Castles of Tin

Finished the Prussian infantry battalion, 21 figures in all.  As mentioned in the previous post, they are old Heinrichsen castings, firs...

Recently bought on French eBay.  Reasonably priced, they were worth going for.  The cream of the crop was a battleship in the style of HM...

Here's another set of old Heinrichsen flats, #3099, originally issued in 1853.  As can be seen in the above photo, they are quite di...

In his  World Encyclopedia of Model Soldiers , John G. Garratt had this to say about semi-flat toy soldiers, "They are neither o...

Here's a couple figures from a set I've had on the back burner for a while now, Heinrichsen # 4107 - J äger zu Pferd .  T...

The Scad casting molds which I purchased recently on German eBay have arrived.  I really don't know much about the history of this c...

Here's another 40mm set from Heinricshen, # 4906: Schlacht von Weißenburg, depicting the opening battle of the Franco-Prussian war ...