An interesting find poses a question

Over recent weeks I have been slowly working on ways in which I can combine some aspects of FUNNY LITTLE WARS with my PORTABLE WARGAME, and so far, I have put together a 15mm-scale ARMY KHAKI from various previously unused figures I had in my collection. It was whilst I was looking for more figures that would be suitable for this project that I found some figures that I had completely forgotten about ... and this find has posed an interesting question; should I continue with this project in 15mm-scale, or should I use 20mm-scale figures?

The figures in question were acquired via the good offices of David Crook, and are a number of ready-painted Palestinian Campaign World War 1 figures made by TUMBLING DICE. The collection includes the following:

• Generic
• 2 Supply wagons, each with 2 horses
• 2 Pack mules
• Germans in tropical helmets
• 3 Mounted officers
• 2 Field guns, each with 3 crew
• 1 Limber with 4 horses and 2 mounted drivers
• 42 Infantry
• 1 Machine gun with 2 crew
• 1 Armoured car
• Germans in peaked cap with neck flaps
• 2 Officers on foot
• 1 Mortar and 2 crew
• 39 Infantry
• 2 Machine guns each with 2 crew
• British (?) in tropical helmets
• 21 Infantry
• Turks in Kabalak or Enveriye helmets
• 23 Infantry
• Turks in Fezes
• 23 Infantry
• 2 Machine guns, each with 3 crew

There are sufficient figures in the collection to create several small FLW/PW armies. They do not require much renovation work other than touching up the odd paint chip, and would, after a quick coat of varnish, be ready to base in a matter of days. There are few gaps in the collection, but filling them would not be too difficult or costly.

I am not quite sure what to do, and I am going to take a few days to think things over before deciding whether to sell this small collection on and to use the model to buy more 15mm-scale figures or to leave the existing 15mm-scale FLW/PW collection as it stands and to use these figures as the basis of my future FLW/PW collection.

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I have used some of these figures in a number of wargames (most especially the 'Long Live the Revolution! mini-campaign), and they featured in photographs in DEVELOPING THE PORTABLE WARGAME.