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As we know almost all the cities that had been bombarded recovery in a short time period. The Factory is not exception, it will reborn again and again and even pretty and strong….

You all will see…….:eek:
 
debrito said:
As we know almost all the cities that had been bombarded recovery in a short time period. The Factory is not exception, it will reborn again and again and even pretty and strong….

You all will see…….:eek:
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rod, looks like you'll rebuild the city by the volga. :eek:

can't wait for your next dio.:p
 
FirstLegion said:
Well, I'll take that as a compliment then as that is exactly what we were trying to achieve. I might also say the same about Ken's damaged factory - it's much closer to a modeler's building than to anything "toy soldier." In fact, I was day dreaming about our Germans and Russians mixing it up inside while a Stug rolls by outside as soon as he put the images up...I want one.

Oh, and while I'm at it, how about that Figarti LCT? :eek: One must give credit where credit is due and that thing is just a feast for the eyes. I want one of those too, but unfortunately we don't make any western front figures to put inside of it and even if we produced nothing but allied tanks for the next year, I'm not sure we could fill it.....:eek: Very well done. Rick and his team must have had a really good time with that.

Finally, under the category of "you win some, you lose some", our Stalingrad Factory diorama for the show was heavily bombed by UPS piloted Stukas and sustained further battle damage and was not able to be displayed at the show. Half of it was - the half in our image gallery (red brick building) - but the factory interior of the concrete building that was our main display piece took some hits and is on it's way back to the soon to be frosty north to undergo repairs to return it to its normal heavily damaged state. Sigh. Perhaps George should have been sneaky and meandered into Ken's room to oogle his battle damaged factory and slyly pulled Stalingrad figures from his pockets and "accidentally" put them down on the factory while feining to get a closer look. ;)

I hope everyone had a great time at the show.

Regards,

Matt
First Legion Ltd
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Matt,
Your new assault gun was one of the better vehicles for sale this year in my humble opinion. The scale interpretation was very well executed with a believable paint scheme in colour value and weathering. It is very much like the one of the Stugs I converted some years ago in 1/35th scale.

This was the first time I had a chance to see your WWII figures first hand and I must say that they would have been wonderful to display in our new damaged factory... Maybe next time!
All the best,
Ken Osen
Hudson & Allen Studio
 
Ken & Ericka Osen/H&A Studio said:
Matt,
Your new assault gun was one of the better vehicles for sale this year in my humble opinion. The scale interpretation was very well executed with a believable paint scheme in colour value and weathering. It is very much like the one of the Stugs I converted some years ago in 1/35th scale.

This was the first time I had a chance to see your WWII figures first hand and I must say that they would have been wonderful to display in our new damaged factory... Maybe next time!
All the best,
Ken Osen
Hudson & Allen Studio
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Thanks Ken, appreciate that. Stylistically, I think that your factory and our WWII figures/vehicles are a wonderful match as both are very realistic in style. I know that Andanna has used some of your lovely ground work to display our Napoleonics and they look wonderful together as well.

If you don't mind my asking, what are the size dimensions of the factory?

Best,

Matt
 
I agree with you 100% on the compatibility of our products. Sooner or later I hope to get the two together for some photos.
The basic factory that we offer is 28" long, 8" deep and 13" high to the top of the tile coping at the gable end. I will post some images of it tomorrow.
All the best!
Ken
 
Giving in to temptation: I did borrow one of Matt's figures from George and displayed it shortly in the damaged H&A factory - unfortunately without taking a photo. The reason was that another customer of Ken's and Ericka's was eying the figure very greedily and I was afraid of being unable to return it to George. In short, the effect of combining H&A and FL was outright stunning. Let's hope for more in 2010. If this were a democracy, I would organize a poll and vote for closer cooperation.

Destruction2: Rod did an outstanding job on the Stalingrad factory. It was the greatest bombed-out diorama I have ever seen. Very detailed without taking the attention from the figures. I personally believe it was destroyed by customs entering the US.

Das Sturmgeschuetz: Ken's and Matt's comments do not require additional observations from me. Matt and his team hit a home-run with the two Sturmgeschuetze imho. To further substantiate everything that has been said about this model, two quick shots of mine:

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When in Chicago I saw the H&A factory and I saw the First Legion Stalingrad figures. There is absolutely no doubt that these two (commercially available) products do make a perfect match. I don't want to take anything away from debrito's buildings, which unfortunately got damaged during transit, but I strongly recommend to the Stalingrad collectors to have a look at the H&A factory and possible additions.
Stunning work from both manufacturers.
Konrad
 
kogu said:
When in Chicago I saw the H&A factory and I saw the First Legion Stalingrad figures. There is absolutely no doubt that these two (commercially available) products do make a perfect match. I don't want to take anything away from debrito's buildings, which unfortunately got damaged during transit, but I strongly recommend to the Stalingrad collectors to have a look at the H&A factory and possible additions.
Stunning work from both manufacturers.
Konrad
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I personally saw the wonderful job by Ken & Erika and strong advice to FL Stalingrad to go forward, which is a perfect match FL + H&A, it is a very nice building....
 
I agree, Ken's damaged factory is fantastic. I am curious if the architectural style is compatible with Stalingrad (or any eastern factory for that matter).

The thought of FL and H&A combining forces is certainly quite appealing.
 
can anyone post a photo of this factory since you all talking about so that we can see what is the matter of discusion?
 
ok,thank you!
Well,yes this really look amazing,like a real factory,even the machines,broken glass,....just amazing.
Too bad i am not a fan or collector of WW2,....
I think the designers "carry you on hands" all of you who are collect Napoleon and WW2,but what about us who collect Samurai,Western,....
Somebody work on that too?
 
Aleš said:
ok,thank you!
I think the designers "carry you on hands" all of you who are collect Napoleon and WW2,but what about us who collect Samurai,Western,....
Somebody work on that too?
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So you want some Samurai terrain to go with the Samurai figures? No problem. Keep saving. ;)

Regards,

Matt
 
I hate to disappoint you Aleš but I tried to sell my stamp collection a couple of years go to help pay for my collecting habit and stamps are just not worth that much anymore; there are no new collectors :(
 
jazzeum said:
I hate to disappoint you Aleš but I tried to sell my stamp collection a couple of years go to help pay for my collecting habit and stamps are just not worth that much anymore; there are no new collectors :(
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well yes nowdays everybody sale and not a lot of them buy things.So there is a lot of stamps on the market and this bring a low price.
But if you have some rare stamps they are still worth something,maybe it is just hard to find a customers,but the price is going up every day for them.
The problem is that most of us(including me) do not have so much rare stamps :D:D:D
But this is just part of the problem.The other part is that the price of toy soldiers are "a bit high too" that way i must sale more and more stamps to buy less and less toy soldiers.
So that way i prefer quality over quantity so i choose First Legion for " making my army".;);)
 
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