First, I'll have to actually visit WalMart now. ... I don't think so - I shaved off two 1/2 inch cork tiles adhered to the side of one of our kitchen cabinets...
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Hey guys, this is my escape from the day job! Seriously though I really don't want to take us into historical buildings. We sort of have an unwritten agreement...
Hello Hive, Just thought I would let you know I have a few photos up of the Fighting Men of India. FMI-30 Kneeling Camels with Rocketmen and rockets FMI-31...
Several weeks ago I visited Vince at his house/shop and saw up close and personal these new Fighting Men of India. Needless to say, they are very, very good....
I don't know about the cork used for tiles but most of the cork used for wine bottles comes from renewable sources of cork oak mainly from Portugal. These...
For the British army I think that all regiments were the same as regards musketry training but in the continental armies chasseurs, alpini,bersaglieri or...
My bed has yield the following stuff that maybe of interest:- Wargames Foundry Darkest Africa Sikhs 19 Unpainted Wargames Foundry DA Sikhs together with 1...
Hello Leon, Don't know why you can't find them but I copied the URL so you can go straight to the page. I hope to get better photos up before long and did...
Allo, Anthony Dupre has very kindly added some of my photos including some colonial to his website over at http://www.urbanscapedesign.com/6mm/ Please come and...
The silver finish was 'aluminium dope' & was used to try to control the heating of the hydrogen cells. If they got too hot, the cells expanded uncontrollably,...
Hi Group, I've added photos of our lastest battle Boxer Rebellion in 25mm the game was an attack by the allies to capture an Imperial ammo depot. What the...
Ahh, Gabriel, my Dad had 2 types of wargaming mountains when I was a lad. One was blocks of wood attached to plywood with sculpted window screen sculpted to...
With the advent of the 1853 rifle musket the enfield rifle the British army began limited markmenship practice.In a strange sort of Victorian way many felt...
Help me Obi Wan Colonia, you're my only hope. I'm too tired to keep web-searching tonight, stayed up too late on my "make 2 15mm Sudan armies over the weekend...
Great info ! Thanks Paul ! Regards, Luc. ... From: Paul Ward To: ColonialWars@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 4:11 PM Subject: [ColonialWars]...
so they curled up they became dongas from which our Airfix Tarzan Zulus could issue forth to attack our WWI German soldiers with red coats as the South Wales...
................................ Which one should be Sgt. Brom in my China game ? Should he remain a humble rifleman/section leader or carry one of the big...
... a 'Chinese ... You make it look so easy... I hate you... ... More like cheap *grin* This way when I find certain WWII tanks on sale at 2 for $9 USD I don't...
HI I believe this is only semi correct. The problem is that "clear doped linen" deteriorates under exposure to sunlight. There are no truly "colored" dopes...
Hi I respectfully disagree. The americans did not normally practice musket drill as in formal drilled volley fire in the european sense. Partly, it was...
Okay hivemates, Here's a question for the armorers among us. I've been reading a recently published dissertation ("Peacekeeping on the Plains: Army Operations...
William S. Harney commanded the 2nd Dragoons. Was this perhaps an experiment to give his horsemen the capability to fight on foot like real infantry while...
The Marines are here! Well, little painted ones are at any rate. I have finished the first set of figures for my Boxer Project and, although
they're not based...
It just so happens I have an article (here at work with me too!) about US Dragoons in the West, in the 1850's. According to the article they had been equipped...
Since Davis had insisted in 1846 that the 1st Mississippi Regiment be armed with rifles instead of muskets, I would opine that the earlier discourse about...
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