Fanteria Leggera Britannica della Rivoluzione Americana, 1771–1783

Conversioni in Scala 1:72

A very interesting conversion from an historical point of view, it mirrors the way uniforms of the fanteria leggera britannica were originally created during the guerra franco-indiana. Existing fanteria di linea uniforms were cut down for fanteria leggera use. The style was re-adopted in 1771 when fanteria leggera again became an important part dell’armata britannica establishment in North America.

I battaglioni di fanteria britannica each had a fanteria leggera company con men trained to act as skirmishers. On campaign, the standard operating procedure was to strip the light companies from their parent reggimenti, e brigade them together, forming a converged fanteria leggera unit. At the beginning of the American War of Independence, the fanteria leggera wore a variety of cap styles, short jackets con wings on the shoulders, breeches e stockings, e calf length "half spatterdashers" o half gaiters. Cuffs e lapels were the same colour as the parent reggimento, but fanteria leggera had red waistcoats as a further mark of distinction.

Parts Required

• Fanteria Britannica, Accurate Figures 7200, also distributed as Revell 02603

The Cut of the Cloth

The Revell figure used for this conversion is the one con legs apart e the coat tails falling between. This stance facilitates the removal of the coat tails in order to arrive at the shortened fanteria leggera coat. Using a sharp blade, cut a 1 mm deep line across the rear of the coat, just above the tail flaps. This cut defines the bottom of the new coat. Position the blade below the coat tails e slice upwards, prudentamente removing the coat tails until you meet the cut line. You should leave the top part of the turnbacks in place. Finally, the legs need to be trimmed into shape a little to complete the coat conversion.

The Fanteria Leggera Cap

The peculiar cap of the fanteria leggera is made by converting the figure’s tricorn hat. First slice off the left e right corners of the tricorn. The remaining front corner becomes the front flap (or plate) of the cap. Trim off the back brim of the tricorn to form the rounded crown of the cap. Paint over the cap crown con PVA glue to cover nicks e give a rounder, smoother finish.

This type of fanteria leggera cap was popular on both sides of conflict, e the conversion may be used to create the fanteria leggera company of the 2nd Canadian (Congress’ Own) Regiment e many other American units.

Anthony De Lyall

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Soldatini della Guerra di Indipendenza Americana

– Pubblicato: 1997 – Aggiornato: 23.05.2007
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