Kursk 1943 (1 Viewer)

[FirstLegion]

I personally will never understand that.

Me either. But if we do a release with dead figures, which we used to always do, everything would sell out and we'd have 100 dead figures left..... So we stopped making them for the most part.

 

[Andanna]

Me either. But if we do a release with dead figures, which we used to always do, everything would sell out and we'd have 100 dead figures left..... So we stopped making them for the most part.

My other collection is Hello Kitty.

I never understood this either. In particular, as the manufacturers seem to pick the most brutal battles for their WWII ranges. Stalingrad, Kursk, Cherkassy. I like that FL branches out to Late War Germans with very young “soldiers”. I wonder whether one day, we will see Volkssturm. I buttume not.

Lastly (former shepard from Devon here), I would never let my sheep this close to a ditch if I can avoid it. They try to drink from it, slide in and their wool immediately soaks up the water. You need at least three men to get the sheep out of there because they get so heavy. And if you do not have three men or don’t pay attention, they drown.

You generally also cannot tie sheep to a fence. They panic and their heart gives out.

 

[OzDigger]

My other collection is Hello Kitty.

I never understood this either. In particular, as the manufacturers seem to pick the most brutal battles for their WWII ranges. Stalingrad, Kursk, Cherkassy. I like that FL branches out to Late War Germans with very young “soldiers”. I wonder whether one day, we will see Volkssturm. I buttume not.

Lastly (former shepard from Devon here), I would never let my sheep this close to a ditch if I can avoid it. They try to drink from it, slide in and their wool immediately soaks up the water. You need at least three men to get the sheep out of there because they get so heavy. And if you do not have three men or don’t pay attention, they drown.

You generally also cannot tie sheep to a fence. They panic and their heart gives out.

Steep sided watercourses are problematic for most animals. However that's not to say that Sheep can't swim, I guess the length of fleece would affect them over a longer distance but I've seen them swim okay when they fell into dams etc. And they certainly swim quick enough when you force them into a Sheep Dip, but they don't like swimming at all, unlike Pigs that seem to enjoy swimming.

 

[OzDigger]

Now that we've covered the Sheep, I think it's important we get back to the drains. Following extensive research I noted that Steel drain pipes were rare in rural Russia during that period, another important issue is the length of the pipes. It's well documented that Russian peasant farmers insisted on using the full length of the pipes, this provided a wider road across the drain to enable access for wider plows. That said, knowing Frank's preference for accuracy he will make the required adjustments to the Sheep, Drains, Pipes etc in due course

 

[Gebhard]

I personally will never understand that.

I think it makes perfect sense, while most people on forums are obsessed with recreating displays that are 100% accurate, they make up only a small percentage of the collectors and people who just buy a few Toy Soldiers here and there.

Most of the people who buy a few figures do it because they want a well done cool looking figure from a period in history so that they can display and enjoy, the pose, uniform and equipment ect.

I think that if 99.9% of the people in the world went into their friends, uncles, grandpops or sons' room and saw a shelf full of dead figures they would be more than a bit concerned for their mental health.

Think about it unless you're making a dio or display showing a realistic battle dead figures will be the last thing you get excited about.

So really it makes perfect sense that they would be the last to sell. Just my take on it.

 

[mario]

Další sada fotek s jiným pozadím a světlem

Opravdu skvělé dioráma, vypadá velmi realisticky a PanzerIV je fakt super. Díky za sdílení.

 

[OzDigger]

Love it, the lighting and backdrops make it really pop and the sheep & cat are a nice extra touch.

Superb Frank. Nice touch with the cat attack and I don’t mean the tank. Robin.

All jokes aside, I agree that the various animals do add interest to the scene, and I use several different animals in my dioramas, 'life goes on', even in war time.

As for dead soldiers, I use several of these figures, however the only 'negative' comments I've had were related to the large number of fighting and wounded figures in my K & C Australian Light Horse displays, a lot of 'bad blood' evident there.

 

[FirstLegion]

I think it makes perfect sense, while most people on forums are obsessed with recreating displays that are 100% accurate, they make up only a small percentage of the collectors and people who just buy a few Toy Soldiers here and there.

Most of the people who buy a few figures do it because they want a well done cool looking figure from a period in history so that they can display and enjoy, the pose, uniform and equipment ect.

I think that if 99.9% of the people in the world went into their friends, uncles, grandpops or sons' room and saw a shelf full of dead figures they would be more than a bit concerned for their mental health.

Think about it unless you're making a dio or display showing a realistic battle dead figures will be the last thing you get excited about.

So really it makes perfect sense that they would be the last to sell. Just my take on it.

Agree with all. And this line of thinking explains why the Flag figures sell out first. They're cool as single figures. The casualty figures truly are reserved for the dioramists.....look at the excellent use of one of our German Stalingrad Casualties in Mike's Tractor Factory Counterattack diorama. Fits the scene perfectly. That's what they're meant for. As a business however, it's something we need to consider and hence we don't make as many as we used to. I do still like to make the sets like the Stalingrad RUSSTAL066 with the soldier buttisted by the female nurse (first to sell out of that release group!) and the upcoming 3 figure set for Kursk which is similarly themed. It's really just the laying on the ground dead guys that don't sell well, but are critical to excellent dioramas. The challenge as a business is that you have X amount of production capacity, should we make a face down dead German or a flag figure?

 

[ANDY]

Great combination and color matching background

 

[fmethorst]

Received the new Ferdinand and 3 of the SS figures. Not going to mix them in a scene as the SS were in the south and the Schweres Panzerjäger-Regiment 656 was in the north.

 

[fmethorst]

Continued...

 

[Hunter Rose]

Received the new Ferdinand and 3 of the SS figures. Not going to mix them in a scene as the SS were in the south and the Schweres Panzerjäger-Regiment 656 was in the north.

Then why put an SS tanker in the Ferdinand?

Beautiful pictures as always though.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Nobody does Toy Soldier dioramas and photography better than you Frank. Only Ken Osen and Kevin Elliott are in your league!

 

[wayne556517]

Superb mate simple as that, my Fav Ferdinand as well.

 

[mestell]

Simply outstanding Frank.
Mike

 

[panda1gen]

Frank, your dioramas and photos are unsurpassed.

All the best, Kevin.

 

[villagehorse]

What a perfect background to display this tank at its finest. Robin.

 

[Mike97]

Masterful, simply masterful !

 

[tmanthegreat]

Beautiful pics, Frank! As always your work is a masterclass on creating scenery with near perfect realism which really makes the First Legion figures and vehicles pop

 

[wwiibuff]

Looks great