Historical buildings in Tangiers and Fez

 So no toy soldiers Im afraid, but I thought the photos of the historic buildings might be of interest to some and would act as an aide memoir if I wanted to do a bit of scrath building at a later date! 

Medieval walls of Tangier, the updated glacis was added after they got rid of the Brits in 1684, Tangier had been part of the dowry of Catherine of Breganza his Portuguese wife in 1662.

Some 19th century artillery,rifled bronze pieces with entirely metal carriages, the French one seemingly made by Krupp, or maybe its a marriage of a barrel and carriage that didnt start off together ? Something that looks like Armstrong built it, a big coastal defence gun.

For Keith, an excellent Roman mosaic in what was the Sultans palace and during the Portuguese and British occupation , the governors residence, had to dredge up some French to work out the information boards, a legacy of colonial occupation, but its alright as theyve decided to ditch teaching French and teach English instead, Im sure that went down well in Paris!

A mosque door and doors and ceiling from the Sultans palace.

The courtyard with exagerated corinthian capitals and tiles

The remnants of a Roman cemetry stature,pretty massive, so about 54mm in relation to 28mm figure?  Useful to know!

Fez, a medieval city, 22km of walls enclosing the medina where one million people live, with barely any cars, a typical door, the tannery which seems little changed from Roman examples Ive seen excavated, another mosque door, the blue gate, green on the inside and a minarete near the blue gate, the last picture is for Suber as it looks just like his mine/hab creation, albiet without platforms for shuttles to land on! Fascinating trip down, the Atlantic coast has had so much rain in recent years that it looks frankly like Devon! Im writing this on the train to Marrakesh from Fez, I hope it was of some interest, as Im going to do something similar for Somerset at some point, next up probably a Valour and Fortitude AAR?

All the best 

Iain

Austrian Uhlan regiment no 1 Merveldt Napoleonic 86

 This is a unit of Uhlans ,regiment no 1 Merveldt for the  1809 campaign based on the left over Perry plastic British light dragoons in the later uniform with overalls mounted on Warlord ECW plastic horses and with a mixture of Victrix and Warlord lancers arms. Their czapkas are more campaign look,more like this Rick Scollins illustration

 The next unit will have full dress .

I always liked the rather business like uniform of the Uhlans. I might well use this unit as the Brunswick Uhlans for an 1809 campaign Ive been thinking of depicting the duke of Brunswicks small force fighting its way to the coast, I already have the French provisional dragoon unit and have three primed Westphalian infantry units, its more should I use my nephews Peninsular Brunswick units or should I go with 1809 correct units? Currently on a train journey from London to Marrakesh, so comments might be sporadic!

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All the best 

Iain