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You're not alone. Having moved back to FIW & Rev. War country (betw. Lakes Ontario & Oneida), and having been to Quebec City several times, I've really been enjoying collecting the Siege series. Like you, I've been hoping for more figures. Also, if we've had a RR whaleboat, might there be a time...

JJ QB 06 British Grenadiers/Charge Bayonet wanted. Six preferred. Please contact davidkamerance@gmail.com.

Back in'73, when I was in Scotland visiting my mother's relatives, I went to Edinburgh Castle where I saw, among other things, a small exhibit on Sgt. Ewart and the standard of the French 45th which he'd captured. A few years later, I bought a British heavy cavalry saber like the one Sgt. Ewart...

I bought a copy over 30 years ago & have always considered it to have been money well-spent. Because of the vast number of illustrations, you can easily use it as a companion piece to whatever weightier tomes you may have on the Waterloo Campaign. The most memorable use that I made of the book...

I suppose a collector can simply not purchase one or two pieces known to be inaccurate from an overall worthwhile set, but it's still maddening to see an otherwise reputable manufacturer "playing" with History (let us do that after we buy the figures!). You don't even have to go an extreme to...

It is, indeed, a great, easy read, especially if you're a Churchill fan.

Just finished "Mirage," a fascinating account of the savants who accompanied Napoleon to Egypt. If you've satisfied your curiosity about Napoleon's campaigns in the Near East, but still want to flesh out the story further, then this book is for you. I'm now reading Pouchot's memoirs from the...

And will the good ship "Lollipop" be transporting these proposed figures to the Near East?:rolleyes::rolleyes::D

Winter, 1914, figures would be a welcome addition to a collection and a great tangible link to the book & the film cited by other Forum contributers. There is a special poignancy about that period, and a particular innocence, when you think about all the horrors yet to come. The K & C Christmas...

That goes back to the old answer about what a Scotsman has under his kilt: Everything and Nothing! :D:eek::eek::D

Great cabinet but even greater display. I have almost 100 Mignots, some that I bought in NYC over 30 years ago, some when I was in Paris, and some more recently from Le Petit Soldat in St. Louis. The main part of my toy soldier collection consists of Britains & Johillcos. I used to have a fair...

Your photo shows off the figures very nicely. For the Living History enthusiasts, there will be a FIW encampment at Fort Ontario in Oswego, NY, Aug. 29-30.

Great photo shoot. Keep 'em coming. Was at Colloden in'73. Very moving. Just a heads-up, by the by. There will be a Highland encampment & Jacobite Rebellion re-enactment at Fort Ontario in Oswego, NY, Sept. 5-6.

Chouette!! Having been to Quebec City several times, I have a keen appreciation for JJ's ever-expanding Plains of Abraham line. His St. Louis Gate is definitely on my purchase list, along with some of the newer figures. Any chance that we could have figures of the civilians, anxiously awaiting...

Just finished reading Walter Borneman's "1812" and am now reading his "The French and Indian War." Both are clear, concise narrative histories. Good "starter" books which contain some details not otherwise found in weightier tomes.:D:D

Now 61 years old, my toy/model soldier collections began when I was 7. At first, many family members aided & abetted me in this just because I was a boy & they figured that that was what boys did. However, as I got older, friends & family members began to see that I was not going through some...

Top notch murder mystery series, in my opinion. Sorry to see it end. But at least closure was given to that series; "Cadfael" was pulled after less than 15 of its many stories.

It's all very well & good for those with deep pockets and/or fluid incomes to say something like "buy it while it's available" or "catch as catch can." But, for someone like myself, on a very fixed income, the K & C inventory line doesn't work. I've found that, just when I have a few $ available...

For the young readers ( and the young-at-heart), I highly recommend "The Return of the Twelves," by Pauline Clark. First published in Britain under the original title of "The Twelve and the Genii," it's about some children who discover wooden soldiers that once belonged to the Brontes. As the...

A priest & a rabbi had been friends for many years. One evening, over a cup of coffee, the priest turned to the rabbi & said, "My friend, we've known each other for a long time & there's something I've always wondered. Have you ever tasted ham?" "Well," said the rabbi, looking a little...