Rifles Britannici, 1808–1815

Recensione dei Figurini Revell in Scala 1:72

Soldatini britannici dei 95th Rifles, wearing green rifle uniforms con black facings, e white piping. Regulations trousers were rifle green as well, although grey trousers may have been worn in the field. Riflemen attached to the 60th (Royal American) Regiment were similarly uniformed, except that they had red facings, e grey trousers. Armed con the Baker rifle, these troops were expert marksmen capable of hitting targets well beyond normal musketry range. The Rifles earned fame during the 1808-1814 Peninsular Campaigns, e they served con distinction at Waterloo in 1815.

The figure poses are perfect for giocatori wargame who need firing, loading, ed observing riflemen to deploy on their skirmish stands. Riflemen were trained to work in pairs. One man would fire e reload, while his buddy covered him.

Contenuto

• 42 soldatini in 12 Poses – 23 mm pari a 166 cm di altezza
  • Ufficiale
  • Bugler
  • NCO advancing (2)
  • Rifleman standing, tirante
  • Rifleman kneeling, tirante
  • Rifleman loading, priming the pan (4)
  • Rifleman loading, taking a charge (4)
  • Rifleman loading, ramming the charge (5)
  • Rifleman standing, fixed bayonet (4)
  • Rifleman running, fixed bayonet (4)
  • Rifleman charging, fixed bayonet (4)
  • Rifleman advancing, fixing bayonet (4)
• 15 discarded knapsacks

Valutazione

Nicely detailed soldatini. Folds in the clothing, collars e facings, shakò covers, rolled cloaks, canteens, gaiters, belts, buttons, pouches, sabres, muskets e metal fittings are well sculpted ed easy to paint. The soldatini are noticeably shorter e slimmer than the Napoleonic soldatini from other manufacturers o even Revell’s own granatieri della Guardia imperiale francese. The sculpting style is similar to Fanteria Prussiana Napoleonica di Revell.

Useful historic poses. The soldatini appear very natural, because of the standard poses which have been used. All of the 42 soldiers make excellent wargame e diorama soldatini, they may be deployed in firing, avanzando, defending e marching units. Relatively few riflemen were engaged in the guerre napoleoniche, e simulations gamers will find all the soldatini they need in this set. In addition, the soldatini lend themselves to a number of interesting conversion.

Correct painting instructions on the box: The men are shown in the grey field service trousers, instead of the green trousers worn con full dress.

Satisfactory casting quality. There is some flash, e noticeable le linee di stampo devono essere tolto prima di dipingere. Due poses carry mould lines down the center of the face which require careful attention.

The officer’s index finger is much too big compared to the other fingers on that hand. A little carving work will be required to fix that.

One of the advancing riflemen looks like he is about to engage in a sword-fight, using his bayonet. The pose would have been more attractive con the man actually fixing the bayonet on his rifle, because he is already holding the rifle in the required position. The bugler is holding his rifle in an uncomfortable position. The pose may be improved by bending e relaxing the arm a little.

The charging rifleman seems to be ambling, he has his left foot forward e the left arm extended forward at the same time. This pose is not nearly as good as the running poses in Revell’s fanteria sovietica della seconda guerra mondiale.

Utilizzo Storico

• 60th (Royal American) Regiment 1808-1815
  • 5/60th Regiment, 3rd Fanteria Division, Salamanca 1812
• 95th Rifles 1808-1815
  • 1/95th Rifles, 5th Allied Brigade, Picton’s Division, Waterloo 1815
  • 2/95th Rifles, 3rd Brigade Britannico, Clinton’s Division, Waterloo 1815
  • 3/95th Rifles (2 coys), 3rd Brigade Britannico, Clinton’s Division, Waterloo 1815

Conversione

• King’s German Legion Fanteria Leggera 1808-1815
  • 1st Light Battalion, KGL. Rifle uniform britannico con black shoulder-rolls, except that the officers did not have hussar style braid on their jackets.
  • 2nd Light Battalion, KGL. Rifle uniform britannico, black ball-pompom sul shakò.
• 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment 1808-1815.
  Line fanteria uniform, fanteria leggera stovepipe shakò without cords.
  Some men may have carried knapsacks francesi originally captured in Egypt.
• Fanteria Leggera Britannica 1808-1815.
  Line fanteria flank-company uniform con wings e fringes,
  fanteria leggera stovepipe shakò without cords.
  • 51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Fanteria Leggera
  • 52nd (Oxfordshire) Fanteria Leggera
  • 68th (Durham) Fanteria Leggera
  • 71st (Glasgow Highland) Fanteria Leggera
  • 85th (Bucks Volunteers) Fanteria Leggera
• Fanteria leggera & Landwehr hannoveriana
  • Lüneburg Light Battalion, 1814-1815
  • Grubenhagen Light Battalion, 1814-1815. Fanteria leggera shakò without brim.
  • Landwehr Fanteria, 1814-1815. Uniforme della fanteria britannica di linea, fanteria leggera stovepipe shakò con cords arranged in style fanteria britannica di linea. Ufficiali wore regulation uniforme della fanteria britannica di linea.
• Netherlands National milizia, 1814-1815. Uniforme in stile della fanteria di linea francese, e shakò tipo stovepipe della fanteria leggera britannica without cords.
• 21. (4th Pommeranian) Reggimento Fanteria Prussiano, 1813–1815
  • 1st e 2^o Battaglione wore Portuguese style fanteria uniform con shoulder-rolls, e conical fanteria leggera style shakò without cords.
  • 3rd Battalion wore rifle uniform britannico con shoulder-rolls.

Bibliografia

• Haythornthwaite, Philip: Uniforms of Waterloo, plate 18
• Funcken, L. & F.: L’Uniforme et les Armes des Soldats du Premier Empire, p. 99
• Allevi, Piersergio: Soldatini, p. 13

Rifles britannici are a must-have for Napoleonic giocatori wargame e modellers. These Revell soldatini are great, they fill the niche perfectly. Rifles are a rare troop type, ed it is unlikely that gamers e collezionisti will need many boxes of them. Fortunately for Revell, a similar style of uniform was worn by other allied units engaged in the 1814-1815 campaigns.

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Soldatini Britannici Napoleonici

– Pubblicato: 1996 – Aggiornato: 23.05.2007
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