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Bugler , King's Shropshire light Infantry ,1943
Bugler , 1st.Batt. King's Shropshire light Infantry , Pantelleria , 1943 .
This figure is a sort of happy accident : it started really as a vehicle for displaying a set of Khaki Drill unifom : the recent DML KD offering ( Norman White ) was sent for , but when it arrived it was of such poor , thin , almost transparent fabric that I got mad , and when I get mad , I make things .
Scrabbling about in my enormous drawers produced the BBI bush jacket , from the BBI " Douglas Caldwell " SAS figure ; but no trousers. More scrabbling in the fabric drawer produced a suitable piece of KD which was a close match , so I set to and made the trousers.
Having got that far , and having a complete set of equipment left over from my webbing tutorials , I had to decide on the details : who , when , where etc.
Half an hour spent with the relevant Osprey books produced the rather well known pic of the KSLI chaps on Pantelleria , and I suddenly remembered that I also had a beautiful Lifebelt which Richie Elbourne had made me years ago, exactly as worn in the pic.
It all fell into place , without any proper planning.
I also had a young Head to hand , with no destination in mind , so all these elements came together : I've imagined a Bugler , joined as a Boy Soldier in 1939 ( quite common for musicians in the Regulars : the Ist. KSLI were a pre-war regular battalion ) and now in 1943 old enough to serve overseas : even better , I had noticed that the Soldier Story Chinese bugle was available as a spare .
I should explain : I'm very picky about model musical instruments , having been a semi-professional player of many wind instruments .It's astonishing how many illustrators and modelmakers get them wrong , presumably through unfamiliarity with the real thing.
There's also a strong personal memory here : I was Solo Bugler for Somerset A.C.F. some time in the Dark Ages , and have known the adrenalin rush on a freezing fog-bound Armistice Sunday : will I start on the right note ? Will I remember that bit in the middle ?
Making the bugle, cords and badge brought it all back
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