About 6 months after acquiring a set of original Bangalore torpedo connectors and the rare nose piece, I started looking for ways to make a complete set. Getting the proper metal pipes, paints and stencils took some time. But this … Continue reading →
My son is now hooked on YouTube and showed me this stop-motion movie of WW2 Lego paratroopers. Really well done. Just think of the time that must have gone into making it. The video I posted originally is no longer … Continue reading →
Photos of this curiosity were sent to me by John Boden. It’s an invasion armflag with the flag void-stamped and the reverse, which used to be white, stamped with POLICE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. Maybe this was for the newly formed … Continue reading →
Bob Young sent some pictures of the early TL-122-A flashlight which I had not seen before. The first one is reportedly the earliest type with a slighlty different form of angle head. The second one is like the usual type, … Continue reading →
This week is World War 2 Week at National Geographic Channel. I am now watching the documentaries I recorded yesterday, and the quality is really good. They have dug up a lot of interesting and rare period color footage. In … Continue reading →