Got my new T Gunn Romans and a single SS Trooper today. (1 Viewer)

[Barkmann]

Got my new T Gunn Romans and a single SS Trooper today. They are excellent and well worth the wait, see below, i have also put in a picture of both SS figures for comparason, etc.

For those outside the UK, we are going through a bit of a transport shortage, there is a shortage of lorry/truck drivers and this is effecting deliveries, people have been pushing a food shortage but it more like a shortage of choice, there is lots of food, but some brands are in short supply. I think the supply chain are concentrating on things like food etc when unloading shipping containers and we have had to wait a little longer than normal, i know we, as collectors have been frustrated, but there would be unrest if there was a shortage of thing like food and drink especially beer and wine, but there would be a full blown civil war with people put against walls and shot if there was a Tea shortage.

It was estimated in WW2 that, based on weight alone, the British government bought more tea than it did artillery shells, bombs and explosives.

 

[WesternOutlaw]

Some nice figures, Bman. Thanks for sharing. I've been patiently waiting for the kneeling German and the new sand bag emplacement.

Had to chuckle at your tea comment having bought some tea for the Mrs. at the grocery store yesterday. Always an aisle full here in the Western US (in fact usually the less populated aisle). Suppose it never quite caught on as it did in the UK. ^&grin
Perhaps I should start stocking up and selling internationally through Ebay (sipping coffee as I type).
{sm4}

 

[Barkmann]

Some nice figures, Bman. Thanks for sharing. I've been patiently waiting for the kneeling German and the new sand bag emplacement.

Had to chuckle at your tea comment having bought some tea for the Mrs. at the grocery store yesterday. Always an aisle full here in the Western US (in fact usually the less populated aisle). Suppose it never quite caught on as it did in the UK. ^&grin
Perhaps I should start stocking up and selling internationally through Ebay (sipping coffee as I type).
{sm4}

Cheers, we would never run of tea, it first arrived in the 1650s. What built the world's largest empire, over 26% of the world. I drink around a pint of it a day, real tea, none of your fruit teas etc, strong enough to stand your spoon up in it. Not a fan of coffee, bit like divorce, expensive and bitter, always makes me feel a bit down, guess have to stop drinking depresso.

Hope the figures arrive soon, I am lucky i can drive down to their place, 60 minutes, and collect. I do occasionally see some new sample bits and bobs, not fair to put on forum, but some of the new stuff coming will be excellent, TG make a great mix of ranges. Also probably the best value for money figures and tanks on the market.

 

[jason foote]

Oh, I am so jealous that you live close enough to TG to pop in and see the latest stuff and get sneak peeks. Good luck to you
Jas

 

[Barkmann]

Oh, I am so jealous that you live close enough to TG to pop in and see the latest stuff and get sneak peeks. Good luck to you
Jas

Cheers, i get no special treatment and/or viewings, they are a nice group and i nip down, occasionally have a brew or if there are other collectors going down we grab a pub lunch and shoot the breeze. There is sometimes some unpainted bits and bobs around the office and we chat about them, but as i said unfair to put on forum, bit like telling you Santa is not real [we all know he is].

I drive through or around the City of Bath to get there, pretty place as well, loads of history around there, drove back last year through Frome and stopped at Mells Manor, where the nursery rhyme Little Jack Horner was said to written about and then under 4 miles further on at Kilmerdon is Jack and Jill Hill, on which that nursery rhyme is based.

T Gunn were based at Sutton Veny [now Warminster 4 miles away], where there were a lot of Australian troops in WW1 and there are 143 Australians buried in the church, many died of the terrible flu after the war while getting over their wounds before being shipped home. See below for the link, the people of the surounding villages do a fantastic job of ensuring they are not forgotton and they are still remembered and people i know who live there talk about them as they are residents of the village, i heard from a lady who lives there that there are many many local children who carry the first names of the soldiers as a memorial, with people naming new born babies, even now, after troops buried there. There is also a Australian nurse who is buried there, who died of the flu while caring for the troops.
War Cemetery - Sutton Veny Village Web Site

 

[marco55]

Cheers, i get no special treatment and/or viewings, they are a nice group and i nip down, occasionally have a brew or if there are other collectors going down we grab a pub lunch and shoot the breeze. There is sometimes some unpainted bits and bobs around the office and we chat about them, but as i said unfair to put on forum, bit like telling you Santa is not real [we all know he is].

I drive through or around the City of Bath to get there, pretty place as well, loads of history around there, drove back last year through Frome and stopped at Mells Manor, where the nursery rhyme Little Jack Horner was said to written about and then under 4 miles further on at Kilmerdon is Jack and Jill Hill, on which that nursery rhyme is based.

T Gunn were based at Sutton Veny [now Warminster 4 miles away], where there were a lot of Australian troops in WW1 and there are 143 Australians buried in the church, many died of the terrible flu after the war while getting over their wounds before being shipped home. See below for the link, the people of the surounding villages do a fantastic job of ensuring they are not forgotton and they are still remembered and people i know who live there talk about them as they are residents of the village, i heard from a lady who lives there that there are many many local children who carry the first names of the soldiers as a memorial, with people naming new born babies, even now, after troops buried there. There is also a Australian nurse who is buried there, who died of the flu while caring for the troops.
War Cemetery - Sutton Veny Village Web Site

That is such a nice story of the villages to remember them. So sad that they survived the war only to be killed by a unseen enemy.
Mark

 

[jason foote]

Thanks for sharing all of that Barkman. It’s a beautiful, and historical part of the world you live. I will look into that cemetery, I think I may have seen a news story on it in the past.
Jas