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I got a chance to take a few snaps of one of Capt. Siborne's Waterloo models today. This is the smaller of the two he made, with 20mm figures. I believe it was finished in 1848. The model is now housed at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. I've seen it many times but recently, some restoration work has been done and they have mounted a few damaged figures on a small display for visitors to get a closer look at.

The models were cast with separate arms and heads so that each one is unique. There are six and a half thousand of them.

Hello, Good evening, and Welcome.

Welcome to Vintage Minis and Campaigns. This is the companion blog to my MeWe group of the same name. Some of the content here will be reflected on MeWe but by no means all. I hope to use the blog occasionally to be a little more expansive than the usual social media posts.

If you've come here looking for iconic British motorcars, then your google-fu has let you down. Here, I'm going to discuss old wargaming figures and miniature collecting, some history, what is still out there for contemporary buyers to get hold of and also to mention some of the campaigns that these ancient and noble little lead men faught in. I've roughly put a timescale of 1880 to 1980 for myself here. But I could easily stray off this occasionally. 

I hope to build up a significant resource list (or lists) as time goes on, in the hope that this site can be helpful to others who enjoy the delights of these old miniatures.

Cheers

JonS