Interesting visit today
Posted: 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.
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.
