Peter Molloy

Dawn breaking over Wellington’s left at Waterloo earlier this week.

Mons at the weekend for a wedding meant a chance to visit the railway bridge at Nimy on 23 August.

111 years to the day from Westmeath man Lt. Maurice Dease and Pvt. Sidney Godley of 4th Royal Fusiliers earning the first VCs of the First World War here; posthumously for Dease.

There weren’t! But there are usually Napoleonic groups at the larger Waterloo reenactments who don’t exactly fit the real events.

For that matter, I’m in the uniform of the 86th (Leinster) Foot, which also wasn’t there in 1815.

Crossbelt cam footage from the firing line at Waterloo on Sunday.

A hot shower cures most ails!

Sore and sunburnt today, but what a bucket list item ticked over the weekend at the #Waterloo210 reenactment.

Leatherwork being whitened with liquid Blanco.

Crossbelt plate for the 86th (Leinster) Foot.

In the throes of final prep for the #Waterloo210 reenactment at the weekend.

Leather whitening and brass polishing.

Photograph of green wreath placed at the base of the Inniskillings memorial, Waterloo battlefield.

In Dublin rather than Waterloo this morning, but green wreath delivered to perhaps the most Irish location on the battlefield, the Inniskillings memorial.

Remembering all those from the island of Ireland caught up in the 1815 campaign.

#Waterloo210

Yes, definitely the right home for it.

And a small but really well done museum it is, especially as there’s nothing at Quatre Bras itself.

Photograph of Napoleonic British crossbelt plate of the 1st Foot (Royal Scots). Recovered on the battlefield of Quatre Bras in 2002 and on display in the Ligny 1815 Museum.

Crossbelt plate worn by a soldier of the 3rd/1st Foot (Royal Scots) at Quatre Bras #OTD in 1815.

Recovered on the battlefield in 2002 and now on display in the Ligny 1815 Museum.

At least a third of the battalion was Irish during the Waterloo campaign.

#Waterloo210

Toad Shakos - Historical Replica Shakos for re-enactment Toad Shakos make and supply historical replica shakos for re-enactment. Based in Scotland we are specialist in Napoleonic headdress.

All credit to the excellent Mel Secker at Toad Shakos!

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Reproduction ‘Belgic’ British infantry shako. http://toadshakos.co.uk.

New Belgic shako in the post.

One step closer to the #Waterloo210 reenactment at the end of the month.

There’s nothing quite like them, is there?

A standout memory from the 80th anniversary of D-Day this time last year.

Daybreak on Sword Beach, where the 2nd Royal Ulster Rifles landed on 6 June 1944.

Hooge Crater Museum.

Royal Irish Rifles grave, Sanctuary Wood Cemetery.

Grote Markt from the Cloth Hall belfry.

Bank Holiday weekend return to Ypres.

Great day of Cold War gone hot gaming yesterday with @tomjmegan.bsky.social hosting @aquestingvole.bsky.social and I.

Great fun, Tom. Thanks again for having us.

Order of service.

Australian and NZ officers saluting.

CWGC grave of Lance Corporal Peter Freitas, NZ Army Service Corps.

#AnzacDay2025 at Grangegorman Military Cemetery this morning.

Look forward to seeing what you might do with it!

Superb work as always!

White Stork are relatively new to me but one of their sets caught my eye as an entry at our model club show last month. Lots of interesting stuff on their website.

T-34/85 medium tank in the Imperial War Museum, November 2015.

T-34/85 in London’s Imperial War Museum.

This is apparently a post-war Czechoslovak built vehicle sold to Egypt before being captured by Israeli forces during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

#TankTuesday

Char B1-bis outside the Musée de l'Armée in Paris, June 2015. The tank is painted in a tan, green and brown camouflage scheme and has the name ‘Flandres’ stencilled on the right side of its turret in white.

A taste of France for #TankTuesday.

Char B1-bis ‘Flandres’ outside the Musée de l'Armée in Paris.

Sorry not to spot you, Paul. Hope you enjoyed the day. We’ll have to cross paths again on some other foreign field!

These look like they’ll give a lot of options.

That might explain it! These were indeed all from Dave.

I’ve yet to crack the box but the detail looks very nice from the photos I’ve seen!

I can only picture them as green, but were they another design previously?

Hope all went well for you.

You do indeed! Sorry didn’t spot you to say hello on Saturday - that was some crowd.

Assorted miniatures and hobby supplies.

The mandatory #Salute52 hobby haul shot.

New plastic US airborne from Warlord and nearly enough Perry metals to break my baggage allowance, plus a few other bits and pieces.