North Africa-Oct. 1942 (1 Viewer)

[Iron Brigade]

I just had our handyman put in some new storage wall shelves in the back room of our basement to replace some rather shabby ones that came with the house. So now I have a great "new home" for all my toy soldier set boxes. In this same room where I also have my World War One to World War Two displays & dioramas I could not resist having him add a wall shelve @ 22 by 28 inches for a recently enlarged & revised display of my K&C sets of thier AK & EA series of the German Afrika Korps Vs British 8th Army. I realize that Rommel & Montgromery are rather close to the "front lines", however, I remember reading that Rommel was fond of poping up at the front lines to inspect the situation for himself. I just used playbox sand for the terrain and a couple of palm trees made in Italy. Medium blue posterboard paper was used for backdrop. It should be noted that all sets are made by K&C except for two man casualty of British 8th Army set made by Fagarti. Please see #5 photos below.

"Iron Brigade"

 

[jbonzo1]

Great stuff! The new Bren carrier is very nice.

 

[wwiibuff]

Looks really good IB. I like desert displays and yours is especially nice with the real sand look and opposing armies.

 

[churchmouse1]

My wife goes nuts when my troops invade her Christmas village. I'd hate to see what she'd do if I stole the palms from the Fontanini creche! Great diorama.

Dave
can spot Fontanini a mile away

 

[aujj65]

Very nice too! I've just started collecting the EA - just small vehicles at the moment.

That blue background really sets the scene.

Jeff

 

[Mitch]

Excellent set up with some great sets on show. Very nice indeed
Mitch

 

[Iron Brigade]

My wife goes nuts when my troops invade her Christmas village. I'd hate to see what she'd do if I stole the palms from the Fontanini creche! Great diorama.

Dave
can spot Fontanini a mile away

Dear Dave:

Ah, you got great eyes! I did not bother to look up the brand name of the Italian made palm trees, but I am indeed 100% sure you are correct in the name. I happy to say that my wife donated some extra Fontanini palm trees to this small diorama. She is not always that nice to me, ha, ha! By the way, we got those palm trees at Frankenmuth, Michigan in 2005 at the huge Christmas time store whose name I do not recall just now. No doubt you know that name as well?

"Iron Brigade" /Gary

 

[wwiibuff]

Hey IB... you say you used playbox sand. Can you be more specific as to what brand or where you can buy? It really looks good. Thanks

 

[Iron Brigade]

Hey IB... you say you used playbox sand. Can you be more specific as to what brand or where you can buy? It really looks good. Thanks

Dear "wwiibuff":

From time to time I have gotten bags that I think weigh about 20 pounds labeled "PLAY BOX SAND" that is sold by one of our local area Garden & Gift store chains. As I recall a bag costed only about $3.00 or so. All the bags of such sand I have gotten over the years have contained very tiny or small to a bit larger stones in the sand bag. One can simply toss out any stones that you think are too big. Some very small stones I think adds some texture which is good expecially if you are using this type of sand for a "dirt" roadway which I have done many times now on some of my dioramas. The "brand name" was simply the name of the local garden & Gift store in the metro Milwaukee area where we live. I am sure you can find the same type sand in your local area as well. Hope this helps.

"Iron Brigade"

 

[glossman]

Hi Gary,

You did a great job in revising your North Africa display.

My favourite is the second picture of Rommel conferring with one of his commanders.

Best Wishes, Raymond.

PS: I have been enjoying the pictures of your "backroom".....I just love the layout.

 

[Panzer Meyer]

Nice AK sets the Desert Fox lives on
Jim

 

[Guy]

Iron Brigade ,
very nice , very impressive, nice desert army you have there
see how much more authentic your dio becomes, when you hide the figurine base. Well done my friend
guy

 

[Rob]

Very nice scene Gary, that's a great Desert base and the blue on the wall works nicely, good work

Rob

 

[Desertkiwi]

Love the Bren Carrier....and all those fantastic figures in one spot.

Thanks for posting mate.

 

[Iron Brigade]

I just had our handyman put in some new storage wall shelves in the back room of our basement to replace some rather shabby ones that came with the house. So now I have a great "new home" for all my toy soldier set boxes. In this same room where I also have my World War One to World War Two displays & dioramas I could not resist having him add a wall shelve @ 22 by 28 inches for a recently enlarged & revised display of my K&C sets of thier AK & EA series of the German Afrika Korps Vs British 8th Army. I realize that Rommel & Montgromery are rather close to the "front lines", however, I remember reading that Rommel was fond of poping up at the front lines to inspect the situation for himself. I just used playbox sand for the terrain and a couple of palm trees made in Italy. Medium blue posterboard paper was used for backdrop. It should be noted that all sets are made by K&C except for two man casualty of British 8th Army set made by Fagarti. Please see #5 photos below.

"Iron Brigade"

Dear fellow Forum members:

Thanks to all the Forum members who took the time to post nice reply backs to the Thread I started recently on my "NORTH AFRICA-OCT 1942" diorama!

"Iron Brigade"

 

[Private Ryan]

Looks really nice!

PR

 

[Panzer Meyer]

Dear "wwiibuff":

From time to time I have gotten bags that I think weigh about 20 pounds labeled "PLAY BOX SAND" that is sold by one of our local area Garden & Gift store chains. As I recall a bag costed only about $3.00 or so. All the bags of such sand I have gotten over the years have contained very tiny or small to a bit larger stones in the sand bag. One can simply toss out any stones that you think are too big. Some very small stones I think adds some texture which is good expecially if you are using this type of sand for a "dirt" roadway which I have done many times now on some of my dioramas. The "brand name" was simply the name of the local garden & Gift store in the metro Milwaukee area where we live. I am sure you can find the same type sand in your local area as well. Hope this helps.

"Iron Brigade"

IB , if you have a Lowes or home depot they both carry play box sand also quikrete ( play sand ) works very well for Ak layouts .

 

[cnq]

Very nice collections.

I just had our handyman put in some new storage wall shelves in the back room of our basement to replace some rather shabby ones that came with the house. So now I have a great "new home" for all my toy soldier set boxes. In this same room where I also have my World War One to World War Two displays & dioramas I could not resist having him add a wall shelve @ 22 by 28 inches for a recently enlarged & revised display of my K&C sets of thier AK & EA series of the German Afrika Korps Vs British 8th Army. I realize that Rommel & Montgromery are rather close to the "front lines", however, I remember reading that Rommel was fond of poping up at the front lines to inspect the situation for himself. I just used playbox sand for the terrain and a couple of palm trees made in Italy. Medium blue posterboard paper was used for backdrop. It should be noted that all sets are made by K&C except for two man casualty of British 8th Army set made by Fagarti. Please see #5 photos below.

"Iron Brigade"