Early 1800s Americans

Strelets 1/72nd scale War of 1812 Winter American Militia.

Excellent figures, nice detail and no flash.

I only got one box.

They are armed with muskets.

And a variety of headgear.

My plan is to use these for the Alamo.
 

War of 1812 and the Alamo

Strelets War of 1812 American Militia Winter 1812.

This is my only set of War of 1812 figures.

I assume I could use Napoleonic War British for the British, but of course I don't do Napoleonic Wars as such.

These are excellent figures, no flash and nice variety of poses.

Two standing riflemen.  I intend to use these for the Alamo and Texas War of Independence.

 I think the largest battle was San Jacinto.  The Texans only had about 900 troops so if I add these to my Imex Texicans and a few cowboys and miscellaneous figures it should make a pretty good Texan Army.

Panther ARV Close Up

ArsenalM Panther ARV in HO scale resin.

Figures and small bits for the model.

Three figures, note the exhaust pipes on their sprue.  You have to be very slow and careful with these resin models as the resin is a little brittle.

Fuel cans.  The figures have the arms molded on the same base as the body so it makes assembly easy.

Notice how tiny the machine gun is!

Check out the gun and the gun shield.

Very delicate work ahead.

This will take me a while to put together.
 

Panther ARV

Top view of the ArsenalM Panther armored recovery vehicle in resin.

HO 1/87 scale model.

Tracks are similar to the Roco style.

These parts are perfect.

The track system is simple and easy to put together.

I use five minute epoxy and cyanoacrylate glue to put this vehicle together.

The parts are very thin and require great care to remove them from the sprue.

The set comes with fuel tanks one of them has the fuel pump in it.

It also has the big spade that goes to the rear of the vehicle.  These can be used for wargaming if the user is careful.  This is an excellent model.