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great news , congratulations:)

I posted some pics awhile back of the two different sets http://www.treefrogtreasures.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11261

Thanks for all the kind comments , it was enjoyable setting this one up, it's great there are so many different manufacturers that we can pick very different pieces up from:) The one element that nobody makes which I would have liked would have been some winter horse drawn stuff like...

Re: Korsun Pocket 9 The Gniloy Tikich River By late morning, the escaping troops of Group Stemmerman had reached the bank of the Gniloy Tikich River. The early thaw had raised the level of the river and increased its flow into a roaring torrent, which now blocked their way. The waterway was 30...

Re: Korsun Pocket 8 THE BREAKOUT During the operation that was to follow, two separate phases could be clearly distinguished. At first everything went according to plan. In the proper sequence and under perfect control, the troops moved into position at night, despite the most difficult road...

Re: Korsun Pocket 7 BREAKOUT ORDER OF XLII CORPS On the evening of 15 February, at his command post at Shenderovka, the commander of XLII Corps had issued verbal and written instructions to his division commanders. The breakout order for XLII Corps read, in part, as follows: For days the enemy...

Re: Korsun Pocket 6 Time magazine Feb 21 1944 The Red Army tightened its coils around charred, desolate Korsun early this week choked the town off. In the surrounding area, the remnants of ten German divisions still fought, still hoped. But hope was running low. They were pressed in so tightly...

Re: Korsun Pocket 5 The Pocket is Reduced On the 12th of February, Korsun was abandoned, along with its precious airfield. Almost 3000 wounded men were left behind there with medics to await capture by the Russians. No further supplies were received or wounded airlifted out after this date. On...

Re: Korsun Pocket 4 The Pocket Moves South General Stemmerman quickly realized the seriousness of the situation. Only quick and decisive action could save the situation from becoming a major disaster. The forces in the pocket would have to be rescued soon, but first the pocket would have to...

Re: Korsun Pocket 3 Following the closure of the pocket, command of the entire force passed to General Wilhelm Stemmerman and the force within became known as Group Stemmerman Tanks and halftracks of 1st Panzer Division begin movements towards the pocket, early February 1944 Manstein moved...

Re: Korsun Pocket 2 Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov realized the potential for destroying Wöhler’s 8th Army with the Stalingrad model as precedent and using similar tactics as were applied to defeat Paulus’ encircled 6th Army. Zhukov recommended to the Soviet Supreme Command (Stavka)...

In January 1944, the German forces of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein’s Army Group South including General Otto Wöhler's 8th Army had fallen back to the Panther-Wotan Line, a defensive position along the Dnieper river in Ukraine. Two corps, the XI under Gen. Wilhelm Stemmermann, the XLII Army...

This is a definite highlight of the TS year for me:cool::cool: Like the guy hanging off the side with his hand gripping the turret

maybe I have just been lucky but anything I have bought or swapped on the forum has been a 100% postive experience....is it just a case of just one obvious bad apple or have there been other bad expereinces with other dodgy members?

I don't think K&C is going to replace gold anytime soon:D 10 years is a long time:)

thought it was more of a fantasy film than a sci-fi film.. bit like inglorious basterds was described as a revenge fantasy film this was like the inglorious basterds for the australian aborigines and native american indians..:D 3d effects were worth the admission price :cool:

For all you conspiracy theorists out there, here is an interesting article from The Guardian newspaper (english mainstream paper...not a kooky periodical:D) about a popular animated film (remember watching this when i was younger) that actually was commissioned by the CIA...

very nice piece, figarti went for the 'clean' whitewash rather than the 'dirty' whitewash as shown on the prototype at the chicago show...picked it up at london show, the figures are in grey overcoats rather than the mixed camo and white camoflage of the 88 gun:)

they do look nice and reasonably priced, wonder what they are made of

That poor guy didn't have any eyes at all:D Figarti did a nice V2 rocket figure with glasses