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Old 05-10-23, 11:11 PM   #181
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Couldn't get too much info on this Gem....."Tin soldier ( brand? ) 54mm Crazy Horse Dancer."

For their show they were coached ( sounds better than drilled ) by a real life Sgt Major.
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Old 05-11-23, 03:34 PM   #182
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Couldn't get too much info on this Gem....."Tin soldier ( brand? ) 54mm Crazy Horse Dancer."

For their show they were coached ( sounds better than drilled ) by a real life Sgt Major.



That's from the Crazy Horse Strip Club in Las Vegas? Might be a collectors item now that it's burnt down.
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Old 05-11-23, 06:22 PM   #183
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Hi August. The original "Bareskins" routine was at the Paris "Headquarters" nightclub. The show was very successful ( like all of them ) and travelled the world bringing Culture and Civilisation to benighted heathens everywhere.

There was a documentary on Youtube about the dancers being trained for this routine by a Guards Officer flown to Paris from the UK especially for this. He really put the poor girls through the wringer till they got the drill right. A lot of them were crying but they did their duty. But for the life of me I can't find that clip anymore.
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Hi August. The original "Bareskins" routine was at the Paris "Headquarters" nightclub. The show was very successful ( like all of them ) and travelled the world bringing Culture and Civilisation to benighted heathens everywhere.

There was a documentary on Youtube about the dancers being trained for this routine by a Guards Officer flown to Paris from the UK especially for this. He really put the poor girls through the wringer till they got the drill right. A lot of them were crying but they did their duty. But for the life of me I can't find that clip anymore.

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Old 06-02-23, 12:16 PM   #185
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Default Atlantic Ancient Greeks



I love my ancients - these were produced by European maker 'Atlantic' in the 1970s. I think there were 6 poses and - as usual in these cases - there were a couple of exceptionally strong ones, which I show here. I painted these up and was very pleased with the result. I was in my twenties when these came out, so a bit after my time as a kid - but - back up the bus - I never grew out of being a kid, did I? I would've loved these when I was 12
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I love my ancients - these were produced by European maker 'Atlantic' in the 1970s. I think there were 6 poses and - as usual in these cases - there were a couple of exceptionally strong ones, which I show here. I painted these up and was very pleased with the result. I was in my twenties when these came out, so a bit after my time as a kid - but - back up the bus - I never grew out of being a kid, did I? I would've loved these when I was 12



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"Growing up is next to growing old which leads to dying and dying doesn't sound all that much fun to me!"
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Old 06-06-23, 09:42 AM   #187
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I love my ancients - these were produced by European maker 'Atlantic' in the 1970s. I think there were 6 poses and - as usual in these cases - there were a couple of exceptionally strong ones, which I show here. I painted these up and was very pleased with the result. I was in my twenties when these came out, so a bit after my time as a kid - but - back up the bus - I never grew out of being a kid, did I? I would've loved these when I was 12

As always, like your other figurines, these look great.
Did you get them that way, Eichhörnchen or did you have to redo and repaint them ? Either way, they look great.
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Old 06-06-23, 10:22 AM   #188
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As always, like your other figurines, these look great.
Did you get them that way, Eichhörnchen or did you have to redo and repaint them ? Either way, they look great.
No these were sparsely painted by the manufacturer - makers would often put a lot of good detail in the sculpting, then give them to outworkers to just chuck a bit of colour on here and there. I stripped that off and completely repainted them, sticking to a 'toy' rather than a 'model' style
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Old 07-16-23, 01:48 PM   #189
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Default Britains Ltd 155mm "Long Tom"



This massive hunk of metal was one of those 'dream toys for boys' when I was a kid. The trail arms flipped open on unhitching and spades were carried to then fit under the ends. It had a spring-loaded brass shell case to receive a push-in plastic warhead, which all then loaded into the breech just like the real thing. A slight pressure on the lever and the shell was shot way across the room - further than any of your other guns could reach... ideal also for shooting pet cats and budgies. The whole was finished in 1950's British Army "bronze green"

My original Long Tom was o/s after my sister swallowed the firing pin, which is also sprung and sits inside the breech cover; this has a metal tab on it which realistically yanks out the empty shell casing after firing. We watched her for any news for a couple of days but it never reappeared
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Old 07-16-23, 01:57 PM   #190
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I had a couple of them buggas as a kid.
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Old 07-16-23, 07:06 PM   #191
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I miss my old toys. Thought the Britain's model of this one was great.


Closest I'm going to come again is a water cannon for songkran.
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Old 07-21-23, 09:48 AM   #192
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Old 07-21-23, 11:49 AM   #193
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Very interesting, buddy - I'm especially drawn to the polished brass & bronze, plus I take your point about "cooling down" the chrome with an overpainted varnish; I had immediately thought of how the chrome can often look just too bright on a smaller model but hadn't ever thought of this varnish idea. You are still busy teaching this old dog new tricks, ya know

Atm I use "Plasti-Kote" chrome spray (spirit based) which has been the closest I've ever been able to get. However, I wonder whether you've seen these new chrome pens advertised on Face Book & eleswhere? They seem to work wonders
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Old 07-21-23, 12:13 PM   #194
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Those are Molotow ink pens.
The ink is alcohol based and was designed for black construction paper.
On plastics and other hard mediums they look great, for about a week.
As long as you don't touch it or look at it in a strange way. Its pretty delicate stuff.

The pens also don't hold up for very long and the ink tends to "pickle" itself after several months in the pen.

They also tend to be a bit pricey, which is why I'm looking forward to trying the new stuff.
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Old 07-21-23, 12:50 PM   #195
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Thanks for that, shipmate - of course you know what they say about things that seem too good to be true...
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