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Again another piece from the Phoenix Model Developments Bygone Age series of 50 years ago.........The Chimney Sweep Cart. Ill document the construction in a few short threads to include the converted figures I made to go with it. These are well cast metal kits and serve any display of...

Over the next multiple sub threads I hope to walk through the construction and conversion of the 50 year old metal 1/32nd Light delivery Van kit by Phoenix Model developments into my interpretation of Matthew Brady's Civil War Photography wagon. This first thread gives you the beginnings of the...

Find over the next few sub treads my build of a 50 year old metal kit by Phoenix Model Developments of England. It is the 19th Century Hand Pump Fire Engine from their Bygone Age Series it is 54mm in scale. Phoenix never made any uniformed firemen to go with this kit, so I had to adapt. I...

Not the best of times to be looking forward to a family get together for a Thanksgiving feast. As such I have put together a small vignette titled "Predator or Prey?" Kind of my way adding a little levity to everyone's day and wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving The vignette is centered...

Last August, Annie Oakley celebrated her 160th birthday. This inspired me to go into my gallery and look at a Bas Relief I painted of her likeness about 4 years ago. It currently hangs in the stair case going down to my office/studio sanctum. Find below a sequence of how this piece came...

As seen in a previous thread I fortunately stumbled on to a collection of "antique" toy carriages. From this I have managed to cobble a few to acceptable conversions, and although not the Phoenix Bygone Age carriages I wanted, they do manage to fit in along side. One of those conversions...

I had made note in a prior thread that I have had excellent success when using ALL categories in searching for a specific item on eBay.. Case in point, when searching for the elusive Phoenix Mail Coach, after a year one did pop up under ANTIQUE TOYS.. Must of been an antique shop cleaning up an...

I got the bug about a year ago to hunt down and construct some of the 1/32nd scale, metal, Phoenix By Gone age carriages produced about 45 years ago. This came about after poking around in my Gray army I discovered a number of Phoenix figures from the same time period that needed to come out of...

Continuing with the theme of painting flats and mounting to a visual backdrop In this case it is a larger flat in resin vs metal. My guess about 1/10th scale. It is of a Woodland Indian (Shawnee?) In the following photos you can track from the primer coat , through the acrylic undercoat...

Next couple entries in this thread will be a progression of photos of a "Flat" mounted on a canvas board I painted as a background The 2 dimensional flat is a two sided Mounted Napoleon. It is about 75mm (1/24th?) in scale. Normally I see flats painted and displayed from the front. I wanted...

Plan here is to document the process of building a vignette I made for the 2005 World Figure Expo in Boston, MA. The vignette is of General Knox and one of the 38 gun sleds in his Noble Train of artillery en route from Ticonderoga to Boston in 1776. The scale is 1/32nd and is made up of...

Some photos of the Phoenix Milk Float, 1/24th scale, metal from the early 1970's Sat in my gray army for well over 45 years until I realized it would fit quite well in my Dickens Xmas display. the casting was quite detailed and perfect fit considering its early origins The directions...

A couple years back K&C issued a Victorian Hot Chestnut vendors cart in their Dickens Series. It triggered a memory of such a piece produced in the early 70's by Phoenix Model Developments. Question was, did I still have the piece buried away in my gray army. After much digging through a...

Is anyone interested in some old metal wagon kits from the 1990s by Monarch. These are kits and need to be assembled and painted. Look like large 1/32nd, so should work with 1/30th scale. $10 a piece plus postage (they are heavy) PayPal 1 supply wagon, 1 ambulance. I can send photos. Great...

My tribute to Boston Strong. A 90mm figure of Cy Young, himself a symbol of strength and endurance. Cast by Jim Johnson in resin and sculpted by Bill Horan sometime back in the 90's. Painted in artist oils over an acrylic undercoat. the baseball is a nic knack from Hobby Lobby that I...

Just a few photos from another one of the Shallow Shelf vignettes I set up last fall, With space at a premium a little creativeness mixed with a periodic rotation of displays keep these shelves active. Walt Damon (photos may need to be reworked...if so stay tuned) Figures from the John...

Hiding out in the "barracks" from the cook going into Thanksgiving mode, I happened to walk by one of my displays, glanced up, and suddenly had a fit of laughter, as the smile on the camel in the attached photo resembled one I had just retreated from down stairs...........Thank you Andy, for...

First up this is a test to see if I can use an ipad to load the images, so bare with me..... I have been experimenting with putting small displays on very shallow shelves. This first one is looking out from the inside of the Alamo at some defenders awaiting the next attack. I used a JJD gate...

Yesterday was the 150th anniversary of the 54th Mass volunteer infantry regiment attack on Battery Wagner in Charleston SC. A few years back after being excited by the movie Glory, I fabricated this piece from metal military miniatures cast by Paul Clark of Australia. Lot of modifications to...