The Road To Destruction... (1 Viewer)

[mikemiller1955]

The Road To Destruction...

The early British failures in North America were both costly and numerous...but British forces adapted as the war progressed, lessons learned from early defeats lead to reforms in traditional British warfare strategies...superior organization and guerilla strategies allowed France and its Indian allies to dominate the first two years of the war...Britain's increased financial commitment to the war, gave British soldiers and their American colonial allies the resources they needed to defeat the French...

 

[mikemiller1955]

a few more pics...

 

[RISORGIMENTO]

everything nice Mike,
great display, great picts, thrilling atmosphere, I repeat me I love these marching sets, my very first JJD purchase.
Excellent!!!
Carlo

 

[aujj65]

Hi Mike, what a great and different way to display these figures, really like the ravine terrain piece. {bravo}}
Jeff

 

[The Lt.]

You've done it once again Michael in providing us with another of your outstanding photo dioramas beautifully staged and photograph and as always it's a pleasures seeing you at play and spending the time sharig it with us my friend................PapaZ{bravo}}{bravo}}{bravo}}{bravo}}

 

[mafunzalo]

Mike, good to actually/finally meet you in San Antonio (after the whole NJ debacle). Great dio.

Jack Eagan

 

[lancer]

Nicely done, Michael. I agree about that terrain piece, it is really a great bit of work. -- Al

 

[AIDMAN]

Terrific piece of diorama construction Mike..as always!!...Love the rock ravine, did you make that yourself??..Thanks for sharing.

Steve

 

[REVWARBUFF]

Excellent work Mike!! I love your use of the figures and how you positioned them.

It looks like the men marching are about to run into something. Is there going to be a sequeal??

Mark

 

[Fraxinus]

Mike,

Simply wonderful composition with what is still a terrific set, 44th regular marching. Bravo!!! I could be wrong about this, but I think Braddock intentionally crossed the Monongahela twice on the day of the battle just to go around a bottleneck and potential ambush site similar to what you are depicting here.

Wonderful use of the Daniel Boone figure, think I will "steal" that idea.

And of course, we really do need a Combat's George Washington figure in the long red coat.

And a new 44th regular officer would be a nice addition as well. There were no new officers with the supplemental BM20-BM-26 releases.

The photos are showing a very nice focus depth --- good work!!!

 

[Larry Allen]

Hey Mike ... you did it again, a wonderful use of JJD sets and terrain material. Of all the dios, the marching sets continually make superior scenes. You got great use out of that Rocky Pass.
Love it!! -- Larry

 

[Hadrian]

Dear Mike,
these are the best promotion/ advertising for JJD- so wonderful pictures-many thanks for sharing.
Best regards from Germany
Marcus

 

[GICOP]

Great pictures Michael {bravo}}....I do hope this is the start of a series:salute::

Cheers

Martyn

 

[Fraxinus]

Besides being at Monongahela, the 44th was at Ticonderoga in 1758.

The 44th was the main force at Fort William Henry during the large winter raid by the French in March 1757. At least 2 companies of 44th were still at Fort William Henry at least through late April, if not longer. Even a company of the Fraser's Highlanders (our QHL releases) showed up in April at Fort William Henry for garrison duty.

As such, people are free to mix series much more widely than we typically show on the forum. For example. Mike could remove the young Virginia officer and the drummer and substitute in various rangers and tag the photo New York, 1757 or 1758.

 

[Terp152]

Great pics Mike. Love the scenics and great formation! Chris

 

[mikemiller1955]

I want to thank everyone that took the time to view and comment on these photos...

 

[Maj. Duncan Heyward]

+ Really great pictures!
- (highlighting my lack of marching figures!)

 

[mestell]

I missed this series of photos Michael . . . . very glad I found them . . . . very enjoyable as all of your presentations are . . . .
:smile2: Mike