Hello chaps - can anyone tell me if this a Clayton casting or DK? It looks like a straight copy of Hinton Hunt BN50 British Light Dragoon which makes me think that it's Clayton but it doesn't have the HH mark underneath - it does have what looks like the numbers 135 or 155 under the base.
I read (possibly on the Vintage 20mil site) that DK's were slightly modified from HH figures but was this always the case?
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according to an old DK listing i've got, British Light Dragoon code number is 165/1, could the number on the base of your figure be similar?
DK figures are slimmer than HH and most of the range as far as i know were adapted from HH figures
cheers old john
John - I think it could be 165 which makes it pretty certain to be DK then. The figure looks identical to the HH pic on the Hinton Hunter and seems more like a straight copy than adapted. I also have some Austrian Hussars that I now think are from the same maker but they to are identical to the HH ones.
I had thought that (for obvious reasons) DK had amended the HH figures for their range but these do seem identical except for being thinner and having slightly irregular shaped bases - and of course no HH markings.
Thanks for you help.
Ian
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