1866 and all that

The last three battalions of my AWI contingent have moved off the basing table this week. Top to bottom they are the 27th 4th and 54th regi...

On the whole I tend to be a bit of an upbeat chap. A lot of stupid things annoy me (IT helpdesks, tele-marketers, people who don’t read ins...

Today we played a game to make use of my recently completed flatboats (joined by a couple of boats from another player)...an idea I have ha...

Attentive readers may remember that just six weeks ago I agonized over whether to collect a Danish or Bavarian Napoleonic force. The decisio...

A part of this week’s effort has been to complete the command stands for the British cavalry division for the Crimean collection. First of...

After a month or more of working on European subjects, the last week has seen the completion of a couple of North American items. First of...

Last week we took advantage of a slow time for us both at work for a brief trip to Fiji. Three days in and around the pool in temperatures o...