Cpl. 23rd Penn Vol Inf "Birney's Zouaves" 1863

Corporal, 23rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry “Birney’s Zouaves”
( Lieut. Col. John F. Glenn)
First Brigade (Brig. Gen. Alexander Shaler)
Third Division (Maj. Gen. John Newton)
Sixth Army Corps ( Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick )
Army of the Potomac(Major General George Meade)
Gettysburg, July 1863

At the Battle of Gettysburg, the regiment supported Maj. Gen. John Geary's division on Culp's Hill on July 3. In this battle, it suffered only minor losses, and primarily remained in reserve.


























Composition at the time of Gettysburg of the First Brigade of the Third Division in the Sixth Corps.

65th New York ( Col. Joseph E. Hamblin)
67th New York ( Col. Nelson Cross)
122d New York (Col. Silas Titus)
23d Pennsylvania( Lieut. Col. John F. Glenn)
82d Pennsylvania( Col. Isaac C. Bassett)



HS is from SST with the skin area repainted with enamels, after a base coat of dullcoat.. Uniform and equipment all from BGT except the water bottle, backpack (with new custom blanket roll, bayonet (with BGT frog) and musket from SST. Cartridge box was converted to be strapped to belt. Extra strap material used for belt with added BGT US buckle. Cross insignia of the Sixth Corps in blue(3rd Division) added to the zouave tunic.
Small 23 number is from Slater's Plastikard, an outfit in the UK that Tony Barton recommended. Numbers and letters are for model train signs, of course the font is not accurate but they are the only small numbers and letters I have been able to get…Thanks Tony!

Good job on this model, Eduardo.
Just an observation, the uniform is too full of dust in comparison with the face, in my view.

Great figure and nice work !!!

Belle figurine comme d'habitude on ne s'en lasse pas BRAVO

Très Belle figurine comme d'habitude !!

magnifique ,Eduardo!!!!!....un tres joli zouave!!!!!!

Oh! il est magnifique ton zouave

I agree with Gerard.
The figure's weathering came out stronger in the images than in plain view. It was a regiment not involved in the heavy fighting but it was moved around under artillery fire in the hot pennsylvania sun and it arrived there to fight on foot so I added some weathering but the HS was only repainted. When I dirty up a HS is with washes and i did not want to go over the enamel repaint with washes as I was happy witht he HS once repainted.
Defintely in these images the HS looks to clean for the uniform but when you come to Puerto Rico and see it in person you will see that it is not as distracting as in the images! 8)
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Mazariol

Période qui m'est complétement inconnue, mais mon oeil novice ne peut que se régaler !!!

Je ne sais pas quel tissu tu utilises mais le tombé rend vraiment très bien, surtout au niveau des jambes.