Russell Gammage M.S.I.A, of Rose Miniatures has been a faithful supporter of this magazine since its inception but because of a natural and modest reluctance to shout about his wares, he receives very little publicity in our pages. I can thoroughly recommend the brilliant 54mm collector's figures designed by Russell and I can also suggest that if you are unfamiliar with them, that yo u should become acquainted with the small but very fine range of 25mm wargames figures. His range of Napoleonic cavalry (mounted on saddle cloths so that thay can be seated separately on horses and removed when desired) are unlike any other figures I have seen. Because they live in my area and we meet frequently, I know a lot more about the extensive range of wargames figures put out by Neville Dickinson and Dick Higgs of Miniature Figurines. Less than two hours ago, the former marched into my house with boxes containing no less than SIXTY plated master figures designed by Dick Higgs that will shortly be added to the ever increasing range of wargames soldiers put out by Miniature Figurines. This group included figures for the Hundred Years War; the Seven Years War; Napoleonic campaigns; the Crimean and the Franco-Prussian War. I was also fascinated by the first two master figures made by Major Bob Rowe, Miniature Figurines latest capture, they were unusual in that they represented British soldiers of the Indian Mutiny. Minimodels Limited of Havant, Hants, are producing an interesting range of 54mm plastic figures of the World War II period from the United States, Germany and Japan. They are hand painted, and claim to be superbly accurate in detail and in their authentic battle positions. Although I have not actually handled any of these figures I believe that they are very good for their relatively low price and suggest that they are worthy of investigation. More figures that I have not seen but would appear to be interesting are the Prairial Figures that can be obtained from Argy1 Models, 247 Argyle Street, Glasgow C.2. They are 54mm plastic figure kits obviously aimed at the same market as that enjoyed by the well-known Historex firm. They are excellently moulded and have a most comprehensive instruction sheet in English and a full colour painting sheet provided with the figure. They sell at infantry 12s. each with horses at 11s. To go with their growing range of 1:35 scale tank kits, the Japanese firm of Tamiya have introduced two sets of scale figures which are beautifully moulded in hard plastic. One set features a German tank crew in the standard Panzer crew uniform whilst another set features four infantrymen including a machine-gunner with his gun. The first set costs 3s. and the second one 3s.9d. They can be obtained from Jones Brothers of Chiswick. Cheyne Walk Prints Limited of 27 Oldbury Place, London W.I., are providing a range of military prints mounted on red, green, brown or black ponyskin surround at 22s.6d. for a set of four. The range includes Napoleonic period, the Crimea, etc. It would seem that these are reproductions of some of the coloured engravings that can be found as frontispieces to some of those sets of books covering wars and campaigns that were published by Cassells during the middle of the 19th century. Recently, I treated myself to a rather expensive but very fine Christmas present. It consisted of a pair of hand finished Model cannon -- 6 pd. field piece of the 'British Royal Regiment of Artillery 1748 and an American 9 pd. field piece Revolutionary Army 1778. Each gun is independently mounted on classically designed book,ends which bear commemorative-plaques. Made in England by Bassett-Lowke, this is a British-American bicentenary group product, Each gun is beautifully made in wood and brass and is about 8 inches long by about 4 inches high -- at the price of £ 12.10s. this represents a piece of luxury that goes well in any study or even the lounge. The Military Philatelic section of Stamp Publicity (Worthing) Limited, P.O.Box 10, Worthing, Sussex, England, have quite a, lot to offer the military collector who 'is also interested in stamps. Their recent list includes a National Army Museum series which will depict five groups of famous battles and campaigns and consist of envelopes with pictorial covers. Then there is a complete set of twelve covers depicting famous regiments of the British Armor each with a special pictorial handstamp and printed insert; another group depicting famous generals; another depicting medals land decorations plus various other covers similar interest. Osprey Publications Limited, P.O.Box 25, 707 Oxford Road, Reading, England, are publishing a Pictorial survey of famous aircraft in their Aircam Aviation Series. These would seem to be of immense value to the wargamer interested in model aircraft. The Naval wargamer will find interest and value in publications obtainable from the Navy Records Society, c/o The Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London S.10. One such publication is "Documents Relating to the Naval Air Service 1908-1918" edited by Captain Stephen Roskill author of the Official "The War at Sea 1939-1945". Details of membership of the Society are sent on request. The Conway Maritime Pressf Conway Chambers, 130 Lordship Lane, London 6.E.22, are publishing "A Bibliography of British Naval History" by G.E. Manwaring. Recently published in 1930 this bibliography embraces the British Naval History from the earliest times till just after -the Battle of Trafalgar. It is a biographical and historical guide to printed and manuscript sources. Its price is 70s. -d. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 95 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1970 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com