FIW Trading Circle (1 Viewer)

[Fraxinus]

A few photos. Waiting for a couple of horses to arrive, then a few more. Really need a camera where I can manipulate the F-Stop, painful taking photos without having any control on the Depth of Field.

 

[mikemiller1955]

sooooooooooooo pretty Ken...

your fort...along with your epic collection...are really paying dividends on your pictures...

VERY NICE!!!

 

[villagehorse]

Excellent Ken, love the horse teams and columns of men. The fort of course sets the scene, really nice collection, can see why you have it. Lots of scope for more layouts too.:salute::, Robin.

 

[Desertkiwi]

Really enjoy seeing displays about the FIW and this dio has a wonderful array of some really great figures, with some nice close up pic's.
Thanks for sharing mate.^&grin

 

[ForzaToro]

Congratulations for the diorama and the "trading circle" idea. Wonderful fort and I really like the mixing of different figures. I Hope to see more FIW's in the future . Thank you !

 

[farmertony]

Congratulations-not only do you have a wonderful fort and a great collection of FIW figures,you display them so well!Doesn't JJD make great horse drawn vehicles that lend themselves to scenes of troops moving in column.He does his draught horses very well too.I envy you the ammunition wagon and its six horse team.Well done that man.

 

[Johnboy]

Hi,
I agree with all the sentiments expressed about this dio. JJD produce some of the best figures available for the FIW, his work is always enhanced by the members of this forum via their imaginative displays.
Regards,
Johnboy.

 

[BHogan]

Nice diorama and assortment of figures. That fort is also very impressive.
Cheers,
Brendan

 

[REVWARBUFF]

Phenomenal set up Ken!! Your fort looks great every time you post a picture of it. Love the trading circle idea........great use of figures to create the scene.

Mark

 

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At the time of the FIW, the minimum size for an artillery resistant fort was about 300 x 300 feet, bastion tip to bastion tip. Smaller forts would lack sufficient space to house a garrison large enough to defend the walls. At 300 X 300 feet, this would yield a open parade ground of about 85 feet x 85 feet. The model scales to 225 feet x 225 feet with an open parade ground of 75 feet x 55 feet -- about 57% of the ideal minimum. Fort Duquesne was smaller about 160 feet x 160 feet, bastion tip to bastion tip with an open parade ground of only 34 feet x 34 feet, only 14 inches x 14 inches at our scale.

 

[Fraxinus]

Thanks for all the kind comments - much appreciated. I believe all the Monongahela wagons and artillery pieces are shown. Though not a Monongahela piece, the six horse ammunition wagon really jumps out and now ranks as my personal favorite. If there was more space in the parade ground, I would have been tempted to add the WWI - wagon by John or one of the Britain's wagons - but the parade ground is full.

In Post 10 and 11 of this thread, I included close-ups of two of my favorite Indian figures (trading circle). Both are among John's earliest work. The vast majority of the pieces are JJD, but there are a number of Frontline and K&C pieces as well --- many of the cannon are Britain.

Still having an awful time with managing depth of field on the photos, incredibly frustrating.

 

[29 Let's Go]

Love the "huddle" amongst all the comings and goings of you fort. Once again a beautiful fort.

Steve

 

[Fraxinus]

I would have called a fourth error on the Texas 2nd Baseman. Amazing, Amazing!!!! Baseball gods apparently did not like the call allowing a Texas run in the top of the 7th and stepped in to change the outcome.