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Hät 8013 French Horse Grenadiers (nicknamed the “Big Heels.”) BeFunky filter. https://plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=132

Various 54mm Makes

Another family holiday photo: populated by AirFix/Dapol Half-Timber Thatched Cottage and Bachman vintage 1/87 railroad figures, joined by a rubber toy found face down in a city gutter, representing the first family AI.

Marx Toys pressed tin (steel) lithographed castle c. 1951 defended by Britains Deetail Knights of War of the Roses c. 1971. BeFunky filter.

Schrieber Paper Mansion. 1/32 scale 1910 Hudson from Cowland & Cowland 1956 kit. Two unknown maker (Britains?) early hollow cast Sailors. Befunky watercolour filter.

‘Great War’ ACE Models 1/72 Austin Armoured Car (likely Mk. III/IV) alongside an Emhar 1/72 Mark IV Female German captured tank.

“No One Noticed”…Back Garden Medieval Morality Play performed by 1/12 scale Imai Knights and a bargain shop angel. The Imai Knight series of the 1970s were excellent in their own right, and filled that nostalgic longing for AirFix and Aurora larger scale chivalric models.

1/32 Revell T‑34/85 (the vintage one from the 1970s) compared to the real-deal…like many of you, as a popcorn munching youth I looked forward to seeing models appearing in films and still photos.

Home-cast figures were often made using molds from companies like: Prince August (Ireland) Crescent Comet Zinnfiguren (Germany) Hobbyists would pour molten lead or alloy into rubber or metal molds, then hand-paint the figures…solid home-cast, hand-painted. The figures are roughly 1/32 scale, which was standard for many home-cast molds. The Primary Era: 1930s–1970s…still a niche hobby today.

Historical Subject: The U.S. Camel Corps (1850s) The real Camel Corps was a short‑lived U.S. Army experiment in the 1850s, using camels for transport in the American Southwest. The kit depicts a trooper from that 1858 period…Monogram Merite 54mm kit #821-U.S. Camel Corps 1858-Originally issued in 1969