Tuesday 12 May 2020

Semi flats found in the shed whilst sorting

I had forgotten these semi flats,they are around 40 mm with the Germanic looking ones being taller.
There are around fifteen painted in that blue uniform ( not sure why I did so now) and a bag of around twenty odd unpainted. Sadly there is only one tank but a chunky, charming model it is. The artillery piece has a solidity too but not quite as detailed as the tank although I think that might have something to do with the paint it is smothered in. The detail on the infantry is not too crisp but they would make an interesting force. In the unpainted bag there are a few officers on foot with cane and a few mounted officers/cavalry 

Although few in number I do like these figures especially the wonderfully animated soldier with cooking cauldron over fire with steam/smoke billowing forth. The cavalryman is a simple but effective pose and the marching soldiers look good to me. They are in the uniforms I purchased them in . I don’t know their age or manufacture ( of the moulds I mean) assuming them to be homecasts. Anyone out there got more information?

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  1. Can't help with information Tradgardmastare but they are lovely figures and should get a game or maybe a display box!

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    1. Semi flats have a certain charm I think . As Britains are for us in the uk so homecasts semi flats for Europe if you know what I mean.

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  2. Attractive figures, enough for a small skirmish! There must be some Flats forums around, although quite often they are in German. Flats are not my area, although I do have some small WW1 flats stored for when I "mature" and "grow up" ...

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    1. I look forward to seeing thevWw1 flats one day...

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  4. They look like Schneider figures. See http://www.zinnfiguren-klio.de/PDF/schneiderformen/gesamtkatalog.pdf and http://www.zinnfiguren-klio.de/PDF/schneiderformen/einzelfotos.pdf

    The guy at the fire is Form #275.

    Schneider produced moulds for homecasting, so putting an age to the figures is difficult, but most moulds were produced prior WW2.
    See also http://www.zinnfiguren-klio.de/startframes.html?PHPSESSID_netsh10543=e0092fd64bd5f29e79e8051910be93ba for information on Schneider (GErman) and for a history.

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  5. BTW, you can easily recognize Schneider figures by their typical elongated hexagonal base (although this is not a universal truth, of course ;-))

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  6. A similar tank mould has turned up on French EBay - thanks to a tip off from the Facebook homecasting group
    https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Moule-Plomb-Etain-Zinngiesform-lead-mould-Plat-detain-tank/283828032563?hash=item4215781433:g:wToAAOSwNsdefOTG

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