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Tuesday, 26 August 2025

The Great Plastic Revival - Prussian Cavalry

 This is the third batch of Prussians to be completed, in this case the cavalry.  When I went through the boxes there were lots of cavalry in odd colours, mainly white and gree.  I think they were supposed to be part of the Austrian army, however, they did not look quite right.

On closer inspection I worked out that, apart from some Revell black hussars and early war Revell Cuirassiers, the bulk were in fact ESCI/Italeri British Scots Greys wearing oilskin shako covers. I thought that with a dab of paint they could be passed off as Prussian dragoons.  Here is the result:

From a couple of feet away they don't look to out of place.

Next, I might tackle some of the Airfix Prussian Landwehr, but these are completely unpainted and will take a little longer.



4 comments:

  1. Lovely cavalry, the hussars are particularly lovely, nice repurposing of the Scots Greys, the work out very well as Prussian dragoons, look the part.

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    1. Thanks Donnie, overall quite a nice force of cavalry - as long as you don't look too closely!

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  2. Very nice work and recycling Scots Greys is clever!

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    1. Thanks. The Scots Greys were not my idea, but I did paint them in a more sensible colour.

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