Perry plastic and Foundry metal French Carabiniers

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Rob Herrick
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Perry plastic and Foundry metal French Carabiniers

Post by Rob Herrick » Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:43 pm

I'm working on a unit of 2eme Carabiniers for 1815. Based for RtE at 1:20, the ~414 men in three squadrons should be a 21 model unit, which I'm bulking to 24 (3 squadrons of 8) for visual effect. I got sucked into this by purchasing some Foundry metal carabiniers off ebay. Given the expense of Foundry products, I'd like to finish off the unit with Perry plastics or metals, which give the same numbers for a good deal less.

Hence my question. How well can you mix the Foundry metal and Perry plastic French Carabiniers in the same unit?
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Re: Perry plastic and Foundry metal French Carabiniers

Post by simon boulton » Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:55 pm

I think the Perry plastic horses will be much bigger than the Foundry ones
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Re: Perry plastic and Foundry metal French Carabiniers

Post by Scruff » Sun Nov 18, 2012 3:49 am

I cant speak for the Foundry metal Carabiniers, but my other Foundry are mounted generals and there is a definite size difference between their horses (very noticeably smaller) and my Perry plastic Carabiniers.

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