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Caught an early preview of the "new M 7" last night. I had earlier noted that Nic Pizzolatto (he of True Crime fame) had helped write the screenplay and thought this might not be that bad after all. Alas it was not to be. Little time is spent on the background of the "Seven" as the director...

GETTYSBURG: THE SECOND DAY Lee, in the absence of Stuart, had sent one of his engineers, Captain S. Johnston, to reconnoitre the Union left flank. He now reported that the end of Cemetery Ridge and the Round Tops were completely unoccupied by the enemy. Lee armed with this intelligence now...

THE INCIDENT- PART II Retaliation "Fix Bayonets and Charge" First Scalp Outnumbered and....... .....Outgunned Rally Of The Survivors Reinforcements & Retribution A Defiant Tactical Retreat Reb

Guys many thanks for your kind birthday wishes and believe me I had a cracking birthday "week-end". We decided to take the "new" car which we purchased earlier this year on its first "long" run which worked out at about 900 miles round trip (I know, I know ^&grin to you froggers in the US & Oz...

Ken These rocks had better be available for UK collectors otherwise the UKReb will be severely bending your ear at December's London show ^&grin Bob

Absolutely "Top notch" Chris.... using a local (UK) colloquialism for brilliant. And you beat me by a Pennsylvania mile as my Texas and Alabama troops in the Diaries thread are still on the march to Gettysburg. ^&grin^&grin Bob

Hi Rob I assume you are planning a diorama to photograph, if so your plan would probably work, however, I'm not so sure mixing K&C with both WB and FL as a permanent/temporary shelf display would look quite right. Size and colour will most certainly clash. I often use K&C or CS figures in the...

A really impressive construction Tom. You have managed to perfectly capture a pre-1945 European open countryside with meadows surrounded by hawthorn hedges and road verges heavily sprinkled with bushes and seasonal wild flowers. With your 45 ton German tanks rolling along that road all you need...

Nous sommes tout Sauvages (We are all savages) was graffiti carved into a tree or an unfinished boat (depending which source you use) by a French/Canadian fur trapper on the Illinois frontier sometime during the early 18th century. The Incident A Sudden Silence The Cause Alert...

Thanks Rich We do indeed intend visiting NYC again sometime next summer. Would be only too pleased to run a diorama workshop especially if I can use some of your magnificent TS collection to demonstrate the salient points of getting a dio to look as authentic as possible. And those steaks you...

^&grin^&grin^&grin Simon I sincerely hope that my right hand will continue to grip a glass followed by the ability to raise my arm to down a pint of good English ale especially when you're buying. On that one dimensional single strand I do believe it's your round in December.

Might just be me but over the last 20 or so posts this excellent WWII thread seems to be morphing into a re-run of old Python scripts ^&grin Kevin good to see you back amongst the living Bob

Many thanks Matt for considering and hopefully accommodating my request. And a big thank you to the rest of you guys for your support/comments and likes-Very much appreciated. Bob

Wayne One of the most effective visceral fight scenes I've seen captured in a diorama setting-Kudos to you mate Bob

Glory has garnered extensive praise for its groundbreaking portrayal of black troops and its appropriate historical symbolism but when it was released in 1989 there had not been a motion picture produced for the big screen with a central Civil War theme for nearly three decades. I personally...

Brad/Mark A few months ago I wrote a three part magazine article about the making of John Huston's version of Stephen Crane's ACW novel The Red Badge of Courage. Part of the article dealt with the difficulty in raising the finance for the film from MGM'S Studio Chief Louis B Mayer as per...

George West or East-your grand scale dios of famous ACW battles are always awe inspiring and accurate to the nth degree. Simply spellbinding to view from this side of the pond Bob

My FLMB Rebs have recently undergone some minor surgery and discreet repaints in a vain attempt to reproduce-as close as possible-the excellence of the original 55th North Carolina figures. Firstly those darn ugly raised pants patches were ground off and their pants primed and repainted as close...

The Gettysburg Campaign-July 1st 1863 The Texas Brigade consisting of the 1st, 4th & 5th Texas Infantry and the 3rd Arkansas left its bivouac at Fayettesville and resumed its march along the Chambersburg Pike toward Cashtown which lay 12 miles to the east. The brigade's movement was...

Just caught up with your post and what a great paint job you carried out on these old Conte figures-I have a real soft spot for these particular Yanks as they were the very ones that got me into collecting ACW figures. Good work Bob