YOU ARE INVITED! Weekend of August 4th (2 Viewers)

[ucla1967]

Now the photos are too small and dark. I have no idea how they came out that way, but I had to change them from the already reduced size of 640 pixcels (which made the photos from 126 to 100 KB) to 600 pixcels which got them in under the 97.5 KB maximum. I think I will try photobucket and see if it is any easier and better.

 

[ucla1967]

I though I would try again to see if the photos turn out any better.

 

[ucla1967]

Here are some more photos from Bob Walker's collection.

 

[kilted vampire]

That is such a cool place to visit. Did you take any pictures in the basement?

 

[ucla1967]

Some architectural details from inside his house.

Photos one & two: Russian bathroom detail.

Photo three: Ceiling at the top of the staircase.

Photo four: Bottom of staircase landing.

Photo five: Closet door in main entry.

 

[ucla1967]

Three photos of a 100 man Greek phalanx that Bob researched and painted himself from his own castings. All 100 figures are different. Also, photos of a Roman turtle battle formation and various British figures.

 

[ucla1967]

More photos.

Photo one: Indian Durbar detail.

Photo two: Boer War (?) armored train.

Photo three: Part of a Bill Hocker AWI diorama.

Photo four: Fort with British Guardsmen.

Photo five: U.S. figures with a fort in the background.

 

[desk11desk12]

Michael….Wow!!!


Simply stunning, great pictures; love the forts, castles, planes, etc. Send these pictures to Shannon to be posted in the Gallery so they don’t get lost in time in these threads.

Great job again,

Carlos

 

[Leadmen]

Thanks for posting latest batch of Mr. Walker's collection. Everything he collected is amazing. Was Mr. Walker a dealer to acquire such a collection? Leadmen

 

[ucla1967]

Photos from the Napoleon Room.

Photo one: Corner view with painting of Napeleon's coronation at right. Note the lemon tree outside the second story window.

Photo two: Wall of shelves with books, figures, and other related items.

Photo three: Napoleon's coronation set by Mignon based on the painting in photo one.

Photo four: Bob Walker (3rd from left) talking to collectors including the Kiltedvampire in the green shirt. Bob cut his head showing me his basement workshop.

 

[ucla1967]

Photos from the Carriage House and basement workshop. There are several thousand SAE figures in the Carriage House from Bob's childhood collection.

Photo one: Copies of WWII Time magazine front covers with personalities.

Photo two: SAE 30-mm British Guards.

Photo three: SAE 30-mm ACW Union figures.

Photos four & five: Views of Bob's workshop area and supply bins. He has thousands of castings from his previous business, Valhalla Miniatures. Plus, more than 1,000 molds.

 

[ucla1967]

Some of Bob's Latin American sets follow.

Photo one: Hiriart set (from left) of the Peruvian Eloy Alfaro Military Academy, the Argentine Granaderos de San Martin mounted band, the Chilean Air Force band, and the Chilean Navy band.

Photo two: A close-up of the two Peruvian Military Academy sets.

Photo three: The Chilean Caupolican Regement infantry and lancers.

Photo four: Hiriart Spanish sets (top shelf from left) Generalissimo's Moroccan mounted escort, mounted Moroccan regular cavaly from Mellia,and Color Party from the F.E.T. & J.O.N. political parties. Second shelf Mounted Civil Guards, Military Academy, Spanish Foreign Legion, del Tercio, in winter uniforms, and Spanish Infantry, possibly from Bob's castings.

Photo five: A view of the room with the fireplace.

 

[ucla1967]

Some photos of the figures in the Main Display Room.

Photo one: Part of one wall in the Main Display Room.

Photo two: From left, Hiriart Italian Folgore paratroopers, WWII Italian Infantry (Britains?), FIAT M13/41 tank, Hiriart XXIII of March Black Shirt Division, and WWII Italian Bersaglieri.

Photo three: Hiriart WWI Italian Infantry in Adrian helmets.

Photo four: Hiriart's XXII of March Black Shirt Division, WWII Bersaglieri in helmets, and a CV33 Light Ansaldo tank.

Photo five: One of the many book cases.

 

[ucla1967]

Thanks for posting latest batch of Mr. Walker's collection. Everything he collected is amazing. Was Mr. Walker a dealer to acquire such a collection? Leadmen

Bob started collecting as a youngster and never stopped, like most of us did. He ran a company called Valhalla Miniatures for years which sold castings he made. I have been told that it was the largest such company in the U.S. at one time. Bob and I both like Hiriart toy soldiers. We argue who owns the most sets, we both have about 75 sets in our collections, but he has a number of double sets which I do not, so I think he is the winner. I have a 75 set order pending with Hiriart (which has not been started yet) of which 39 sets are for me and 29 are for Bob and the balance are for other collectors. I have no idea where I going to put mine, but Bob is having a Tuff Shed built on his Southern California property for his new figures.

 

[Leadmen]

Thank you for the information Mike. I find the pictures amazing. What a house and the way everything is organized. Your pictures are nice. Did you try photobucket? or doing something different? Leadmen

 

[ucla1967]

Thank you for the information Mike. I find the pictures amazing. What a house and the way everything is organized. Your pictures are nice. Did you try photobucket? or doing something different? Leadmen

I tried photobucket, but couldn't get it to upload correctly, It kept giving me an error message saying that it was an invalid file. The file I copied and pasted on my desktop would be something like "Bob Walker SJ 017," yet when I opened it on the forum it would open as described, but upon uploading it would say file "Bob#*&S@+" or something like that was an invalid file. I gave up and I am now using Adobe Photoshop on my wife's computer.

 

[ucla1967]

Here are some more photos from the Main Display Room.

Photo one: Ethiopian Pack Mountain Artilllery from the 1936 Italian invasion.

Photos two & three: From left, Albanian Infantry, unknown unit, and Swiss Infantry.

Photo four: Sailors & Royal Marines.

Photo five: Various Danish troops.

 

[ucla1967]

More photos from the Main Display Room.


Photos one, two & three: Various views of the Egypt/Sudan Diorama which is the centerpiece of the room.

Photo four: Bill Hocker's Balloon set.

Photo five: Top shelf, various Indian Army figures. Second shelf, Bill Hocker's Elephant Basttery set, with John Tunstill's Soldiers, Soldiers in the background.

 

[ucla1967]

Still more photos.


Photo one: Hiriart Italian Lancers, 1890.

Photo two: Hiriart Italian Dragoons, 1890.

Photo three: Another view of the Durbar shelf.

Photo four: The dinning room of Bob's Victorian house.

Photo five: More books.

 

[ucla1967]

Just a few more photos left.


Photo one: British figures from the Hallway Display. Note the large carved wooden figures at the top.

Photo two: British uniform and five shelf display.

Photos three and four: Various British figures.

Photo five: Oblique view of suit of armor at the top of the stairs.