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    Yellow Fiends!

    Larry,About 1/3 are Pacific War metal Shermans(wood sideboards,no Ma deuce,no white star on sides,chicken wire/spikes on ALL hatches),about 1/4th all Jap tanks are 1/35s. Plenty of piled up US/Jap KIAs/WIAs..same for repainted G.Is,(collectors of 'sets will be appalled by the total remakes of...
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    Yellow Fiends!

    My basement is a Pacific War 'Paradise'. Kindred spirits we are. 44 Jap tanks(Ha-go,Chi-ha,Amphibious)1400 Jap grunts,88 Amtracs(all types),???(many) LCIs, 33 Shermans,17 Stuarts & 1900 Jarheads bunkers,pillboxes,arty,SPGs,terrain pieces,trees etc.,etc.etc. hell I've got a 1/32 "Betty"! And yet...
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    Crown Toy Soldiers

    Texarkana lads! Sold him 10,000 metal black-powder era pieces quite a while back. Not easy to keep in touch but we have our moments.
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    NV.1 and NV.5 Dioramas Questions

    Thank you so much for the offer.I'm having the 2 plates in question re-done . What does fit into that big 'V'indent on a single plate? Take care! R.K.Dittmar
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    Revenge/Bride of Conte

    Nancy Conte just sent me a mail announcing new plastic sword & sandal figures in configuration. No interest in that era but.........?
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    NV.1 and NV.5 Dioramas Questions

    Just bought and assembled both.12 plates..very,very heavy($80.00+ to ship both to me).5 mangled buildings 4 fit in plates rather nicely,one does not and one plate w/heavy 'V' indent ...I have no clue. I am shipping both plates out to be 'dolled up'. I must be missing parts here but.....Both...
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    Anyone know a good model ship builder?

    I am having SD Model Makers of Carlsbad.CA.make me the U.S.S.Inchon (LPH-12).
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    Take your Fireteam and....

    One could have a'field day' dolling up helmets and flak jackets with mostly inappropriate slurs,jargon ,peace signs,hometowns ,nicknames,months(days) to DEROS..et al..
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    Hacksaw Ridge

    P.S. Odd that the film had the Japs constantly at fixed bayonets and not once were the Army Infantry at same.On line assaults with lead,no steel!??
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    Hacksaw Ridge

    Nicely done! E-4 Doss was not a jarhead however. Linedoggie Medic w/307th Regt/77th I.D..lads. Army should have been kicked in the *** for putting a CO into a line-outfit vs.the Japs.COs were Medics assigned to the ETO.The Germans would not zap'em.Albeit, indirect fire played no favourites...
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    Austin Miniatures

    Phone # there..NFG. Anyone?
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    Question for Andy: USMC Sherman in Pacific

    Marines did not have Jap aiming points('Stars' ) in the sides of ANY vehicle ,to include AmTracs(unless 'appropriated 'recently from the Army.) No 'Ma Deuce' on turret (maybe an easily removed 1919). All hatches covered with spikes or heavy chicken wire.Wood sideboards.And sandbagged rear...
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    Netflix 'The Punisher'

    Marine Corps makes this more 'edgy'. I like 'edgy'.
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    KING & COUNTRY Dispatches -- February 2019

    Andy,Jarheads in Hue...nize.(Here we go) However,ahem, Most Marines carried a bayonet,K-Bar,we all had watches,assault packs- And 'interesting' phrases on the back of flak jackets.Could use a few Marines with M-14s,3.5 " rocket launcher'team,and maybe an assault team with gas masks(CS in...
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    New Conte plastic?

    Well,for me,WW1-1918 AEF,French and Germans and WW2 Japs.That's it.Poses..we can talk.
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    What else do you collect beside toy soldiers

    Happy New Year to you all.Jeez, I made it this far. Found a 36 Star Naval Ensign at an antique shop two weeks back. Then found a flight deck helmet off my ship U.S.S.Inchon LPH-12 (I was with I/3/25th Marines in 1986) I have every weapon we used (inc a BAR and 1915 ChauChat Auto-Rifle)from...
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    2019

    Happy New Year out there! What's with all this ado about 81mm Mortars?What /who wants to hump this beast in S.E.Asia,,ANYTIME? Infantry companies have 60mms in their organic weapons platoon. As far as I've seen,NOBODY out there has made one.(Yeah,those were humped through the bush if...
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    Mars WW2 Japanese

    Jap bayonets waaaaay too small.
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    Looking for Conte plastic WWII

    Blake.Have seen blister pack Conte 10 pack G.I.s going for $70.00.
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    Crusaders anyone??

    Two years ago I had 4,000 54mm metal & plastic(many conversions)Crusaders & Saracens..probably 500 mounted for both.Tried to sell 'em here..no takers. Same,same War of 1812 'Battle of Lundy's Lane' 7/25/1814.Every man/gun casualty,horse building left at 11:00PM for the last British Banzai up...
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