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Yep, Phoenix Model Developments. That figure is currently available from S&D Miniatures, who have much of the old Phoenix 1/32 catalog: https://www.sanddmodels.co.uk/products_32_general.htm If you scroll down, it's item B10 in the General catalog. Prost! Brad

Correct, a dragoon, and more specifically, a Brunswick dragoon from the Revolutionary War. It was made by Robert Rowe under his Vallance brand. It's based on a Lefferts illustration from the Company of Military Historians. In his right hand, and resting on his right shoulder, he held a musket...

Well, you might wonder what's on other tracks, yet refrain from wandering off the one you're on. :D

Grrrrr....

I'm reading Christopher Duffy's "By Force of Arms: The Austrian Army in the Seven Years War". It's the second volume in Duffy's revised and expanded work on the army of Maria Theresa. It's very much of the quality and style that Duffy's readers expect-well-researched and written clearly. For...

Yep, I know. I liked the way Parshall and Tully described Fuchida as getting his story out first, when the occupation censorship was relaxed, and basically daring anyone to challenge him. And when P&T first reached out to Japanese writers to ask about Fuchida, they were very circumspect. They...

Re: Mfca 2024-Gold medal award You earned it, Walt! And it was well-deserved. Prost! Brad

Any markings under the base? I wonder if it might not be a DelPrado figure, though I think they're marked under the base. Prost! Brad

Occam's razor. The simpler explanation for his actions is that he was an arrogant jerk, who thought he was the center of the world and could do whatever he wanted, without thought of how it impacted anyone else, and without having to accept responsibility for anything he did, murder or...

After I read "Shattered Sword" for the first time, I found it hard to read Prange's "Miracle at Midway" ever again. Last night, I took "Enola ***" down off the shelf and read that again. That's another one that you can read in an afternoon. Prost! Brad

A followup... This eBay auction for Herring's Romanian Infantry 1916: https://www.ebay.com/itm/195584821254?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=_myxB1TUSiW&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=JKK3Te-ET9a&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY shows the legend on the box label, "Copyright Models...

Richards Toy Soldiers? Doesn't ring a bell. Could you post pictures of the ones you do have? A quick web search on "richards toy soldiers" returned this eBay auction, for a Revolutionary War Hessian artillery set: https://www.ebay.com/itm/276421765339 The seller's notes provide some info...

Thanks for sharing your photos, Vic! It looks like an excellent trip! Prost! Brad

😆 Had to chuckle at that one, Chris!

That's the nature of casting in resin. Sometimes a casting will warp when it comes out of the mold. Having said that, it's more an issue of Britain's quality control, whether someone here in the US inspects the model, or whether it's done at the factory (Red China?). That piece never should...

Re-reading "Shattered Sword". I usually read it at the anniversary of Midway, but felt like reading it now. Last year, I found and bought a second-hand hardcopy edition. My paperback edition's spine had cracked so many times, and I glued it back together so many times, that I couldn't lie on...

The thing is that the drive to produce pitchers who throw as hard as possible sacrifices control. What good is a pitcher who throws 99 miles an hour if he can't find the strike zone? I think that is a contributing factor, along with incompetent home plate umpiring, that drove the length of...

Hi, Simos, taking another and closer look at the Austrian, he might be a Hinton Hunt casting. Marcus Hinton was a contemporary of Charles Stadden, and their catalogs and figures were similar. Though Stadden was a better sculptor, and Hinton's castings had cruder proportions and details than...

Hi, Simos, the second figure is an Austrian Jäger, 1806, wearing the Corsican hat, as it was called. The brim was turned up on the one side. The cockade, the hat, and the uniform color are all identifiers. It looks like a Stadden figure, and it's painted pretty badly. That's painted by a...

Analytics! ;) Prost! Brad