These are quite common, appearing from time to time painted or unpainted in cellulose acetate, polystyrene or soft polyethylene. The four on the left and the highlander seem to be a stable cellulose acetate (but it could be an early - tinny - styrene) and are courtesy of Adrian Little.
The standing firing chap has the same paint as the others, but a green base, so in this case might be from another set?
They are about 50mm and again one of them has the full webbing straps of an earlier era, when Line Regiments as well as guards wore this type of uniform.
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The kneeling at the ready figure (apparently a fusilier, not a guard) was originally made in lead by BMC/Soldama - see Andrew Rose's book 'Toy Soldiers', page 107, fig. 9
The marching figure was made in lead by Sacul, owned by Bill Lucas, who later set up Paramount for plastic production. See Joplin yellow book, page 205, photo 400, on the right.
Thanks for that David, all my books are in a shipping container at the moment!
Funnily enough, I was wondering if the kneeling figure was by Scaul, as he is in that marbled ethylene they did a set of guards musicians in?
I'll add both to the tag-list
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