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I have 2 War Park Boxcars AX030 that I will not need in the new layout. There are no boxes for them. I am asking $150 each and would like to limit the sale to the lower 48 states. Let me know if there is any interest. Thx Chris

Got these Berdan's sharpshooters from WB and put them on a vignette board. I did not know if I was going to like these when I ordered them but now these are some of my favorites. Hope you enjoy the vignette. I needed a break from tearing apart the WW2 diorama. Thx Chris

Began working on a permanent WW2 diorama using pieces from my old WW2 German city diorama and some new elements. This one is going to take some time getting done but I have almost all of the pieces on hand to make it happen. One of the challenges is taking apart the old diorama and expanding...

As I was putting away the Imperial Guard figures and saving the images from the diorama, I ran across this image of the Grenadiers clearing a house in Plancenoit that I did not post as well as some "colored" images of Waterloo Imperial Guard veteran images taken in the 1850's in their old...

The Old Guard Grenadiers, outnumbered almost 5 to 1, continuously fought to hold off the Prussian advance for the next 30 minutes. The intense fighting cost both the Grenadiers and Prussians severely. The Grenadiers would fall back to a last line of defense in St. Catherine’s Catholic church in...

Just a quick update, started to work on the second part of the story. It involves the church and elements of the town of Plancenoit. I am working on the walls, cemetery and a number of buildings. The first challenge is the church was on an elevated piece of ground making the figures placement...

It is late in the day and the key village of Plancenoit had once again fallen into Prussian hands threatening the French retreat route. Used Brigadier Pelet’s narration of the events for the French point of view. A decision was made to send 2 battalions of the Old Guard to counterattack the...

I thought I would give an update on my next diorama. I am doing a diorama on a portion of the battle of Waterloo, specifically the action around Plancenoit involving the old guard. I have never done a diorama on the Napoleonic Wars even though I have a deep interest in that time period. So...

In early September of 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia (ANV) moved north as its first invasion of states that had not succeeded. The invasion would ultimately lead to the battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg on September 17th, 1862. On or about September 12th, 1862, two events occurred that are...

The 7th Ohio would return to Cleveland to muster out on Sunday, June 26th, 1864, via a special train that traveled direct from Cincinnati. Ohio to Cleveland. Governor Brough had addressed the regiment upon arrival, the governor called them “Ohio’s Spartans” and closed the speech with this “no...

Worked on updating this diorama as one of my permanent displays and was lucky enough to get a few Hudson and Allen buildings to use as a backdrop. This is the only diorama I have ever done that does not include any military figures but shows an important part of the miliary story. The part of...

This is a second diorama of the battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg, that I call the “The Last 30 Yards”. It is the morning of September 17th, 1862 in an area of the Miller farm that will be ever known as just The Cornfield. The 1st Texas entered the Cornfield pursuing Federal troops with 226 men...

In recognition of the 163rd anniversary of the battle 2 days ago, this is a diorama I did on the battle of Antietam. It concerns Battery B of the 4th US artillery. This battery of six bronze 12 pounder Napoleon Model 1857 cannons was used to support the Iron Brigade at the battle of Antietam...

This is an update to the WW2 German City diorama project. I started to add figures and vehicles. Was a more challenging activity then I originally planned. Had to balance the details in the diorama with the placement of the figures and vehicles. I ended up with a number of scenarios within...

Looking for ACE-16 and ACE-26. US WW1 Knights of the Sky series. Let me know. Thx Chris

On June 30th, 1863, Federal cavalry, the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division commanded by General Buford, approached Gettysburg from Emmitsburg Maryland and then through the town and to the outskirts where the lead squadron spotted elements of General Pettigrew’s Confederates to the west on the...

Break time again so wanted to show the Urban Area that was created based on recognizable portions of German Cities. Used approximately 750 different images of German cities that dated from 1938 to late 1945 as design inputs and references for the diorama. There are a number of suppliers in...

I am taking a quick break and decided to post some images of the next section of the diorama that involves a small inventory railroad yard under construction and repair circa late 1944 or early 1945. I also wanted to show a few more images of the from/to on this section. The from/to images are...

Took a break and decided to post the next section as well as an update on the dock area. I added the WB Kriegsmarine figures to the S Boat. Still have a couple of figures that potentially will be added. I did a repaint on 2 of the figures to add variety and change ranks. Now the AA...

In January of 2024, I decided to make a layout to use for my growing collection of WB WW2 figures and vehicles as well as to create a railroad short line. I have always liked toy trains and toy soldiers. I decided to combine railroad and soldiers into a single layout. I also wanted to make...