A Little Inspiration for JJD Zulu War Collectors (5 Viewers)

[Dragoon]

Those who have been in this hobby awhile might remember this large dio done by Cliff Sanderson.
The figures are 54mm in scale.
It was featured in July 1975 Military Modeling magazine.
I believe it is now housed at the Royal Welsh Regimental Museum.

 

[jason foote]

Its frikin amazing. Thanks for sharing that Dragoon. Hope i can emulate a dio like this one day

 

[Obee]

Those who have been in this hobby awhile might remember this large dio done by Cliff Sanderson.
The figures are 54mm in scale.
It was featured in July 1975 Military Modeling magazine.
I believe it is now housed at the Royal Welsh Regimental Museum.

Yes, this diorama of Rorke's Drift is in the museum in Brecon, Wales.



I visited about 10 years ago, a wonderful couple of hours, and well worth the time to see all of the regimental history there

Royal Welsh Regimental Museum

John

 

[tmanthegreat]

Those who have been in this hobby awhile might remember this large dio done by Cliff Sanderson.
The figures are 54mm in scale.
It was featured in July 1975 Military Modeling magazine.
I believe it is now housed at the Royal Welsh Regimental Museum.

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Really awesome work, Dragoon! I don’t collect this range, but your display is awesome and very dramatic. Lots to take in and enjoy

 

[Dragoon]

Really awesome work, Dragoon! I don’t collect this range, but your display is awesome and very dramatic. Lots to take in and enjoy

- Oh no, I didn't create this, I'm just posting it. The figures and diorama were made by Cliff Sanderson several decades ago.

 

[villagehorse]

The terrain is excellent and provides a great layout of figures. Appreciate seeing this display. Robin.

 

[egonzinc]

I just loved those Sanderson figures. Still have a small scene I put together in 1979...

 

[tmanthegreat]

- Oh no, I didn't create this, I'm just posting it. The figures and diorama were made by Cliff Sanderson several decades ago.

Guess I needed to read your post more carefully, lol! Still, it’s an amazing diorama.

 

[villagehorse]

Well it certainly inspired me to revisit my Zulu with a revived interest thanks to JJD. Robin.

 

[Dragoon]

That is an excellent portrayal of Rorke's Drift. Looks like you have a figure for every actual participant in the battle, both Brit and Zulu.

 

[Terp152]

Amazing dios posted! Love the ground work and mass of troops and Zulus.

My Zulu video:

 

[damian]

Rorke's Drift is the greatest single battle that the British army ever fought.

Almost every other battle fought by the British army included either allies or the help of the Royal Navy in some form.

Rorke's Drift was just the British army.

A handful of red coats and three thousand opponents.

No Prussians or anyone else coming to help.

No Royal Navy or Royal Airforce to help.

Just Tommy Atkins.

Great dioramas.

 

[damian]

Some images of the Battlefield

 

[jason foote]

Absolutely stunning dioramas… you make mine look amatuer but i uave something to aspire to. I love your video terp… especially the way the story unfokds

 

[Jock]

Fantastic, inspirational diorama. I started with 54mm white metal Hinchcliffe figures, now history with these new releases.

 

[jason foote]

Yeh me too. Hinchcliffe, New Hope and A Call to Arms plastic 54mm. All sold on ebay and upsized to these type of bad boys

 

[Warrior]

Those who have been in this hobby awhile might remember this large dio done by Cliff Sanderson.
The figures are 54mm in scale.
It was featured in July 1975 Military Modeling magazine.
I believe it is now housed at the Royal Welsh Regimental Museum.

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Thanks for posting this spectacular diorama, I remember as a young boy buying this issue of the magazine and seeing these images, those Hinchcliffe figures are beautiful, the customizing he did on many of them is first rate modeling. Being a 1/72nd scale fan, I always wondered why Airfix, a British company, did two sets of FFL and one set of Arabs but never did Zulu War figures...........ESCI came along several years later and solved that problem...................thanks again for posting this.

 

[mikemiller1955]

Papa Zulu...RIP....would have loved these pics...I miss Joe...

 

[villagehorse]

Papa Zulu...RIP....would have loved these pics...I miss Joe...

Agree Mike. Robin.

 

[REVWARBUFF]

Papa Zulu...RIP....would have loved these pics...I miss Joe...

Yes Mike, you are right.....Joe would love these.

Here's a photo I took of the 2 of you at the Hackensack show back in 2011: