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The Battle of Fleetwood Hill-June 9th 1863-Chapter 1. Confederate Cavalry General JEB Stuart had been surprised when word reached him that a Federal Cavalry Division was attacking his outposts at Beverly Ford. Leaving his HQ at Fleetwood Hill Stuart and his cavalry regiments responded quickly...

Stunning work Chris pure excellence Bob

Louis Just as you promised and it's my absolute pleasure to see HMS Cossack's crest and the Somerset Light Infantry WWI medals now perfectly arranged and proudly displayed in your military museum. The Tribal Class HMS Cossack was one of the most famous destroyers of WWII. On the 15th February...

IMO the film Der Untergang aka Downfall (with an incredible and outstanding performance from Bruno Ganz) together with your two previously mentioned productions already completes an almost perfect trilogy of German anti-war films.

Such dreadful news and my heart felt thoughts and prayers are with Peter and Shannon. Such a lovely, thoughtful lady that I only met once some years ago at the London show but still remember our interesting and amusing conversation-God bless you both. Bob

Harrie it would appear you have inherited some of your heritage of the Dutch Master painters. Maybe we should add your name alongside those of Rembrandt; Vermeer; Brughel and Van Gogh ^&grin Seriously that's a fine looking back-drop you've painted. Its certainly not at all easy to get the...

Thanks guys for your kind comments and likes for this new ACW Diaries episode. Quite a few of you including Al mentioned the forest scenics and although they took a hell of a time and a whole heap of frustration to construct I felt it was worth the effort with the end result. I have visited...

The Battle of Chancellorsville : 2nd May 1863 On April 29th 1863 Joe Hooker's Army of the Potomac crossed the Rappahannock River, Virginia and massed his forces near Chancellorsville. Stuart's Confederate scouts reported that the Union army was strongly fortified on its left flank and centre...

Mike Now that's what I would describe as a Widescreen Hollywood Blockbuster in 60mm. A real professional construction in every detail. Kudos Bob

When was the last time any of you watched a good old fashioned revenge western that concludes with a well staged gunfight showdown? Yeah! me too. Last one I recall that I thoroughly enjoyed was over a dozen years ago with Costner's Open Range. Well pardners The Salvation now joins those great...

Hi Damian Thanks for your post and you are absolutely correct. However, I only referred to Presley "20 years later" in my OP in an attempt to align the similarities of the media circus surrounding Presley's peacetime draft with the same type of publicity pantomime when Reagan, Gable & Co...

Re: ewartRe: John Wayne Day on TCM There have been reams written about Wayne "the warless war hero" most of it derogatory. But Al is correct he most certainly was not a draft dodger due to his marital status (albeit his marriage was disintegrating at the time of Pearl Harbor) he was still...

Thanks Rob and good to see you posting again on the forum. Here's a few more shots of the journey back to "blighty" on Queen Mary II. These are taken from our cabin balcony as we left Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. I was more than a little sad leaving NYC after such a fabulous stay. However...

Brilliant construction Wayne coupled with superb photography. A very impressive production-Kudos Bob

Adding to Al's post, the artistic compromises Warner Bros forced on Ford in Cheyenne Autumn are most evident in the casting of the principal Native American roles. In fact Ford demanded "Honest to God Indians to play Little Wolf and Dull Knife." But that was deemed totally impractical by the...

Recently installed Windows 10 and although a vast improvement on Windows 8 the format is entirely different and is proving the devil of a job to navigate around the menu especially uploading pictures from one's digital camera. Hopefully here are a few shots of our recent NYC & Atlantic crossing...

Hi Louis Finally back from a great vacation in NYC and Atlantic crossing albeit the weather here this side of the pond is nowhere near the 90 plus degrees we had in New York plus of course it's raining...as usual. I just wanted to thank you sincerely for your genuine hospitality and to let you...

Guys Does this mean I can have my ACW thread back now ^&grin^&grin^&grin

Thanks Chris/Mike:-Let me know downstream Mike if Chris has fixed you up with a US supplier of the XL grass plugs and woodland weed/shrub plugs and I'll cancel the pre-order this end. Bob

Finally got around to unpacking my purchases from June's London show. As I've mentioned before when I arrive I make an immediate bee-line for one particular dealer. He has a treble table full of trays containing unboxed but brand new W Britain figures (from all eras). Single figures are between...