Napoleonic Prussian Kuirassiers 1813-14

For years I have managed with using converted Airfix French Cuirassiers as Prussian Kuirassiers, but I've always hoped that someone would produce them. I suspect the reason why is that they were not involved in the Waterloo campaign. I had thought of converting a combination of HaT Russian Cuirassiers and Dragoons to provide them but it always semed to fiddly. Then at a show I had a look at the Mars Russian Dragoons and decided they were a good enough match.

As it turned out attaching the "swords" was quite tricky as Mars plastic tends to have a lower melting point than that which most other plastic manufacturers use and getting a heated pin to the right temperature was a matter of luck.

The East Prussian Kuirassiers are to the left and the Silesian to the right.