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Denver, I have found the flame gun and hoses to be really easy, the royal pain in getting properly-sized tanks that look right (but being a "gun nut" I am picky about the weaponry). The M1A1 flamethrower had three large tanks and the M2-2 type had two large tanks and a smaller one in between...

Remember that as a "movie personality" the M4A3E4 tanks in "Kelly's Heroes" were not painted in US olive drab - they were Yugoslavian Army green - that's who the tanks came from. All versions of the movie and stills show that the vehicles in "Kelly's Heroes" were a lighter, more green color...

Nick has mentioned a DESIRE to more USMC figures at some point, but the tooling and production costs have prevented this so far. He did have an idea to release some limited production add-on figures in resin, but this fell through for several reasons. I had done several of the conversions that...

Walt, you are quite right. I have bought model parts from China and Singapore via eBay and everything arrived in a fair time and in good condition. I would think that somebody going into the business would have done a bit more research, especially on the popular sizes and sculpting styles. I...

The issue of "scale creep" has been lurking around for a while. In the "old days" (and I mean 1950's-early 60's) each manufacturer had its own "scale". Ideal was 60-65mm (but they had some 40-45mm sailor sculpts on some of their plastic ships), Marx Battleground Playset figures were about...

Yes, people change and vary, equipment does NOT! A GI M1 helmet has the same steel shell with only minor differences between producers. An M1 rifle is ALWAYS the same size no matter who carries it. So figure sizes can be tolerated, but gross mismatches in equipment cannot be. Gary B. Waverly, NE

Personally, I prefer "adaptable" figures to "personality" figures. There are only so many gritty, grizzled sergeants in each army, or so many guys with the same torn pants, etc. I think that the regular production plastics should concentrate on the everyday soldier, then the special figures...

Really well done! Great idea, well executed and nicely photographed. You put the whole package together. Gary B.

One annoyance for a converter is that you only get ONE of each pose in the set. It doesn't cost THAT much more to add the extra figures once you have the packaging and other overhead covered. I'll still buy them, but it will raise costs to those that I convert for. I used to be able to get a...

Rhino, hedge chopper, prongs, Cullin Hedrerow Cutter, Douglad Device - each unit seemed to have a different name for them and there were several different patterns. Gary B.

Just a caveat, not to belittle Mr. Cooper and his service to our country, but in that book he makes assertions that are just NOT supported by history. He was a lt. in the front, but he makes comments about tank development that he wasn't there to see. Otherwiose, it's a great memoir about a...

I'm looking forward to these! Being into conversions I am looking at them as another nice assortment of arms/legs/heads/etc. to be cut up and rearranged. I'll make some new poses and have some fun doing it. I already have a couple ideas in mind for my US troops and for my USMC unit. Gary B...

Based on other WW2 items that I have purchased in the last few years, I am anxiously awaiting your announcements! Gary B.

For a suggestion - back to Normandy 1944! My specific suggestion is a US Army light machine gun team with the classic M1919A4 light MG on M2 tripod. This would be a nice complement to the earlier Britains sets and could work with Conte and ONTC. The .30 cal. M1919A4 was the standard light MG...

That is a GREAT diorama. Very well composed, nicely lit and photographed. You captured the "feel" of period photos. The multiple civillians really make the scene come alive. I agree that a series of WW2 French/Belgian?Dutch civillians would be very nice to see from a manufacturer. Your...

I really need to get to this event sometime. Sounds like a great time for the military buff!

Then, I shall say no more on this post.

Actually, DD67, the M5A1 Stuart, was a decent model and displays well. I haven't seen the TCS one in person. M5A1 has been well represented in other scales for collectibles and models. Gary B.

Don't mean to picking a fight, but the M3A3 was NOT used by ETOUSA! I have not seen them in combat photos, I have not seen them on such records as I have seen. The US Army was fanatic about simplifying logistics for D-Day. The M3A3 used a different engine, the M5A1 was not in short supply...