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Just returned from a thoroughly enjoyable vacation in the US where we covered Arizona/Nevada and California. Whilst my better half was bending her plastic in a Mall in Downtown Los Angeles I strolled into a Barnes & Noble and ended up buying a copy of the current No 1 US bestseller Killing...

Mark That's an award winning shot Bob

"Appomattox" came into common usage as signifying the end of the American Civil War, though Lee only surrendered one army. However, to most people, North and South, this army by then had come to represent the only effective Confederate force, and as such its surrender symbolised the end of...

Thanks for all the comments and likes guys Never did get around to purchasing the letter writer-wish I had. What I did have though- but ditched a few years back- were the original camp set from Britain's which I believe were Chinese sculpted-You know the ones-skinny legs and melon heads ^&grin...

Superb artistic painting Mike-far far superior to Conte's original release. Bob

I recently purchased the ACW camp set from Britain's. The guy sitting with his mug of Java I consider to be a superbly sculpted figure however, can't say I'm all that enamoured with the hands in his pocket colleague though. But I struggled with just two enlisted Yanks in camp repose on how to...

Mike I still prefer the old Tony Curtis/Janet Leigh version-pure 1950s Paramount Pictures gloss but a thoroughly enjoyable movie-unfortunately rarely seen today on TV this side of the pond. Bob

Hi Chris Just caught up with your superb depiction of one chapter of McClellan's flawed Peninsular campaign. Excellent construction and those earthworks of yours really are something else-very skilful work. Agree with George another series of shots depicting Magruder's Confederate line would...

Martyn Excellent set-up and I could do with half a dozen or so of those military stretchers you've got lying around there^&grin Bob

Excellent vignette Randy-very topical for me as my camp set and standing officers arrived this very morning Bob

Mark There is an old axiom in Hollywood, often repeated by film producers throughout the years, that states "Civil War movies never make any money". Except for the motion picture events such as Gone With The Wind and Birth of a Nation, the statement is basically true. The poet Walt Whitman...

This is an exceptional and rare movie-rare because it had the guts to highlight the pointlessness of a local attritional struggle between the evenly matched enemies of Union Regulars-Jayhawkers and their Southern equivalents-Bushwhackers. Fully concur with Al's comments-Brutality was probably...

Now that's looking darn good Wayne-you've certainly spiked my interest Bob

Thanks Mike Many good thing are coming our way sir . . . . Lots of ACW pre-production figures were shown . . . . Curiouser and curiouser said the Reb (with due apologies to Lewis Carroll)^&grin^&grin

^&grin^&grin^&grin Buster Simon is well known within the ranks of the Brit brigade as being a man of few words. However, he definitely becomes more verbal after a few beers ^&grin Chris (7th OVI) Sending you a PM. Bob

George Beautiful lay-out. Have always wanted to depict the rail-cut fight in 54/60mm but considered it too big a sprawling scrap to construct. Looking at your superb display I now know I was right not to attempt it. Bob

Cracking set-up Martyn-love that gun carriage Bob

I second both posts and thoroughly recommend adding these guys to your ACW collection. They are just simply stunning figures and I definitely need to add to my five- soonest

Many thanks guys for your kind comments-Always very much appreciated Bob

Wayne, George, Brad, Tom, Rob, Al, Chris many thanks for your kind comments and all the likes which as always are very much appreciated. This latest episode really did take a hell of a time to set up and shoot and I must have taken over 800 shots to get just an acceptable dozen. Each time a...