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Thank you Brad I will look into that company for parts. I must say though that I enjoy the challenge of making a small mould then pouring lead and making them. Of course arms are somewhat easy compared to heads! i'm not sure I would attempt heads without a good accurate mould. Thanks again for...

Brad, That makes sense about the hoof and I'm sure it's a smarter way to do it. I must say though, that would be a really small drill bit to drill a hole in the end of that leg! Right now my smallest drill bit is 1/16", the horse's leg looks that big! I'll have to get some jewelers bits and a...

Thank you.

Back with another one. This is one of three I bought last Dec, two of which I gave to my grandson for Christmas. Those two were soldiers with swords and red winter capes, this one was listed as a Commander, not sure if that is correct. He was missing his articulated arm so I made one. His other...

Thank you Brendan, That's great to know and now I know what the missing arm looks like, hopefully the poor guy will have a new one soon! Any idea as to the manufacturing date of this set?

Hello, I'm new to this forum and collecting lead toy soldiers, something I've been interested in for many years. I've been retired for 10 yrs. after 45 yrs. as a carpenter/cabinetmaker and I'm finally getting some toy soldiers. I posted first on the general discussion about some Johillco figures...

Thanks, I'll wait.

Thank you Pats and Brad. Here are some pictures, not sure how many of these I can post. I'm wondering if anyone knows about what year this would have been from. Not sure if the $1.50 is price when new. There are 13 soldiers. Three horses had broken right hind legs but the broken pieces came with...

Hello, I'm new to collecting lead toy soldiers although I've wanted to most of my life. I'm wondering where to post to ask questions about soldier identification and approximate date of manufacture. I don't have many and most are Britains Ltd. Should I post questions about them under...