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appologies to everyone i`m afraid we have had to duck the show this christmas...but we hope to be back later in the year...you all have a great show now. and merry christmas to you all. best wishes to all from steve & tracey at picturebox.

Re: css.Texas reprieve. maybe i`ll go fish her out of the skip and put her back on the "to do " shelf.....along with all the other stuff !

Hi mitch if the items are heavy i put a central support in there, all the models shown in the cabinets are solid diecast, some of the cabinet shelves are acrylic heavier duty are glass, but i have not come across any models that cannot be easily supported, the cases are fixed to the wall using...

Diorama Cases & Wall Display Cabinets Its been a while now but wehave used our enforced break to do a little research and development. The new Vista Cases

The new Vista Wall Mounted Display Cabinet from Picturebox

yes i am afraid we have had big problems with the website..not helped by me missing a digit of the contact phone number! however i will in future make better arrangements before i change isp service provider. geez those people can be touchy if you want to leave them...anyway its all sorted out...

Here are the last pictures of the CSS.Texas, i`m afraid that just as in real life she will go unfinished, its been a while since i have worked on her and i`ve lost interest ..she`s in the bin !

try microsoft powertools image resizer, simply download it , then you are given a choice of image sizes, click the one you want (small medium large) and then save and paste it, if it fails again resize it to the next size down ...and so on... brilliant and easy...

welcome aboard the USS.Benton Deck Shots from aboard the Benton, whoops one from the CSS.Albemarle too

i dont know if the south will rise again.. but it just may float again, the CSS. Texas hull is now complete! dont know why i bothered though...however now for the fun bits...

USS.Benton. Union Flagship. anyone got a suitcase that this will fit into?, if so see you down at the London Toy Soldier Show in july! bring 2 cases and take the USS.Choctaw along side her too!

Onandaga Next? the only promblem with these monitors is the length this one is 5foot , onandaga is longer still. but i think they just dont look right shorter!

hi scott i think i have the hang of it now, i am just trying to tidy things up into one thread ....but i may be making things worse for now but i will get there!...with a litttle help maybe :-)

Re: css.Texas Hull one side of the hull almost done, just some tidying up to do... i was not happy with the casemate, so off ti came, i have lowered theoverall height by about 1/4 inch and widened the space between the 2 fore & 2 aft casemate supports by around 1 1/2 inches...looking at it i...

good morning michael, i see nothing wrong with your boats and can see that they are indeed equal to whatever i could do, you seem to suffer the same apprehensions about your work as i do with mine, the gun boat in particular and the use of available materials is brilliant, i have had three...

css.texas how to make life hard for yourself for some reason at this point i have turned her over and decided to have a go at a hull, with hindsight a mistake but i`ve started now, the hull sections are approx.4 inches deep they looked about right at that, professional modellers and people who...

from board to ships deck once the outline was cut i have sanded and planed the edge and tidied up the jigsaw marks, next ...(and i was`nt sure why i did it) i turned the deck over and ran a sloped router bit around the edge, i would normally leave this squared, however the texas was described...

css.texas was a little over 200ft long and just under 50 ft wide, so my deck area is 4ft long by around 10 1/2 inches wide. i have marked an outline down 1 half of the board and altered it until i was happy with the profile, i have then cut 1 side of the board along the marks, take the offcuts...