Toysoldiers - A quite huge addition to my collection of FrenchIndianWar figures from JohnJenkinsDesigns

Manufacturer:   JohnJenkinsDesigns

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi,

on our trip to England I met a guy who was selling his FIW-ranges of JohnJenkinsDesigns and I was lucky to find some sets I was searching for. Especially the set of "Death of General Wolfe" has been a set I was looking after for some time. It is hard to find - at least in Germany.

But not only did I find some rare figures - the seller also gave me a calendar and a "Collector´s Club Annual" of 2010 as a gift. I have never seen those before and I was really impressed by them. The calendar of 2010 has the theme of the "Battle on snowshoes", a range that I have already completed. Each monthly page is dedicated to this battle and shows arrangements of this fightings, telling its story and development. A very nice way to give some information to the collectors.

So this post will not only include pictures about my newest figures but also a showing of the calendar mentioned above.

Hope you´ll enjoy the pictures.

Cheers

Mike

A complete overlook on the newest additions to my collection.

Starting with the calendar.

At the moment I am mixing the ranges of "Battle on the Monongahela" and "Battle on the Plains of
Abraham" for displaying a fierce fighting in the woods.

The new figures of the French Regiment LaSarre - in the background "The death of Montcalm".

Toysoldiers - "Battle on snowshoes" - Using a bigger cabinet for displaying

Manufacturer:   JohnJenkinsDesign

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi again, 

Last weekend I tried to rearrange my collection in a new cabinet that I had bought from a customer about two years ago. This cabinet is much deeper and wider than the ones I already have for my collection. It measures 1,40m in height, about 95cm in width and about 50cm in depth.

I was lucky to get two of them and I included them into my home office. So every time I get bored from work I am able to reset a bit by looking at the cabinets.

The only thing I don’t like about them is the light green edging.

Both of these „new“ cabinet enable me to place my collection of the range of the „Battle on snowshoes“ in total. Formerly I had to split the collection into two parts.

The plan is to make a real diorama some time with better terrain and also a small rinse of water displayed. But it is a good start so far and I am really happy to have the space to display the complete range on one single shelf. So I am lucky with the actual result.

A lot to do in future. It will need a lot of time to build suitable terrain and also to fill it with lots of figures.

I am going to place the ranges here that I was already lucky to get enough figures to arrange bigger displays.

The ranges with less figures are still kept in the former displays.

Cheers

Mike

The complete overview on the total range.

The two cabinets in a view from my working desk in my home office. As you can see there´s a lot
of space left and also a lot to do on the terrain.

Some close-ups.

The following pictures show the cabinets I kept this range before its movement to the bigger cabinet. As you can see I had to split it into two parts. I never have been satisfied with this circumstances.

The last four pictures show the first showcase as I had not completed the range. At this time the figures and terrain had been kept on one shelf about 70cm wide an 25cm deep. I used to integrate the figures in a cabinet where I normally display my wargaming stuff. But as I concentrated on collecting this special range the amount of figures soon got too much for this little space.

JohnJenkinsDesign - "Battle on snowshoes" - The hunt goes on

Manufacturer:   JohnJenkinsDesign

Scale:   1:30 (60mm)

Hi,

yesterday´s mail delivery got another figure of the range of "Battle on snowshoes" from JohnJenkinsDesign. So there are only three more sets left to complete this range in my collection. The hunt will go on. :)

The only problem is that you can´t display the whole range on a normal IKEA Billy-shelf adding some terrain without giving it a much too crowded look. So I think about to split the display into two or three parts in future. Maybe.... :)

Cheers

Mike

"It´s a long, long road ... - ... he ain´t heavy, he´s my brother!"

Only a little part of the too much crowded display.

JohnJenkins Design - "Battle on snowshoes"

Manufacturer:   JohnJenkinsDesign

Scale:   1:30

Hi,

just a small post about my efforts on collecting JohnJenkinsDesign´s range of "Battle on snowshoes".

Last Tuesday I got a delivery of one missing set to complete the range. So only five more sets to find and buy. Finding them is not as difficult, but the price is often a killer. Shipment from UK or US makes the figures too expensive and so I have to wait for better auctions or offers in Europe. Here the missing figures are harder to find.

Cheers

Mike