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Hi Victor, Can you show us your very expensive die tool for punching out the buttons? Scott

Hi Murph, That kit is a good place to start. I use Vallejo and have painted British WW1 and WW2 figures. Vallejo 70.921 English uniform is a good colour to start with for British khaki uniforms. Vallejo can be thinned with a bit of water to flow off the brush a bit easier and is easy to add...

That was interesting and it will be good to see the other figures they are releasing, hopefully some British army figures of the period. I note too that they have done away with the awkward little stove and dry fuel tablets they used to provide to melt the metal. The electric solder pot looks...

Re: Covid 20 Restoration- A New Hope (Prussian Hussar and small friends). Did some work on the little horse's bridle today. Drilled out the corners of his mouth and made some replace ones from fine silver solder. Glued into position and they don't look too bad. Once the reins are in they won't...

Thanks Victor. I'm actually missing those long threads of Johnnybachs projects. He was a true enthusiast. Scott

The terrarium diorama in progress.

I built and painted the female figure, the gloss coat of which has since yellowed to some degree. The point where I gave up was the horse. The saddle just didn't sit right, so I left it. Looking over the components this morning I noticed that there is a part in the kit (part 31), which appears...

Like Victor I have a few projects that need revisiting, or in this case finishing. Time to expand this thread while the world is quiet. Around two years ago I started building the Master Box Napoleon's Red Lancer, with the idea of making a small diorama in a terrarium. This is the kit and as a...

OK. Getting back to this thread. Firstly, John- very nice work area and also admiring your new display area. So back to the figure. I am trying something a little different with Vallejo paint, something that the 1/35 modellers do. That is building the paint up in very thin layers. At the...

The Osprey book this figure was modelled for is Prussian Cavalry of the Napoleonic Wars 1792-1807- the figure on the left as shown below. They give the following uniform distinctions. Dolman-yellow Collar and cuffs of Dolman-green Cords and buttons- NCO's white Pelisse- dark green, Fur...

I hope forum members and families are coping well in these trying times. Having seen how many projects Blaster is working on I thought it time to get back to restoring some of the old kits and poorly assembled figures I have in my box of shame. This figure was covered in black paint all over...

Maybe he was thinking with Tom out the way he might have a chance with Elizabeth Shue:)

Valiant Miniatures and Imrie Risley also had quite a few Victorian era figures if you can build and paint kits. Scott

I would go ahead and paint them. Strip the paint off the painted ones, clean up the castings and prime them in a light grey primer ( the Tamiya aerosol primer is good) and have some fun with the paintbrush and researching the uniforms. Do they have any value? I imagine not a lot. I have a small...

Hinchliffe Models. They are 28mm wargames figures. Are you going to paint them? Scott

Very sad to read of John’s passing. John was always supportive of those who were willing to have a go at repairing and repainting old figures and made some beautiful work himself. His long threads concerning the bands he created are a testament to his work and the research he put into his...

They look very good Gary. I find close up images taken on digital images don't always show figures off in their best light. They tend to be more revealing than the human eye. Scott

New Hope Design used the figure as the logo at one stage. John, Looking at the two you painted, did they have a tear in the right sleeve? Mine has one, but I don't see it on the original print either. I painted it as a tear anyway to match his head wound. Scott

He is a bit more colourful now than when I first found the figure.

Well its taken about two years, but have finally finished my New Hope design Private, British Infantry 1900, modelled on the famous Caton-Woodville painting of Kipling's 'Gentleman in khaki'. Scott