"New 1/72 ACW" Topic

The Strelets company have made a commitment to producing ACW figures in 1/72 plastic.

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Before any groans, this company has improved greatly in the past years & sneak previews of the product look very good.

There new Napoleonic Polish infantry sculpts are EXCELLENT.
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Hope their ACW is as well done.

I'm very hopeful

The previews

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Box art for Pickett's charge set 1.

Very nice figures. I really like the dismounted cavalry.

Tom

I just noticed the Blakeslee quickloader case on the dismounted cavalry. Very cool and it's neat the sculptor even knew such a thing existed, but it was really late war. I don't believe they were issued until sometime in 1865.

Tom

I suppose these are too large to mix with Blue Moon 18mm. Does anyone know?

Tom

Say, those are really good!

spread the word and make sure enough people buy these sets so more figures from this time period can be produced!

Damn, just finished buying all my ACW stuff in 28mm plastic.

@Hobhood4 just sell them and start over with 1/72 😎 but I know the feeling, I just bought loads of ACW metal figures in 20mm, and now cheaper and better figures will be released…

Some of the poses just look odd, the standing firing cavalryman for example looks as though he's braced to fire a submachine gun rather than a Civil War carbine. I'll stick with my 15s and 28s.

The pose for "right shoulder shift" is wrong as well, the firing lock should be parallel to the shoulder, that's a modern "right shoulder arms" position.

These are LONG overdue. About time someone did some decent ACW figs in 1/72nd. I only hope the cav is a set of it's own and not mixed in with the infantry.

I think it's great that so many companies realize that we need many figures in the same or similiar poses, like marching or standing still. Hopefully the old approach with mixed poses are gone..

Need artillery !! And limbers and caissons . Are you reading this, Hat!?!

plenty of limbers and caissons are available from 20mm metal ranges like RSM95, though we need more gunner poses…

But theyre kind of weak as are the gun carriages ConfederateSwede. I actually think there are lots of good crewman from Accuarate/Imex. It's the equipment that's inadequate .

Btw I have a ton of RSM figs. Great range. Wish they did more.

Saw nothing wrong with their limbers and caissons, I got plenty of them, they're the best of any metal range I think. Yeah the RSM figs are truly great.

The crew from Accuate were great, but the size was wrong, they were huge compared to other makers, and only four poses.

The Imex sets had only 4-5 poses, size was litle better, but why so many infantry poses..I think we need more variety.

I really like the anatomy of these guys. Thin and rangy looks a lot more like the guys in most ACW photos.

Behold! New image of figures from the "Pickett's Charge" set 1! This is looking good! This must be some of the best ACW figures in plastic yet!

Yeah , they look tremendous. Very encouraging .

To be be fair the RSM limbers and caissons are ok. Horses are pretty basic though . The field piece tubes could be a lot better. They're napoleonic artillery is actually pretty decent.

And don't get me wrong , if Strelets did a nice artillery set with their usual variety of poses , you'd have no complaint from me! :)

Sadly there seems to be no plans yet for artillery or cavalry, but if the infantry sells well who knows.

These new infantry almost look like downsized Perry-quality 28mm figures!

I think Musket Miniatures had great limbers and cannons but they were a bit small for 1/72..

Absolutely agree on musket miniatures. More like 18mm . Which is a shame given how nice they are

Especially since they had parrot guns, something RSM lacks..

Nice figures, good proportions

Nice looking figures, but the shoulder carry of the figures does not match any of the drill position I know of. Also the dismounts have their carbine slings on backward, the buckle was worn on the back.

Strelets have showcased som of their new ACW figures, including some command figures. They will release 5(!) ACW sets in May 2017. Great news and these look good, any doubts should be erased by now.

Wow, these look really nice.

Any information on figure numbers in a box and price? Have been thinking about ACW for quite a while and was going to go with 20mm metal but these guys look well suited for me.

If they continue with same numbers as before maybe 40 figs each box, but I'm guessing "Pickett's charge" box might have more…Prices maybe £7.00 GBP-10GBP a box.

Masters for the US Cavalry at Gettysburg now up

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Another set of US Infantry mentioned on the Strelets site .

HäT is apparently also planning two ACW sets, marching and command, you can vote for them here and look at the masters:
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The more the merrier right? HäT also seem to have AWI sets in the pipeline.

Please go in and vote ACW sets are in the lead but not by much…
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<Nice looking figures, but the shoulder carry of the figures does not match any of the drill position I know of. Also the dismounts have their carbine slings on backward, the buckle was worn on the back.>

Given the subject of this set is "Pickett's Charge" then the figures are acceptable, considering that the command 'Route Step – March' viz.

"At the command march repeated by the captain the two ranks will step off together the rear rank will take in marching by shortening a few steps a distance of one pace twenty eight inches from the rank preceding which distance will be computed from the breasts of the men in the rear rank to the knapsacks of the men in the front rank The men without further command will immediately carry their arms at will as indicated in the school of the soldier They will no longer be required to march in the cadenced pace or with the same foot or to remain silent The files will march at ease but care will be taken to prevent the ranks from intermixing the front rank from getting in advance of the guide and the rear rank from opening to too great a distance"

The cavalry troopers wear their carbine slings like this fellow here

and this one But not these guys

I have yet to see an order specifying which way around this piece of equipment was to be worn. I wore mine buckle in front because if you have a narrow waist, there is no room for the revolver cartridge box AND the carbine box on the belt, so the obvious answer was to carry the latter on the carbine sling – like in this quartermaster photo

I have a feeling that the troops pleased them selves if the company commander or 1st Sgt. let them get away with it – as they did in all other matters. I'm just glad to see what looks like a dedicated, decent quality dismounted cavalry set where no existed before!

New photos of 1/72 US infantry marching

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On the subject of Strelets…

Their confederate command staff boxes are hard to find. Will they remake them?

Confederrate Swede:

Quite a few posts back you had mentioned you had just acquired a bunch of metal 20mm acw figures. The only maker of those that I'm aware of ( I've got a few hundred, mostly via ebay, but a hundred or so from the maker, Thomas K+L.) As far as I know, K+L are no longer making/selling figures. Do you have a source of those or are yours of a different make; if so, please share.

Oh, as for the Union cavalry, they didn't have Spencer carbines yet at Gettysburg; first issues were later in '63 although I believe I did read that at least one regiment there had Spencer rifles, but not sure whether that was a cavalry or infantry regiment so armed.

I "think" the 5th and 6th Michigan with Custer were supposed to be carrying Spencers?

Should have concurred with Stephen Miller that these were breech-loading rifles, not carbines.

Yes. 5th and 6th Michigan had the Spencer long rifles; these guys were the dismounts skirmishing with Albert Jenkins brigade (who had long Enfields, but limited ammo supply) at the Rummel Farm on the third day. But the cavalry set discussed here is not specific to Gettysburg or any other ACW battle

the standing firing cavalryman for example looks as though he's braced to fire a submachine gun rather than a Civil War carbine

Have you ever live fired a civil war era carbine? The short barrel, big powder charge and the half inch thick bullet combine to give a kick like a boilermaker. You lean into it or lose it. He's also likely to be taking cover behind a stone or rail fence

Kudos to Strelets for quietly getting on with it, improving their quality and actually producing the goods as opposed to another company who just blather on about sets that don't see the light of day for 5 or 10 years.

Stephen Miller, I only use one brand and that is RSM95, superior quality compared to other 20mm metal ACW figures. You can get them at dpcltdcom.org

You can see them in my diorama:

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@Dantheman the Confederate command set will be re-issued and available in June. Not sure about the Union sets.

It's been a long wait, but finally there are new 1/72 ACW figures released and available to buy. Strelets first new ACW sets hits the market today it seems, the first ACW sets to be released in a while.

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Kennington miniatures in the UK has an extensive line in metal. Irregular misery matures in the UK has limbers and guns as well as foot and horse. However the foot and horse are very small.

Be advised: Strelets ACW are smaller noticably (to the experienced wargamer that is) than Italeri