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@AndrewSmith-fd3fi 2 күн бұрын
Great to see you posting again, hope all is well. One thing to say that wargaming has been dying for one reason or another since the 80s 40+ yrs on were still here with multiple conventions across a number of countries, don't think we need to worry yet. About the age thing, as younglings we game for about 5ish years then discover wine, woman and song, higher education, jobs, starting a family. I've lost count of the posts saying started when a young lad, now getting my youngling into it or the younglings have moved on picking it back up stories, and we'll be wargaming old duffers for upto 20+ yrs so your always going to see more old folk then younguns cause were gamer longer as oldun than we did as younguns, imo.
@robertgagne2388 2 күн бұрын
:) so true, wine woman song the best distractions.
@bruceschmidt3404 3 күн бұрын
Hey Bob, Glad to see you back online! I bought the Memoir '44 basic game system along with the add on, Russians and British, etc, additional game boards, e.g. desert, snow.. I even painted the figures and tanks, artillery, equipment (yes, the one style piece is barbed wire), etc.. The game pieces are nice. As you mentioned, I also bought several boxes of Airfix figures, painted 'em up to substitute for machine gunners, engineers, etc.. I bought it several years ago and after painting only played once, solo!! I have a closet from ceiling to floor and a garage full of boxes of wargaming 'stuff' that I have painted and never used! I must ashamedly admit it's an obsession for me! It's a good game and lot of fun, but no one for me to play against... sniff sniff...poor me.. ha ha!! It's a simple game along the lines of Battle Cry, which I also have.. that I have played a few games by twisting my 20+ year old daughter's arm a many years ago. The number of scenarios in these game systems really makes the re-play value very good! I think you will enjoy playing it. Good Book, looks great.. I like the Bill Board songs.. I remember them all, as I am an old codger now. And yes, M109 155mm SPA. Good to see you back again! Be well my friend and don't work TOO hard!
@robertgagne2388 3 күн бұрын
:) Thanks bruce, way too much work, I actually had to request my own day off tonight too get out of night firing exercises and post poned it two weeks ahead. I was just dog tired, last thing I wanted to do is drive two hours tothe range and then do night shooting. The issue a lot of us have now is finding people we can actually wargame with. I hate to even think it but I think we are a dying breed.
@bruceschmidt3404 3 күн бұрын
@@robertgagne2388 I watch the videos of the gaming conventions and ~90% of the attendees are senior citizens it seems. Some in their 50's/60's but very few 'kids.' Now when I want to play a 'war game', I play computer games so I have an opponent. I work on solo war games off and on, and have been somewhat successful for the Horse and Musket periods using basic rules from the Battle Cry/C&C/Black Powder rule sets and modifying using cards and dice to determine the strategy of my 'opponent'.. Sometimes I lose too! Be well my friend!
@terrycrick3600 4 күн бұрын
Nice to see you Bob, Hope you're well, Regards, Terry.
@robertgagne2388 3 күн бұрын
Hello Terry!! Hope all is well with the Family, I need to see what you have been up too so after I answer all the post I will visit. :)
@uniteallaction 4 күн бұрын
It's a great game with lots of expansions I think you'll enjoy it
@robertgagne2388 3 күн бұрын
I didnt realize how many expasions there are with this game :) the air war looks friggan cool!!!
@joelperry8187 7 күн бұрын
I ordered "Tank Trap" from some magazine or comic book as a kid; early seventies. The "tanks actually exploding" sucked me in. You can imagine my little kid sadness when I discovered the tanks didn't actually explode with fire as was depicted in the advertisement. The explosion was a rubber band triggered separation of the tank into two halves. I really felt ripped off. But thanks for the memories. I didn't imagine it.
@Uberplacoderm 11 күн бұрын
Had this around 1973.The box art is EPIC. The figures and tanks were by Roco Minitanks. Aurora never got into 1/72 armor, they just reboxed Airfix and Esci. Roco was in HO 1/87 scale, but as kids we weren't rivet counters, lol. Panthers never served in North Africa, but who cares? It was a fun set. I've never seen the Sgt. Troy/Christopher George figure outside of this set.
@landonpotts6815 11 күн бұрын
I had all 6 games when I was a kid. Loved them. Helen of toy ads in my comic books. Made by Giant plastics. They were very well made for tiny plastic soldiers in the early 1970’s.
@paulbarbacano1109 21 күн бұрын
Had 2 of these in the 70s... I just didn't like the yellow parts. It never made sense to me. 🙄
@andrewwaugh1126 Ай бұрын
Where are you Bob ??? I hope all is well
@robertgagne2388 Ай бұрын
Im doing well, however i have been working double shifts for the past couple of months, the time i have off im either with the wife or sleeping my days away.
@secondeditionwargaming Ай бұрын
Great collection. Happy wife = Happy life 👍
@robertgagne2388 Ай бұрын
So true :)
@secondeditionwargaming Ай бұрын
Edge of my seat...
@secondeditionwargaming Ай бұрын
🤣
@secondeditionwargaming Ай бұрын
This scenario is turning into a major battle!
@secondeditionwargaming Ай бұрын
Great stuff!
@secondeditionwargaming Ай бұрын
Really enjoying this scenario, hang in there Guardsmen!
@secondeditionwargaming Ай бұрын
Awesome stuff Bob!
@secondeditionwargaming Ай бұрын
I've played this scenario myself in 2nd, great fun! Also, love the multi-game system linked campaign!
@secondeditionwargaming Ай бұрын
Cool basing technique.
@secondeditionwargaming Ай бұрын
Great collection!
@secondeditionwargaming Ай бұрын
Looking good!
@secondeditionwargaming Ай бұрын
Your collection never ceases to amaze, Bob!
@JamesCampbell-g9k Ай бұрын
Love your real man bunker. Jersey or New York? A hillbilly from Kentucky loves your content. More!
@JamesCampbell-g9k Ай бұрын
Keep it coming.
@mikechrister2736 Ай бұрын
That was awesome!
@robertgagne2388 Ай бұрын
Thanks :)
@VinceMoran-en5sv Ай бұрын
Hi Bob. Hope you are OK ❤️
@andrewphillips8341 2 ай бұрын
Ahh reminds me of the old 'Herman Sherman"
@FraserMitchell-k4j 2 ай бұрын
Sir you are an incredible resource for the toy soldier collector, hobbyist and war gamer. Incredible knowledge with a wealth of experience in the subjects and always ready to consult or answer questions. Thank you sir.
@robertgagne2388 Ай бұрын
:) Thank You for your kind words :)
@FraserMitchell-k4j 2 ай бұрын
Sir that is an awesome preparation of the Le Haye Sainte farm house. This is the first time i have seen this video. What did you do to create floors in the farm house buildings to enable you to put figures in the upstairs. Again great video with a great breadth of knowledge of the hobby. Many thanks.
@robertgagne2388 2 ай бұрын
I used thin model plasticard for the flooring, its white plastic card I traced the inside of the farm house units and then scored and cut the flooring and primed the top half white, that would be the floor you would be looking at once you take the roofing off.
@FraserMitchell-k4j 2 ай бұрын
Beautiful job. Thank you so much for your reply, it is very helpful.
@George-pp2hr 2 ай бұрын
I have that Lost In Space kit as well as a larger scale. Love all the soldiers. Im jealous.👍🇭🇲🦘🐨✌️
@robertgagne2388 2 ай бұрын
I love these sets.
@carlclink9993 2 ай бұрын
I just built the USS Grissom model from that kit. The decades were an absolute nightmare to put on. Good luck.
@johnau7185 3 ай бұрын
Bob, watching your videos brings back all those good memories of toy soldier playsets. Thks a lot.
@robertgagne2388 3 ай бұрын
:) Thanks john, i do like pulling out the old plastic toy sets.
@tommietillie9899 3 ай бұрын
Sad to hear to hear you are struggling,hang in there,I purchased an Army Battleground Maneuvers box 1957 empty , info was very helpful.🙂🧯
@ronaldmcdonald8303 3 ай бұрын
Did you enjoy the 4th of July celebrations? I'm from Europe 🇪🇺 I have both civil war and revolution war soldiers in my collection.
@hamsteronthepaintingtable6465 3 ай бұрын
Hopefully feeling better soon Bob, interesting vid, think tanks look like M103’s maybe 😊
@terrycrick3600 3 ай бұрын
Best wishes Bob, get well, Regards, Terry.
@edwardallen3579 3 ай бұрын
Good research Bob. By the way the Airfix tank is a Centurion not a Churchill. They were just too late to see action in WW2 but did very well in Korea and in Israel. Hope you're feeling better soon.
@robertgagne2388 3 ай бұрын
Thanks Ed , I really wasnt on point with that one :)
@bruceschmidt3404 3 ай бұрын
Sorry that you are not feeling well, been wondering what you have been up to lately. Happy 4th of July Bob, and hope you and your family have a great day today. Hope you recover from your illness soon. Be well.
@robertgagne2388 3 ай бұрын
THanks bruce., both the old lady and I got hit pretty bad, her worse than I. At least I was able to get around she was bedridden for several days. The research for the video was interesting, I learned that T Cohn (Superior) put out a lot more very cool military and western toy sets than I thought. Some of those sets are really hard to find these days, The Marine Base and the Naval Base. The Battle Ground set (The answer to Marx's Battle GRound Set) is extremely tough to find intact. They used the smaller tanks and the Monogram/Marx knock offs in green and grey, some even have the Lido Soldiers in the green and grey as well. I wanted to throw a bit more info like this into the video but my head was killing me and that nasal drip thing was just too much to deal with. Happy 4rth :)
@bruceschmidt3404 3 ай бұрын
@@robertgagne2388 Thanks for the additional info. I had not heard of the T COHN sets.. maybe it was after my time as a kid. I had the Marx BG set along with many of a the other Marx sets, like the ACW, ARW, even a Zorro set with Don Diego and dozens of Mexican soldiers.. All brings back great memories. Hope you and wife are over whatever you had, sounds very nasty. Wishing you and the family good health and happiness on this 4th of July.
@MikeS-um1nm 3 ай бұрын
Can I ask where you are able to get these models from nowadays? They must be collectors items now. Great video by the way!! I still have some of my Monogram armor models from the 70's. I've been building dioramas, on and off, ever since I discovered Shep Paine's work on the Monogram boxes. I'm just getting back into it (again) and I would LOVE to get my hands on some of these models. I'll start my research now. Any advice you have is greatly appreciated!
@robertgagne2388 3 ай бұрын
Hello Mike, The search begins :) I feel your pain. Ebay was me' go to place for these old out of print Monogram Models. I grew up with the white box series, so i decided that there is where I would begin. Ebay is your best shot for these. Another thing you should look for are Monogram Catalogues from the 1970's - 1980s (usually on ebay) they have some really great photos of the armor Series Plus look for the Monogram Models book band by Thomas Graham (Amazon) there are several editions out. Take your time buying these, they can get expensive. There are two (2) model currently in production be Revell that you can find at Hobby Lobby, and some other chain stores as well as better stocked hobby shops we are talking about the German Panzer Kampfwagon 4, and the USA M48 Patton.
@Georgejmh 3 ай бұрын
Been using that Napoleon's Campaigns book, for any years.
@robertgagne2388 3 ай бұрын
It is a pretty cool book. :)
@larrysincredibletrailers2213 3 ай бұрын
I also made a frontier for out of popsicle sticks when i was a kid.
@bruceschmidt3404 3 ай бұрын
Thanks Bob... fun stuff.. enjoyed the sound track of the movie..one of my favorite parts!
@saschakarl1795 3 ай бұрын
Sorry Bob, this is an M47 "Patton" Tank. Build in the Cold War. Not a Tiger😮
@robertgagne2388 3 ай бұрын
LMAO I know!!! :) I just played a word game to see what would happen.
@bilplaymo6121 3 ай бұрын
We agree ? an U.S tank used as Tiger/ panther : it's not O.K !! hopefully todays movies are more serious....take care
@andrewphillips8341 2 ай бұрын
LOL have you seen movies in the past 10 years? When they are not garbage (see fast n furious) they are CGI. These were at least real tanks.
@PeterNebelung 3 ай бұрын
Interesting idea. I never thought of making a model of the movie tank. BTW, the barrel is a bit bent to the left.
@robertgagne2388 3 ай бұрын
That's what she said :)
@jeffturnbull9661 3 ай бұрын
This movie, along with a model produced around the same time, is responsible for my lifelong affection for the M47 tank ( the M46 turret was very similar to the M26 Pershing's, I believe what you are displaying is actually the M47) facing off against Chafee tanks in the battle scenes, it looked monstrous and unbeatable, actual Tigers and Tiger IIs even more so of course,, but these just looked beautiful in that color scheme, loved them
@hamsteronthepaintingtable6465 3 ай бұрын
Great stuff Bob, not the best movie in the world, but still watchable 😊
@TSimo113 3 ай бұрын
That's a hell of a deal. I've been trying to get a Civil War Cannonball game set for a long time but it's either not around or very expensive.
@robertgagne2388 3 ай бұрын
www.angelfire.com/biz/toysoldierhq/Giant.html
@terrycrick3600 4 ай бұрын
Hope your well Bob, Regards, Terry
@bruceschmidt3404 4 ай бұрын
Hey Bob, good to see and HEAR you (ha!) back again.. Looking forward to seeing if the Praetorians can withstand that Orc heavy weaponry! Be well, and have fun!
@sensusfidelium9510 4 ай бұрын
I’m getting back into casting could I make a request on how to paint figures? Like primer to order of painting ? There other people with painting tutorials, but not that many on 54 mm figurines. I’m back casting pewter 54mm but paint chips off and it’s supper frustrating. Also detail work is hard because brush loses its point because paint is thick. But when I thin the paint, it doesn’t go on very good. Watch a couple of your videos. Looks like you got a lot going on but if you could make one, it would be greatly appreciated thank you and have a good day.
@robertgagne2388 4 ай бұрын
Hello, Getting the paint to stay on miniatures can be a pain thats for sure. both metal and plastic miniatures may have residue releasing agents still coating them. Wash them in warm water, let dry and then prime them. Prime White if you want that high reflective bright color, Prime black if you want a darker painting scheme, and last is the mid tone primer Grey :), this is the medium color not so bright not so dark. Your primer should match your paints Acrylic to Acrylic, oils to oils, laquer to laquer. Dont mix and match you will have serious drying and paint adhering to your mini's problems. Paint consistancy is tough to get right. You are going to have to test the paint every now and then. I put a little water in a cap/cover from a jar. Very little water is needed in the lid. I then take a bit of paint from the pot and mix it in the jar lid. If the paint is to watery I add more paint. If the paint is to thick use your brush to get some clean water from your water jar and add it to the mix. See what happens and let me know if it helps. I will do a painting vid for you. Take Care
@sensusfidelium9510 4 ай бұрын
@@robertgagne2388 thanks. I appreciate it. I look forward to seeing your next video. I’m looking to set up Revolutionary War dioramas.