That's FOR SURE!!!

I seem to remember seeing an article somewhere about that particular WWI Cavalry built out of AIRFIX and HISTOREX parts- Was it in the old "Military Modeller" magazine?

Figure Modeller Bill Horan also makes a lot of use of spare plastic arms, legs, heads and other "body parts", as well. I keep one of those metal cabinet things with all the smaller clear plastic "drawers" pretty well-stocked with extra figure parts, too...

Wish that SHENANDOAH was still in business- They had a really GREAT line of American Civil War Infantry, Artillery and Cavalry figures...

Looks like another set of horses I can use in a zombie diorama. Heck, maybe modify some of MB's latest "girlie" figures riding thru a bunch of zombies, dealing with them with sabers or maybe a lance?

Six months later and I finally got the sets!

The British figure can be easily modified to carry a lance as lancer or hussar regiments did in World War One. A slouch hat, leather leggings and bayonet would give you an Australian light horseman. (Or sourcing new weapons and head gear could also give you Boer War British cavalry) I might do him as a Canadian with the greener uniforms as they wore bright shoulder flashes. Remember mounted British cavalry was deployed in 1918 after the break through.

The German comes with either lieb hussaren or covered busbies. The black uniform was not worn in World War One but it is identical to the colored uniforms worn prior to 1910 so you could do a German hussar in a pre-war color uniform (Black, blue, red with different colored braids) Sourcing a short shako would give you an Austrian hussar, different ammunition pouches and rifle would give you an 1870 Franco-Prussian War Prussian hussar to use with the old ICM Franco-Prussian War sets.

German hussars as I noted before did retain their braided jackets till the end of the war, resisting the changeover to the plain blouses introduced in 1915.

So if you like late 19th Century to World War One cavalry here's your set.