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Hopefully these somewhat better photos will show on this posting. If interested in this display at $750 cash on pick up 20 minutes or so from the Gettysburg show (the show on 23April) or make arrangements at some other time to suit, PM or email at "mind the cat" (all run together with no spaces)...

Everything is sold save the Trooping display itself, thanks.

The Gettysburg show is next month, 23 April '23, and this collection is about 30 minutes away. I've not thought further on this until the other day, so I'll sell the collection for an even grand USD and include the Britains artillery, farm pieces, Dinky and Corgi vehicles in both vintage and...

After an eight month hiatus, we'll give it one more go. Dropping the pricing a bit to $1500 or make an offer on the items in the first posting. Best to all, Brian

I’m dropping the pricing a bit and adding some contact info. From $2200 to $1750 for the below in the first posting. Email at “mind the cat” run together with no spaces followed by “at comcast” dot net. “I haven’t really done anything with the toy soldier hobby in years, I fear, having been...

Photos sampling the extent of the artillery and military diecast mentioned in my previous, also available: PM and we’ll go from there? Best to all!

I haven’t really done anything with the toy soldier hobby in years, I fear, having been fully occupied by model railways and full-sized sportscars. It’s probably time someone enjoyed this stuff again, so I’m selling the lot. If it had a box, they still have a box, but not all of it does. I’d...

Thanks, all. You’re interest and help made the exchange a pleasure. Grin!

Being old enough for a bus-pass comes with its horribly humbling moments. I have a definitive answer, but from a truly embarrassing source. I must apologise for wasting everyone’s time as I had the answer at my fingertips all along. I was up in the overhead of the car workshop out behind the...

I’ve warned you my memory is rather unreliable, my expertise best described as just enough to be dangerous, and my having looked at any of this in the recent past almost nonexistent. That said, I wonder if my weak synaptic spark at something like “Toy soldier brigade” might really be Toy Army...

I’m grateful for the interest and help. After a good stare, I fear I’m about to make things a little more mysterious. And now the spanner in the works I fear, for the castings are fundamentally different. On the Atkins band, they are leading right-foot whilst these have left foot forward. The...

Brad, et al Thanks much for all the replies. Good question regarding my use of “St. Pete”; if I hadn’t been so lazy it would have been much more clear I did mean Russia. Grin! As far as the clarity of the bottom of the base, perhaps this is better. Crappy camera, I fear. There are no...

I’ve been away for several years, and only just returned to read this. Johnny and I had a lot of fun talking of such things as taking ‘em out of the box and the joys of finding old playworn figures and giving them a lick of paint. I remember those conversations fondly, for they fairly dripped...

Thanks, Dave. They were originally bought by a good friend of mine who collected whatever struck his fancy, mostly off the Bay of E back in those magical days when all manner of interesting sets appeared from many sources; he bought quite a few from painters centred around St. Pete. It’s been...

Hallo, all Would anyone be able to ID this ‘tween wars Corp of Drums set I’ve had in a case for fifteen years or odd? Thanks to all, Brian

Gents: Many thanks for all the responses, both on and off forum. I'll try and get a list (at least a sampling) together over the next few days and get in touch with folks in turn to see how this will be best done. My hope really is a single sale, without lots of leavings behind other than...

Gents: Long time since I've been on the forum as events conspire to keep me otherwise engaged as of late. Anyway, I find myself really with far too large a collection to really tell a story, so would like to find a dealer in the NJ, Pennsylvania, Mid Atlantic area of the USA who would be...

It's been a while since I've posted last, for several things have gotten away with my time. It is nice to be back and reading the various postings again. Many of you know already, I collect old Britains, although they aren't the only glossies I collect. I tend to purchase those that appeal and...

It certainly isn't 1/43 (a scale I'm used to in my railway pursuits). I'll even do one better and compare with the Britians landau. There really is no more of a scale variance between the two than found within Britains glossy range itself. The Corgi has a somewhat narrower track and...

If memory serves, the Britains coronation coach is a tiny thing, too; not to scale with our soldiers. For that reason, it really doesn't seem all that useful for me. I would guess you're right; it's intended to sell at the Palace gift shop. At least the Corgi landau is of the same nominal scale...