Code: PA808-1
- Highlanders
Contains 3 molds to cast the illustrated figures.
You will require 80g of metal per figure. Full painting
instructions included.
This regiment traces its origins back
to 1725 when six independent companies were formed from
non-Jacobite Highlanders (i.e. Those with Hanoverian
rather than Stuart sympathies). These companies were
amalgamated in 1739 into a single regiment, which was
given the number "42" in 1751. The regiment
took part in the colonial wars in North America against
France 1757-1763), and was granted it's "Royal"
appellation after distinguishing itself in the battle
of Triconderoga. The Regimental badge (with the motto
"I am not provoked with impunity") was granted
in 1768.
Further service in North America followed
during the American war of Independence (1776-1783),
and in the Egyptian Campaign against Bonaparte in 1801,
at Aboukir Bay in Alexandria. The Napoleonic Wars saw
the 42nd in action again, during the peninsular campaign,
(Corunna 1809; Salamanca 1812), and in 1815 at Quatre
Bas and Waterloo. During the Crimean War (1854-1856)
the 42nd took part in the battles of the Alma and Balaclavaa,
and saw service in India putting down the great Mutiny
in 1858. The regiment served in many of the colonial
campaigns of the later 19th century, including the Ashanti
wars and the Egyptian campaign of 1882 at the battle
of Tel-el-Kebir. The first battalion also took part
in the Sudan campaign while the second saw service in
South Africa during the Boer war in 1899.
The regiments nickname the "Blackwatch",
which was given official recognition in 1861, has several
possible origins. Once is from the 18th century and
recalls the long hilltop watches kept by the independent
companies from which it derived. Alternatively, the
name could derive from the dark colour of the tartan,
as compared with the red coats of the government troops.
These are three figure molds, the image is to show how they might look when cast and painted.
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