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I have a small stash of flats, mostly Seven Years War figures, but also some civilian sets. When I started collecting, I had it in mind to learn to paint flats, "just like the Germans do"! I bought some oils, and started, but soon moved to fully round 54mm figures. And some old Schneider...

Phillies win in extra innings with a walk-off catcher's interference! When was the last time that happened? Did it ever happen before? Prost! Brad

That's interesting, George, I didn't know that. I had the Romans and Britons from the HO kits. I knew how the soft plastic didn't hold paint well, and a paint job would flake off after just a little bit of handling. But the Airfix figures were so cool, to set up a nice diorama. Prost! Brad

Nicely done, Wolfgang! The classic style! Do you have more flats on the bench? Prost! Brad

Great pieces, Wolfgang! I really like how your medic/surgeon came out. He has a great face! Prost! Brad

That's great, but I was hoping that whoever posted on behalf of Britains back on the 30th might reply.

So who is the new spokesman or contact person for W. Britain? Prost! Brad

OK, I got a chance to get to my reference library and look for anything on Townley. For older makers like this appears to be, I go first to John Garratt's "World Encyclopedia of Model Soldiers". Garrett has this brief article on Townley: So Mike, our instincts were correct. My Prussian...

They just might have originated with Tradition, Mike. Same goes for the "Townley" figures. I never heard of Townley, and I haven't researched the name yet. But I have 8 of the Prussian Hussars, T-520, and I have always thought they were Bussler copies of Tradition figures. They are exact...

Why not reach out to him in eBay via the private message feature and as him directly? I'd ask him if he could provide a photo of the figure with a ruler to give the measurement. Prost! Brad

High prices for convenience, be it an e-book or for a gallon of milk at the Wawa or Sheetz, don't annoy me, because I can choose not to buy them. Convenience has always had a higher price. Prost! Brad

I don't think using the London Bridge brand violated any agreement with Britain, but rather, was an additional way to identify figures he produced-along with the fact that they are solid-cast-as distinct from original Britains toy soldiers. Because there are a lot of solid copies of Britains...

I have to return to a favorite topic and give it a bump-drivers who plant their butts in the passing lane and sit there, who will not pull over into the slow lane. Inconsiderate in the literal sense of the word-they do not consider the result of their behavior. Prost! Brad

As someone said a couple posts back, three letters...

Randy Johnston, who bought London Bridge, kept the store's domain, https://londonbridgecollectorstoys.com/, and updated the website. I don't recall that Ron Ruddell ever produced figures as "London Bridge", that weren't his licensed Britains reissues. I have some solid castings of the Britains...

Here's another example made with the method John described, by cutting and filing a piece of metal stock to shape. This was to replace the blade shown in the photo, on a Stadden Prussian hussar. The original blade was much too thick, and too deep from cutting edge to spine. I cut that off...

Drones don't annoy me. They don't fly themselves. The idiot people who fly them carelessly annoy me. Prost! Brad

This is very sad! I knew Ray had been ailing the past couple of years; he had Kent Kline represent OTS at our show for several years. But didn't think he'd pass yet. He's actually a year younger than I am. Between his auctions and publishing Old Toy Soldier, he was a great promoter of the...

He's probably getting advice from his girlfriend at this point. Prost! Brad

I enjoy Kennedy's turns of phrase! Prost! Brad