nasirkasmani

Also - you should join the NAPOLEONIC Social Club as well.

You should join our Blue and Grey Club !

Thank you, very much !!

Thanks very much

It is also an honor to be among your friends.

Col. H

Its my honor to be considered amngst your friends.

Mike

Figarti is doing some spectacular vehicles, really unusual AFVs, rockets etc. That's one thing I really like about WWII is all the variety to choose from. I'll probably get the K&C half-track as I can always use some support/infantry vehicles but I'll pass on the schwimmwagen as I'm not particularly interested in it myself. I regret not getting the figarti camo V-2 but oh well what can you do. Right now I'm tracking down a few sets of retired American Airborne DDay that I missed(something I usually don't do). I aquired DD036 and still need 2 others. I think I'm going to break down and get K&Cs SAS Jeep with a couple of extra figures and use them doing a recon on a rather large AK dio I've got going. Other than than ordering some additional LAH 38 figures and Naps I'm really excited about the new MK releases, especially the Saracen mounted archer and unhorsed knight. Also waiting for EofI Romans but I think it will be a while before they come out.

Oh yeah, still randonly checking Conte to see if any Spartans or Romans come up for sale but I'm not holding my breath on that one. I also collect Tradition glossys and some of their 90mm Nap range so I've got plenty to keep me busy. Can't wait to see your latest V-2 add on. It was a shame about the winter tank but what can you do? Someones got to make a winter Tiger or Panzer IV that's accurate as well as at some point. Almost forgot, I've got to catch up on my OMG paras before the next release and the fighting WWI Germans to go up against my KOSBIES. August is shaping up to be a huge TS month.

Cheers, Ken

Hey Nasir, what's your take on the new K&C WWII releases? That halftrack looks like a must have. Did you decide to go with the Figarti V-2 vehicle add-on?

I hope so too Nasir.
Mark

Hi Nasir,
I did look at that whaleboat.I love it.I like accessories and terrain to go with my soldiers.Gives them an atmosphere.
Mark

He, he, cheers mate!

Nah, don't worry, I don't quite think I've the physique to pull off any 300 style poses, so I'll spare you all!

Will definitely get some pictures of the trip posted up as soon as I'm back though.

Take care,

Molloy.

Hi Nasirkasmani and thank you for your friend request! Regarding new toys, I'm thinking aboout ordering the new ONTC WWI Doughboys amd maybe even the French set (either the set w/ 2 soldiers and the tank or the set w/ 4 soldiers on a scenic base). I have the US WWI tank w/ 2 Doughboys, and I really like. Otherwise I'm zeroing in on perhaps another KC Crusader (MK018) and maybe another Conte Spartan (metal) set and perhaps another Viking raid set or two. I recently bought some of Conte's Persians from Hobby Bunker w/ their 2 for 1 sale. It's hard to resist that sale even though funds are bit tight. Thanks again for the friend request. Any new toys on your horizon Nasirk? Take care

Couldn't agree with you more, Nasir.

As important as each was on their own merits, none the less El Alamein, D-Day, The Bulge, etc., would all have been for nothing if it wasn't for the truly epic effort put in by the Soviets in the East.

It's an aspect to the Second World War that I find particularly fascinating because with the Eastern Front, there's not really anything like a "good guy", or a "bad guy". As vital and truly staggering in terms of losses the contribution made by the Soviet Union was, and as positive in the short term their struggle against Nazi Germany may have been, their own system and creed was little better. It's a rather extreme case of that old truism with history that things are very rarely in reailty simply black or white.

Downfall is a superb film all right. Was lucky enough to have the opportunity to visit Berlin for the past two summers while travelling around Europe, and it really is one of the most interesting places I've ever found myself in. Literally every street and avenue seems steeped in history, and every single location and name seemed instantly familier, even though I'd never been to the city before - places like Unter den Linden, the Tiergarten, Potsdamer Platz, all because of connections with events during the last century. I hope to get there again very soon!

Cheers,

Molloy.

Hi,
I am now reading the portuguese version of Martin Gilbert's «The First World War», and previously saw the BBC's The Great War, some twenty something DVD's, very interesting, priceless images, what a slaughter over the top war was!

Cheers,
Paulo

Hi Nasir,
The Indians look good and the ones with beards do too.
I just got QB-08 SRR-05 and VM-04 and they look a little better but SRR-05 hasthat distinctive look.Sorry I took so long to get back to you but have been working a lot.
Mark

Thanks for the compliment, but I have a relatively small collection, I have been collecting since 2004, when I can I buy, when I can't I don't ( at least I believe it's like that...). I would say Louis Badolato, for instance, is someone who looks like having a real museum collection. But I enjoy what I have and I'm sure you do too, regardless of numbers, and after all it's good ( but hard sometimes ) to choose what one really wants! Probably your focusing on WWII is the wisest thing to do! On topics, I've read a few things about WWII, and are now reading on WWI, which is an interesting flip side of collecting toy soldiers...

Sorry I'm only getting back to you now Nasir, been working pretty heavily the last few days to save up for going away!

The Eastern Front is definitely fascinating stuff, and something that, seemingly for a number of different reasons, is severely under-represented in this hobby. Can I assume that you have the K&C Fall of Berlin stuff? Always been very tempted by that range, and that battle in general - Downfall is one of my favourite Second World War films, bar none.

It's funny though how even amongst a given, set period like WWII, different people have different hightlights and focuses. For me, the Second World War is primarily about the Western Front, circa 1944-45, and that's the period that all my models come from. It probably stems from a very early visit to Normandy, and from youthful exposure to VHS copies of films like The Longest Day, A Bridge Too Far, Battle of the Bulge.

Guess the best way would be to check them out at a shop or toy soldier show ( difficult for me, no shows in Portugal and no shops carrying JJ ). If you buy and don't like, you'll surely earn a huge profit by sellling on E-Bay!... But those indians look excellent, have you seen the canoe? Used to collect WWII, but now stopped, no room for big tanks/dioramas, got into, check this foolishness out: WWI, FIW, Napoleonics, ACW, Delhi Durbar, most active are the first 3. Still have some Imperial and Monarch Crimean War pieces and 2 Colonial period sets from Imperial and Frontline, what a mess...

Regards,
Paulo

Space is always a problem - I live in a Townhouse on Capitol Hill - its very much like all major cities where you dont have a lot of room. My collection is in the living room inside FOUR large curio cabinets (I have a very understanding wife !) and all over my upstairs office / guest bedroom .... and in inside two closets - some not even opened - oh yea then in a my Downtown office in a super big curio cabinet. Still not enough room. Probally saves me money.

Yea - I do have other interests besides Napoleonics - like WWII - winter germans, AK, some american armor, Civil War, Revolution and Romans to name a few.

Hi,
Many thanks for your friendship request. I am also sending you one. Toys for this month? None, May and June were buying months, now probably back only in September... I am waiting for Britains FIW new gloss releases and expecting their matte FIW future releases to decide between them and John Jenkins for matte FIW, unless K&C gets in the way with an FIW range!

Cheers,
Paulo