King & Country
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Hi Guys,
A couple of days back I was going through some boxes up at our Warehouse here in Hong Kong and came upon this little desert diorama by Gordon.
The original had no water in the dried-up wadi in the middle.
Over the weekend I added the water and this morning had some fun creating a few little scenarios with different figures from different series.
Here’s the result...
The main one here is called ‘Desert Tea Break’ and reminds me of a story one of my uncles told me about his time in North Africa as part of the British 8[SUP]th[/SUP] Army. I remember him telling me that even on many of the hottest days in the desert, when time allowed, the soldiers would have a ‘brew-up’ of tea.
Many years later, in my own dim ‘n’ distant past, I was taking part in a military exercise in Corsica in the middle of a very hot summer.
It was very hot, very dry and everyone was very thirsty. The NCO in charge of our squad decided we would have a ‘brew-up’ and so we did.
Now, I can’t quite explain it but that mug of hot, sweet tea was never more refreshing than it was on that day after we had been chasing a bunch of French Foreign Legionnaires all over the Corsican mountains.
So, here’s my suggestion... If you ever find yourself in the middle of a very dry, very hot place brew yourself a nice big mug of tea!
All the best and happy collecting!
Andy
A couple of days back I was going through some boxes up at our Warehouse here in Hong Kong and came upon this little desert diorama by Gordon.
The original had no water in the dried-up wadi in the middle.
Over the weekend I added the water and this morning had some fun creating a few little scenarios with different figures from different series.
Here’s the result...
The main one here is called ‘Desert Tea Break’ and reminds me of a story one of my uncles told me about his time in North Africa as part of the British 8[SUP]th[/SUP] Army. I remember him telling me that even on many of the hottest days in the desert, when time allowed, the soldiers would have a ‘brew-up’ of tea.
Many years later, in my own dim ‘n’ distant past, I was taking part in a military exercise in Corsica in the middle of a very hot summer.
It was very hot, very dry and everyone was very thirsty. The NCO in charge of our squad decided we would have a ‘brew-up’ and so we did.
Now, I can’t quite explain it but that mug of hot, sweet tea was never more refreshing than it was on that day after we had been chasing a bunch of French Foreign Legionnaires all over the Corsican mountains.
So, here’s my suggestion... If you ever find yourself in the middle of a very dry, very hot place brew yourself a nice big mug of tea!
All the best and happy collecting!
Andy
