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Thanks Dave... The key to successful collecting is to collect interesting things... :) Cheers Marc

Thanks mate :salute::

Hello Again... For some strange reason I also have an appreciation for old "Block & Tackles" and Pulley's and Fire Extinguishers... {sm3} and also vintage luggage like old trunks and suit cases... {sm2} I know... I'm currently seeing a doctor once every 2 weeks and he is not helping one bit...

Thanks mate... I just purchased a nice 1960 German WILESCO steam engine from Pennsylvania... hopefully it will be here in a week. Cheers Marc

I'm trying to think of something witty and logical... but it is hurting my head... {sm4} Yours Sincerely Mr Barney Womble

Hi ya cobber... I seem to recall a bridge dio not so long ago that looked like your handy work... :salute:: The steam engines are reasonably big... that said there are those who build entire workshops (to scale) all powered by their steam plant... I'm not there yet but I'm thinking about it on a...

Its therapy Tom... ^&grin We are currently planning a "PICKING" trip down through NSW, VIC and SA before heading back up to Brisbane... We hire a camper with a few mod-cons and can pick up "STUFF" along the way. Get to see some countryside, spend some loot and have some fun as we go...:cool:

Hi Robin... I must confess and it is true... they do NOT make toys like they did in the past... Imagine trying to purchase a steam engine for a child today... heavy metal, all the brass and steel... what's that you have to light fire to get the water hot... with a real flame... oh no my...

Re: Barneywomble's Collection... It's not what you think... Hi Brett... forgive me for not dropping by... Martin has kept me busy since the dinner book and menu... Huntley & Palmer's make some of the most collected biscuit tins in the world due to their unique designs... There have been others...

Hi everyone... I have been very quite lately and have taken a break from collecting model soldiers... however when I am not collecting model soldiers my wife and I collect just about anything else... including working model Steam Engines, Huntley & Palmer's Biscuit Tins, Vintage Cameras, Antique...

Great detail painting Mirof I can only hope to get that good... :) Cheers Marc

Hi fellow modelers... here is the latest project off the work bench... a Verlinden 120mm WW1 German Trench Raider... :)

Hi John... thanks mate will do... I bought a swag of these 120mm figures from a few different manufacturers and want to try and teach myself the art of oil paint blending... hopefully I can master it... ^&grin Cheers Marc

I have you in mind... so next will be a WW1 German Trench Raider... almost finished... just have the weathering to do on this fellow... :smile2: then its a Napoleonic to keep the DOC happy... {sm3} Cheers Marc

Hi fellow collectors... here is the latest from my work bench... a 120mm Verlinden Marine of the Guard... Cheers Marc

Hi fellow painters... I recently picked up a Verlinden 120mm Napoleonic - Russian Hussar Irkutskii Regiment figure and am having some trouble working out the base colour for the Tunic... I generally use Vallejo Paints but am happy to swap for the project. Can anyone provide a colour scheme or...

by the way... and I sure your dad knows YOUTUBE has 100's of videos on weathering tanks and planes and trains and.... :) cheers Marc

Hi Marty... the tanks are great... you tell ya dad to go wild... weathering is the best... lost of artistic licence and its fun... :) Cheers, Marc

Hi everyone... I have taken a break from the King & Country collecting and diorama making to build some 120mm Figures... The first is this Verlinden WW1 German Machine Gunner. Just a very light weathering... Have some WW2 and a few Napoleonic's to finish as well... :) Cheers Marc

Thanks mate.. .VERY HELPFUL... :salute:: Cheers Marc