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[villagehorse]

15th February 1942, the British surrender to the Japanese in Singapore at the Upper Bukit Timah Road former headquarters of the Ford Motor Company of Malaya, where the official signing was conducted. This newly built building, served as a headquarters for the Japanese for a short period before moving to the Raffles college. Subsequently the Japanese used the factory to build trucks and motor vehicles for the war effort until August 1945, where upon Ford corporation took over normal operations once again, in 1947. Robin.

 

[BHogan]

15th February 1942, the British surrender to the Japanese in Singapore at the Upper Bukit Timah Road former headquarters of the Ford Motor Company of Malaya, where the official signing was conducted. This newly built building, served as a headquarters for the Japanese for a short period before moving to the Raffles college. Subsequently the Japanese used the factory to build trucks and motor vehicles for the war effort until August 1945, where upon Ford corporation took over normal operations once again, in 1947. Robin.

Terrific diorama Robin. Thanks for sharing your impressive work and collection!

Brendan

 

[mikemiller1955]

Robin...
pictures and a history lesson...^&grin
you can't beat that...
love the bridge and the building!

 

[marco55]

15th February 1942, the British surrender to the Japanese in Singapore at the Upper Bukit Timah Road former headquarters of the Ford Motor Company of Malaya, where the official signing was conducted. This newly built building, served as a headquarters for the Japanese for a short period before moving to the Raffles college. Subsequently the Japanese used the factory to build trucks and motor vehicles for the war effort until August 1945, where upon Ford corporation took over normal operations once again, in 1947. Robin.

This is a great diorama.
Mark

 

[Terp152]

Great scene with the factory and bridge. :salute:: Chris

 

[REVWARBUFF]

Robin,

Another one of your masterpieces! Looks fantastic! Like Mike Miller said, love the history lesson too.

Mark

 

[villagehorse]

In the valley of the Kings. Robin.

 

[mestell]

Enjoying my Sunday morning coffee while catching up on the forum. I really like this ancient Egypt scene . . . very well done, staged and photographed.
:smile2: Mike

 

[mikemiller1955]

Robin...
you are really making those new sets look good...
your AE set up seems busy...^&grin
I love it...
who make the Pharaoh on the grey steps?
he looks like a good scale and fits in nicely!

 

[villagehorse]

Appreciate your comments Mike & Mike. This is a permanent setup now with room for a few more figures and that featured statue in the future releases. The Pharaoh is nice Mike, but a tad small at 1/32. No brand name, just off eBay from a Chinese dealer, blends in ok, but I was disappointed with the size and at one time considered selling it. Robin.

 

[mikemiller1955]

Robin...maybe a tad small...but standing alone...it looks okay to me...wouldn't have realized it was small unless you told me...nice sculpt and paint scheme!

 

[Larry Allen]

15th February 1942, the British surrender to the Japanese in Singapore at the Upper Bukit Timah Road former headquarters of the Ford Motor Company of Malaya, where the official signing was conducted. This newly built building, served as a headquarters for the Japanese for a short period before moving to the Raffles college. Subsequently the Japanese used the factory to build trucks and motor vehicles for the war effort until August 1945, where upon Ford corporation took over normal operations once again, in 1947. Robin.

GREAT MINDS "MUST" think the same. I have the same scene with my sets.
I also have the Jakob FORD building, the Gunn guards, the K&C FOB Percival sets, Bicycle sets and more.
(I don't have a bridge ..:redface2

I have been working on extending the FORD building to more match the photograph that can be found on a Bing/Google search.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?...01396&selectedIndex=24&adlt=strict&ajaxhist=0

I also have the surrendering British and a few stretcher bearer sets. Mine has a few of the SoHK as backing as the Japanese troops march by.
---LaRRy

 

[Horus]

Your Ancient Egypt set looks really good Robin. I was quite shocked when you said you almost sold the figure {eek3}^&grin^&grin^&grin:tongue:

Perhaps being undersized is in keeping with his youth ??

Steve

 

[Terp152]

Wow, very elaborate and VERY nice. Chris

 

[villagehorse]

Seeking out the enemy Vietnam 1968. Robin.

 

[Horus]

I see you're adding to your Vietnam collection there and starting to build your defenses for Firebase Robin :salute::

Watch out for those VC Sappers sneaking around behind and causing havoc {eek3}

Steve

 

[villagehorse]

Clearing the village. Robin.

 

[wayne556517]

Like it mate

 

[TomNT]

Nice dio Robin and I see they are made out in small modular sections.

Tom

 

[Horus]

Well done again Robin.

Makes for a very different and chilling feel to the scene with the Gas masks.

Steve