1/72 Awi 42nd (Royal Highlanders) regiment on foot, (The Black watch).

After doing some English Regiments of fusilier s, I´m trying to add more variety on the English side; I Have done two units of hessians (fusiliers and Granadiers), an as well as a Loyalist unit. Now I have done a highland Regiment, so lovely with their skirts.

According to “An illustrated Encyclopedia of uniforms 1775-83”, after the Jacobite rebellion, the42nd Foot Scottish regiment were raised , first for policing the Highlands, and later was send to America, Due to his exceptionally service in the French and Indian war, it became a Royal Regiment.

Uniforms and available miniatures

There are a lot of illustrations about their uniform in the American Revolution:

-1.First Period: Full highland Dress:






-1.a. With kilts; as in the “an illustrated Encyclopedia of uniforms 1775-83”





For this uniform, I have three basics references for the highlanders..all of them of other periods¡

Napoleonic;

-Esci  Set 215 British(now Italeri Set 6058 British and Scots Infantry)

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=92
I have them. I think very good figures, slim Esci type.

-Italeri Set 6004 Highlander Infantry

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=193

I have them .Good too, their face seem a little like cartons.-

-Italeri Set 6136 Scots Infantry:

I Haven´t them but they seem vey good figures, with very good proportions;

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1735

-1.bUse of kilts and plaid; In the Presidio book “Military uniforms in America” and Blandfort colour series.

Jacobite Rebilion;

-RedBox Set 72050 Highland Infantry:

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=2326&imagetype=2

I have them. Very apropiate for the very first period, apart of using of Kilt, they wear many thing that the other references lacks; plaid cartage box in the belly, sporran…Good figures and poses, more bulky than Accurate and esci-Italeri figures.

2.Second periods;

They used normal gaiters…but who want to represent them in this appearance if you can chose with Kilts¡¡

Finally..

Finally I Have used the Italeri Set 6004 Highlander Infantry, because of the bulky appearance of RedBox Set 72050 Highland Infantry, but I think the Redbox set is more appropriate.

Transformations; As you can see, I have cut the shoulder pads, the hats, added the cartrige boxes, the sporrans, new hats…and have hidden the modern cartridge boxes modeling bags of this period above them.

The backpacks; In the Italery reference they looks very “modern”; In all illustrations they have a more rustic appearance. I have tried to transform the in this type of the AWI period.

The backpacks; In the Italery reference they looks very “modern”; In all illustrations they have a more rustic appearance. I have tried to transform the in this type of the AWI period.

Well I have to said that the true it´s that I have tried to transform them at my convenience (according to the figures I have) looking for illustrations that justify me¡¡ …as always I think all of we do¡¡

Thank you very much for watching¡¡

you can get more information of this unit in this excellent page;

http://www.42ndrhr.org/index.php