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This is very sad! I knew Ray had been ailing the past couple of years; he had Kent Kline represent OTS at our show for several years. But didn't think he'd pass yet. He's actually a year younger than I am. Between his auctions and publishing Old Toy Soldier, he was a great promoter of the...

He's probably getting advice from his girlfriend at this point. Prost! Brad

I enjoy Kennedy's turns of phrase! Prost! Brad

I only heard that it was a buyer in the UK. John himself declined to say, out of discretion for the buyer. I've been watching to see if Rose castings appear on the market, but nothing yet. I'd really like to see the SYW Prussians, and the German cavalry become available again. Prost! Brad

Hi, Mal! John sold the Rose catalog molds that he had. He cut back on the amount of time he spends casting, to spend it on another hobby he has, photography. Besides Rose Models, he also had a good number of molds from Rylit's Seven Years War catalog. If you ever saw the group of Prussian...

That was a great idea to use those figures for the porters, Walt! Your conversion came out nicely! And the sedan chair looks really great, too. Prost! Brad

I make my own from wire stock, and even bobby pins (cut to length, filed thin, with a pin to attach). There is a company called G&G Miniatures, or GEG, that makes weapons in scale, though, for those who don't want to forge their own from scratch. They use a Facebook page...

I'm not sure they depict specific people. But the figure on the right in the first pic is a Prussian Gardes du Corps cuirassier officer, and could be meant to be Kaiser Wilhelm II. The second from the right is Admiral Nelson. The one in the middle is a WWII German officer, and the second from...

Victor Davis Hanson suggested this in a couple of his latest podcasts. The C-130 has the lifting capacity, and it wouldn't take major modifications to allow it to carry one. The Israelis are certainly capable of making appropriate mods to the transport. It's an alternative to having US aircrew...

Welcome to the forum! If these are 54mm, that is, 54mm from the top of a figure's head without headgear to the soles of its feet, my reflex reaction is that they are by Tradition. That's from the quality of the sculpting. But I need to take a closer look and look at some of my references to be...

It was basically implemented under the threat of violence to appease a certain segment of our population. The object was to prevent more of the violence, murder, and destruction that took place in the summer of 2020. We already have a day to celebrate independence. It's called the Fourth of...

I think my two favorites are "The Day of the Jackal" and "The Odessa File". They are quick reads, too. I also like the film version of each. "Dogs of War", too. Prost! Brad

Thanks for sharing the address of his Quora blog, Hazebrouck! I never heard of this guy before he showed up here. Looking at the posts at the top of his page, the Sarum figures, I remembered how he complained that Tradition ripped him off. I am skeptical of that, though; Tradition does sell...

An Abe Vigoda moment. I though Forsyth died years ago. Prost! Brad

So have you added another floor to your attic yet, @Louis Badolato ? 😁 Prost! Brad

It is a nice piece indeed! Remember our late forum brother johnnybach? I think he repainted one as the wagon from his hometown brewery, if I remember correctly. Prost! Brad

Do you mean Guard Corps, the joint venture between Ed Lober and Alan Silk back in the 90s, that produced "The Kaiser's Birthday Parade/the Alexander Grenadiers" among other sets? Or did Trophy have a line or catalog that it also called Guard Corps? Prost! Brad

Looking past the complaints and attacks in his content, I took it that he was sounding out interest if he revives the brands he now owns. But you're right, Brad, and I made the same point-if he wants to start selling his figures, talk about the castings, and avoid the negative comments, which...

Our friend is active over at Planet Figure now, too. He seems to have drawn the lesson to stick to promoting his product and avoid getting lost in the weeds about other topics. I wondered if we'd see a third incarnation here. Prost! Brad

I wrapped up some "commemorative" re-reading. For the anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea, I read the Osprey Campaign number on the battle-the only book specifically on the battle that I have-followed up by John Lundstrom's "First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to...