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Interesting visit today

Post by [CAT]CplSlade » Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:51 am

So, a friend of mine from work is going out of town and so are her parents, so I was asked to watch their animals in the meantime. As she takes me to her parents, she says to not be taken aback by her dad's war stuff. I tell no problem as I build military models.

We go inside, introduces me, and we go downstairs to see where the dog's pen is, and I find myself in A 1/6 SCALE WONDERLAND!!!

Seriously, the guy had four rooms full of vehicles, including a scratchbuilt Stuka hanging from the ceiling. There were Shermans, Stuarts, Pz II's, Marders, Jagdpanthers, Pz IV's, 251's and 250's, a couple of SdKfz 10's, Wirbelwinds, Stug's, a Higgins boat filled with troops...

In his work area he had a SdKfz 232 and a 234 Puma in progress. Turns out my coworker put herself through college selling Dragon figures, and for eight years they were Dragon distributors. He is still active in the 1/6 community and has an annual BBQ for other collectors from around the U.S.

It's funny the things you continue to learn about people you've known for a while. I mean, I was my coworker's actual classroom assistant but then all we talked about was science and what turds high schoolers are.

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Re: Interesting visit today

Post by Axis Nightmare » Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:46 pm

I have a feeling those dogs will get plenty of regular visits while they're gone!! :P
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Post by [CAT]CplSlade » Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:50 pm

I will of course be taking pictures.

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Post by [CAT]CplSlade » Fri Jun 22, 2018 6:03 pm

If anyone went to the DFW G.I.Joe show in Grapevine, TX, the fellow himself was there. He has been attending since the first one, apparently.

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Post by [CAT]CplSlade » Sun Jun 24, 2018 7:58 pm

Some pictures of ONE of his rooms:

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Post by Axis Nightmare » Mon Jun 25, 2018 5:12 am

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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What makes the P-51 Mustang so special?

"It would do for 8 hours what a Spitfire would do for 45 minutes."

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Post by normandy » Mon Jun 25, 2018 12:41 pm

Great collection and pictures as well!!
The last pic is amazing, I've been wanting to do something similar in 1:18 and thought space would an issue. :roll:
I started out collecting 1:6 Dragon got up to 17 figures before I found 1:18, which I had the space for.
Still like the larger 1:6 guys....thanks for the view of his collection.

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Post by Axis Nightmare » Mon Jun 25, 2018 12:54 pm

The village is fabulous. Reminds me of the one in "Fury" where they shot the SS guy that was hanging civilians after he came out of the building to surrender.
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Post by YT » Mon Jun 25, 2018 6:03 pm

Wow! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by tmanthegreat » Mon Jun 25, 2018 6:51 pm

Thanks for sharing... That is an amazing 1/6 scale collection :D
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Post by Razor17019 » Mon Jun 25, 2018 9:06 pm

WOW!!! Great pics! I am not a 1/6 collector, but man his stuff is outstanding!
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Post by Crimson Pilot » Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:16 am

As for as figures go, impressive. As far as equipment goes, amazing. That is a passion.
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