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This is what happens when I start getting things out of the cabinet to dust and make repairs. All of a sudden a sheet goes up, the moss comes out, and another few hours are "gone for a soldier." No remarkable figures here. Pre and Post war Gordons and Greys; repainted A&S (done by someone better...

Totally cool 2-color uniform that goes back to the late 1920s. One troop of the 106th Cavalry was allowed to self-fund the purchase of these uniforms and ride black horses for civic events in Chicago. Somehow the practice survived the Great Depression, but not WWII. This link has neat old...

A couple of conversions, both from badly damaged Britains West Point Cadet figures. The color bearer is from the New England State Guards, the Coldstream-looking officer is from the New York Light Guard, both c. 1840. The uniform source is a plate by Fritz Kredel called “State Volunteer Corps...

The link below will take you to a catalog of images of the many sets that used to be on permanent display at Heritage Plantation in Sandwich, MA. When we lived on Cape Cod in the 1990s we used to go there and I loved looking at these. Most are of American units, including unusual militia...

For anyone within a 6-pounder's range of Morristown, NJ, there is a talk on Monday Feb 20th at 11:30am put on by The Washington Association of New Jersey. The speaker will be Friederike Baer, author of Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War. The link below has details...

I was lucky to buy a big old book called "Horses and Soldiers" published in Aldershot in 1938. It features the art of Gilbert Holiday, who had died just before publication. Lots of great pictures, here are some you may enjoy. 1. 17th/21st Lancers Trick Riders at Olympia exhibition, 1930 2. King...

I just came across this link on identifying regiments in family photos. There is a great deal of interesting information here, maybe nothing you haven't seen before but all in one place, and all using old photos as opposed to uniform prints...

The recent posts on the K&C page of John O'Brien's beautiful conversion of a new Britains music director made me dig out a band I put together from the Britains mid-1980s Seaforth Highlander sets. Only some repainting, with an attempt to preserve the unique look of the original paint (still on...

Here are some models of the 2nd Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry as illustrated in Vol IV of Military Uniforms in America (The Company of Military Historians, published in 1988 by Presidio). All of these (except the recent Britains lady) are either converted or just repainted Britains. My...

Does anyone have any details on the makeup of Dragoon or Dragoon Guards regiments’ pre-war “musical ride” formations? Britain’s armed the Queen’s Bays and the 7th Dragoon Gds with lances, and here is a photo of some Inniskilling Dragoons that I painted up from damaged old pieces. It would be...

My son and I spent a pleasant morning fighting a "Blue vs Red" battle using J. Morschauser's rules from 1962. If anyone out there collects (or at least hasn't thrown out) Airfix HO soldiers you may get a kick out of these photos.

These are some recent projects to fill holes in my lineup. The mounted Crown Equerry is based on the photo in the background of the workbench photo, which is the guidebook I got at the Royal Mews a few years ago. The basic figure is a recast of a Britains staff officer that I got from a...

I had a damaged farmer who had lost an arm and nearly lost his left leg at the ankle. Having just read Janet Glover's excellent biography of composer George Frederick Handel, I figured that worse things could happen to this figure and got to work. I made an 18th century coat using the foil from...

I had a damaged farmer who had lost an arm and nearly lost his left leg at the ankle. Having just read Janet Glover's excellent biography of composer George Frederick Handel, I figured that worse things could happen to this figure and got to work. I made an 18th century coat using the foil...