PJDeluhery
Corporal
- Joined
- Sep 11, 2009
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Hello all,
I'm new to this forum, though I've been lurking here for a while. I'm a lifelong collector of toy soldiers and painter of miniatures, and lately flats.
I have old and new, glossy and matte figures of most of the major toy soldier maufacturers from about 1900 on. I my favorites are still the Elastolin/Lineol figures, whether composition or plastic. Lately, I have been collecting mainly K&C and John Jenkins figures along with the Figarti Vietnam and Iraq series.
For the last 10 years or so I have been passionate about displaying my figures in public. I think it's a shame that we do not do more to reach out to those outside our collector's circle to share our fantastic treasures with them and promote an interest in history.
I belong to a toy soldier club that is fortunate enough to have some display space at our local museum. Frankly, I think it's the most fun you can have with your clothes on to put together new toy soldier displays. Between the various club members, there's very few historical themes/events we cannot represent. Our last exhibit just closed after a run of almost a year. It covered the battle of Zama through WWII in about 20 separate scenes. The public loved it! It's particularly delightful to watch the little kids get on the floor and look at the displays from ground level, and to listen to Dads say, "Hey, I used to have some of those!"
Well, enough on that for now. I though you might like to see some photos of our latest display. I'm starting with the Egypt display, and if there's interest I can post more subjects in future installments.
Assuming I can successfully master the posting of photos on this site, I'm going to post pictures of my K&C Egypt display - Pharaoh Inspects Building His Tomb. I hope you enjoy it.
I'm new to this forum, though I've been lurking here for a while. I'm a lifelong collector of toy soldiers and painter of miniatures, and lately flats.
I have old and new, glossy and matte figures of most of the major toy soldier maufacturers from about 1900 on. I my favorites are still the Elastolin/Lineol figures, whether composition or plastic. Lately, I have been collecting mainly K&C and John Jenkins figures along with the Figarti Vietnam and Iraq series.
For the last 10 years or so I have been passionate about displaying my figures in public. I think it's a shame that we do not do more to reach out to those outside our collector's circle to share our fantastic treasures with them and promote an interest in history.
I belong to a toy soldier club that is fortunate enough to have some display space at our local museum. Frankly, I think it's the most fun you can have with your clothes on to put together new toy soldier displays. Between the various club members, there's very few historical themes/events we cannot represent. Our last exhibit just closed after a run of almost a year. It covered the battle of Zama through WWII in about 20 separate scenes. The public loved it! It's particularly delightful to watch the little kids get on the floor and look at the displays from ground level, and to listen to Dads say, "Hey, I used to have some of those!"
Well, enough on that for now. I though you might like to see some photos of our latest display. I'm starting with the Egypt display, and if there's interest I can post more subjects in future installments.
Assuming I can successfully master the posting of photos on this site, I'm going to post pictures of my K&C Egypt display - Pharaoh Inspects Building His Tomb. I hope you enjoy it.
