Two from the percussion section with a
rather large 'side-drum' placed [centrally] off the waist-belt, and a
cymbalist. The Brass section has four practitioners, with - from the left (and
Mr Morehead will correct me if I'm wrong . . . at least there's no sousaphone!);
trombone [Tuba], saxophone, bugle (? [Cornet!]) and French horn (?) while woodwind have two; oboe
[Clarinet] and flute/fife [I was corrected!].
Some of them have two arms (for three
parts), others have the whole as a single-moulding (for two parts), Britains got round the problem with
plug-hands, here we just have quite complicated sculpting (for Hong Kong) and
the obvious effort gone-to in manufacturing them is repeated in the fine
painting. The drummer is the exception with four-parts - and a sticker.
The percussionists in close up to show how
the arms move and to give an idea of size.
Re. the point about cavities earlier today,
you will notice that these are not all exactly the same height, the moulding
here used for the cymbals is smaller than the others with a slightly squidged
headdress, this will be a cavity thing (multiple cavities), but the arms fit
all the figures, except the saxophonist who's arms don't like parting at the
elbow-line and he insists on poking himself in the eye with his instrument!
A quick reminder of Peter's donation/additions
and how they have been cleverly placed in old HK Swoppet bases (two S-for-Star/Star Toys and another buckshee
one) with the remains of the icing/cake spike sheered-off, flush, with a blade.
14's enough for a bandstand 'soirée', all I
need now is an O-gauge railway with lavish Victorian park gardens!
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