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Offline cuprum

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Re: Polish Lancers 1919
« Reply #30 on: December 24, 2018, 03:40:36 PM »
Well, we will consider this question to require additional research.

Offline Mark Plant

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Re: Polish Lancers 1919
« Reply #31 on: December 25, 2018, 05:17:29 AM »
Indeed.

Merry Christmas! Although I assume you use the the Orthodox calendar and it's still a couple of weeks yet.

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Re: Polish Lancers 1919
« Reply #32 on: December 25, 2018, 02:15:42 PM »
Here is part of a picture, painted by a M. Bylina, a well known painter, showing, what could be a Taczanka.
The quality is awful, but so is the original in the book "Ksiega  Jazdy Polskiej" (1938) also.

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Re: Polish Lancers 1919
« Reply #33 on: December 25, 2018, 07:12:39 PM »
An image search on the title pulls up a nicer copy of the picture, for me at least. "Bitwa pod Komarowem" (Battle of Komarow).

Also lots of nice pictures of re-enactors and some movie scenes.

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Re: Polish Lancers 1919
« Reply #34 on: December 26, 2018, 10:27:46 AM »
Indeed.

Merry Christmas! Although I assume you use the the Orthodox calendar and it's still a couple of weeks yet.

I also congratulate everyone on Merry Christmas!

We have many Poles and Germans living in Altai, a lot of mixed families. That's why many of us celebrate Christmas twice  :)

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Re: Polish Lancers 1919
« Reply #35 on: December 27, 2018, 03:29:34 PM »
Actually, it would be the Warlord cart that would bother me, if I was going to be bothered. It's clearly one of the later Soviet purpose built ones, rather than a commandeered civilian carriage.

I've seen the Eureka one in among 28mm and it didn't bother me. Sure, it was too small if you got to study it beside cavalry, but it did at least make for a less bulky item (and at least in that game it spent its time far enough away from other figures anyway).

But then I use an N scale train with 15mm figures, because I worry more about footprint than staying in scale.

I agree.  here's a pic of the Eureka Tchankas alongside Copplestone cavalry.  Work absolutely fine imho
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Re: Polish Lancers 1919
« Reply #36 on: December 28, 2018, 07:16:50 AM »
Hi

Concur with Ignatieff - my Eureka Tchanka sits alongside my Copplestone cavalry and looks ok. With hindsight the only thing that looks a little undescale are the Eureka horses pulling it but, on the tabletop, it really doesn’t show.

Hope that helps.
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Re: Polish Lancers 1919
« Reply #37 on: December 28, 2018, 11:52:35 AM »
Thanks guys, this really did turn into a great discussion I appreciate it. I painted and based the Eureka model but just couldnt live with the scale difference, especially the horses,  suppose I could have changed them for larger ones.

I am tempted by the Warlord Tchanka (Love all the diferent spellings, lets not have a debate about which one is correct) if I need to do a bit of sculpting to make it righ then so be it. I may pick one up at the York show.
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Re: Polish Lancers 1919
« Reply #38 on: December 31, 2018, 06:58:31 PM »
very Impressive!!