A friend said he had some spare American and French AWI figures, which turned out to be several boxes of Hat, Revell and Accurate 1/72 scale plastic figures. There are enough for a complete army, as well as a good number of SYW Austrians and Prussians (I can feel another diversion coming on)!
I decided to paint some of the figures that came in boxes of 'Militia', giving me sufficient for four regiments. There are loads more in the boxes, which I raided to provide some officers and figures converted to make standard bearers. Here are the results, one regiment in buckskin dress and the three others in less than formal military attire:
