Tuesday, 29 December 2009

unusual and very rare


this is a 54 mm lead Spanish figure but I don't know who from

noble


noble toy soldiers. who were they?

Monday, 28 December 2009

matelots

soldiers ltd
spanish 40mm
no idea on these
or this one


britain's

Saturday, 26 December 2009

bits

Authenticast 1st world war

above The Crescent Mounties. These are now in unpainted state but like this you can see the terrible paint jobs early lead suffered

Charbens Tumbril cart

Timpo rail people

Wednesday, 23 December 2009

authenticast

dutch colonial infantrybersaglieri ww2
soviet guards

Saturday, 19 December 2009

bits

This bundle went for very little on E.Bay but with a bit of skill you can get these back up to scratch or even convert them. See some of my older posts on what I've done sometimes
Authenticast is still affodable .They were miles ahead of Britains to be honest and are the last beach for anyone looking for an investmentPixy Foxhunters from Kew. Who were Kew? Anyone know. The Donkey ride by Pacifists Taylor and Barrett.

COWBOYS AND INJUNS!

Friday, 18 December 2009

Bits

Roydon
No idea on this


Nor this but for sure wasn't in the golden age.

These were all on sale on E.Bay, Are they Hinton Hunt?


Brilliant authenticast piece and below it Timpo

Thursday, 10 December 2009

bits

This first piece ...well no idea what it is .You? The US infantryman is CrescentThis is a lead Keyman Man City player
the final one is Brigadier

Saturday, 5 December 2009

Lately

My set of  Mexican/American  war in 54mm metal./Americans both infantry and cavalry .Still available but maybe not for long so hurry.Below is another of my finds by chancve on internet that I'm restoring.Look what I've done to the broken rifle.This is possibly a Britains First world war German or Priussian of the Franco /Prussian war.Another of those sets of Newsagent offers in Italy.This time the Roman Empire.They were made in metal by Italeri and are now impossible to find. There were fifty different subjects.

Friday, 4 December 2009

Thursday, 3 December 2009

bought and now being restored

Sometimes just to procure a rare piece it occurs that I have to buy a job lot.Many of these job lots are broken so instead of chucking them I try to reuild them then offer them for cheap prices.Heres some that I'm working on at the moment