"1/72 Plastic Tecumseh Set Masters " Topic

Strelets have released pics of masters of their recently announced "Tecumseh 1812" set:

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This comes following the soon-to-be-released "American Militia in Winter Dress 1812 " (hmm thought this was Summer dress)

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Also previously released were Brits in greatcoats:

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which seem to have been worn by the 49th Foot at Crysler's Farm

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Although according to Olivier Millet's War of 1812 site it was the 89th Foot rather than the 49th that wore greatcoats in battle:

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The sculpting seems to have improved on Strelets

Yes it really has. Hope the production lives up to it.

Those look like a couple of nice sets.

Must resist, must not start another period, even if it's an offshoot of my Napoleonics!

Wow, so the masters are pretty good. I wonder where it goes wrong? Mould makers not up to scratch or that prechewed plastic they use? Will be getting a few boxes of these either way!

Nice! I wonder if they hired the sculpter from Zvezda?!
Bob

They paint up better than they often look in "the raw", is my experience.

But yes, the sculptor is really getting good. Don't forget that these are made 1:1 scale (not the usual plastic industry "3-up" size) so the detail is often a bit overscale, but it does mean it takes paint well.

Their promised 1812 retreat from Moscow sledges etc are really cool 9no pun intended)

Wow. Some nice figures for my 1812 army!

Thanks for this.

Much, much better than most previous fare from Strelets. Mind you, Redbox was worse (IMHO), and then did some rather good 1745 Government troops, only, I fear, to fall off again.

The American militia and Indian sets look particularly good. And tempting. Could the Indians be used in earlier conflicts; AWI or French/Indian?

I wonder, there must be scope for using the Brits outside North America. I seem to recall it rained a lot in Belgium in June 1815, though I suspect there was little if any fighting by the British in greatcoats (happy to be contradicted).

With head-swops (plenty of spare heads to trade with HaT's Peninsular British infantry if HaT ever gets its act together and makes some more), so you might be able to field these in the Peninsular, well on its flatter parts (the rain in Spain …).

I will be interested to see how they turn out.

P.S. I took a look on PSR plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=2323

Very disappointing. Compare these with the Link to the masters for "Set 1" on this thread.

I notice that the marching poses (the only really useful ones from my point of view, but that's by the by) have been ditched, but look at the sorrowful execution, attributed by PSR to the poor mould making.

So, I dare say we can expect the lovely masters for the sets in preparation to suffer a similar fate. if I were Strelets's sculptor, I'd either resign or commit suicide.

Incidentally, PSR state that Wellington's British at Waterloo had sent their greatcoats to the coast as it was summer. I assume they know what they are talking about, though it would seem a surprising decision by anyone who had experienced June in England.

Hi,

"Could the Indians be used in earlier conflicts; AWI or French/Indian?"

I believe they could as the native dress didn't seem to change much except for tribal and climate variations. This set is obviously Shawnee/Tecumseh Confederacy fighting on the northern front so the clothing is for colder weather. Should be mentioned that Italeri made a fine set of natives for the AWI that features dress for warmer climates that could also be used for War of 1812-14:

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"I wonder, there must be scope for using the Brits outside North America. I seem to recall it rained a lot in Belgium in June 1815, though I suspect there was little if any fighting by the British in greatcoats (happy to be contradicted)."

Please see the discussion on Brits in greatcoats I linked earlier:

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Doesn't seem Wellington liked to see the army wearing greatcoats in battle much!

"I notice that the marching poses (the only really useful ones from my point of view, but that's by the by) have been ditched"

My fault, I thought "Set 2" with marching poses had already been released but not so. They're on the way though.

"Wow, so the masters are pretty good. I wonder where it goes wrong? Mould makers not up to scratch or that prechewed plastic they use?"

"but look at the sorrowful execution, attributed by PSR to the poor mould making."

Can only agree – hope they sort out the production issues or they are wasting some wonderful sculpting. I think we have to understand that there are serious problems going on in the part of the world where these figures are made (Ukraine, and if the new sculptor is ex-Zvezda that is a Russian company). Hope the suffering can stop.

Durruti,

Many thanks for all of that.

"Hope the suffering can stop" – I very much hope so too.