Just found all of the current elements of my Wend-Al, Britains and Blenheim mash up. Makes a change from all those medical camels 🤗 Sorry if they're a bit of a Boer-fest 😜

So just managed to get back to my home for a couple of days whilst Dad is in respite care. Have been putting vehicles together to frame these figures. Sorry about the quality of the photography - short of time south facing bathroom making photographing anything in a hurry difficult. A mixture of Crescent, Britains and Taylor and Barrett civilian disaster figures circa 1939. Hope they meet with members' approval. There are more of them 'somewhere' in the house but don't ask me where at the moment :)

Finally feeling well enough to begin making up some more hot air balloons - 2 down eight to go.

Got to decide either to do a 'magnificent men in their flying machines' game or sell them on. However, they need crewmen, ballast bags and paint first.

One day the medicos will let me go back to a proper job but until then I'll play at being a model maker 😉

Last one for now - just celebrating that my right eye is finally working post stroke - I was lucky enough to purchase some original (but repainted) 21st lancers. 5 Wasn't really enough for a wargames unit , so digging in the spares box I found a large number of 'rocking horse cavalry' Adding appropriate smooth pith helmets from badly broken Devonshire figures, I constructed further lancers - up to 18 - 3 whole units.

The Boer War collection, using recasts and battered originals continues apace - forgive the photography but having finished them today, I offer you some battered examples of the Devons, Dublins and Buffs. These now join the 21st lancers in Khaki (Heroes of Ondurman) and Glosters ... and a few more blooming British Camel Corps :)

Andrew Rose has a lot to answer for, you know :)

Currently adding to my ambulance fleet; post war round nosed version of the St. John Ambulance. It's a fixer upper but has taught me how these vehicles were put together as it arrived as a bit of a kit. Thank the Gods that someone does a decal for these ... my hands will never be steady enough now :)

Now here is something VERY different- a wooden soldier recently for sale on ebay @ £750!!!!!!!! It didn't sell.

So I sketched one on to some paper , then

traced it onto some Conti board, cut it out , then painted it & screwed it together, would anyone like one for only £700??? I didn't think so!!

The figure is about 9" tall

An unusual subject for me, but a set I finished painting yesterday of a "Blackjack" card table

in the" Wild West" made by Sarum Soldiers( now sadly not operating.