"DEGUELLO!" The Fall of the Alamo (1 Viewer)

[ivanmoe]

Pretty spectacular!:salute::

Would make a great promotional setup for KC.

-Moe

 

[29 Let's Go]

Terrific scenes that really express the event.

Steve

 

[Artillery_crazy]

Congratulations on the whole dio UKReb....the applied special effects are great and the angle of the pics top of class...
Cheers
A_C:salute:::salute::

 

[UKReb]

Final moments at the Alamo Mission: 6 March 1836















Reb

 

[TomNT]

Brilliant continuation of this thread Bob!

Tom

 

[jazzeum]

I went back and looked at your last posts in this thread Bob and that explosion scene is nothing less than spectacular.

 

[mikemiller1955]

Bob...
this looks like the last stand as according to the Hollywood movies...^&grin
awesome pictures...
you stage your shots well...
is this coming to a conclusion?

 

[29 Let's Go]

Wow! Lots of desperate action.

Steve

 

[UKReb]

Bob...
this looks like the last stand as according to the Hollywood movies...^&grin
awesome pictures...
you stage your shots well...
is this coming to a conclusion?

Many thanks guys for all of your kind comments – very much appreciated.
That explosion scene Brad was I suppose one of my better inventive moments. I remember it took about two weeks to construct. Starting with forming a strong wire metal frame, shaping and attaching nylon wool - ripped out of an old toy bear - spraying the wool with four coats of paint and clear varnish then adding the Mexican bodies, accoutrements and debris with very fine fuse wire and glue. Such fiddly and frustrating work I admit that numerous times I came close to giving up on it.

Mike you are correct those scenes are indeed a “movie version”. The final assault by Santa Anna’s troops took place around 4.00am in pitch darkness. But you know only too well that to depict a diorama at night is notoriously difficult to photograph. Subsequently, being a bit of a classic movie buff the scenes are of the usual “Hollywood daylight” version of the final assault.^&grin As an aside until the 1950s Disney/Fess Parker version there were very few Brits who had ever heard of the Alamo.

I sincerely hope these latest scenes are not the end of my Alamo diodrama. However, most of our TS manufacturers today seem to have given up on releasing any new innovative figures for my two collecting eras – the ACW and the Alamo. But this Reb lives in hope.
Bob

Now with the Eagle and Serpent Mexican flag flying above the Alamo church Santa Anna allows the Defenders widows and orphans to leave the Mission




Reb

 

[mikemiller1955]

Bob...whether it is concluded or not...this has been one of my favorite threads on the forum...you bring back so many memories for me each time I view it...I'm sure living in Texas and visiting the Alamo dozens of times from youth to adult...I feel some personal affinity to this series and these pictures you have provided...as a small child...I remember buying my first plastic Alamo set there...I remember watching the John Wayne version when I was 10 years old...my Dad dropped me off by myself...when he picked me up...I begged him to let me watch it again...and he bought me another ticket...I remember Ozzie getting arrested for urinating on the walls of Texas's most visited tourist attractions...^&grin...a rich history from Phil Collins to present day...if you're from Texas...this is considered a shrine...thanks for the memories...you crushed it!

 

[Louis Badolato]

Hey Bob,

As I guy who lived in Beaumont Texas and drove past the battle field and monument every time O drove to Houston, how about doing Dan Jacinto, when old Santa Ana learned pay back is a *****:salute::!

 

[mikemiller1955]

Hey Bob,

As I guy who lived in Beaumont Texas and drove past the battle field and monument every time O drove to Houston, how about doing Dan Jacinto, when old Santa Ana learned pay back is a *****:salute::!

Louis/Bob...they celebrate the re-enactment of the Battle of San Jacinto in La Porte/Deer Park, Tx every April 21st...it's about 30 miles from my house...I have been to watch 2 of them...they draw a big crowd...

after the battle which only lasted 18 minutes...in which the battle cry of "Remember the Alamo"...and "Remember Goliad" (where 350 Texas prisoners were executed) originated...

little quarter was given as revenge was high on the list...it was a total against the Mexicans...630 dead, 200 wounded and 730 captured, including Santa Anna himself, who was captured the next day as he tried to flee in civilian clothes...most of the prisoners were taken to Galveston where the Texas interim government had set up...

for the Texans...9 dead and 20 wounded...

Bob...you certainly have enough figures to start a Battle of San Jacinto thread...^&grin

Andy Neilson and Chris Munroe...did a diorama for the Bryan Museum in Galveston with a couple of thousand K&C RTA figures...it's pretty awesome...they were kind enough to call me and let me come down and watch them assemble it...

 

[Sippos]

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wow, interesting story!