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  1. Obee

    Tariffs - The Elephant in the Room

    This seems to me like a Federal Govt tax on the American consumers ???
  2. Obee

    Spring is Here

    looking good :) John
  3. Obee

    Display Ideas to make the most of your space.

    Yes that keeps busy as well as the 'load of lead' you sent me year or 3 ago, but I'm slowly assembling and painting and posting them over. That will keep be busy for another couple of years so don't send any more until they are done !!!!! John
  4. Obee

    Operation Husky

    Not sure but isn't the 'Stars and Stripes' a post WW2 design ???? I do like the addition of the ruined buildings, now it looks like Italy :) John
  5. Obee

    Drum Major Imp Gd Zouaves Nap III era

    French maker F.A.E.V. but I don't know much about them, only got them off Ebay a while back from a deceased collector in Australia. John
  6. Obee

    A fond farewell.

    Robin, I'm so glad that I got to spend a morning with you late last year to see the collection, and even then, it was being reduced from the former glory. I sure hope you will still have a suitable sized room/shed for your favourites, and next time I'm over, I hope to 'inspect the troops'...
  7. Obee

    Drum Major Imp Gd Zouaves Nap III era

    Here are a couple I have found ... and if you'd like a different French regiment, I also have a plate of an Algerian Tirailleur, shown below on the bandsman on the right. John
  8. Obee

    Russian Line Drummer 1786-1796

    I have also noticed that Speira Miniatures who print 3D figures, also has a Potemkin drummer and he has wide trousers with Hessian boots! I've been getting some of thhier figures printed at 1:30, and most are quite good, easy to paint and great value too. John
  9. Obee

    Project VS

    Nice one, I'm looking forward to see what other figures will be coming ??? John
  10. Obee

    Russian Line Drummer 1786-1796

    I like the tighter trousers and hussar boots for infantry while the wider ones for cavalry. John
  11. Obee

    Russian Line Drummer 1786-1796

    Victor, here are another couple of pics of the soldiers of that time wearing the Potemkin hat, a drummer and a musketeer. John
  12. Obee

    New Releases for March 2025 - Eighteenth Century Collection

    Good to see more figures to join the battle on the Sub-Continent :) John
  13. Obee

    Russian Line Drummer 1786-1796

    I found these images of that drummer of a figure made by Ukrainian maker VID, who posts here on the Forum and has a Facebook page too. Thought he could be useful to you?? John
  14. Obee

    Russian Line Drummer 1786-1796

    This one looks good, so keep on posting, John
  15. Obee

    FEBRUARY 2025 FIGURE NEWS

    It's not a tank, its a Self-Propelled Gun ...... ARTILLERY!!! John
  16. Obee

    Comment by 'Obee' in media 'MountfordRHA Gun Crew reissued kit spring 25.jpg'

    This is the Zalinsky Dynamite gun with US Colonial crew from the late 1800's.
  17. Obee

    Comment by 'Obee' in media 'Mountfrd confederate canon artillery acw.jpg'

    Isn't this the Boer 'Long Tom' ????
  18. Obee

    King & Country Dispatches -- February 2025

    New French Napoleonic Infantry, just what the Emperor ordered to swell the ranks of his Grande Armee !! Viva Le Emperor !!!! John
  19. Obee

    Interesting that you say "WHY would Abram Simon describe YOUR WORK as his own????" I see a lot...

    Interesting that you say "WHY would Abram Simon describe YOUR WORK as his own????" I see a lot of my images cropping up on the web with no acknowledgement that they came from my website. Oh well, I just take it as a compliment that they like my painting :) :) John
  20. Obee

    The lone piper is another figure I painted from an original DUCAL casting. More of my Scots can...

    The lone piper is another figure I painted from an original DUCAL casting. More of my Scots can be seen here on my website: https://toysoldiergallery.au/soldiers/scots.htm John O'Brien
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