Wednesday, 2 September 2020

Alan Cook

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I wanted to register my sadness at hearing of the passing of Alan Cook of the ABC Wargamers' blog , after a long illness. Alan amongst...
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Tuesday, 23 June 2020

OF 10 Napoleonic Cantiniere

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Not to be mistaken for OF 8, American Civil War Cantiniere ( previous post here ). In practice I think they are interchangeable and could...
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BN 28s, 29s Marine advancing, and officer

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Small but very versatile and useful unit of Marines with an officer.

PtN 1s Portuguese Light Infantry Cacadore

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Small unit of Portuguese Cacadores, essential for the Peninsular War.
Thursday, 18 June 2020

FN 42s French Sapeur

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I recently acquired four of these figures - true to form one of the veterans has sloped off somewhere, and gone temporarily AWOL.
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Sunday, 9 February 2020

Ancient Romans - housekeeping

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I've done some housekeeping on the blog, taking advantage of some photographs sent to me by Bob the Painter, to review the posts under C...

AFA 2s Catapult

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With thanks to Bob the Painter for the photograph of this item of equipment...

AFA 1s Ballista

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Shown here with two crew figures - AR 20s Roman Artilleryman pulling lever (R) and AR 21s Roman Artilleryman holding bolt (L). With tha...
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Saturday, 8 February 2020

Small amount of maintenance on AWI posts.

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I've done a small amount of maintenance on the AWI posts, this has involved adding three new photographs and moving one which had been p...
Sunday, 22 December 2019

Uncoded - packs for mules 1-4 and the rocket's red glare

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The photos above show (L to R) - head on and then sideways on: Pack 1 Wheel Pack Pack 2 Body Pack Pack 3 Ammunition Pack with A...

Seeven Years War identification assistance - Russian Grenadiers?

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For Seven Years War experts - could these be RSW 4s  Russian Line Grenadier Officer and RSW 5s Ruissian Regiment Grenadier Advancing? ...
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Identification help - American War of Independence

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Question for American Revolution/War of Independence experts - could this figure be AWI 11s British Guard or Fusilier advancing?
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Friday, 20 December 2019

Uncoded weary draught horse

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No code on this one and I can't find it in any list - I think of it as the weary horse, either very tired or pulling an extra heavy l...

OF 1s Set of French Stretcher Bearer party of 2 bearers,stretcher and wounded man

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Component parts were also available separately, listed as OF 1 French Stretcher Bearer OF 2 Wounded Man OF 3 Stretcher I also have ...

Mystery Chariot Horse CH 1s

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This horse and its code don't appear in any listings I have. Irt is very clearly marked CH 1s. other chariot horses have ACH codes.