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Model Soldiers



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There's a wide scope of collectibles in this field like the artilleries, battle ships and tanks, the whole diorama. But let's stick with model soldiers for this post.

When it comes to model toy soldiers there are lot of categories to choose from like medieval knights, ancient romans, the samurais, highlanders, the celts and the gauls, civil war and the two world wars. The picture shows a model soldier from the Napoleonic war.

One advantage of collecting model soldiers is that although an individual soldier might have a rather limited value, sets of soldiers, in dress uniforms or particular military settings command high prices.

So it's possible to build up collections that become more and more valuable with each addition. Famous sets such as the Royal Engineer's baloon and Winchwagon or the household cavalry at the trooping of the colour are now greatly sought after by avid collectors.

Britain has in the past been a major manufacturer of model soldiers, and now ranks as the world's largest producer. This means that there is a greater likelihood of finding early examples in Britain than anywhere else in the world.

The earliest model soldiers produced in the 16th century were two dimensional flats made from pure tin and mounted on small stands. The 30mm Nuremberg scale was not adopted until 1848.

In the late 1890's William britain of london developed the process of casting hollow three-dimensional figures. This led to marked changes in the manufacture of model soldiers. Britain's soldiers were not only more realistic and detailed than the German ones, but their hollow structure meant that they required far less metal and were consequently cheaper as a result.

The early British model soldiers can be distinguished by their round bases; square bases came in later. Plastic took the place of lead alloy in 1966.

The fact that lead soldiers are no longer being made, coupled with the world wide demand from collectors and the continued enthusiasm for war games, means that there is an increasing scarcity. So if you gradually build up good sets of soldiers you will probably get a very favourable roi.

Fyi, the publishing icon Malcolm Forbes also collected model toy soldiers.

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