Little Bighorn 1876 in 20mm (part 9) - The second group of mounted troopers - D, E, F and G companies - of the 7th Cavalry (Airfix and Atlantic based)

 

These four companies are made from the old 1965 US cavalry and the Atlantic 1975 7th cavalry. Frankly what came next from Strelets, Lucky Toys and Waterloo 1815 didn´t improve that much what was available for the Plains Wars and so I used these oldies but goldies. 

D company is made of Airfix with two models at both ends from Italeri and Revell. The Airfix figures got slouch hats and had their scabbards and swords removed. I kept the ammunition bandolier around the torso (a way to carry ammo that only was used decades later) as a compromise. I also like to think that as there were several types of ammo belts in the US cavalry around 1876 some troopers might have used it in Mexican style. D company had bay and black horses.

The "Grey company" (E company ) is two stands Atlantic and one stand Airfix. Both brands got hats instead of the original kepis on top of the heads and they were simply glued, not pinned. This way the nice Atlantic faces are still there and the slightly bigger hats from Revell and Airfix makes them bond quite well with the Airfix models. 

F company is to the front with bay horses while G company is to the back with sorrel horses. 

Once again all troopers, buglers and officers got a plastic rifle.  

All horses had the four legs firmly attached to the base with the help of eletric glue and superglue.

 

Next: the Little Bighorn river