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Ooooh this is screaming "Play with me!" As a kid in Albuquerque in the 1970s I bought a cardboard box full of plastic Romans at the flea market. Most of the Marx Ben Hur playset, some Warriors of the World, the carcass of Remco's "Big Caesar" and a lot of the little marching figures that came...

The old Pathe videos are great! Lots of toy soldier and military history ones to browse. The one you posted featuring WY Carman is a beauty. I've collected some of his pieces and am always on the lookout for more. Sorry these photos aren't better but they capture the spirit of his work. The...

These are great. I really like your unique painting style, it looks to me like L&F Funcken's paintings in 3D! Is that real hair for the Prussian's mustache? Thanks for posting these, it is cool to see a very different and effective painting technique. Is the Confederate officer the original...

Thanks for your kind words! Haven't put much time into the collection this year, for many good reasons, but still crawling through three themes with my tinkering: 1. American militia uniforms of the 19th and early 20th century (Britains West Point Cadets and the officer figure from sets like...

I recently reread John Masters' books, which got me started down the CBI trail. It finally got cold in Pennsylvania, so I stayed inside and opened up these two last weekend. I hadn't read either for years, but I recommend them, Hopefully you've got them somewhere on your shelves. The description...

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...

I don't know about any lines by current manufacturers but there is a photo on page 150 of John Garratt's book Model Soldiers: An Illustrated History (NYGS; 1972) of characters from Richard III by Frederick Ping. The book's text mentions series he did based on other theatrical works including...

A few weeks have gone by, but that's how long it takes for the hardcopy of "Country Life" to arrive from the UK. Here is an article on the Royal Company of Archers that includes some good photos. The Royal Company of Archers: The tale of the The Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland - Country Life

This looks like its from the Marx line of "Miners and Trappers." Obviously could be a reissue. I don't know what playsets these figures came in, I got a bag of them in the mid-1970s for Christmas. They were in butterscotch and the bag also included several of Marx's cowboy poses. Though way out...

The marching figures look like old Jack Scruby 54mms to me, but unfortunately I can't find any of the old hardcopy catalogs I have "somewhere." Maybe if someone has an old Scruby catalog they could check?

I'm pretty sure that your diecast Civil War artilleryman is by Americana. I don't know the history of this manufacturer. Their stuff used to be in museum shops as an alternative to more expensive figures. Take a look at these figures that are available through The Hobby Bunker, particularly...

I have never seen any account of 82nd and British Paras fighting together in Normandy, but this thread reminded me of a great photo of American and British airborne troops together in Southern France during Operation Dragoon. The photo is available from many sources, this is from The US Army in...

Wunderbar! I can't wait to mis-spend many hours looking at these pictures! I only wish that I remembered more of my college German. Thanks for sharing this site!

What a find! He is your soldier, and of course you should do whatever you like with him, but before you restore him consider what he represents in his current form. First off, I admit that I am a hopeless sentimentalist. One of my neighbors once gave me a couple of Grey Iron doughboys she had...

Beautiful work, and you are right that the backsides are 100% better looking! What brand of paints do you use? Did you spray the white coat of paint, or brush it on? It's a great, even coat that really sets off the other colors. Your painting style and these and all of your other figures is...

Thanks for your kind words! I am planning to do more American militia and volunteer units this year. Building up a stash of battered Britains cadets, hussars and anything else I can find to help with the effort. I agree that it would be nice to see more examples of gloss conversions on the...

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...

Looks like a fun collection, definitely not a little one! Do you buy models at shops, shows, or online?

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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...