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Toy Fort Making
In retirement I enjoy the recreating some of the old toys of yesteryear. I've even become proficient in the making of the solid wood recognition models used during WWII for training purposes ! Late last year I stumbled across pictures of some of the old toy forts made in Europe while searching...- Spider
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Britains the War Along the Nile
I will post pix of my stuff as soon as I finally get my arms around the "Bridge" software included in my Adobe CS2 graphics program ! I like the "Big Red 1" patch ! I first wore the 101st patch stateside and then the 8th Army patch when I landed in Inchon, Korea off the Wm Mitchell, TAP-114... -
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ACW - PA Zouaves Defending the Guns
"Wow !" What a small world ! I'm new to the forum and was so happily surprised in finding this thread ! It so happens that my great-great grandfather was a member of "Co.E" of the 76th Reg of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, "Zouaves"and survived the Civil War. This unit landed at Hilton Head... -
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Nile boat docks
^&grinMagnificent pictures of a magnificent model ! I first saw this boat at the Toy Soldier Museum in Cresco, PA, USA, at an open house held early this past November. Since the production of this model is only 400 pieces worldwide, anyone with the means in purchasing this item will be... -
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Britains the War Along the Nile
I've attempted to post photos of my Nile River gunboat and Tun Tavern by first sending them to my son as a test ! "Not successful " as I seem to have sent them in a wrong format that he could not open in the test E-mail. I'm fairly savvy in the use of computers and graphics software using... -
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Britains the War Along the Nile
Thank for the kind reply to my first posting ! Today I plan to take pictures of the two remaining Nile River gunboats I made and some pix of a prototype "Tun Tavern" diorama I hope to release this coming February ! I plan to pass on to those interested some of the techniques I use in the... -
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Britains the War Along the Nile
This is my first posting on this forum and I hope not to make any mistakes. F.Y.I., In my retirement as an artist craftsman I have returned to the collecting and making of small dioramas and toy forts. Inspired by the stuff that Tri-Ang and Mignot made in the past that are no longer available...