April 2019 US 7th Cavalry

Another western theme uniform

here's my vintage guy to start with , i think mint off card back in the day it looks like new

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now for some others in my collection

these are cotswold i think , the uniforms are really good quality don't know about the heads though

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Comparisons

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Fun stuff! An interesting historical period to model on 1:6 figures. Plenty of details to keep you busy perfecting!

Sharp uni's and photos!

A fantastic uniform James and amazing figures!

Great looking VAM 7th Cavalry and Cotswold Civil War figures! The Union Artillery CPL is one of my future acquisitions!

-Nate

Great figures, James!!!

I do like the Cots uniforms with the woven insignia and piping, but have a sentimental attachment to the VAM.

One might consider the Cavalry to be quintessentially American, but they were never offered for Joe. No cowboy for Joe either...at least AFAIK. We did have American Civil War figures, but those came much later.

The absolute best stuff is from Battlegear Toys:

https://battlegeartoys.com/collections/civil-war-sets-1

a little pricey, but beyond belief in quality and detail.

gibri wrote:

Great figures, James!!!

I do like the Cots uniforms with the woven insignia and piping, but have a sentimental attachment to the VAM.

One might consider the Cavalry to be quintessentially American, but they were never offered for Joe. No cowboy for Joe either...at least AFAIK. We did have American Civil War figures, but those came much later.

The absolute best stuff is from Battlegear Toys:

https://battlegeartoys.com/collections/civil-war-sets-1

a little pricey, but beyond belief in quality and detail.

Battle gear and New Line have amazing quality, but the price and small pieces take them out if the toy realm! By the 1960s age 70s, westerns just weren’t grabbing kids attention. John Wayne and Clint Eastwood got adults into the theater, but boys tended to play soldier or astronaut; hence the lack of a hasbro release. I was just in Gettysburg, and one of the stores had several boxed SOTW Civil War figs. Saw some of the sideshow ones when I was there a decade ago. My sole civil war figure is a Berdan Sharpshooter. DML body and boots, the rest is from the Sideshow release.





-Nate

Nice figure Nate
I must admit I went through a faze of collecting sideshow civil war figures and uniforms and have a few stashed away somewhere

gibri wrote:

Great figures, James!!!

I do like the Cots uniforms with the woven insignia and piping, but have a sentimental attachment to the VAM.

One might consider the Cavalry to be quintessentially American, but they were never offered for Joe. No cowboy for Joe either...at least AFAIK. We did have American Civil War figures, but those came much later.

The absolute best stuff is from Battlegear Toys:

https://battlegeartoys.com/collections/civil-war-sets-1

a little pricey, but beyond belief in quality and detail.

Nice link Brian , amazing stuff and great attention to detail

Great Thread James

Some great Unis - I'm liking seeing the Cotswold figures 'up close" and some great figures & Unis' too Bri

However its got me itching to go on e-bay

Nice Nate!

A great thread with some fantastic uniform examples.
Very interesting and informative stuff. Thanks for sharing.