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Here are a couple of metal figures of the Kingdom of Holland.

At this moment I'm working on a little dio. A Sherman tank entering a German town. A couple of G.I's walking beside the tank. Suddenly the tankcommander is aware of a sniper. But too late for one of the soldiers. So far the story behind this project. I 'm constructing this dio with left-overs...

In nov 1944 the allies tried to capture the coasts of the river Schelde in South-West Netherlands, in order to liberate Antwerpen. Therefore they invaded the isle of Walcheren and landed at Vlissingen and Westkapelle. Years ago I made a little dio of Commando's no 2, Dutch troop fighting in...

This little diorama is made with Revell figures 1/72. ( Not available anymore) Painted in acrylics and it represents a Dutch groep of Artillery on their way to a new siege of a town occupied by the Spanish during the 80-years war

Dutch General during the battle of Waterloo. Figure is made from Airfix Collectors series parts. I think you can see which figure was main part. 54 mm. Painted with Humbrol and acrylics. I made this figure about 15 years ago, but it still is one of my favorites

A friend of mine had this figure somewhere in his stash and he gave it to me. I repainted it into a French war commisary from the American war of Revolution because of a nice picture I found in the John Mollo book of the American Revolution War. I don't know who is the sculptor but is a nice...

I"m member of a Dutch figureclub: The Dutch society for modelfigures. They produce a nice range of Dutch uniforms. At this moment they produced several figures of the Batavian Republic. The figures are not difficult to assemble and rather simple. So I mostly try to improve them. I did so with...

This is a grenadier of the Batavian Army in 1799 during the second coalition war against France. An Anglo-Russian army did an unsuccessful invasion in the northern part of Holland. The Batavian party was pro-french and successfully drove the English back int the sea. Figure is made of Historex...

This figure was really a pleasure to paint. I don’t know which brand or sculptor made this. I got this figure from a friend where it was acting as a “ shelf-king”. But look at the face, full of character. This officer served in the Dutch marine, shortly before the French helped the Batavian...

Working on a serie of Batavian Republic soldiers. In 1799 there was an Anglo- Russian invasion at the coast of the Netherlands. The Batavian army pushed them back into the sea. I used historex and Airfix parts. Painting is done in acrylics. Scale is 54 mm

Another oldie in my showcase. Build in the 90’s . In that time I discovered the work of Bill Horan. Studied his article of the last stand at Gandamak over and over again. His work has been of great importance for my progress in painting figures. In those days I painted only with Humbrol and he...

The regiment played an important role during the Belgian-Dutch war in 1830. In those days it was kind of "flashy"to have a lancer regiment. Whether they were useful or not. The regiment was also called the Green lancers ( groene lanciers) because of the uniform. The figure is mainly the Polish...

I’m sculpting a Frankish Warrior in 54 mm scale. Basic figure is Airfix Multipose Desert Rat, but with a lot of green stuff and Magic Sculpt he is transformed in an early medieval warrior. Still a lot do.

I created this work when I got inspired by an old painting of a Dutch cavalryman. I used Historex spare parts to create the rider. The horse is painted in oils to create realistic dapples. The rider is painted in acrilys from Valejo and Citadel contrast colours.

Hello to you all. After a long time of no-posting ( because I did modelling things which got wings:LOL:) I returned to painting and creating historical figures. I"m retired from my work for 5 years now, and boy...I love it! More time for my hobby and no stress anymore. I joined a figure-club in...

A grenadier presents a grenade to an arquebussier during the 80-years wars in the Low Countries. These grenades were made of clay filled with explosives. It looked like clay apples. The arquebussier was part of the Maurits cavalry. It is in the last period of time of the warThe grenadier was...

The Swiss regiment Meuron served as a mercenary force for the Dutch East Indies Company in South Africa. Left figure is a medicin ( chirurgijn) A metal figure from https://www.modelfiguren.nl , 54 mil. Richt one is a selfmade conversion. I used an extra head from the medicin , torso from a...

This is my latest project. When I saw the postings of Aragorn( Batltle of Ulundi) I knew how to go on. His images are really helpfull! I want to make a Dragoon or Carabinier of the first regiment of the Dutch Army during the Battle of Waterloo 1815. For this model I use the Airfix Cuirassier...

After all the good wishes because of my first posting I want to show you more of my work. The model depicts a Dutch Lancer from the Napoleontic period when Holland was a part of the French empire. It's made of Airfix collector series.I made it some 10 years ago. I still have the old Airfix...

Last week I discovered this site.And it was just what I was looking for! I'm a modller for more than 30 years now.I'm a member of Twenot a Dutscch groep of tankmodellers. I'm kind of a shermanholic in braille-scale. Every time I get tired of building tanks I return to my other favorites: figure...