplement existing collections, and will not be part of a new series.

The Membership also includes the following;

• THE 2011 COLLECTORS CLUB ANNUAL.
• THE 2012 CALENDAR

John Jenkins Collectors Club

KNIGHTS OF THE SKIES

Charles Eugene Jules Marie Nungesser, was a renowned Ace in France, rating third highest in the country with a total of 45 confirmed victories during World War I.

• ACE-012 -- NIUEPORT 17, N 1895, Flown by Charles Nungesser, Escadrille N65, Summer 1916

Nungesser became an ace in April 1916. He was wounded on 19 May 1916 but continued to score and would be wounded again in June. Despite his many injuries he finished the year with 21 victories, and it was during this time he downed two German aces, Hans Schilling on 4th December, and Kurt Haber on the 20th.

Despite being a decorated pilot, Nungesser was placed under house arrest on more than one occasion for flying without permission. He disliked strict military discipline and went to Paris to enjoy its many pleasures (such as alcohol and women) as often as possible. He was a leading fighter pilot, whose combat exploits against the Germans were widely publicized in France. Nungesser's rugged good looks, flamboyant personality, and appetite for danger, beautiful women, wine and fast cars made him the embodiment of the stereotypical flying ace.

Nungesser flew a variety of Nieuports, most of his planes bore his famous personal insignia of a black heart, edged in white, upon which was painted a white skull and crossbones, coffin, and two candlesticks. With this he also adopted the title "The Knight Of Death".

The aircraft he flew bore prominent tricolour markings on the upper surfaces of the wings and also often on the fuselage and upper surface s of the lower wings.. His original silver-doped Nieuport 17 bore the number N1895. This number was apparently important to Nungesser, as he had this serial number applied to several other planes. This was normally not allowed, which shows how the authorities may have allowed their top aces to do much as they pleased.

• GGC-004 -- German Meteorologists Army Weather Service, France 1916

Most meteorologists were civilian contract personnel, and wore an uniform based on that of Army construction contractors, without shoulder straps or collar Litzen. They were mainly distinguished by a small badge worn on their collars.

Knights Of The Skies - WWI

Jacobite Rebellion

• JR-024 -- Lowland Infantry Attacking With Musket #2

Jacobite Rebellion 1745

First Sudan War

• MADCAM-002 -- Beja Warrior and Wounded Camel

First Sudan War 1884 - 1885

Raid on Saint Francis

• RR-020 -- Rangers Advancing

Raid on Saint Francis, 1759

First Legion

Napoleonic - Brunswick

The Duchy of Brunswick was officially reconstituted in 1814 just a week before Waterloo from the recently disbanded Kingdom of Westphalia, a satellite state created by Napoleon as part of the Confederation of the Rhine. Frederick William the Duke of Brunswick was against the French domination of Germany and with Austria’s assistance raised the famous “Black Legion” to continue the resistance against their French opressors. Uniformed in black, many of these troops had fought with the British both in the Penninsula and during the 100 days campaign climaxing at Waterloo. Specially trained as light infantry, the Avant Garde Jaeger Battalion had two companies of light infantry and two companies of Jaegers and they wore some of the most unique uniforms of the period.

• NAP0251 - Brunswick Advanced Guard Officer - Jaeger Company
• NAP0252 - Brunswick Advanced Guard Hornist - Jaeger Company
• NAP0253 - Brunswick Advanced Guard Firing - Jaeger Company
• NAP0254 - Brunswick Advanced Guard Running - Jaeger Company
• NAP0255 - Brunswick Advanced Guard Fixing Sword Bayonet - Jaeger Company
• NAP0256 - Brunswick Advanced Guard Officer - Light Company
• NAP0257 - Brunswick Advanced Guard Firing - Light Company
• NAP0258 - Brunswick Advanced Guard Kneeling - Light Company
• NAP0259 - Brunswick Advanced Guard Charging - Light Company

Brunswick

World War II Stalingrad

• GERSTAL039 - German BMW R75 Motorcycle Combination - 24th Panzer Division
• GERSTAL040 - German Sniper Behind Wall
• GERSTAL041 - German BMW R75 Feldgendarme Motorcycle Combination - 16th Panzer Division
• GERSTAL042 - German Felgendarme with Guard Dog
• RUSSTAL013 - Russian Maxim HMG Team
• RUSSTAL014 - Russian Sniper "Diversion"
• RUSSTAL015 - Russian Sniper Vasily Zaitsev

World War II

Building & Terrain

• TER008 - Modular Terrain Battle Damaged Brick Building
• TER009a - Modular Terrain Road Section with Green Grass Edges
• TER009b - Modular Terrain Road Section with Dirt Edge
• TER010a - Modular Terrain Section - Green Grass
• TER010b - Modular Terrain Dirt Section with Loose Rubble Pack
• TER010d - Modular Terrain Section with Dry Grass
• TER010c - Modular Terrain Section with Green Grass and Dry Grass

Buildings and Terrain

Black Hawk

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

New  Announcement Expected February / March 2012!  We have some fabulous editions for lovers of the old west, including a Stage Coach and some great Indian figures as well, not sure they had anything to do with the raid, but they look good.

• FW-0101 -- Overland Stage
• FW-0201 -- PAYUTE CHIEF
• FW-0202 -- CROW BRAVE
• FW-0203 -- BUFFALO WARRIOR
• FW-0204 -- Smoking Warrior

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

Manes Marzano

Sudan War -- New Releases Expected Spring 2012!

• MM-SP06 -- Two Mounted Dervish
• MM-SP07 -- Dervish Infantry

Sudan War

120MM Metal Unpainted Kit

This figure is supplied as an unpainted Metal Kit, made in white metal. So assembly and painting is required.

Custom painting services are available from both Manes Marzano or the Sierra Toy Soldier Company, contact us for an estimate.

Scale 120mm is approximately 4.75 inches tall.

• MM-120MM-1 -- ARGENTINE CUIRASSIER 1850
• MM-120MM-2-- AFRICAN NAPOLEONIC SAPPER ITALY 1812
• MM-120MM-3 -- NAPOLEONIC ITALIAN SAPPER ITALY 1812
• MM-120MM-4 -- FRENCH GRENADIER-CRIMEAN WAR -1853

120MM Metal Unpainted Kit

Thomas Gunn

New Releases Expected Late January!

• ATW002A -- Quad 50 Flak Gun -- The Maxon M45 power turret mounted four .50 calibre Browning M2 heavy barrel machine guns - this was the famous quad fifty. The multiple machine guns excelled in duels with aircraft flying up to 1,500 feet, and also provided AA fire units with local defense against ground attack or infiltration. In its secondary role of engaging ground troops, the quad fifty was evaluated post-war as "vicious and effective" when facing light armored vehicles and enemy infantry. The reputation the weapon gained in World War II kept the quad mounts in America's wars up to and including Vietnam. The Quad turret could be mounted on a half track or on one of 2 trailers, our model is the later M55 version. Issued mainly to Airborne Anti Aircraft (AAA) units the M55 version also found its way into other GI units because of its effectiveness against air and ground targets.
  Available in 2 versions with 150 of each available in Normandy or a BOB colour scheme and will full rotate and elevate. The 81st AAA Battalion were issued the Quad 50 and were an organic part of the 101st Airborne Division . Our model therefore comes with a gunner and a rookie officer (wearing his trench coat) from the 101st scanning the sky's for the Luftwaffe.
• ATW002B -- Quad 50 Flak Gun (Winter)
• SS031A -- Battle Group 3 (Normandy) -- A great accompaniment to our Mine Clearers from last month or any other action dio your imagination stretches to! A two man set featuring a kneeling firing figure with no base for maximum flexibility and another figure hastily fitting a bayonet for the forthcoming close combat! Available in Waffen SS colours (200 sets) as the A version and DAK colours (100 sets) for the B version.
• SS031B -- Battle Group 3 (DAK)
• SS032A -- Battle Group 4 (Normandy) -- The last of our Battle Group series also features a two man set with one kneeling figure priming his potato masher grenade and the other reloading a fresh clip into his rifle. Available in late war Waffen SS colours (200 sets) as the A version and DAK colours (100 sets) for the B version.
• SS032B -- Battle Group 4 (DAK)

Thomas Gunn

Safari

JG Miniatures - New Announcement!

Safari

New 1:48 Scale Plastic Figures, ideal for school projects.

• SAF-650204-- American Revolutionary War - Continental Army
• SAF-650404 -- American Revolutionary War - British Army

American Revolution Collection

Dragons

As this Chinese New Year it is the year of the Dragon, we thought we should add to the collection.

• SAF-10115 -- Cloud Dragon
• SAF-10116 -- Swamp Dragon
• SAF-10117 -- Dragon Hatchlings
• SAF-802029 -- Hydra

Dragons

Century Wings

New Announcement Expected Late February 2012!

• CW718838 -- SR-71A Blackbird - Rapid Rabbit, 9th SRW, Kadena Air Base, 1972 - In service from 1964 to 1998, the SR-71 Blackbird - or Habu (snake) - is still the fastest and highest-flying jet aircraft of all time. Replicating the SR-71A "Rapid Rabbit," which wore the famous Playboy Bunny emblem on its rudders, this limited edition, 1/72 scale, die cast Century Wings model of the advanced, long-range, Mach 3 strategic reconnaissance aircraft is a real beauty!

Century Wings

Hobby Master

New Announcement Arriving April 2012!
Modern Air Power Collection

• HA1055 -- Lockheed TF-104G D-5817, "Dutch Masters", late 1960s
• HA1928 -- McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II "30 Years of Phabulous Phantoms" Wing Commander's Aircraft, 110th TFS/131st TFW, Missouri ANG, c. 1989
• HA2413 -- MIG-15 bis "27" Defensa Anti-Aerea Y Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria Cuba
• HA2415 -- J-2 (MIG-15 bis) "26100" Chinese Peoples Liberation Army Air Force, Korean War, 1951
• HA3509 -- McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C HN-457, Finnish Air Force "Kreivi von Rosen" (last F-18C/D built)
• HA3603 -- F-106A Delta Dart "City of Jacksonville" Florida ANG, 1976
• HA3703 -- McDonnell RF-101B "Recon Voodoo" 59-0397, 192 TRS, Nevada ANG

Modern Air Power Collection

Air Power Collection (Propeller Powered) - 1:48 Scale

• HA7112 -- Spitfire XIV MV293 as MV268 Duxford Flying Legends Air Show 2006
• HA8202 -- F4U-1A Corsair VMF-214 "Black Sheep", "White 86" Major Gregory Boyington, WWII

Air Power Collection (Propeller Powered) - 1:48 Scale.

Ground Power Collection

• HG4605 -- German Panzer II Ausf.C Pz. Rgt. 31, 5 Pz. Div., Eastern Front 1941
• HG7001 -- JS-2 Russian (Soviet) Heavy Tank 7th Independent Guards Heavy Tank Brigade, Red Army, Berlin, 1945

Ground Power Collection

New Announcement Arriving May 2012!
Air Power Collection (Propeller Powered) - 1:72

• HA0206 -- Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless" BuNo 4537, flown by Lt(jg) William E. Hall and Seaman John A. Moore USS Lexington (CV 2), 8 May 1942
• HA2008 -- B5N2 Type 97 Attack Bomber "Kate" Aircraft Carrier Zuiho, April 1943
• HA3204 -- Douglas B-26C Invader 44-35911, G.B. 1/19 "Gascogne", Tourane, French Indochina, 1951

Air Power Collection (Propeller Powered) - 1:72 & 1:32 Scale.

Modern Air Power Collection

• HA1056 -- Lockheed TF-104G 104-22, Spanish Air Force, late 1960s
• HA1929 -- McDonnell Douglas F-4D "Terrible Tyke" 497th TFS, 8th TFW, Ubon 1972
• HA2509 -- F-105D Thunderchief "Arkansas Traveler" 59-1743, flown by Col. Paul Douglas, 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, Korat , Thailand 1968-69

Modern Air Power Collection

Air Power Collection (Propeller Powered) - 1:48 Scale

• HA8104 -- Boeing PT-17 Stearman 41-25714, US Army manufactured in 1942
• HA8105 -- Boeing PT-17 Stearman 4X-ACH #31, Israeli Air Force

Air Power Collection (Propeller Powered) - 1:48 Scale.

Ground Power Collection

• HG4005 -- British Quad Gun Tractor w/25 pdr. Gun Gold Beach D-Day Plus 2
• HG4504 -- German Horch 1a with 20mm Flak 38 European Theatre, WWII
• HG4705 -- M7 Priest HMC A Troop, 22nd Battery, 24th Field Rgt. Royal Artillery, May 1944 "Anzio"

Ground Power Collection

Hobby Master

Very best regards from Mike & Myszka Hall and the Sierra Toy Soldier team - Andrew, Ann, Barbara, Dave, Evan, Gary, Matt, Michael (the Kilted Vampire), and  Stephanie.

This newsletter is the copyright of Sierra Toy Soldier Company 2011.