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    Dunkirk "vignettorama"

    At last! I have finished the first in the series ; the depiction of three soldiers forming part of the reatgueard. next - finish the figures amongst the dunes ... Peter
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    King Canute

    Hi Guys since i put sculpting on hold I have had time to work on a few models - here is the first, based on the Andrea models figure of King Arthur. i simplified the back of his seat - I think the original is too elaborate. the figure is mounted on a layer of very, very finely sifted sand...
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    Which tank?

    Good old google - he was called Matt Irvine - check out this link:
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    German fortifications given protected status

    Hi Guys glad you found the link interesting. Ron - I think a lot of people to visit for the history, unfortunately we have no bunkers in my garden. steve - we are fortunate to have a group called Festung Guernsey who are really dedicated to preserving and resting a lot of fortifications, they...
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    German fortifications given protected status

    Hi Guernsey's planning authority has taken the unusual snd positive step of protecting a large number of individual, and some quite small, German Ww2 structures which together form what was a naval battery. here is a link to the Press article...
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    Waterloo - from today's Times

    Hi i saw this in today's Times which I thought it interesting. Peter
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    I know it's not Christmas but ...

    Hi all I know that it is a little past Christmas but I saw this when I was out this morning. i am not really a great fan of outdoor Christmas decorations but these two home-made decorations really struck me as both clever and humorous. Peter
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    Airfix 2023 range announced.

    AAGH! Just when I set myself the target of not buying any new models this year Airfix have released the Great Western. i am not really a ship modeller but I am a Roy Cross fan and am fortunate enough to have bought the original artwork a couple of years ago. Be nice to mount the model below...
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    A bench that defeats the Carpet Monster

    Hi Guys i was watching an episode of Escape from the Chateau which we recorded couple of weeks ago and Dick built a bench for his children which would defeat the carpet monster. A simple idea based on his father-in-law's workbench - he used to be a jeweler. a very simple idea: the bench has a...
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    Latest Acquisitions (2022)

    Oo, I admit it - a lack of self control. My stash has been growing which led to my decision to stop Sarnia Miniatures at the end of the year so I can concentrate my time of building kits in my stash. Good idea, so why did I buy these? Lack of self control, that's why !!! they will look good...
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    What do people do with their models?

    A little while ago we had to clear out my mum's flat when she moved into a care home and ax part of we aquired a little table, not knowing what to do with it is was just left in a corner - it now has my 'Ambush" boxed diorama on it. Not sure how long it will stay there before Tina gets fed up...
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    Dunkirk "vignettorama"

    Hi guys wasn't really happy with the base, not sure why, but it just wasn't right so here is version 2 - a piano form the spares box (no idea where or when I got it,) and new sandbags, also added an overcoats draped over the sandbags, just to add a little interest the sandbags. While this...
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    Modelling vegitables

    Hi guys diverted from military modelling this week to vegetable modelling, well decorating a birthday cake really. This year my daughter, for the first time, had a vegitable bed at her house so tina and I decided to make a veg bed cake - carrot cake of course. Tina baked the cake, I did the...
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    Help please - what is this medal:

    Hi Guys it's official - I'm a plonker! this is the photo I'm using as the basis for the bust - what do you notice about it? he is not wearkng the Franch medal - so I didn't need to find out what the medal is since he was not wearing the ribbon. Aggh! once again, many thanks to everyone...
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    Help please - what is this medal:

    Hi guys i am researching Academy Sergeant-Major Raymond Huggins and have managed to identify all but one of his medals. The medal I cannot identify is the one on the right, the white cross with the yellow and red ribbon With what looks like green edging. does anybody know what the award is...
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    Latest Acquisitions (2022)

    Hi all In the post today; the figures for this diorama: For the two pilots watching; The seated pilot above combined with the pilot in the set below will form the guy jumping through the escape hatch, with a couple of the other figures looking on; ok, he is German but the kneeling figure...
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    Latest Acquisitions (2022)

    I allowed myself to give in to temptation, this arrived this morning: which will be used to recreate this photo: some ICm figures are also on order. Peter
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    Latest Acquisitions (2022)

    Not the most exciting, but very useful - a number (more than shown in the photo - of wargame bases made from 2mm MDF, three size: 6cm x6cm, 6cm x 8cm and 6cm x 12cm which are for my 1/285 micro dioramas. previously I made my own using 5mm MDF but saw these and for a few quid they are all...
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    Dunkirk "vignettorama"

    Hi Guys bMade some headway on the first base - the Rearguard - which will depict a British MG team behind a sandbag barracade. i have included acouple of bits of furniture (chair and grandfather clock) to add interest to the side view. tthere needs a little touching u and revarnishing the...
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    The War Illustrated - a selection of photos

    Hi Guys! i started flicking through the set of The War Illustrated which I acquired recently and thought I would post a few of the more interesting/unusual ones: How about this for a boxed diorama? The next two are not photos as such, but I found them interesting ... Another boxed...

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